Sony STRDG720 7.1 Audio Video Receiver – Black

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Sony STRDG720 7.1 Audio Video Receiver - Black
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Product Description

The STR-DG720 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” and 1080/24p signal capability thus making it compatible with Blu-ray Disc Disc, the PlayStation 3 and other HD sources. Need more HDMI inputs— The STR-DG720 features three HDMI inputs that allow the desire for more HD content to grow. Speaking of an enhanced experience, the STR-DG720 decodes uncompressed audio (LPCM via HDMI) so you can hear the original mix of your favorite BD titles. 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, Sony’s 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. Do you want to connect your iPod or Walkman— Would like to listen satellite radio— Well, the STR-DG720 features a DIGITAL MEDIA PORT connection which expands its flexibility to playback music from various audio sources (i.e. iPod, Walkman, PC, etc?) with one of the various accessories (sold separately) whereas the XM Connect-and-Play Ready feature provides the ability to access XM satellite radio programming in surround sound.

Product Details

• 7.1 Channel Audio/Video Receiver
• 105 Watts X 7 Amplifier Power (8 ohms, 1Khz, 1.0% THD)
• Accepts 1080/60p and 24p video signal via HDMI
• 1080p HDMI w/ Active Intelligence (3in/1out)
• BRAVIA Sync (HDMI CEC)

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Customer Reviews

Best Budget Receiver!

Review Date: May 19, 2008

Reviewer: C. C. Ramirez, Highland, CA

If you own a Blu-ray player and it decodes uncompressed audio like Dolby TruHD and DTS-HD MA. Then now is is time to buy this inexpensive yet very capable receiver. It was huge improvement from my nine year old Sony 5.1 receiver, which still works well. I wanted to complement my PS3 and 1080p 65" Mitsubishi with clean uncompressed audio. This receiver met this expectation for me and beyond with the incredible sound it can process. After setting it up, I popped in The Simpsons Movie on Blu-ray which has DTS-HD MA. I could not believe my Sony speakers could sound any better until it started playing. I then tried Spiderman 3 with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 and it sounded amazing when Sandman fought Spiderman during the armored car scene. I was truly convinced that I made the right decision buying the 720 after listening to those tests movies. To every high, there is a low. The receiver menu took awhile to understand from its manual. I spent about an hour trying to figure out how to adjust my speaker set up settings. After some curse words and taking a break, I finally figured it out. Its still not easy to navigate the menus for minor tweaking to this day after using it for a week! Also I miss the blue light that lets you know when its processing surround sound. It does have a brief scroll telling you what it is processing. But its not the same :( Bonus! Harmony does now have the 720 in their database and my 880 remote works great with it. The 720 is sure a great upgrade for my home theater and I hope it can last just as long as my old one! Be sure to have enough HDMI cables for your home theater set up. I get mine from mycablemart.com and no I dont work for them bcuz I dropped their name. They have 6' 1.3a compliant cables with shipping for under ten bucks! If you have it set up right, you will not be disappointed with the 720.

PS3 and HDTV Perfect Match

Review Date: June 10, 2008

Reviewer: Adam C. Bloom, Farmington Hills, MI

I bought this receiver to compliment the following setup. Sharp 46" 1080P LCD 60GB PS3 Polk RM6750 Surround Speakers plus two Polk bookshelfs(6.1 Surround). This receiver is a fantastic value! Has all features needed to enter HDTV and Blu-Ray heaven. Don't bother spending big bucks on high end receivers since the PS3 does all the hard work for you. Just run the whole system via HDMI and your get crystal clear sound. It doesn't have a video menu, but you don't need it. Setup is straighforward. Adjustments can be made to ensure perfect sound regardless of room size or shape. Not sure a 6.1 or 7.1 setup is worth the effort. Just fills the sound stage a little better. PS3 games really sound good through this setup. Dolby True HD on Spiderman and Dolby 5.1 Uncompressed on National Treasure sound fantastic. Downside, remote isn't too smart. In the end, get by with Cable TV universal or pony up the big cash for the Logitech Harmony.

