Stylish Sony DAV-F200 2.1 Sound System April 30, 2008

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Sony’s opting for some minimalist styling with its latest home cinema offering, the Bravia DAV-F200 2.1 sound system.

Black, shiny and skinny, the new system brings a surprising 405W of hearing damage, spread in 135W chunks between the two small speakers and slinky subwoofer. As is now becoming more common, Sony believes its virtual surround will satisfy movie lovers, using its S-Force Front Surround technology to create ‘enveloping, rich and detailed virtual surround effects without the need for speakers all around the room’.

The DVD player is HDMI-equipped and capable of upscaling regular DVDs to near-HD quality, although I wish companies – in this case Sony - would stop saying that their upscaling DVD players can ‘upscale standard DVDs to 1080p resolution’, because they can’t. ‘Near’ is as good as you’re going to get. The unit can be wall-mounted but you will need to get the optional mount.

Formats supported include DVD, DVD+/-R/RW, CD, CD-R/RW, MP3, WMA, JPEG, DivX and, from USB devices, WMA and AAC files. It’s due out in June but there’s no price yet.-Martin Lynch

FEATURES:

* 2.1 system with compact, stylish control unit and speakers
* HDMI connection with 1080p upscaling and BRAVIA Sync system control
* USB play and record
* DMPORT connection for portable devices
* Portable Audio Enhancer
* 405W 32bit S-Master Digital Amplifier
* S-Force Front Surround
* Plays DVD, DVD+/-R/RW, CD, CD-R/RW, MP3, WMA, JPEG, DivX (plus WMA and AAC on USB)
* Optical/coaxial digital and analogue inputs for external sources
* Supplied with remote handset

[Sony]

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