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- Main Speakers Power Output: 50 Watts
- Included Components: DVD Player
- Number Of Speakers: 5 Speakers and Subwoofer
- Subwoofer Power Output: 100 Watts
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Sony DAV-C700 DVD Dream Home Theater System
Pros
Easy to setup, compactness, looks nice
Cons
Price, remote control, small speakers
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
The DAV-C700 is a good idea for somebody who wants ease of setup and compactness as well as nice looks. But the small speakers and ...
For people who want to get a ?home theater in the box?, the Sony DAV-C700 is one of the options. It features a 5-disc DVD/CD changer with SACD playback, CD-R and CD-RW playback, five surround speakers (two-way front left and right speaker, one-way rear left and right and a one-way center speaker) and a subwoofer.
What You Get
The system includes the following: HDC-C700 five-disc DVD/SACD/CD/VCD/CD-R/CD-RW changer/receiver, remote, batteries, a 100W subwoofer, five 50W speakers, self-adhesive rubber foot pads for speakers, speaker wire, RCA-type video cable, the manual, FM wire antenna, AM loop antenna.
Looks
The system is nice-looking with color-coordinated design of all components. The front panel of the C700 has five pairs of buttons (a pair for every disc) to select the disc directly or to eject the disc. These buttons are located on top of the changer ([Disc1] [Eject1] [Disc2] [Eject2] etc).
The C700 also features buttons for basic playback control on top. The front panel has a large volume knob, display, headphone jack and a few buttons.
Inputs
In addition to the aforementioned headphone jack on the front panel, the following inputs/outs are present:
Video: one component video out, one S-Video out, two composite video outs, two composite video inputs.
Audio: one optical digital input, one optical digital out, two analog stereo inputs, one analog audio out, 5.1 analog out for speakers with proprietary connectors.
RF: one AM and one FM input.
Main Features
The C700 plays CD Audio, SACD (Super Audio CD), finalized CD-R and CD-RW discs, VCD in addition to DVD Video discs. Dolby Digital, DTS and Dolby Pro Logic decoding is available, but the system cannot play discs with MP3 files.
The tuner features 20 FM and 10 AM presets. The 5.1-channel output with proprietary connectors is connected to the supplied five 50W satellite speakers and a 100W subwoofer.
Picture And Sound
Although the picture quality is very good and it reproduces the surround movie soundtracks very well, the front speakers are just too small for serious stereo music listening.
Other Features
The system has parental control and a bunch of other, virtually standard now, DVD functions (program play, repeat play, shuffle, resume, etc). There are, however, only two slow motion speeds (Panasonic DVD players, for example, have five) and only three fast scan speeds (Panasonic DVD players feature five). It also features Dolby Digital, DTS and Dolby Pro Logic decoding. There are several ?Sound Fields? available, which create different virtual surround sound effects.
The system plays SACD but there?s no DVD-Audio playback (co-inventors of CD Sony and Phillips try to make people choose SACD over DVD-Audio). It also plays VCD and CD-R/W (VCD or Audio CD) discs. The ?Disc Exchange? feature allows you to replace up to four discs while the fifth one is playing. The AM/FM tuner allows you enter the names for each station (up to 8 characters).
Remote Control
I like the design of majority of Sony products for the way they look (but not necessarily the way they perform). The supplied remote control is the perfect example ? it looks nice, but has a bunch of smallish round buttons that are indistinguishable.
The menu directional buttons are also too small and round. The remote can also control TVs and cable boxes.
Bottom Line
The DAV-C700 is a good idea for somebody who wants ease of setup and compactness as well as nice looks. But the small speakers and relatively high price make it a bad choice for people who are willing to buy separate components (you can get a 7-disc JVC DVD Audio/Video changer with progressive scan for $379, and Pioneer HTP-210 100W x5 surround sound system with a 100W powered subwoofer for $399).
What You Get
The system includes the following: HDC-C700 five-disc DVD/SACD/CD/VCD/CD-R/CD-RW changer/receiver, remote, batteries, a 100W subwoofer, five 50W speakers, self-adhesive rubber foot pads for speakers, speaker wire, RCA-type video cable, the manual, FM wire antenna, AM loop antenna.
Looks
The system is nice-looking with color-coordinated design of all components. The front panel of the C700 has five pairs of buttons (a pair for every disc) to select the disc directly or to eject the disc. These buttons are located on top of the changer ([Disc1] [Eject1] [Disc2] [Eject2] etc).
The C700 also features buttons for basic playback control on top. The front panel has a large volume knob, display, headphone jack and a few buttons.
Inputs
In addition to the aforementioned headphone jack on the front panel, the following inputs/outs are present:
Video: one component video out, one S-Video out, two composite video outs, two composite video inputs.
Audio: one optical digital input, one optical digital out, two analog stereo inputs, one analog audio out, 5.1 analog out for speakers with proprietary connectors.
RF: one AM and one FM input.
Main Features
The C700 plays CD Audio, SACD (Super Audio CD), finalized CD-R and CD-RW discs, VCD in addition to DVD Video discs. Dolby Digital, DTS and Dolby Pro Logic decoding is available, but the system cannot play discs with MP3 files.
The tuner features 20 FM and 10 AM presets. The 5.1-channel output with proprietary connectors is connected to the supplied five 50W satellite speakers and a 100W subwoofer.
Picture And Sound
Although the picture quality is very good and it reproduces the surround movie soundtracks very well, the front speakers are just too small for serious stereo music listening.
Other Features
The system has parental control and a bunch of other, virtually standard now, DVD functions (program play, repeat play, shuffle, resume, etc). There are, however, only two slow motion speeds (Panasonic DVD players, for example, have five) and only three fast scan speeds (Panasonic DVD players feature five). It also features Dolby Digital, DTS and Dolby Pro Logic decoding. There are several ?Sound Fields? available, which create different virtual surround sound effects.
The system plays SACD but there?s no DVD-Audio playback (co-inventors of CD Sony and Phillips try to make people choose SACD over DVD-Audio). It also plays VCD and CD-R/W (VCD or Audio CD) discs. The ?Disc Exchange? feature allows you to replace up to four discs while the fifth one is playing. The AM/FM tuner allows you enter the names for each station (up to 8 characters).
Remote Control
I like the design of majority of Sony products for the way they look (but not necessarily the way they perform). The supplied remote control is the perfect example ? it looks nice, but has a bunch of smallish round buttons that are indistinguishable.
The menu directional buttons are also too small and round. The remote can also control TVs and cable boxes.
Bottom Line
The DAV-C700 is a good idea for somebody who wants ease of setup and compactness as well as nice looks. But the small speakers and relatively high price make it a bad choice for people who are willing to buy separate components (you can get a 7-disc JVC DVD Audio/Video changer with progressive scan for $379, and Pioneer HTP-210 100W x5 surround sound system with a 100W powered subwoofer for $399).
