Sony STR-DH500, Good value, but be..
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Good value, but be forewarned
Overall, this receiver is a good value for the money, but don’t assume anything. Many of the features you’d expect from an A/V receiver are cobbled together in this unit. For example - the HDMI inputs only support pass-through, meaning that they’ll pass the signal on to your TV or projector, but if you want audio through your 5.1 speakers, you’ll have to connect the audio to the receiver separately. The receiver WILL NOT pull the audio signal from the HDMI feed, even though the cable carries it. Similarly, if you connect analog sources (component or RCA) to the receiver, the receiver WILL NOT output them through the HDMI out. You’ll have to run an analog output from your receiver to your TV or projector to carry signal from those sources. I’m still happy with this unit; it’s just not as seamless a solution as I expect from a home theater receiver, and many of the features I took for granted when I looked at all the inputs turned out to be false assumptions.
Update (2/6/2012): I also found some auctions for this item here.
The featured review for this product, Sony STR-DH500 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver Black Electronics, was written by C. Wilcomb.
The average rating for this item is out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.
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Posted on: June 10, 2010
Filed under: Reviews
Reviews (2)
Jacob A. Mcfarland
May 4th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Not everything works
I bought this item and received it very quickly from amazon. When i first hooked it up i found that it would not pass through the HDMI input from my Phillips dvd player or pass through RCA video. I talked to Sony customer support for two hours and they said it was defective. So, amazon sent me another which arrived quickly. This one will pass the RCA video through but still will not pass HDMI through for my DVD player. I’m sure Sony is trying to make you have to buy a Sony DVD player.
Good Stuff
- Cheap
- Everything else works fine
Bad Stuff
- HDMI will not work
- Sound quality is not so good
- Connections on back are not well organized
C. Wilcomb
June 5th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Good value, but be forewarned
Rated 4 stars.
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