Sony Bravia Theater DAV-DZ170 – Home theater system – 5.1 channel Reviews
Sony Bravia Theater DAV-DZ170 – Home theater system – 5.1 channel
- Upscales DVD to Near HD – Play and upscale the quality of your DVDs to near HD quality
- Digital Cinema Auto Calibration – Ensure you get the best sound experience from your surround sound system with Digital Cinema Auto Calibration.
- Convenient, one-touch access for key activities like watching your TV, listening to the radio, watching a DVD, or playing back MP3s from the USB port
- Multiple format disc – View movies and photos and listen to music using this DVD player with multiple format playback.
- iPod compatibility – Connect your iPod product to the front USB port and access all of your favorite music
The DAV-DZ170 can conveniently operate and control all your HDMI™ connected BRAVIA® Sync™ devices with one remote including: Blu-ray Disc™ Players, BRAVIA® HDTVs, home theater products, Handycam® Camcorders and Cyber-shot® Digital Cameras.
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(out of 2 reviews)
List Price: $ 224.99
Price: Too low to display
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Review by Musicbookfan for Sony Bravia Theater DAV-DZ170 – Home theater system – 5.1 channel
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Purchased this system for our family room which is a little on the smaller side. The sound is rich and full, the subwoofer is better than expected, and overall we’re very pleased. Good TV sound and excellent DVD and iPod sound. Moderately priced as well, which is a bonus. *NOTE: Fiber Optic audio and HDMI video cables are NOT included and must be purchased separately.* The system does include a cable for basic video connection. The Fiber Optic audio cable (recommended for best quality audio) is about $20-25 retail. [If purchasing the fiber optic cable, make sure to remove the small clear covers at each end of the cable before trying to connect it to the receiver and cable box or TV. Otherwise...yikes, you've plugged the jacks]. The remote is small, very handy and easy to use. Front connection for an iPod, which works great. There’s an antennae for FM radio which we haven’t connected yet so I can’t comment on that.
Set up is easy but time consuming, so as with most electronic set ups buyers should allow enough time to run the wires, position the rear speakers, attach everything and run the tests. There’s fairly generous amount of speaker wire [wish they could have included about 5' more for the back speakers]; depending on how the room is arranged buyers might need to figure out creative ways to run the speaker wires for the back speakers. If it’s impossible to properly place two speakers in the back of the room there is a setting which adjusts the sound for a set up where all speakers are located in the front.
The system comes with a 1-2-3 Step easy set up guide and also the more detailed instruction booklet. Speaker cords, input jacks, and speakers are color coded and clearly labeled. There’s a disc included to run as part of setting up the speakers and testing the system. For the most part the instructions are self explanatory and easy to follow. However, some of the steps are slightly more confusing than necessary because the drawings of various components [e.g. TV, Cable Box, Sony Receiver] aren’t labeled. The person setting the system up can clearly see what needs to be connected, but it’s not always clear to what component [cable box or TV].
We now use this system exclusively and keep the speakers on our TV turned down. We will probably purchase this system for use with our basement TV as well.
Review by Phyl for Sony Bravia Theater DAV-DZ170 – Home theater system – 5.1 channel
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Sounds great and my kids love the ipod dock so they can hear their music too. easy set up with color coded plugs for the various speakers.