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Sony STR-DG520

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  • 5.1 channel A/V Receiver delivers the Full HD 1080 experience to your Home Theater System
  • Powerful HDMI™ connectivity allows for uncompressed 1080p video to pass through directly to your HDMI™ capable television
  • Put yourself in the middle of the action with Dolby Digital Prologic II / DTS Decoding
  • Optimised for HD Sources
  • AM / FM tuner with RDS and 30 station pre-set
  • DCAC - one-push automatic sound set-up for flexible speaker placement and optimum…

Sony STR-DG520

The Sony STR-DG520 is a home cinema audio/ video receiver that provides 1080p video and 5.1 channels of pristine surround sound. It is versatile and can even automatically calibrate speakers to deliver the best sound for any room. The Sony STR-DG520 measures 430 x 157.5 x 318 mm (W x H x D) in dimension and weighs approximately 7.7 kg.

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The Sony STR-DG520 provides powerful HDMI connectivity that allows for uncompressed 1080p video to pass through directly to your HDMI c…

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Sony STR-DG520

The Sony STR-DG520 is a home cinema audio/ video receiver that provides 1080p video and 5.1 channels of pristine surround sound. It is versatile and can even automatically calibrate speakers to deliver the best sound for any room. The Sony STR-DG520 measures 430 x 157.5 x 318 mm (W x H x D) in dimension and weighs approximately 7.7 kg.

Features

The Sony STR-DG520 provides powerful HDMI connectivity that allows for uncompressed 1080p video to pass through directly to your HDMI capable television. Besides that, it also has Dolby Digital Prologic II/ DTS decoding as well as is optimized for HD sources. Other than that the Sony STR-DG520 also as AM/ FM tuner with RDS and 30 station pre-set, with DCAC one-push automatic sound set-up for flexible speaker placement and optimum sound quality. In addition to that, the Sony STR-DG520 also comes with Sony’s DIGITAL MEDIA PORT connector which gives it the possibility to connect a digital media port to release digital music stored on your PC, mp3 player or Bluetooth mobile phone. Other features include A/V sync for perfect sound and image synchronisation with flat panel TVs, digital cinema sound for a true “at the movies” experience, and 2 HDMI inputs. In general, the Sony STR-DG520 has a sleep timer and a nickel pin jack. In terms of its tuner, it has RDS with 30 preset FM/ AM channel, station name, auto tuning and direct tuning (RM). Decoding formats include Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Prologic II, Dolby Dual Mono and 96k/ 24 bit PCM.

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  • good price, easy set up, sounds good, high reliability, great design
  • hdmi pass through, volume capability, not much, fm tuning clumsy, no front input ports
  1. Good but with some limitations

    Reviewer: Amazon
    01 March 2009
    Overall 6
    6.0
     

    The performance of audio is good, but there are limitations when pairing with hdmi. I have sky Hd and a ps3. It is not possible with the 520 to connect both via hdmi for video and optical for audio. The two optical inputs are tied to the video inputs: hdmi blueray input is tied to optical blueray audio input hdmi dvd input is tied to coax dvd audio input. I solved the problem by only using the 520 to handle the audio, and passed the hdmi video straight to the TV. It... Read more

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