Customer Reviews

Sony HTD-DW840 Home Theater System

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This is my third Home Theatre System - first was a cheap RCA system, next was my Kenwood (which I was very pleased with and had for years) and now this one...I was looking to buy a new system and was comparing quite a few...I looked at the Kenwood, Panasonic, Magnavox and I even considered going way out of my budget for the Bose...

...and then I went over to my friends house and heard his Sony! I could not believe the sound that was coming from that system...it was UNBELIEVABLE!! I walked into that living room and it truly felt as if I was in an actual Movie Theatre - INCREDIBLE!!

The Sound is Crystal Clear (so much sound from such small speakers - reminds me of the Bose) and the Bass was BOOMIN - SHOOK THE FREAKIN HOUSE - I LITERALLY SAW THE PICTURE FRAMES BOUNCIN OFF THE WALLS!!...and that was in 5.1 - then he turned on the DTS and I was completely blown away!!

A few days later...he offered me an even trade - Needless to say - I TOOK HIM UP ON THAT OFFER!!

Brought it home, hooked it up and am completely in love with this system - this system is by far the best value for the money...and even beats those out that are even more expensive!

But there is something else that I would like to add: I have quite a few DVDs but I have many more VCDs - and the sound that comes off of a VCD is not Dolby Digital or DTS - it reads like a VHS - but when I played my VCDs on this system I was very impressed with the Dolby Pro Logic II!! I had never heard it before but it sounded very close to the Dolby Digital 5.1 because it will play it on all 5 speakers and the sub!! Very, Very Nice!! Get this one and you will not be disappointed!

Bought this system locally a few days ago and am really pleased. Got a great price on it. Sound it really good. Highs are quite clean compared to a Yamaha system I was also looking at and the sub is powerfull with 100 self powered watts. Plenty of inputs except for S-video, but none of my other components have S-video either so it doesn't really matter to me. Remote control is decent, though somewhat confusing at first. I will control my reciever and TV, but doesn't seem to control my cable box. Setup took a little while, but that was mostly due to having to work behind my entertainment center with no light. Surround setup takes a bit of tweaking to get right but the manual lays it out decently though the info is sometimes a bit scattered around and hard to find.

Overall a gread system for the money.

I was told by a salesman where I purchased this home theater that it was the best one under [a certain price]and he was right. The sound is very clear, and the subwoofer gives off plenty of bass. I have the system in a 13x22 room, and it easily fills it up with sound. I placed the subwoofer under an end table and was blown away with the amount of bass delivered. The setup is a little cofusing, but it just takes some extra reading to figure it out. I am very happy I decided to go with the 840. (I had compared it to the Yamaha YHT 300, a Kendwood, and a couple other Sony systems). I also went ahead and purchased the monster speaker wire (the thick stuff) and a monster subwoofer cable..., which was well worth the investment!

Delivers great sound and has enriched our listening experience on music and movie nights! S-Video is missing from the package though, however, this has not appreciably diminished our viewing experience.

This was the first home theater system that I owned. It has excellent sound and works great. Its better than a lot of newer ones that i've seen.

The product is good, but it comes with most stupid remote. The remote seems to be designed to work with multiple receiver systems (AV1 mode and AV2) and you need to reset them everytime you change the batteries. So keep the manual close to your heart, and don't loose it.
The product is OK, but lacks kick!

I just bought this system to take advantage of my movies and games. And man, did it ever! This system is great in everyway the sound is just incredable. I hooked up my Sony DVD Player, XBOX, Playstation 2, Gamecube and VCR to this system and it blew me away. It was like watching a movie for the first time and playing a game for the first time. I highly recommend this system to everyone. Best system ever.

Ok well i just purchaced this product and I am haveing trouble getting it hooked up. I am haveing all kinds of static in the speakers, as well as no sound at times. If anyone has any advice or might know what could be wrong please let me know. You can e-mail me at trinity_62@excite.com or leave it on here. I will be looking on here for a review. please help w/this problem so if anyone else has this problem we can stop this from happing to a oviously good system.

thanks,

trinity_62