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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.
”Hellboy II’s” intricately detailed pictures are stunningly rendered over the HDMI connection, sending every last pixel to the screen without any distortion or break-up. The onscreen menus are beautifully presented in a slick, modern design. The Home menu uses the Xross Media Bar layout, used to great effect on Sony’s standalone players and the PS3, which is incredibly easy to follow and scrolls from option to option with pleasing urgency.
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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.
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The Quick Start mode boots up the system in a few seconds, but when activated the system requires more power in standby. As for disc loading, it took an astonishing 35 seconds to close the tray and load Terminator Salvation, one of the fastest times we’ve clocked. Rig up the system for the first time and Easy Setup runs you through the key options to save you having to go back and set them later. Then you can plug the supplied microphone into the back of the main unit and launch the Auto Calibration mode, which tweaks the sound to suit your room’s acoustics. The picture is interrupted at the beginning of a DVD or Blu-ray disc playback.
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.
Dolby / DTS downmix to 2ch LPCM
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.
The rear panel is busy, although the lack of HDMI inputs will annoy anyone who wants to channel other HD devices though this system. A set of coloured speaker plugs correspond with the matching cables for easy installation. If you want to reduce clutter you can make the rear speakers wireless by purchasing Sony’s S-Air transmitter and receiver.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I found that they were long enough if you plan on running them under your couch to the speakers right behind you. Included in box with the main unit and 6 speakers are, speaker cables, remote control with batteries, FM antenna , calibration microphone and a coaxial audio cable. With surround sound, 3D, Blu-ray and Bravia Internet Video in one box for just £300, it's hard to complain about this system. Sure, the audio won't fill a big room, nor is the bass as deep and resonant as we'd like, but as a system for those who want to expand their home cinema horizons a little, we think it's a plucky little trier. Rummaging around the Home menu unearths more treats, such as DLNA media streaming from a laptop or PC. Enable media sharing and your computer’s name appears in the music, video and photo menus – simply select it and you can search your PC’s media folders.
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