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If you can still get your hands on them. The PS3 is my CD player, DVD player, of course Bluray player, Game Console and Media Streamer, The last thing I was missing was to be able to play Netflix movies and now they have that taken care of with a disc that Netflix sends you. Still have an open HDMI that I have not needed. If you want something to go with the PS3 this is the receiver to get. I bought this receiver back in 2008, for the PS3 I had just bought since the PS3 did all the on-board decoding I did not have to worry about the receiver needing the latest DTS HD MA tracks and Dolby True HD because SOny had already confirmed they were going to do this with a firmware upgrade. I connected thru HDMI to the PS3 and a Motorola HD DVR from Comcast and that is all I needed. and the receiver just complements it perfectly.
When OSD is 'on', it does not show up as an overlay over the video source selected, it takes over the screen with a low resolution menu display. On a better note, the calibration set up description in the manual claimed that the sub-woofer level would not be set up automatically, but it did, and my 6.1 speaker system sounds great. Over the past two years it has locked up twice, probably due to the HDMI handshaking, and I had to unplug it for a minute to correct the problem. One thing that took me a while to figure out was that every source input can and must be set up separately.
That is a problem with another Sony product - the PS3. Not a real problem, but it does look a little hokey. I also use it with a Playstation 3 (PS3) and when powering up the entire chain, the LCD screen flashes pink while all the handshaking is going on. The receiver works well, but it is a pain to set up. Don't even bother trying without enabling the on-screen-display (OSD) feature. The manual is not really clear either, so as you are trying to get the thing set up properly, the menu you are in usually times out, and you have to re-enter the menu. Once properly set-up, the system works great.
I wish that the PS3 could be controlled by the STR-DG910, since it can only be controlled by either a PS3 game controller, a PS3 remote, or a goofy add-on box - not a harmony remote, but I digress. I got the Sony STR-DG910 because of its low price and number of features, expecially the number of HDMI ports. There is not a lot of verbage to guide you through the set up, so you will need to keep the manual handy during set up. One quirk of my set-up, and it may be common to all HDMI systems, is that every time I power-up my LCD (Samsung LNT-5265F) with the receiver playing the source sound, it goes quiet for a second while it handshakes with the LCD.
I can use the RCA cable / headphone plug cable and connect my laptop to the stereo and get great results.Sony Support told me that the problem was the RCA cables were an analog sound and that I would need to buy their DM Port and use their DM Port cables, at an extra $99. It will play but I have to turn the volume all the way to maximum in order to get legible sound. I purchased this stereo to replace an old Denon receiver that had burnt out it's surround sound card. The numerous HDMI inputs seemed good, since that looks like the way components are going in the near future.My disappointment is the inability of the stereo to use my iPod or iPhone as an input source. I am using both an iPod Dock with RCA cables out and have also tried using RCA cables connected to the headphone jack, same result.
Nice sound quality, plenty of power, lots of configuration options. Not a huge deal, but kind of unforgivable at this price.
Game over. Automatic speaker calibration made my system sound worse.Verdict: Now that Onkyo has released their TX-SR606, the DG910 is pretty much obsolete.
Only 3 HDMI inputs. Sorry Sony.
Good: HDMI switching and video conversion make life so much easier. It's worked perfectly with my Tivo HD, Xbox360, Wii, PS3, and PC input.Bad: Doesn't decode the latest HD formats (DTS Master HD, Dolby True HD).
More HDMI inputs, HD format support, and it's only a few bucks more.
it has 3 hdmi I was pretty worried that it wouldn't be up to his standards, but he was thrilled and said that it was easy to hook up and had all of the outputs/inputs that he needed. I looked around and really couldn't find anything better than this (without being twice the price). Like I said, great receiver for the price. I bought this receiver for my boyfriend as an anniversary present. He's a big a/v nerd and really wanted a better receiver for the new hd-tv that he was getting. There haven't been any problems with it, and we've had it for a while.
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