Sony STR-DH810 7.1-channel A/V Receiver with 7 HD Inputs

5 Responses to “Sony STR-DH810 7.1-channel A/V Receiver with 7 HD Inputs”

1. Brasileira says:

   June 12, 2010 at 4:04 pm

   DEPOIS DE Muita pesquisa optei Pelo receiver Sony STR-DH810. Eu moro no Brasil, tão QUANDO Cheguei Aqui Poderia eu Instalar o receptor Tão ansiosamente aguardada.
   
   Tudo Bem Correu nd Instalação de Equipamentos Todos os (blu-ray, DVD, Decodificador de Satélite, TV, etc) até a Instalação de alto-falantes …. Instalação de alto-falantes nd frente, centro, direita e esquerda, Tudo ESTÁ OK, Mas o subwoofer … Entrada NA Sony STR-DH810 e subwoofer mono É Meu Não é (um MESMA TEM saida de alto-falantes) e em qualquer Momento, como especificações do Equipamento Que ESTÁ Sendo dito. Agora eu Tenho UM Dispositivo installed não meia, eu Que Desde Todas Tenho installed como Colunas EXCEPTO o subwoofer Até eu abençoar Uma solução n Este Problema. [[ASIN: B0038W0J0S Sony STR-DH810 7.1 canais de Blu-ray Disc A / V Receiver com 7 Entradas HD (4 HDMI, Componente 3) (Black)]]
   Rating: 3 / 5
2. Ram M says:

   June 12, 2010 at 4:14 pm

   I received my STR-DH810 yesterday and hooked it up per diagrams and tables shown in the manual. One of the feature I wanted to work was up-converting component output from my DVD player. I used the cable (Y,Pb,Pr) to go from back of DVD player to Component1 input connectors on 810 (I also tried Component 2 with same results). Connected HDMI output from receiver to TV. Turned receiver, TV and DVD player ON. In reciever’s “amp menu” selected “Component 1″ and assigned to DVD. I get messed up picture on the screen. Everything is in Greenish tint. Screen spilt in half vertically and displays DVD player’s ouptut vertically split (Will try to take a picture and post soon). Double checked Y,Pb,Pr cables. They are connected to corresponding pins on receiver correctly.

   Next, tried using composite video out (only one yellow connector) on DVD player and connected it to receiver’s “Video1 in”. Then, chose Video1 on reciever’s remote. HDMI outputs decent video to TV. But, I want composite also to work (as I need the video1 for another component).

   Also, there is an annoying delay in audio when switching between components (I tried HDMI to Video1 to TV/SAT). It takes several seconds for audio to start coming out. I kept on thinking something is muted and started to analyze what could be wrong and audio starts by itself. Once it starts, keeps going fine.

   Rating: 2 / 5
3. John from Woodside says:

   June 12, 2010 at 7:05 pm

   Nice receiver, but missing a few features. I selected the Sony 810 because it had upscaling, and a single HDMI-out to a TV — which I thought would simplify my configuration and wiring.

   –Upconversion from VCR worked, but upconversion from DVD had jumbled video. I chased this for hours: swapping cables, driving the TV directly, trying a different DVD player, etc. Called support at ABT (which sold it); nice guys, but not with deep knowledge. Telling me “you must have a bad cable” was not helpful. Finally I noticed a difference when the two different DVD players were each plugged directly into the TV, bypassing the receiver. In one case it reported a 480i input, but the other reported as a 480p input! One DVD had been set with the higher-quality 480p output, but THIS RECEIVER DOES NOT CORRECTLY UPCOVERT 480p. Easy to change the output format in the DVD player, but by then I had wasted hours. I then called Sony, to double check; helpful lady; she found the obscure, poorly worded sentence in the manual that talks about the receiver only doing 480i output — by which it really means it only accepts 480i iNPUT.

   –Perhaps it’s just me, but I had naively expected that with upconversion and HDMI I’d be able to run one cord to the TV to carry video and audio. Not quite — that works for HDMI inputs, but when the video upconversion is taking place, the audio DOES NOT go along on the HDMI. If you want to see unconverted video and its audio on the TV, you have to run separate audio input cables to the TV — which defeats the whole purpose of the single HDMI input cable.

   But the price was good, and the auto-calibration seemed to work fine.
   Rating: 4 / 5
4. MAGIC KOALA says:

   June 12, 2010 at 9:26 pm

   First, I’d like to say that after I got it working, it looks and sounds great. I don’t even have the annoying lip-sync problem with some of my movies, now that I am running only HDMI for video and sound.

   BUT, the main negative I have for this receiver is that you cannot assign the BD or DVD or Video1 as HDMI video and sound. It can only do HDMI video. If you want sound, you have to connect the optical or coax. However, if you use the buttons HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3 and HDMI4 then it all works fine and the HDMI will carry video and sound. You can rename the LCD display to say Blu-Ray if you use HDMI1 but when using the remote, it just doesn’t make sense! Why would you want to press HDMI1 when you see a button called BD on the remote?

   Other posters on other forums have raised this issue and sadly, some users actually think there is a problem with HDMI video/audio and have resorted to using HDMI for video and optical/coax for sound. There is actually NO technical problem, you just have to use HDMI1, HDMI2 etc. to get the video/audio via HDMI.

   There is another small problem which is no biggie, I tried to run either DVI-HDMI, or component from my cable box to the receiver, and it briefly shows the picture on the TV, but then a message says there is digital protection and the picture blanks out. That’s fine, I’ve experienced that before, so I just run component straight to the TV and only use the receiver for sound (via optical).

   The highlights? Too many to mention. The sound is great (no dropouts or lip-sync). The video is great (no dropouts). I actually bought the receiver for its av lip-sync feature but I haven’t had a need for it yet because everything works. I’ve reduced all my cable/wiring clutter (optical cables, splitters, red/white cables etc.) significantly since I moved to mostly HDMI.

   I have connected:

   1) PS3 via HDMI (video and sound)
   
   2) HD DVD via HDMI (video and sound)
   
   3) xbox 360 via HDMI (video and sound)
   
   4) Motorola Cable Box (TimeWarner) (sound only via optical)

   The manual is terribly written with some very poor English sentence structures. Sony should really invest in a couple of good technical writers.

   Rating: 3 / 5
5. M. Miyaji says:

   June 12, 2010 at 10:36 pm

   Easy to set up especially with the HDMI feature. Used more with the new HD tv system and blu ray player. The 7.1 audio is great, viewed Celine Dion in Las Vegas blu-ray and got blowen away. Justlove it!
   
   Rating: 5 / 5