Entered CNET Catalog: 03/24/2006
SKU: HT-DDW700
Manufacturer: Sony Electronics, Inc.
Manufacturer description
The Sony HT-DDW700 home theater system is a perfect complement to your TV and DVD player to setup a great sounding home theater. 800 watts (RMS) AV receiver and 5.1 channel speaker systems completes the package. Also, rest assured that you will not need to spend hours configuring the system so that it sounds right. With its auto calibration feature (microphone included), configuring the 5.1 channel speakers to create an optimum sound field for your listening environment is automatic.User opinions
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User Rating: 
9/10
Bang for the buck
Pros: Crisp sound, Price, Easy Operations, Simple menu
Cons: Speaker wire, Only one digital AV cable provided
User Rating: 9/10
Premium HTS
Pros: High Quality Sound
Cons: No powered subwoofer/ need more digital inputs
User Rating: 9/10
Great deal for the price ($169.97 at RC Willey)
Pros: 800 watts, 5.1 for under $200
Cons: I live in an apartment, so it's too loud.
User Rating: 9/10
Absolutly Amazing low cost but great sounding system
Pros: Easy Set-up, great sound, great subwoofer, Great All Around
Cons: remote control somewhat
User Rating: 9/10
Great Home Theater (in a box) System.
Pros: Clear Sound, Tight Bass Responce, Small Rear Spekers Tha Put out Big Sound
Cons: It only has 1 Optical Input
User Rating: 9/10
Definitely a bang for your buck!
Pros: Quality sound, totally affordable, automatic speaker adjustment.
Cons: Small speakers, subwoofer rattles at max, remote only sony universal.
User Rating: 
10/10
Best Sound i have ever heard
Pros: Perfect sound, Nice remote, easy to install, light-weight speakers, 4 analog & 2 digital inputs, 800 watts,auto calibraytion
Cons: large reciever, you need the remote to do everthing with
My room is very, extreemly, superly, and incredibly small. I have a bed tv, and a desk. This home thearte system keeps our whole house filled with sound all day.
User Rating: 
8/10
one HOT product!
Pros: powerful, digital input, auto calibration, dynamic range compression, sound options
Cons: remote not universal, surround cables too short
I am not an expert in sound, but with my benchmark being going to the actual theater, this product delivers an amazing comparable sound if you use the digital cable. The digital cable is provided but it?s rather short (2 feet maybe). It worked for me though, so no need to get one of those overly marked up cables. After running the speaker cables (mind that you may need extra cable if your room is pretty large) the set up couldn?t be easier: you just push the auto setup button on the remote and the surround sound parameters are automatically adjusted for you. However, you can adjust all parameters individually, and this is what I ended up doing to maximize the sweet spot! There are a few good tips throughout the manual to help you with that. Btw, all the menus are clearly summarized in a table within the manual. The only con that I have is that the remote is not universal.
For movies you have different sound modes to recreate different sound stages: one that works for traditional movies, one for movies with great sound effects, and one for musicals. However, my favorite feature is the dynamic range compression which allows you to limit the sound when watching movies late at night. It is all too common to raise the volume when only voices are heard, and lower it for soundtrack or special effects, so this feature fixes that for me.
The music too is incredible, whether it be FM or CD. You can set a different sound for each station or music input to fit the music style. Your choices are Jazz, Concert, and Hall.
Overall, this product is all I wanted, and probably even more that what I needed. So, unless you need serious wattage and powered sub to make your walls and neurons tremble and decay, this product is worth a serious look, and from hearing other $300 ? $500 HTIBs this Sony?s sound was comparable if not better. Add a price you can?t pass on ($180 with tax) and the decision was clear to me!
User Rating: 10/10
Really Awesome!
Pros: This system has an unbelievable sound especially for the price
Cons: Doesn't get tramendiously loud....but, it gets loud enough
User Rating: 9/10
Great for the price!!
Pros: Great price and a great quality product. Easy to calibrate !!!
Cons: Rather large reciever,
