Customer Reviews

Sony DAV-BC150 5-Disc Progressive Scan DVD Home Theater System

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I don't know what the first guy was thinking when he wrote this, but I will tell you that you should always believe the phrase.. You get what you pay for.. I am a BIG movie buff. I collect movies for a livimg, and spend a lot of time at home with a theatre system set up. My first system I built myself and it wasn't top of the line by any means, but it was decent enough to put out some decent sound. Finally my speakers gave, and a particular woman in my life decided to replace them and take the system for herself. This is the system I bought to replace it, and I couldn't be happier. It puts out massive amounts of sound, easy to set up, nice progressive scan capabilities, and the sub does enough thumping for anyone living in a house or apartment! Its 650 Watts rattles my windows at low volumes, and provides true 5.1 surround sound for what it is. If you nit pick of each speaker and need to fine tune everything, Id get a different system. but if you're just setting something up to get a nice decent sound, and something that rocks hard when you bump it up, this is the system, and a great price for it too. P.S. make sure you get the speaker stands that mount to the BACK of the speaker, not the bottom, as the sony speakers are flat on the bottom, but there is a screw hole in the back for mounting..

Consumer Reports nailed it with their review. No frills, Great sound quality. I wish people would do some research about bigger ticket items before they buy. They then wouldn't expect $1500 system features and performance from a $250 system. $250!!! If you're like me, you want basics, and you want the best sound. I play a cd I like begining to end, don't NEED random(also,I don't play scratched disks and expect non-scratched results). I LOVE movies, This is great theater sound on the cheap! If you are a huge "features" nut, buy something else. But this is as cheap as great sound gets.

I just bought this on 10/19, set it up, and put it through its paces. I'll agree with the other reviews on the difficulty navigating the menus to adjust the volume on each speaker. Now, I've determined that I can't "fill the room with sound" while using the FM tuner. No surround option when listening to the FM tuner? I can only get the front two channels and SW to play while listening to FM. I listen to the radio quite a bit and the AIWA system that this replaced (had problems playing CDs) was a lot more flexible. It had multiple settings for using all speakers (Hall, Live, etc) that allowed me to fill my TV room with sound regardless of the input source. Now I see that that there is only one Audio input. I'd like to connect my TV out and my VCR out to this unit. This might by the straw that breaks my back.

I like the sound it produces, however, I want that sound all the time, like when I listen to the radio. I also don't want to invest in an A/B switch so that I can connect a VCR and my TV out to the thing. Wouldn't you think a "Home Theater" unit would have more than one audio input?

I only paid $249 for the thing ($299-$50 coupon) and I'm sure I can't get this sound with more inputs at a better price.

One last annoyance, I want to call Sony to understand how to adjust the speaker balance. The only contact number is on a blue slip provided for registering the product. Turns out that the toll-free customer support number is misprinted. I think this is a bad omen.

I ordered this Home Theater system last week. I love it. I was concerned that I wouldn't be able to connect everything correctly. I am not a big sound/tech guru. But, I put it all together in less than a half an hour. The sound is splendid. The quality is top notch. I can't imagine getting a better value for the price!

I bought this system to replace a Sanyo DVD player and self-designed audio system. I needed a system that played DVD+Rs and very few did. So, I settled on this system. I was pleasantly surprised. Sounds is crisp and clear, with good volume and depth. I do wish the sub was powered. The only other drawback for me is that it doesn't play DVD-Audio discs. It does what I need with pretty good quality.

This home theater system is great for under 300 dollars.
the good.
1.has good sound
2.comes with great little speakers
3.is a 5 dvd changer
4.the remote is good if you have a sony tv
5. has good bass

The bad.
1.the remote is not so great if you do not have a sony Tv
2.not very many imputs and outputs
3.the dvd changer is a bit on the slow side

other than that i would over all recomend it it has many great features .
this is my setup.
rca tv
Dav-bc150 (the hometheater system i am talking about
xbox
it sounds great has tons of features go for it!!!

Well, I just hooked up my system. The sound is great, but I was really disappointed with the lack of audio inputs (there is only one stereo input). I mostly wanted the system for SRS for my Xbox, but I can't hook that up.

So, if you only want to use these speakers with the DVD player that came with the system, then go for it -- good speakers, great price! If you were hoping to hook up other components, though, forget it.

I was a little iffy about buying this system without hearing it first but I decided to go with it over the Sony 450 watt system for a little cheaper. I am very pleased with the sound quality it puts out. If you want great sound but don't wanna spend the extra $$ go with this system. I picked it up at circuit City for $250 and couldn't be happier.

This is a good simple system. Sound and volume are excellent. FF and REW functions are very weak. Main problems are in design: the remote is difficult to use, the unit's display is unreadable. Overall, an excellent value.

Bought this weekend. Extremely easy to set up. Speakers are small (which is what caught my eye at the store) and have excellent sound! I love the fact that it holds can hold up to 5 discs.