Sony DAV-LF10 DVD Platinum Home Theater Dream System

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 20 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 73 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00080FPQQ
• Item model number: DAVLF10
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #302 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Styled after Sony's floating-glass plasma and LCD televisions, Sony's DAV-LF10 Platinum Dream System maximizes your digital home entertainment while enhancing your living space with its striking yet functional industrial design. The floating-glass main unit houses the system's single-disc DVD/SACD player, and the system's thin, brushed-aluminum front speakers are height-adjustable and wall-mountable for flexible installations.

The DAV-LF10's wireless surround functionality is possible through exclusive DIAT (Digital Infrared Audio Transmission) technology, which enable wireless, uncompressed audio transmission to the unit's front and back speakers. Sony developed DIAT to transmit the audio signals of the most advanced high-bandwidth media (such as DVD, HDTV, and SACD) using infrared light.

Unlike conventional wireless transmission systems based on radio frequencies, DIAT's signals are not pre-compressed, the intent being to maintain the original signal integrity without distortion, even in the presence of noise and radio interference. DIAT's unique design ensures that the system is not vulnerable to interference by other wireless information or equipment such as microwaves and cordless phones.

The system's stellar audio features include a Digital Direct Twin Drive Subwoofer for powerful, well-defined bass as well as Dolby Digital, DTS, and Dolby Pro Logic II surround processing for dynamic, enveloping sound. Depending on the disc, Sony's proprietary SACD format provides extended-bandwidth multichannel and/or stereo sound, often presented in a dual-layer format compatible with both standard CD players (at standard resolution) and SACD-equipped players like the DAV-LF10 (for full-resolution playback).

The system's 86 watts per channel (x 5) S-Master Full Digital Amplifier supplies the power needed to render your favorite movies and music with authority, at both loud and very quiet listening levels. Unlike conventional analog amplifiers, the S-Master processes 1-bit audio signals (similar to those of Super Audio CDs) entirely through digital circuitry, preserving signal purity from source to output. This simplification the signal path minimizes distortion and reduces amp-degrading heat. Besides being smaller and sleeker than analog amplifiers of equivalent power, the S-Master amp reproduces music wit the utmost fidelity.

Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the DAV-LF10 stands ready to deliver the full potential of your DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. Composite- and S-video outputs bring compatibility with nearly any television. (If your older TV has no colored RCA video input jacks, merely a threaded RF coaxial-type audio/video input, you'll need a video modulator/switcher, sold separately.)

For your CD-based MP3 music files, you'll enjoy the system's intuitive graphic user interface (GUI), which readily distinguishes between albums and individual tracks. Pressing the DVD menu button calls up a list of all albums found on a given CD. Select a track, press enter one the remote, and sit back to enjoy your the selected track or album.

The system plays your JPEG image CDs, too, delivering Easy Navigation and Display of your cherished digital photos right on your TV. As with MP3 CDs, playback works via GUI to provide user-friendly navigation. Select from albums and files, slide shows, and rotate images as required.

What's in the Box
DVD player/integrated surround amplifier, 5 speakers, 4 floor stands, a powered subwoofer, a remote control (RM-SP320), remote batteries, a user's manual, all requisite cabling (color-coded).

Product Description

Your home is your haven, so why not let Sony's DAV-LF10 Platinum DVD Dream System provide the harmony you've been searching for. This system includes Digital Infrared Audio Transmission (DIAT), which Sony developed to transmit the audio signals using infrared, allowing for a wireless system without the need for wires running the length of your living room. The infrared can maintain the original signal integrity of the most advanced high bandwidth media like HDTV and SA-CD. Also featuring a hefty 600 watts of speaker power, a DVD/SACD/CD player and Bass Enhancement Function, this system will surely bring the theater experience to your living room.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mostly Show, October 5, 2006

By	S. Lin - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a beautiful system but it is more show than go. I didn't expect much in terms of sound quality so I'm not that disappointed.

I AM very disppointed regarding the built quality. Within two weeks the remote sensor quit working. Sony authorized service center is just a joke. Took the system to 4 different service center and they either said they can't fix it or they are not "authorized to fixed this model". One service center even asked me "what is a home theater syste" over the phone.

Star rating on the speaker: 3 stars
Sony customer service and built quality: 0 star.

I'll be nice and round the average up to 2 stars.

For $999, you are better off getting

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fair, December 6, 2006

By	Paul Miranda (Signal Mountain, Tn) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Took a while to put it together, would overall consider this fair. Decent sound, very limited adjustability, the wireless function is not as useful as it sounds, overall a very big item, can not sit in a bookcase, has to sit on top....fair at best

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars shameful, September 5, 2006

By	book reader (New Orleans) - See all my reviews

You can not adjust high and low tones on this system and you can't adjust volume from the front speakers to the back speakers. Laughable