Sony HTD-DW995 Full HD 1080p Component Home Theater System

Be moved by a Hollywood studio-class home theater experience you won't soon forget. With an 8" active subwoofer for thrilling bass and 900 Watts of total power, the Sony HT-DDW995 Component Home Theater System packs a punch. But all that power is nothing without connectivity. With two HDMI inputs and a Digital Media Port, the HT-DDW995 has all the connectivity you need to enjoy a wide range of media. Additionally, innovative Digital Signal Processing and audio enhancement features improve the quality and impact of any audio input. Bring the cinema experience home with 5.1 channels of pristine surround sound.
Customer Review: Great for Gaming
I bought this mainly to play video games on the xbox 360 and the ps3, setting this up wasnt hard to do, did it myself and i use this in my bedroom not the living room, i must say it does have more than enough power and works pretty sweet, the max volume is around 60 but on an average i use it around 24, i would recommend using reading the manual cause there is alot of features and setting you can mess with, the auto calabration is pretty sweet. and the subwoffer does what it is suppose to, can be adjusted to your liking. For the price this is a great deal.
Customer Review: Still can't quite make my mind up on this one.
I purchased this after careful review for one main reason - the HDMI hookups. I had looked at the BOSE and other Sony systems that work well with DVD but don't do anything else. I'm not a techno-geek....I can just about keep up with Pro Logic vs. DTS vs. Dolby Digital..... I've had it up and working for 3-4 months now using Rocketfish wireless rear speakers and connected to a Sony XBR TV, PS3, Comcast box, DVD player & Roku soundbridge media streamer (I love my toys). There are some good points: - it does give you more powerful sound. Against the XBR's built in sound (which is no slouch I might add), you REALLY notice the difference in bass, volume and surround effect. - the hookups are excellent........many, many options. - It's unobtrusive looks wise. - there are many, many, menu options to play with. What I don't like so much: - On a very few occassions I started to notice a slight lag in the sound when it was ran through this (as opposed to the TV) so that the lip synching was slightly out. Mucking about with TV settings seems to have cured that. - I couldn't (and still can't) get the auto-calibration to work, keeps erroring out for a variety of reasons. - I must admit to being underwhelmed by the sound. Even on Blu Ray discs it doesn't quite have the surround sound "wow" that those demos in the store have. It's loud enough, but lacking, even on Blu Ray. - with the different sources you find yourself wanting/needing to change the bass/treble settings. Lack of a dedicated button on the front means you need to wade through menus....bit of a pain. - as others have commented, you really need to crank up the volume to 80% or above to make it good listening. It may look overly negative, but the negatives are all relatively minor. To me, it boils down to price. For the price this is a good system and better than the crap below it. Will it give you the "wow" factor the +$1,000 systems do.........no.