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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
Make sure your inputs match
This receiver has a lot of inputs, but you may end up missing out or buying cables you didn't think you needed to buy.
Breakdown:
Notes -
*RCA Audio - "red/white" (decent quality)
*Optical Audio - "opt" (about equal to Coax, better than RCA. this cord has small square inputs on both ends)
*Coax Audio - "coax" (about equal to Optical,...
Published on August 13, 2007 by 'Prime' Suspect
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Good buy
I paid $211 for this product (incl shipping). For that money it was well worth it. Could be a bit louder. The HDMI pass through is real convenient. I had trouble getting it to work and called Sony. I think they were open until 10PM EST and they help me out in no time.
Would recommend this.
Published on October 25, 2007 by Elvis is king
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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
Make sure your inputs match, August 13, 2007
This review is from: Sony HT-DDW990 Component Home Theater System with Digital Media Port (Electronics)
This receiver has a lot of inputs, but you may end up missing out or buying cables you didn't think you needed to buy.
Breakdown:
Notes -
*RCA Audio - "red/white" (decent quality)
*Optical Audio - "opt" (about equal to Coax, better than RCA. this cord has small square inputs on both ends)
*Coax Audio - "coax" (about equal to Optical, better than RCA. this cord is like the RCA, but it is usually "orange". you can use any rca cord to attach coax, though)
*HDMI - "hdmi" (this cable combines audio video - best quality)
*Composite Video - "yellow" (decent quality)
*Component Video - "red/green/blue" (better than Composite)
*HDMI - "hdmi" (this cable combines audio video - best quality)
Input - "in"
Out to sepeker - "outs"
Out to some other device - "out"
There is only one "out" for each type on input listed above.
Source 1 (front):
-AUDIO [red/white - in/outs]
-VIDEO [yellow in/out]
Source 2 (back):
-AUDIO [red/white - in/outs/out]
-VIDEO [none]
Source 3 (back):
-AUDIO [red/white - in/outs]
-VIDEO [none]
Source 4 (back):
-AUDIO [red/white - in/outs/out]
-VIDEO1 [yellow in/out]
-VIDEO2 [red/green/blue in/out]
Source 5 (back):
-AUDIO [opt - in/outs]
-AUDIO2/VIDEO [hdmi - in/outs/out]
Source 6 (back):
-AUDIO1 [red/white - in/outs]
-AUDIO2 [coax - in/outs]
-VIDEO1 [yellow in/out]
-VIDEO2 [red/green/blue in/out]
-AUDIO3/VIDEO3 [hdmi - in/outs/out]
Source 7 (back):
-AUDIO1 [red/white - in/outs]
-AUDIO2 [opt - in/outs]
-VIDEO1 [yellow in/out]
-VIDEO2 [red/green/blue in/out]
-AUDIO3/VIDEO3 [hdmi - in/outs/out]
Source 8 (back):
-AUDIO/VIDEO??? [***digital media port - in/outs/out???]
*** a digital media port is a proprietary cable/dock made by sony for use with bluetooth devices, walkman digital audio players, and ipods.
You can use more than one type of input on a source. If it is audio though, you have to manually go up to the reciever and change it from one to another (ex:hdmi and opt... prepare to either walk up to the reciever if you have two things on that use both that are on at the same time, or shut one off.)
The reciever sounds great, has a universal remote, a microphone that auto-calibrates the speakers, and the ability to name the inputs whatever you want on the display. The price is great for a unit with 2 hdmi inputs.
I hope this helps.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
Very pleased with this system., August 30, 2007
This review is from: Sony HT-DDW990 Component Home Theater System with Digital Media Port (Electronics)
I have just recently receive this Sony surround system and I am very pleased. I doubted that surround sound would make much of a difference but now I'm a believer. This system offers a lot of bang for the buck. I could not find a better system at the price. I did a lot of research before purchasing this product and it was the best choice for my price range which was under $250. I strongly suggest this product, especially for a small to medium size room. Tons of connections on the back I actually have a Wii, DVD player, Satelite cable and a PS2 hooked up to it and still have room for more.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
I am Enjoyin' it ...., October 24, 2007
This review is from: Sony HT-DDW990 Component Home Theater System with Digital Media Port (Electronics)
I am one of the lucky one who got this unit under $200 ... I have placed it in the living room ... and trust me I am enjoying every minute of it.
It has a Auto-AFD mode which automatically detects the signal and chooses the channels.
The auto calibration feature is also very cool other wise you'll try hundred positions of speakers before right spot.
And Yes the feature to rename the input names in display is very cool.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Nice system, December 24, 2007
This review is from: Sony HT-DDW990 Component Home Theater System with Digital Media Port (Electronics)
This is a very nice system and a great value.
The sound quality is excellent and plenty of power to fill an ordinary living room. The Sub woofer is big and ugly, but it sounds great. If you like driving bass, this is a good sub. It isn't super-loud, but more than enough power for 99% of sane people. I live in an apartment, and I keep the level at about 60% of full-volume. I ran it at full power for a while, just to test it, and the sound didn't distort.
