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| Sony STRDG920 7.1-Channel Audio/Video Receiver | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sony
Category: CE
List Price: $599.99
Buy New: $399.50
You Save: $200.49 (33%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1127
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 23.6
Dimensions (in): 16.9 x 13.9 x 6.3
MPN: STRDG920
Model: STRDG920
UPC: 027242729896
EAN: 0027242729896
ASIN: B0016M10LY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 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 | | • | 1080p HDMI with Active Intelligence (4 In/1 Out) | | • | Supports x.v.Color and Deep Color |
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Product Description
Experience Full HD 1080 at home with this powerful receiver. The STR-DG920 7.1-Channel A/V Receiver creates a video-centric entertainment hub for the most demanding HD experience. It integrates the latest audio and video technologies while making operations simple to command and easy to follow. Speaking of advanced technology, inside its chassis is a video processor that can upscale all video sources (less than 1080p) up to 1080p. Sony's Digital Cinema Auto Calibration simplifies speaker set up and optimizes speaker performance in just 30 seconds, with the push of one button. This full-featured A/V Receiver expands its ability to playback music from various audio sources with the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT and one of the various accessories. The XM Connect-and-Play Ready feature provides the ability to access XM satellite radio programming in surround sound. With One Touch Play, operations that took several steps have been reduced to one. Sony's original Digital Cinema Sound(TM) technology uses exclusive DSP technology to recreate the precise environment of three Hollywood Dubbing Stages where your movies are created. Mic - Mono Digital Cinema Auto Calibration Advanced Learning/Pre Programmed Remote Control Screw Binding Posts (A & B) Speaker Terminal Type Ports - 3 Component Video (Y/Pb/Pr) Inputs (Rear), 1 Component Video (Y/Pb/Pr) Output (Rear), 5 Composite Video Inputs (1 Front/4 Rear), 3 Composite Video Outputs (Rear-1 Monitor Output, 2 Video Outputs), 4 Optical Audio Inputs (1 Front/3 Rear), 1 Optical Audio Output (Rear), 2 Coaxial Audio Digital Inputs (Rear), 8 RCA Audio Inputs (3 Dedicated/5 Audio/Video), 3 RCA Audio Outputs (Rear- 2 Audio/Video Outputs, 1 Output), 1 Multi-Channel Input (Rear, 7.1 Channel), 1 Subwoofer Output (Rear), AC Outlet, 1 Headphone Output (Front- Gold), 3 HD Component Video Inputs (Rear), 1 HD Component Video Output (Rear), 4 HDMI Connection Inputs (Rear), 1 HDMI Connection Output (R
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| Customer Reviews:
 Weak IR sensor November 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Overall, it's a pretty good receiver. But the IR sensor is very weak. You must point directly at the receiver. Pointing the remote just a bit to the side of the receiver does nothing. I have several components on the same rack and they all get the IR signal except the Sony receiver.
It sounds small, but I'm regretting my purchase because of this. I have a Logitech Harmony One remote that constantly fails because all components get the signal except the receiver.
 Sony STRDG920 7.1-Channel Audio/Video Receiver October 31, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Good build. Does exactly what it says. Good analog to digital conversion with the exception of my XBOX 360. There is a faint green line at the top of the screen and thats probably because of the conversion from component to HDMI and scaling of resolutions. I always leave my HDTV with NO OVERSCAN so if it bothered me that bad I could set the aspect ratio to overscan a little. Again not a big deal to me. Not a perfect receiver, but for the price point I have really no complaints. Unless you just want to go with the ES line of receivers this should fit most peoples needs.
 Does not work well with big front and small rear speakers - and HDMI circuitry broke off. October 13, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Installed as 5.1 with big front speakers and small rear. The digital circuitry does not work well with this setup - only allows setting all speakers "Small" or "Large". Suggests using "Small" but seems then to cut off all low freq. from the front speakers and only using the subwoofer for lows and the sound is then unnatural. For listening music I need to manually change also the speaker DSP setup.
Additionally after a week or so, the HDMI circuitry broke and I had to ship the amp back to Sony return center, as the dealer refused the return since I had not the saved the original packaging. Sounds thick, right?
Luckily Sony customer support was helpful and I was able to return the product to a local Sony store. However, estimated time to get it back is 20 business days -- a month that is.
Two stars: this expensive box must be able to work perfectly and automatically with any speaker combination and destroying original shipping cartons should not void the amazon return policy on defect items. Would be one but Sony customer support deserves the other one -- assuming I'll get the product back fully functional
Sony STR-DG920 A/V Receiver with HDMI switching/upconversion September 6, 2008
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
Pros
- Solid, heavy construction.
- Simple, clean front panel, very readable display.
- On screen GUI interface offers fine-grained control of settings
- Switches between 4 HDMI inputs.
- Input source upconversion up to 1080p
- Automated speaker calibration with supplied microphone
- Decodes most audio formats
- Excellent sound quality, plenty of power.
Cons
- Instruction manual is very poorly organized, much as if a list of all the chips on a your computer's circuit board would somehow tell you how to use the computer. Index is a joke. Manual appears to have been translated by a non-native English speaker.
- Bazillion button remote control not designed for convenience or ease of use.
- Second HDMI output would have been nice (but good luck finding that anywhere...).
Bottom line
- 1080p upconversion, GUI interface and 4th HDMI input makes the STR-DG920 well worth the premium over the STR-DG820.
- But why oh why doesn't Sony (and not just them) take a lesson from Apple for instruction manuals and TiVo for remote control design?
- Outstanding feature set and price/performance ratio make this a winner in the mid-price A/V receiver market as of 8/2008.
 Excellent for the price and capabilities August 13, 2008
33 out of 33 found this review helpful
I needed a relatively inexpensive AV receiver with at least 3 HDMI inputs and able to send *all* inputs through the HDMI output to the TV. Onkyo TX-SR606 was the only other receiver I was able to find that met these specs, and since I have an Onkyo, I wanted to stay with that brand. The catch was that the Onkyo would upconvert non-HDMI inputs to 1080i. This Sony upconverts to 1080p. That was pretty much the only thing that swayed me. It is quite minor but I do have a 1080p LCD.
The Sony is very easy to set up. The HDMI handles every pretty seamlessly and my non-HDMI (component) items just needed the video and audio port selection done and that was it.
I like the fact you can rename any of the ports via "GUI Mode" and the speaker set up was a breeze. The microphone worked like a charm (all 1 minute of use.) Performance is pretty good for the price point. I will probably upgrade this in a couple of years when I am able to get back to a true 7.1 setup.
Highly recommend this product. I would not go as far as saying this has better audio than a Denon or Onkyo but it handles itself well..and it allowed me to rip out about 8 cables.
Connections used: three HDMI in, one HDMI out, two component (with one analog and one optical for audio) and one analog audio (soon to be optical)
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