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Taking the BDV-E370’s features, performance and ease of use into consideration, you can’t fail to be impressed. There’s a style and slickness behind everything it does, and most pleasingly it delivers better sound quality than most of its similarly priced rivals. The BDV-E370’s sound isn’t as brash as recent systems from Samsung and Panasonic. It’s a little more laid back, which actually makes for a more enjoyable listen.
At this point you can hit the “home” button on the remote, and a new icon will have appeared in the video menu. If you click on it, you can find additional information on the disk in the player, such as actors producers etc. If you click on an actors name, you can see their bio and what other films they have been in etc. One of the advantages of 3D is that you don't need wires everywhere to get the three-dimensional effect. Surround sound has always had a low 'spousal acceptance factor' than most technology because it requires speakers all over the place and wires trailing here and there. Sony understands that's a problem and, to help, offers the option to add a wireless module to drive the rear speakers without running speaker cable to them.
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On my 4Mbps line, all the standard definition content loaded within a few seconds, and would start playing as soon as the buffer had a enough given the download speed. HD content did take a bit longer to load, and stopped along the way to buffer. You can pause playback, and wait for the whole video to load if you want. After using the calibration microphone supplied to set up all the channels, which just takes a few minutes, I used some test media to check the decoding of Dolby Digital and DTS input signals. The sub channel does go to quite a low frequency, but won’t shake your teeth out. One thing I did pick up right away was how clear the signal is, the sound coming from the 3 front speakers is spread wide and clear, but you can pick up each channel when you need to.
This makes it possible to access the wide range of networking functions without the need for a clumsy cable. Unsurprisingly, cheaper non-Sony dongles won’t work, forcing you to buy Sony’s version. When you factor this adapter and the S-Air equipment into the overall price, Samsung’s HT-C6930W starts to look like better value with its built-in Wi-Fi, supplied wireless rear speakers and 3D readiness out of the box. I tested this from Windows 7 via Windows Media Player, and from Linux via MythTV and miniDLNA. MythTV seems to support an outdated DLNA specification, so it would not display any working files. Windows Media Player and miniDLNA worked fine and provide a viable solution to streaming media to your BDV-E370.
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What we love most is that you don’t have to be a tech boffin to enjoy these features, thanks to the smooth, uncomplicated onscreen displays. Like the latest systems from Panasonic and Samsung, the BDV-E370 provides a range of on-demand content, courtesy of the BRAVIA Internet Video feature. Zip to the Video section in the home menu and you’ll find a list of catch-up TV services, including Demand Five, BBC iPlayer , Eurosport, Blip.tv, LoveFilm, YouTube, Dailymotion and more. This choice of web content puts Panasonic and LG to shame in terms of quantity and quality – only Samsung’s Internet@TV comes close – and it’s great to see that you can watch clips from Dailymotion in HD . The BDV-E370 is Sony’s latest entry-level Blu-ray home cinema system. That makes it a potential rival for Samsung’s brilliant HT-C6930W system, and a much cheaper one at that.
You'll still need to plug the speakers into a receiver, however, which will need to be powered, so getting rid of cables altogether might not be possible. The 225mm-high front and rear speakers are robustly built, attractive and easy to install if space is tight. They’re coated in a gloss black finish and sport springclips on the back for the cables. The centre speaker’s long, thin casing is discreet, while the cube subwoofer’s plain black finish and surprisingly solid build put it in a different class to most other all-in-one subs.
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You can connect the Sony BDV-E370 home entertainment system to an HDTV via an HDMI port to view clear images. The integrated radio tuner of this Sony home theater system lets you listen to favorite FM broadcasts. Moreover, this 5.1-channel system with Blu-ray player’s universal remote control offers added flexibility.
Sound was loud enough from these satellites, though, and everything sounded pretty impressive. There’s an openness and clarity to the sound of stereo CD playback that makes for a rewarding listen, and the sub suddenly seems more nimble and responsive. Our reference separates blow it out of the water, but by one-box system standards it’s an impressive effort.
With the use of the integrated FM tuner, you can enjoy listening to FM broadcasts. Experience theater-like sound effects in your living room, with the Sony BDV-E370 home entertainment system. Including four satellite speakers, a central channel speaker, and a subwoofer, this Sony home theater system ensures you get roaring sounds. This 5.1-channel system with Blu-ray player has a USB direct input, allowing you to directly play the digital contents from your USB drive.
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It’s been around for a while now but the use of intersecting axes still feels fresh and innovative, even with the improvements made to rivals’ operating systems. Black bars are displayed on the top and bottom of the TV screen or the picture appears cut off. We may receive commission if your application for credit is successful, the commission does not affect the amount you will pay under your agreement. PUSH POWER / PROTECT / PROTECTOR is flashing in the display of the home audio device.
What it does lack is HDMI inputs, or any video inputs for that matter. So that might sway you towards a bigger system if you have a bunch of equipment to connect. Unlike a lot of Blu-ray players, the E370 has a super-quick load time, which we very much appreciate, being busy and incredibly impatient. A few seconds is all it took to load and start playing Casino Royale and Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. As far as we're concerned, you get a much more involving and exciting experience from decent surround sound than you can from 3D. For a start, the only special equipment you need to hear sound all around you is a pair of ears.
By using your broadband connecting you can stream video content from a variety of sources to your TV. The content available is quite large and diverse, but you are locked into what Sony provides, you cannot connect to a stream of your own. Each feed shows you the latest media available, and there is a search function that will search across a subset of the “channels” available. You can really just search for something that you are in the mood for, and you are bound to find a few shows to watch. Once unpacked the whole system is pretty easy to connect, the speakers, wires and connection ports are all colour coded, so it’s just a connect and plug in affair. This is only really an issue if you plan to run the wire up and along the wall to your speakers.
I tested a few file formats, with the following working fine, AVI , MKV, VOB. MOV and MP4 would not work. I did pick up a problem when playing the MKV in that it hung the player for a few minutes while I attempted to fastforward. Insert a disk in the tray and close and the system will start the disk automatically, and take you to the disk menu.
The list of supported formats isn’t as wide-ranging as Samsung or LG’s systems, but all the common formats are covered. How to troubleshoot low sound or no audio from the rear surround sound speakers. As a result of Google's decision, the YouTube app and related functions will no longer show content on certain models of Sony® television, video and audio products after April 20, 2015. Youtube is one of the available channels, but it has it’s own search facility, as well as allowing you to log into your Youtube account. Once logged in you will see your personal content, such as subscriptions, favourites and playlist.
