| 1. To call the remote control unit finicky would be an understatement of note. The buttons are extremely poorly arranged and many are almost too small to press. Furthermore, the buttons are slow to respond requiring a second or third press (you may think you are pressing a button but in fact unless pressed extremely hard, your key-press is not being registered by the unit). Considering that 90 - 100 % of the time the unit will most likely be operated via remote, this is a major drawback and is reason alone to give this system a miss. The range (when used at angles) at which the unit will accept infra-red signal from the remote is also the poorest I have experienced in a remote-controlled appliance. 2. The audio has exceptional clarity with very low levels of distortion but the DVD audio is flat, empty and lacks volume. There is virtually no way to distinguish between the many sound fields which can be selected as they all sound very much the same. In fact the DVD audio on this system could be termed a complete failure. The system fails to deliver a surround sound effect on any settings irrespective of the speaker system layout out and setup being 100% correct. The DVD audio has none of the rich, full cinema sound found in comparable systems. 3. DVD operational features are missing. There is no zoom feature on this system which should be standard on DVD systems. Also, the back/forward scan has only two speeds. The first speed is too slow and the second is too fast to move to the required scene. 4. Upon closing the DVD tray after watching the third DVD, the front panel on the tray came loose. Further inspection showed that this wedge was stuck on with a form of double-sided adhesive tape. This is unacceptable build quality on the part of SONY which I have never before experienced with home entertainment equipment. At this point I returned the system for a refund. |
Sony DAVS500 Home Theater System home electronics.