Hey all,
So I'm helping my mother build a home theater, and it all went well until the last component arrived. We went with the Sony DAV-HDX267W, a reasonably priced 5.1 system with a built-in 5-disc DVD player. Normally I'm not a fan of integrated units, but simplicity is important to her (one less component to deal with), and it was one of the nicer wireless systems (my mother insists on wireless rear speakers) we could find without breaking the bank.
I couldn't believe my eyes when I set it up. It's a capable, great sounding unit that does an awesome job on DVD's, BUT, it has absolutely NO inputs aside from a single stereo connection. At first I was sure I was missing something (and yes, I should have checked better before purchasing, but it never even occurred to me a home theater system wouldn't have a bevvy of available inputs for other equipment).
She's got a DirecTV receiver that can do 5.1 Dolby Digital on high-def channels, and now there's no way to get that signal into the HTIB. To make matters worse (as I considered getting a separate head unit and using the rest of the system), Sony's wireless speaker technology is extremely proprietary and can't be connected to any other type or receiver.
Barring returning the thing (which is possible but would be a PITA), is there ANY way around this? I can't think of one, but I'm still kinda hoping I'm missing something. The unit sounds great; I just don't understand in the least why they'd intentionally put that much of a handicap on it.
So I'm helping my mother build a home theater, and it all went well until the last component arrived. We went with the Sony DAV-HDX267W, a reasonably priced 5.1 system with a built-in 5-disc DVD player. Normally I'm not a fan of integrated units, but simplicity is important to her (one less component to deal with), and it was one of the nicer wireless systems (my mother insists on wireless rear speakers) we could find without breaking the bank.
I couldn't believe my eyes when I set it up. It's a capable, great sounding unit that does an awesome job on DVD's, BUT, it has absolutely NO inputs aside from a single stereo connection. At first I was sure I was missing something (and yes, I should have checked better before purchasing, but it never even occurred to me a home theater system wouldn't have a bevvy of available inputs for other equipment).
She's got a DirecTV receiver that can do 5.1 Dolby Digital on high-def channels, and now there's no way to get that signal into the HTIB. To make matters worse (as I considered getting a separate head unit and using the rest of the system), Sony's wireless speaker technology is extremely proprietary and can't be connected to any other type or receiver.
Barring returning the thing (which is possible but would be a PITA), is there ANY way around this? I can't think of one, but I'm still kinda hoping I'm missing something. The unit sounds great; I just don't understand in the least why they'd intentionally put that much of a handicap on it.