Look out for COX Cable

Review Date: August 26, 2008

Reviewer: Mike in San Diego, San Diego, CA USA

I got the receiver a week or so ago and it is great, especially considering the price. It sounds great and most setup is automatic. It works great with PS3/HDMI. HDMI is required for the PS3 to output more than 2 audio channels from a Blu-Ray Disk (Standard DVDs on the PS3 reproduce Dolby 5.1 just fine.) HOWEVER, beware of COX cable if you want to use HDMI from the cable box. You will get an error on your TV about it not supporting HDCP, which is a copy protection scheme. Cox (Scientific Atlanta) DVR boxes see any HDMI switching receiver as some sort of pirating device and requires you to use component cables. This is a major inconvenience! The result is that you can't switch from the COX box to the PS3 without changing inputs on your TV. A call to COX customer "care" revealed that they don't care to remove HDCP from their cable boxes even though I suspect it would be a simple ROM upgrade.

Sony STR-DG720

Review Date: April 8, 2008

Reviewer: A. Sahni, FL, USA

I recently bought the Sony STR-DG720 about 1.5 weeks ago, and this receiver does everything it should. No issues thus far, and the receiver works with Harmony 550 remote though the Logitech site does not have the codes for the remote yet so you have to self program the Harmony 550 remote for now to work with the 720. Setup was pretty easy, and the automatic speaker settings was easy with using the provided Sony MIC. Sound quality is amazing with watching Digital TV, HDTV and DVDs with enough power to power my BOSE 5.1 Speaker system.

Powerhouse of sound

Review Date: May 9, 2008

Reviewer: Keith Russell, Minnesota

My entire system consists of this, PS3 for BD player, STR-DG720 for my reciever, SAW2500 for subwoofer, SS-B3000 bookshelf speakers, and SS-CR3000 for my center and rear channels. I'm going to have to buy the SS-B1000's for my surround channels. I am very impressed with this receiver. I just watched Close Encounters of the Third Kind in DTS-HD MA audio (PS3 decodes it internally sending the signal in LCPM to the receiver). The sound is absolutly clear and amazing, it made a huge difference. On my old receiver, I would have to crank up the sound to around 50 for movies and 35-40 for music. Now for a movie all I have to do is turn it to around 33-35 and I am flooded in an ocean of sound. I have a Zune connected into the system as well, it makes my music more alive. This receiver has everything that I could want and more. If you have a player that can internally decode HD codecs (Dolby TruHD and DTS-HD MA) like the PS3 and you want to save a couple hundred dollars, this is the system like you. Sony has stepped up their quality in home audio greatly.

Excellent for the money

Review Date: November 17, 2008

Reviewer: Kevin C, Connecticut, USA

You wont get full HDMI (video AND audio) routing, and 7.1, anywhere else near this price range. Plenty of features here... Dont listen to people nay saying the audio quality. They are either pros or they have buyers remorse that they payed more. I have had both Onkyo and Yahmaha receivers in the past, and I can say that unless you are a TRUE audiophile, you will be very happy with this receiver. It sounds great paired up with some quality speakers. If you have: a 42" 1080P tv, a decent speaker set up, an xbox/blu ray player or ps3...just save your money and dont look back. You will be happy.

Great HDMI Reciver for the price

Review Date: August 19, 2008

Reviewer: Chad Conner, Iowa

As being one that was looking for a receiver that would give me the HDMI sound it is hard to find a spec on a system that will tell you if it does or not. Well look no further. This system WILL play the lossless audio via HDMI. Now you must know that this reciever DOES NOT decode the HIDEF audio such as True HD or PCM. I have mine hooked up to the PS3 witch DOES the encoding of all HIDEF audio. If you dont have a blu-ray player or DVD player that does not decode the HIDEF audio and thats what you want then this is not the receiver for you. But if you have it then this is a great deal. I bought the 5.1 Yamaha speakers and it is absolutely great. If you do have the PS3 i had to change audio on the PS3 to Linear PCM in the sound settings. You have to do this so that the player decodes the audio and not the receiver. I watched Twister on Blu-Ray and it BLEW my mind on what you miss with just dolby 5.1. This is a great entry level system with great sound like the big boys."

Great technology

Review Date: August 29, 2008

Reviewer: Ranger12,

The audio codecs are ahead of the mainstream technology that is out there. Blu-Ray will eventually take advantage of all of this tech, but having this piece of equipment gives you a head start and will not become obsolete anytime soon. Sure, you can probably find "better" sounding equipment, or some think just because they paid a lot more, but I have had the same Sony DD/DTS 5.1 receiver for 8 years before I purchased this receiver. I am completely pleased with this product and Sony has always produced great electronics. I see no reason spending $500 or more for something that his Sony can do for much less.

