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Sony's Small Box Delivers Big Sound

by Tim Stevens on May 24, 2007 at 04:37 PM

Sony's Small Box Delivers Big Sound

When it comes to your home theater, the convention has always been that bigger is better. But, Sony's newly announced DAV-IS10 takes the opposite tact. The minimalist 5.1 home theater in a box system (that's everything but the TV) has shrunken a CD/DVD player/receiver combo, subwoofer and five satellite speakers down to miniscule proportions – the satellites are roughly the size of golf balls!

The combined system booms with a total of 450 watts (50 for each of the five satellites and 200 for the sub) and has the ability to up-convert your standard-definition DVDs to high-def 720p or 1080i resolutions (curiously, Sony's favorite resolution of 1080p is not supported). The receiver also plays extra nice with Sony's line of high-end BRAVIA televisions: It's able to switch video inputs and power the sets on and off. Finally, it includes a microphone to automatically adjust speaker levels for you when you set up the receiver, making installation a snap. Now if only it could run its own speaker wire...

Sony's DAV-IS10 HTIB



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Tags: BRAVIA, Sony DAV-IS10, SonyDav-is10

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