Sony DAV-C450 Region-free DVD Home Theater System

Price: $ discontinued

Sony Dream^TM DVD/CD/SACD/Receiver Six Speaker System

A DREAM COME TRUE
Sony believes that you should be overwhelmed by DVD performance -- not by DVD equipment. Their dream was to deliver DVD excitement in the slimmest, sleekest, most stylish package. The result was their first DVD Dream System, the DAV-S300, a benchmark for maximum performance in minimum size. One incredibly slender component contained both a high-powered A/V receiver and a DVD player. A full set of matching silver speakers completed the picture. People responded in overwhelming numbers -- making the DVD Dream System a bigger success than Sony dared to imagine. And now they've responded with new DVD Dream Systems that are even more powerful, even more capable than the original!

A MATCHED SYSTEM
Choosing a Sony DVD Dream System is like having a highly qualified Sony engineer at your side when you go shopping. The speakers are matched to the amplifiers -- and to each other. Matched speakers maintain spectral balance and stable imaging, no matter where the sound comes from -- left, right or center, front or rear. As an added benefit, Sony's two-way speaker design employs a coaxial tweeter that helps focus the sound source -- and saves space.

Key Features:

5-Disc DVD/CD/SACD Changer

Sony's 5-disc DVD changers keep a raft of entertainment at your beck and call. Of course, every Sony DVD player performs beautifully with your music CDs.

Space-Saving S-Master Digital Amplifier

Along with the music, conventional analog amplifiers generate substantial amounts of heat. This requires big, heavy heat sinks to be part of the amplifier design. And it's a major reason why powerful A/V receivers need to be so big. Sony's full digital amplifier changes all that. The circuit produces much less heat. So the amplifier can be far smaller than conventional designs. The happy result? Sony DVD Dream Systems include a superb DVD player and a powerful A/V receiver in a profile as sleek as 2¾"!

Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic and dts Decoder

Dolby Digital Decoder -- An essential part of DVD performance is Dolby Digital™ surround sound. And it's fundamentally unlike anything that's come before. First it delivers full digital sound. Then it keeps all channels completely separate (discrete) throughout the process. Third it encodes separate Left-Surround and Right-Surround channels. Finally,there's a ".1" channel just for Low-Frequency Effects (LFE). This is the cutting edge of surround sound, vividly reproduced by Sony DVD Dream Systems.

Sony also incorporates the controls and adjustments that so many others leave out. So you can direct the bass to match the way you've placed the subwoofer in the room. And you can adjust the delay to match your specific room. Listen to Dolby Digital surround sound on a Sony DVD Dream System and home entertainment comes alive. Movie sound tracks are more dynamic. Surround sound effects are bigger and more convincing. Bass is stronger and closer to the movie director's original intent. It's a new world of home entertainment. And nobody takes you there like Sony.

dts (Digital Theater System) Decoder -- Some DVD producers prefer an alternate multi-channel system: dts (Digital Theater System) audio. With this Sony DVD system, you've got all the latest processing. The dts decoder enables multi-channel digital surround sound that is dynamic, spacious, and realistic. Generates 5.1 discrete channels of sound for Left, Right, Center, Left Surround, Right Surround, and Subwoofer.

Dolby Pro Logic Decoding -- Because not all your entertainment will come from DVDs, this Sony system also incorporates Dolby Pro Logic decoding. So you'll be ready to hear the best from hundreds of VHS Hi-Fi movie releases, plus a growing range of digital satellite programs, TV sports, drama and movie broadcasts! This classic system brings home the excitement and emotional impact of movie sound tracks. Decodes and amplifies the surround channels already encoded in most movie videocassettes and laser discs, many TV dramas, and sports broadcasts.

Digital Cinema Sound™ Digital Signal Processor with Three Cinema Studio Modes

What is the ultimate reference for movie theater sound? It's the Hollywood dubbing stage -- where directors go to evaluate and approve their sound tracks. Now precisely that sound has been brought home, courtesy of Sony's Digital Cinema Sound™ system. These digitally recreated acoustic environments are based on the actual measurements Sony made to acclaimed Hollywood dubbing stages. By reproducing the precise reverberation qualities of these venues, Sony DVD Dream Systems make your movies sound exactly the way they were meant to be heard!

Frequency Synthesis Tuner with 20 FM + 10 AM Station Presets

System that tunes AM/FM stations with maximum accuracy, minimum drift. Always tunes to the center of the broadcast channel for minimum distortion.

SACD Stereo and Multi-Channel Playback

Super Audio Compact Disc is the realization of an audiophile's dream: all the precision of digital reproduction with all the warmth and ambience of analog sound. The secret is Direct Stream Digital™ encoding. Its one-bit 2.8224 MHz (64fs) sampling is the highest quality sound source available today. DSD one-bit encoding strips away entire classes of distortion that have always characterized conventional PCM digital sound. It's nothing less than a quantum leap in music resolution. The DVD Dream Systems reproduce not only stereo SACDs, but also multi-channel SACDs! You can hear the full glory of full-resolution SACD sound in as many as 5.1 channels.

CD-R/RW Audio Playback

Plays audio discs from your CD-R/RW burner. Now you can enjoy the versatility of listening to recorded material from CD-R/RW discs, as well as standard CDs and DVD movies.

Optical Digital Audio Input

Enables digital-to-digital connection Digital Satellite System.

Color Coded Speaker Connectors

Easy to install: The concept of DVD Dream Systems goes well beyond styling. Sony addressed every aspect of setup and operation, making it easier, simpler and faster. The system connects in just minutes. A specially prepared guide walks you through the setup. The speaker connectors are even colored the same as the labels on the back of the components to be connected. Plus and minus conductors are also color coded, to ensure in-phase connections. Simple, plug-in connections mean you won't need so much as a screwdriver!

Preprogrammed A/V Remote Control

Sony knows that you'll be using your DVD Dream System with other equipment. That's why the remote controls are pre-programmed to operate not only the systems but also televisions and DIRECTV® receivers — including many non-Sony brands!* One-Touch Play commences CD or DVD playback as soon as you select the corresponding amplifier function button.

Speakers:

• 500 Watts Total System Power
• Stereo mode power output: 80 w x 2
• Surround mode power output: 80 w x 5
• Subwoofer Power Output: 100 w x 1

Terminals:

• 2 A/V Inputs, 1 A/V Out