Sony 7.1 Audio Video Receiver

Sony STRDG820 7.1 Audio Video Receiver

· 7.1 Channel Audio/Video Receiver
· 100 Watts X 7 Amplifier Power (8 ohms, 1Khz, 1.0% THD)
· Accepts 1080/60p and 24p video signal via HDMI
· HDMI Active Intelligence: 4 in/1 out(Video and Audio)
· Optimized for Blu-ray Disc and other HD Sources

The STR-DG820 7.1 Ch. A/V Receiver delivers the Full HD 1080 experience to a home theater system. This new 1080p A/V Receiver features HDMI with Active Intelligence¿, plus x.v.Color and 1080/24p signal capability. In addition to decoding uncompressed audio (LPCM via HDMI), the STR-DG820 decodes the latest audio formats from Dolby Labs and DTS making this model fully compatible with Blu-ray Disc. Now, you can hear the original mix of your favorite BD titles regardless of audio format. Need more HDMI inputs? The STR-DG820 features four HDMI inputs that allows for more HD content to be connected. Looking for simplicity? BRAVIA Sync provides a one button operation (via HDMI) of your entire A/V experience with a select number of BRAVIA televisions. Because no room is perfect, Sonys Digital Cinema Auto Calibration (and its supplied microphone) simplifies speaker set up and optimizes speaker performance with the push of one button in just 30 seconds. This full featured A/V Receiver expands its ability to playback music from various audio sources (i.e. iPod, Walkman, PC, etc¿) with the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT and one of the various accessories (sold separately). Would you like to listen to satellite radio? The XM Connect-and-Play Ready feature provides the ability to access XM satellite radio programming in surround sound.

Sony BDVIS1000 5.1Ch Blu-ray Disc/DVD Home Theater System

· 08HDMI IN x 2HDMI OUT (DVD 1080p Up-convert) x 1
· Component, Composite In x 1
· S-Video Out x 1
· 1Digital Audio IN (Opt x 2 /Coax x 1)
· DMPORT x 1

New Integrated single BD/DVD/CD Player - S-Air Wireless Surround included - S-AIR Air Station ready (for multi-room listening) - New audio codec - New HDMI repeater (2in/1out) - 17 Chassis - New BD-Live Ready - New 1080/24p - Digital Media Port interface - Digital Cinema Auto Calibration (micincluded) - DVD Upscale to 1080p resolution

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From Wikipedia

Dolby Digital is the marketing name for a series of lossy audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories.

Dolby Digital includes several similar technologies, which include Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Digital Live, Dolby Digital Surround EX, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby TrueHD.

Dolby Digital, or AC-3, is the common version containing up to six discrete channels of sound. The most elaborate mode in common usage involves five channels for normal-range speakers (20 Hz – 20,000 Hz) (right front, center, left front, right rear and left rear) and one channel (20 Hz – 120 Hz allotted audio) for the subwoofer driven low-frequency effects. Mono and stereo modes are also supported. AC-3 supports audio sample-rates up to 48 kHz. Batman Returns was the first film to use Dolby Digital technology when it premiered in theaters in Summer 1992. The Laserdisc version of Clear and Present Danger featured the first Home theater Dolby Digital mix in 1995.

Dolby Digital Surround EX
The Cinema Version of "Dolby Digital EX" is called Dolby Digital Surround Ex and works the same way. Dolby Digital Surround EX was co-developed by Dolby and Lucasfilm THX in time for the release in May 1999 of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. It provides an economical and backwards-compatible means for 5.1 soundtracks to carry a sixth, center back surround channel for improved localization of effects. The extra surround channel is matrix encoded onto the discrete Left Surround and Right Surround channels of the 5.1 mix, much like the front center channel on Dolby Surround encoded stereo soundtracks. The result can be played without loss of information on standard 5.1 systems, or played in 6.1 or 7.1 on systems equipped with Surround EX decoding and additional speakers. Dolby Digital Surround EX has since been used for the Star Wars prequels on the DVD versions and also the remastered original Star Wars trilogy. A number of DVDs have Dolby Digital Surround EX audio option.

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Step up 5.1 Home Theater System

Sony HT-SS2300 Component Home Theater System

· Blu-ray Disc™ player matching design A/V receiver
· Optimized for Blu-ray Disc™ w/ 8 Ch LPCM
· 1080p HDMI™ Active Intelligence (3 in/1 out)
· Accepts 1080p signal & Linear PCM via HDMI™
· Digital Cinema Auto Calibration (mic included)

The Sony HT-SS2300 home theater system offers everything you need to set up a Blu-ray Disc™ Theater (Blu-ray Disc™ Player sold separately). A slim receiver design offers great styling for your home theater while giving you the performance you’d expect from a Sony System. This system includes a 5.1 A/V receiver with 1000 watts (RMS) and HDMI™ Active Intelligence complemented with DIGITAL MEDIA PORT interface, so regardless of where you store your music, it offers an access point and provides control for one of Sony’s DIGITAL MEDIA PORT accessories (except TDM-BT1; accessories sold separately). In addition, the Portable Audio Enhancer integrates portable music into a traditional home theater system while providing enhanced audio quality. The A/V receiver’s HDMI interface transmits both audio and video while offering 1080p and full bandwidth sound tracks (LPCM) support through a single cable. Finally, The HT-SS2300 can also control a select number of BRAVIA® televisions with BRAVIA® Sync via HDMI™. With “One Touch Play,” operations that took several steps have been reduced to one.

Sony BRAVIA 46-Inch HDTV, Blu-ray, and Home Theater Bundle

Sony HT-SS2300 Component Home Theater System
Sony BRAVIA V-Series KDL-46V4100 46-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
Sony BDP-S350 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player

Step up to the complete HD Experience for less. Save $400 when you purchase a 46-inch V-Series Sony BRAVIA LCD HDTV with a BDP-S350 1080p Blu-ray disc player, and an HT-SS2300 component home theater system. The BRAVIA V-Series HDTVs offer 16:9 1080p resolution with BRAVIA Engine video processing, 24p true cinema capability, Sony's award-winning Xross interface, S-Force front surround sound, and robust connectivity features. The BDP-S350 Blu-ray player comes with an Ethernet port for firmware updates, BD-Live capability, and a USB port so you can expand onboard storage to take advantage of the growing number of special features available on Blu-ray discs. The HT-SS2300 system is built to match the Blu-ray player, and combines great styling with unparalleled performance. It includes a 5.1-channel A/V receiver with 1000 watts of power and an HDMI interface that transmits both audio and video while offering 1080p resolution and full bandwidth sound tracks support through a single cable; a sub-woofer, center speaker, and four surround speakers.

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From Wikipedia

DTS (also known as Digital Theater System(s)), owned by DTS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTSI), is a multi-channel digital surround sound format used for both commercial/theatrical and consumer grade applications. It is used for in-movie sound both on film and on DVD, on CD and during the last few years of the Laserdisc format's existence, several releases had DTS soundtracks.

DTS playback
Both music and movie DVDs allow delivery of DTS audio tracks. But DTS was not part of the original DVD specification (1997), so early DVD players did not recognize DTS audio tracks at all. The DVD specification was revised to allow optional inclusion of DTS audio tracks. The DVD title must carry one or more primary audio tracks in AC-3 or LPCM format (in Europe, MPEG-1 Layer 2 is also an allowed primary track format). The DTS audio track, if present, can be selected by the user. Modern DVD players can now decode DTS natively with no problem, or pass it through to an external decoder. Nearly all standalone receivers and many integrated ("home theater in a box") DVD player/receivers manufactured today can decode DTS.

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