Sony BRAVIA DAV-HDX285 5.1-Channel Theater System (Black)

I bought this for my son-in-law as a gift so I can only reflect his opinion on this system. He loves it! I own other Sony products and have always been extremely satisfied with them so I felt I could not go wrong with this product either. He said the hook-up was fairly simple and the sound is great. With the wireless capability of this system, he is looking forward to extending it to other parts of his home.

I am real happy with the system playing CD and the DVD. In this case the sound come out of all speakers. When I try to play the TV through the system I only get sound out of the center speaker. The manual is not real clear how to handle this situation so that sound comes out of all the speakers. Other than that I am happy with the Theater System.

Great Sound
Great Value
WARNING, the sterio receive is quite large (deep), measure where you plan to install it to make sure it fits. This unit is 16" deep where a standard VCR/DVD player is only about 10"

The Sony Bravia was really easy to set up and, for the price, has really great sound. I enjoy all the features and it makes my gaming and movie watching incredible.

I installed this home theatre system on Saturday and am pleased with the product. I get my signal through a digital cable box,and connections were simple.

To the guy who said he could not use with his satellite system, he can. Connect video cable (HDMI is preferred) directly from the satellite box to the HDTV. No need for the video signal to go to the Sony theater unit. Then connect an audio cable from the satellite box to the Sony theater unit. Lastly, connect the video output from the Sony theater unit to the video input on the HDTV either with the video cable provided or with a set of component cables. Works great.

Good luck.