Sony earns my money again

Review Date: September 30, 2008

Reviewer: Kevin Zmolek,

I researched several different receivers including Onkyo, Denon, and Yamaha and ended up going with this one because of price, features, and performance. I upgraded from a 5 year old Sony receiver w/o HDMI inputs. I kept my old Sony surround speakers and JBL center channel and let me just say I didn't know they were capable of sounding so incredible! If you have a PS3 for blu-ray you don't need a receiver with TrueHD or DTS MA...it will decode those signals and send them to the receiver. But you need HDMI for them and some receivers out there don't carry audio through HDMI (Denon AVR-1609). THE SONY 720 WILL CARRY AUDIO THROUGH HDMI. I watched the beginning of Transformers last night and the sound was absolutely jaw-dropping!! I got a VERY affordable receiver that will do what the high-end units will do. I can't believe what I've been missing all this time. I guess I'll have to watch my BD library again, darnit. Very highly recommended!!

Good Buy Good features

Review Date: October 8, 2008

Reviewer: Charles H. Griswold, Boston, MA

I've had this receiver for 5 days and I'm very happy. The menu system allows very good control over all functions. The ability to hookup and arrange speakers is very flexible. I'm using this with a Comcast digital cable box. The box I started with did not have an HDMI connection, only RGB cables. This combination would not work correctly when my Sony Brava was connected with HDMI; in various combination I could get sound or picture but not both. I had to get a HDMI cable box to make this work. The Brava sync feature mostly work well. If I turn on the TV, the receiver comes on and turns off when the TV is turned off. My Sony DVD player will switch the receiver correctly as well. It can be awkward switching back to TV from DVD. My only complaint is the manual is simplistic and leave you wondering about how things work. I think you get a lot of bang for the buck with this product

Sony STRDG720 7.1 Audio Video Receiver

Review Date: August 15, 2008

Reviewer: William C. Price, Austin, TX USA

I have had many receivers in the past (15 yrs) to drive my Bose Acoustamass speakers (6). Never could get it set up properly and I was never satisfied with the sound. This unit has its own mic and sets up easily. The sound is great. The monster cable I purchased for around $3.00 connects to the TV and I have HD like I had never seen before on my Sony 50" rear projection TV. I recommend this unit highly.

Very satisfied

Review Date: February 9, 2009

Reviewer: Ronald D. Weinstein, Georgetown, Texas

Works well as advertised although I wish it had an indicator that optimal sound is being processed like older sets had "blue light".

Automatic

Review Date: May 25, 2009

Reviewer: allstar720, Youngstown, OH

I use this for movies, sports, and gaming and it gets the job done. I do my "hi fi" listening at my computer and have a whole nother setup for that (look at my reviews) and couldn't be happier. This receiver is just totally awesome! It takes the mystery out of setting up your surround and HD system. It sounds great, recognizes everything you plug into it and just works. I matched it with 5 BIC America speakers including a nice center, and run my Xbox360 and Blu Ray player through it. Buy your cheap HDMI cables on amazon and make sure to grab a cheap TOSLINK cable so you can send the surround sound signal from your HDTV channels to the receiver and you are set. I also found the Logitech Harmony 550 to be the ideal remote to run all of my gear after using the remote that came with it to set this receiver up. I'm super stoked about this receiver and have owned it since last summer. Skip the mic and auto surround set up. Just leave it balanced or tweak it yourself if need be.

Excellent Choice

Review Date: September 2, 2009

Reviewer: RebelRaider, WV

I have owned this model for about 6 months now and for the money it can't be beat. It has all the gadgets anyone with a home theatre will need and I must say it is an excellent receiver, very well made.

Bang for the buck.

Review Date: October 29, 2008

Reviewer: J. Olson, Queens, NY

I bought this as an open-box [...]. It didn't come with the auto-calibration mic, but not a big deal. This receiver was so easy to set up using just 3 HDMI cables. I hooked up my PS3 and my cable box(DVI to HDMI) to the receiver and the third HDMI cable to the TV. Other than the speaker wires, there are only 3 other cables stickin out of the back of this thing. No birds nest behind my TV anymore. If you are not looking to spend a bundle on a receiver, I highly recommend looking into this one. It sounds great. It's easy to set up using all HDMI cables, [...] you'd be hard pressed to find something of similiar quality.