It has a ton of connectors including optical audio and HDMI, which should future-proof it for a while. The video switching is great because monitors never have enough inputs. This is not only a great addition to the audio portion of you setup, it helps you organize the video signals.
There doesn't appear to be any signal loss when switching video through the unit. I was a bit worried about this because I have a very long analog component video cable running to my ceiling mounted projector. I'm not sure if it amplifies the signal, but adding the switch and 6 feet of cable to the signal did not harm it.
It's very intuitive to hook everything up if you are familiar with everyday video/audio gear. It included speaker wire, composite video/audio cable (unshielded red-white-yellow RCA cable), digital coax audio cable, remote-batteries, good manual, and packaged very well. It also includes a small microphone that you use to auto-adjust the sound levels once everything is hooked up: a pretty neat feature.
One caution: if you saw this at Sony's site first, the Sony site specifications are wrong. Sony advertises on their site that this has a built in disc player. It is obvious to most that it doesn't, but I wanted to clarify this in case you read the specs there.
You can download the manual in PDF at Sony's site, which does include accurate info including a diagram of all of the inputs on the rear of the unit. Just search at Sony's site for the model number.
A good value at $200. Recommended.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
Great for the system for the money, November 27, 2007
This review is from: Sony HT-DDW990 Component Home Theater System with Digital Media Port (Electronics)
Have had the system for about 2 months and it is great. Although I have multiple HDMI products, I don't use the HDMI inputs on the receiver. They are just a video pass through, and only at 1080i. That's the main reason it didn't get 5 stars from me. Everything I have is 1080p, so I didn't want to degrade signals. I have an upconverting DVD player in the Digital Coax and my STB in the Optical input and both sound great. The Sub has plenty of bass, and the auto calibration worked very well. I have some strange acoustics in my room, and the system handles it better than expected. Music sounds good, movies, TV, sports, no complaints.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
This is a great system for the price and size., January 19, 2008
This review is from: Sony HT-DDW990 Component Home Theater System with Digital Media Port (Electronics)
This is a great system for the price and size. I didn't want speakers that were too bulky since my entertainment stand is in the corner of the room and don't have the space... the speakers are hardly noticable sitting on top of the stand. The system sounds great but I'm not an audiophile. I replaced the cheap speaker wire it came with 16 gage wire and it seemed to make a signficant difference. I have to turn the volume up to 55 (70 is the max) during a movie to fill the room, my room size is 18 x 18. Others have mentioned this too but this doesn't bother me since its plenty loud for watching movies. As far as listening to music, you won't rattle any windows but for normal listening it is fine. Keep in mind that this only has HDMI pass through so it won't play audio through an HDMI cable. If you want this feature you should step up to the HT-DDW995, however the audio quality won't be any better than using a digital audio cables since this system is not capable of taking full avantage of high def audio signal that available with HDMI. Since I have HDMI ports on my TV I decided to run video using HDMI to my TV and then run audio with digital optical cables directly to the receiver. You can get digital op cables for less than $5. I was dissapointed with the digital media port since its only compatible with Sony products, obviously Sony's way to get you to to buy more of their product. I think a USB port would have been the way to go. I bought a cable to hook my ipod to the RCA ports in front of the receiver rather than buy Sony's ipod dock that connects to the media port. All in all, a great little system.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Good, but not perfect, December 7, 2007
This review is from: Sony HT-DDW990 Component Home Theater System with Digital Media Port (Electronics)
Let me start by saying this system has wonderful sound, especially for its price. Don't be fool by the claim that it has HDMI. It only has HDMI "Pass through", which is esentially worthless. You'll wind up running an HDMI cord to your TV, and an optical to this system. You didn't really think that you could get a full HDMI capable system for this price, did you?
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Good starter surround sound, August 9, 2007
This review is from: Sony HT-DDW990 Component Home Theater System with Digital Media Port (Electronics)
Speakers are a little lacking, (otherwise 5 stars), but decent for sony speakers. Tuner is fantastic, with alot of features, and a ton of room for expansion.
The original one sent to me would not power up, but amazon replaced it very fast.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Great For The Money, August 8, 2007
This review is from: Sony HT-DDW990 Component Home Theater System with Digital Media Port (Electronics)
Was easy to install. has more i/o ports than others in it's price range.controller is very easy esp when the componets are sony.if not sony it might or might not be in the booklet,easy self calabration.Just remember it had no dvd player
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Good Budget System, January 19, 2008
This review is from: Sony HT-DDW990 Component Home Theater System with Digital Media Port (Electronics)
This system works better than I expected. It sounds great! The auto calibration feature is nice. Makes it much easier to setup. I only had to tweak the settings a little bit afterwards. The ability to rename the inputs is also nice, as you can't always use the inputs for what they are labeled for originally. I am definately happy with this purchase.
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