Sony HTD-DW790 Component Home Theater System

If you are looking for a decent home theatre system without having to get a degree in audio engineering, this is the system to get. It's fine if you are looking for decent surround sound and are not exceptionally fussy. The sound is clean with good base from the sub woofer. You can't beat the price. Audiophiles will probably stick their noses up in the air but they will spend ten times the amount for a home theatre system that won't be 10 times better.

This home theater system works perfectly for me. I wasn't looking for anything too big, just something good enough to enhance my movies and games, and this gets the job done. It has a good amount of inputs to hook up to a number things, such as my PS3, tv, and DVD player. The sound quality is good and loud enough for my me in my room. This isn't going to be the loudest system obviously, but for the price you can't pass up a quality product like this.

Sony does to home theatre systems like it does to its video game consoles, create a magic experience for the consumer. I been burned on other brands of TV ampiliers that were either cost more, been bargains, or just did not perform like it did in the stores. All I wanted is speakers to sound great in my bedroom. With my video game consoles, I did not need another deluxe DVD player package when they did playback just fine. The last amplifier unit I brought was Duraband, which the volume barely peeped, even with my TV exterial speaker mode setted to the maximun amount. I might as well put cheap CD speakers controlled by one AAA battery for all it was worth. What is great about the Sony HTD-DW790 Home Theatre is not only the sound is amazing from its six speakers and subwoofer, I can increase the volume to wherever I want. With my other amplified systems, I got one volume divided across their speakers, but no control how it spread out. And Sony throws in other sound effects if... Read more

Great sounding system. A great value perfect to start up a second system. I was pleasantly surprised.

First off, there are a couple of bad reviews here about crap that's the fault of the user, and not the system. I highly suggest using digital optical cable as the audio input, as it will give you 5.1 surround sound (and you can use the same cable if you later decide to upgrade to 7.1). Plus, it's really fun to put one end up to light and see the other end light up :-D. Just remember, old receivers EMULATED surround sound with only two channel audio (which this can still do). True surround sound has a channel for each speaker, and you need a digital cable to transmit it. Second, NOTHING on this system will break from anything but misuse. I've moved the entire system twice and haven't even gotten a scratch on it. Anyway, I wanted surround sound for my PS3 online FPS games (so nice to crank it up on CoD4... you can actually hear people coming. Tip if you're playing it, put on Dead Silence... No one will ever catch you off-guard again.) This system performs beautifully for that, and re... Read more