Sony STRDA7100ES Black 7.1-Channel Home Theater Receiver

by Sony

Product Details

• Item Weight: 31 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 35 pounds
• ASIN: B000C3LPF4
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #220,007 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Brought this unit after Sony promise an ipod docking for it!, January 2, 2008

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H. Wong (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony STRDA7100ES Black 7.1-Channel Home Theater Receiver (Electronics)

This AV receiver is great! Only thing is that Sony never came through with an digital input for this receiver or others for the ipod. Attaching the RCA red and white analog inputs to this receiver and others; you have faint sound because it not an digital input and so you have to turn your stereo volume up to max or your ipod up to max to get decent sound.

Sony in the mean time decided to invent an propietary input called the TDM-IP1 Digital Media Port that is only now available on the latest AV from Sony to address the ipod docking station request called the Digital Media Port iPod Dock . It cost around $150.00.

They wanted to make more money I guess but left out the millions of Sony AV purchasers with no digital connection for their ipods. I kind of left abandoned after being a Sony fan for last 20 years; even purchase the PS3. I have felt betrayed and have purchase other brands and avoided Sony in total!

You can purchase a Sony upscale DVD recorder/player with the Digital Media Port but you have to purchase an additional Sony propietary ipod docking station for another $150.00 Total cost of PS3 and docking station is around $360.00 just for digital ipod connection to your home theater/audio system.

PS3 does not have the Digital Media Port either! So Sony customer service did not know their interconnectability!

Sony is making it worse for loyal customers! I talk to many who feel like me - betrayed!

Just to update you on the Sony ES! I love the sound but gave it to a charity auction because their was no way to run the ipod even with the digital Media Port since the AV receiver has no input for it! It went for only $80 and I paided over $2,100 just 2 years ago! Oh well; that electronics! This time I went to a high end customized audio retailer and they set up everything: HDTV, wall, ceiling speakers, AV receiver, install my PS3, DirectTV, cabinet, lighting, controls, etc.... $18,000 for everything(installation was $9.8K)! My! oh my! Remote is $450.00!

Oh forgot about the chairs. Theater chairs four of them; black leather - $3,000! So everything total is around $22,000!

Now its just push - and everything works! Very nice! I even purchase a new ipod $250! I waiting to buy the next generation iphone and to see how hard it is to hack before I make the purchase. Don't want a phone you are tied to for life you know!