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Sony STR-DG920 - AV receiver - 7.1 channel | 
| Brand: Sony
Category: CE
List Price: $599.98
Buy New: $410.00
You Save: $189.98 (32%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1486
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 31
Dimensions (in): 22 x 18 x 11
MPN: STRDG920
Model: DG920
UPC: 027242729896
EAN: 0027242729896
ASIN: B0016M10LY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 100 watts x 7 into 8 ohms (20-20,000 Hz) at 0.09% THD | | • | XM Satellite Radio Ready (requires XM subscription and optional XM Mini-Tuner package) | | • | Digital Cinema Auto Calibration for easy speaker setup (microphone included) | | • | 1080p-compatible HDMI digital audio/video switching (4 in, 1 out) |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Sony STR-DG920 A/V Receiver with HDMI switching/upconversion September 6, 2008
1 out of 1 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
14 out of 14 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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