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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Sony BDV-HZ970W Blu-ray Player Home Entertainment System [3D Compatible]

Enjoy Full HD 1080p1 and powerful 5.1channel HD surround sound with floor-standing and wireless rear speakers12 with the Sony BDV-HZ970W 3D Blu-ray Disc Home Theater System3. Wirelessly stream2 movies, TV episodes, videos, and music from Netflix, YouTube, Pandora, Slacker, and more5. Access music, videos and photos in up to Full HD 1080p from a USB drive or using your PC and your home network4. Dual HDMI inputs and a universal remote control make connecting and controlling your other HD components a breeze.

Amazon Sales Rank: #2902 in Home Theater Brand: Sony Model: BDVHZ970W Released on: 2010-08-27 Dimensions: 53.50 pounds 1000 watt 5.1 channel surround sound (167W x 5 + 165W)6 Wi-Fi enabled & 3D Blu-ray Disc playback7 BRAVIA Internet Video: Instantly stream movies, music, videos & more5 Wireless rear speakers minimize wire clutter HDMIRepeater with 3D pass-thru for simplified HD audio and video signal transfer8

Most helpful customer reviews 24 of 24 people found the following review helpful. Love it! By Sony Lover Works great! Haven't tested a 3D movie yet, but the sound is amazing. Easy to hook up. The S-Air really works without a glich. Goes great with my Sony setup: XBR60LX900 3D HDTV with active shutter glasses and the PS3 (to include 3D Gaming - wipEout HD is awesome!). It has two HDMI inputs and one HDMI output, perfect for me - PS3 and DirecTV box connect to the HTS, then the HTS connects to the TV. Now the only slight problem is that the device is a bit slow to remote commands when switching inputs, e.i. HDMI1, HDMI2, FM Tuner, BD player... and to the Menu (PS3 type). Other than that... simply amazing! 19 of 19 people found the following review helpful. First Time To Try an All in One System By Andrew Oswald I bought the Sony Blu-ray all in one system to replace a 10 year old Pioneer AV system. I loved the Pioneer system, but after ten years I had to turn up the volume considerably louder than I had to in when I first bought it and the lights on the player wouldn't light up anymore. I also bought a 60 inch Sony Bravia TV and wanted a system that would benefit from compatibility of Sony components. One thing that surprised me with the Sony system was the base box did not have a plug. I couldn't believe the base didn't require it's own power. Over all the sound is good, but as good as I remember my Pioneer in it's hey day. The good points: *Easiest stereo system to hookup. The wires are color coded for each component and the directions do a great job on how to set up the system. *It works seamlessly with my Sony Bravia TV. The TV remote controls everything, sound, Blu-ray player, and TV without needing to do anything. *Works great with the Apple TV version 2. It comes with the Sony brand internet option for Netflix, but I prefer to use Apple TV. Instead of buying the Sony cradle for iphone/iPod Touch just buy the $99 Apple TV and use Airplay. It works great. Addition Info added 5DEC2010:Bought S-CN5000 and SS-F7000 to replace center and left/right front speakers and boy what a difference it makes. *Sound is easy to calibrate with included Mic. *Design, I really like how the components look like the obelisk in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Blu-ray player looks sharp, it is easy to read alerts when needed otherwise not intrusive. Very Zen form factor. *Blu-ray player does a nice job up-scaling DVDs. *Two HDMI inputs, since my TV has 6 HDMI inputs the two on the system are just gravy. The system produces great surround sound even if the components are plugged into the HDMI ports on the TV and not on the Blu-ray/AV receiver. *The wireless back speakers are a really awesome touch. It is nice not to worry about the speaker cables running from the TV to the davenport. Things I wish were better: *Sound, I wish I bought better speakers and since speakers use a unique clip format, I am not sure if I can upgrade the speakers. (I may be able to hook up better speakers by just using the speaker wire that came with the system, the clip into the system is a unique clip but the two ends of speaker wire that go into the speakers looks like plain old speaker wire) *The Speaker stand doesn't look sturdy but it is. I love the system but I am having buyers remorse. I wish I would have bought the Sony SA-VS350H 5.1/7.1-Channel' Home Theater Speaker System (Amazon sells the speakers at nearly half off) and a Sony AV receiver. I don't own a single Blu-ray and I am content with the HD quality on Apple TV although no where near as good as Blu-ray. Over all I gave the system 5 stars for the design, perfect integration with my Sony TV, and makes Apple TV awesome. 17 of 17 people found the following review helpful. good sound but slow and lacking audio input By 3D lover I've waited to review its 3D performance to write this review. Turns out, it's awesome! Sound is very solid, esp from those tiny speakers. I've tried 10+ HD audio blu-ray movies and they

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