Sony HTCT100 Sound Bar with Subwoofer

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Sony HTCT100 Sound Bar with Subwoofer - Black

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This amazing system brings simplicity and performance together by pairing a Center speaker that recreates a surround sound experience all by its self. Now add a powerful external subwoofer and you are ready to bring your Movies to life with the HT-CT100. With three HDMI inputs on tap, this system is tailor made for the Gamer looking for an easy, quick and great sounding solution for their Next Gen gaming system . It can playback LPCM from the HDMI connection, plus you can listen to your favorite music from the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT that works with various accessories (sold separately). The HT-CT100 can also control a select number of BRAVIA televisions with BRAVIA Sync via the HDMI interface. With “One Touch Play,” operations that took several steps have been reduced to one. « short desciption

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Review Date: 2009-11-23
Simply put, this is an elegant solution and an exceptional value.

Our "new" home was built in 1928, and has been faithfully restored. We have exactly one room that serves as our living, family, and media room. Drilling into 80 year old plaster or hardwood floors to put speakers everywhere is out of the question. Combine this with the fact that we're new parents, and movie night for us is, when we're lucky, after our son is in bed and with the sound at a low volume.

However, I'm not exactly ready to settle for an entertainment system consisting of a clock radio and a crappy TV. What I've got: 37" Samsung LCD, Apple TV, the HTCT100, and a Logitech 520 remote. All very affordable equipment in the scheme of things, but also very clean. Everything is HDMI, thanks to the HTCT100. The Logitech remote drives things beautifully, BTW.

I wasn't expecting surround sound, and I can't say I get it from this. But the sound is excellent for the price. I mean, come on... $200 and change? That is *nothing* in the world of A/V equipment. I like the fact that the speaker bar is smaller than some of the competing brands, since I have it sitting on our TV stand in front of the TV. Anything much larger would really look silly. Both the center and sub appear well built and neither calls attention to themselves, which is a good thing.

One non-advertised feature is that the unit can compress the dynamic range of a movie. What does this mean? Ever try to watch a movie after your kids are asleep and find yourself always raising the volume to hear wispers and lowering it to avoid having the explosions wake the rest of the house? This feature helps with that. It isn't something you'd ever use in a true theater environment with louder sound, but for my purposes, it works out well.

Honestly I think many people are better off with a system like this. How many people truly have a properly set up home theater with six or seven speakers? Picking up a box of speakers at your local WalMart or Best Buy and scattering them around your living room does not a home theater make.

It would be very hard to go wrong here. I looked at a lot of competing products but they all had something I didn't like. Either wireless subs that don't work, or line level RCA inputs, or features bundled that I just didn't want, or they overlap with the Apple TV.

User: B. Young
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Summary: Great choice for former audiophile
Helpful Votes: 0
Total Votes: 0
Review Date: 2009-11-19
This unit is perfect for my needs. The sound is fine and the bass fills the room. I live in an older adobe/concrete house and having no attic or basement running wires were out of the question. My living room is medium sized, 17x26, with parquet flooring and contrary to other comments regarding limited volume I set the volume at about 20 to 30 and find the levels to be fine. At 40-50 the windows vibrate and any communication with others is reduced to hand signals. Two friends, after hearing the system now have already purchased one.
I did check other sellers and found that Amazon beat everyone. Walmart was asking $269, I paid $228 at Amazon. Installation was a snap. It took longer to get it unpacked than to install it.
It looks good. It sounds great Buy it...

User: clayton
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Summary: bang for the buck
Helpful Votes: 1
Total Votes: 1
Review Date: 2009-11-18
For dorm rooms or small singles this is a perfect system. It works great with movies and video games although when watching TV it takes some tweaking to hear the dialogue without booming soundtrack. For a larger room you probably should upgrade to a larger soundbar or the more traditional system.

User: J. Swartz
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Summary: For small rooms: Perfect, otherwise probably not
Helpful Votes: 0
Total Votes: 0
Review Date: 2009-11-15
There are plenty of reviews on this system and they provide a lot of good information. I just want to suggest that you check this system out in a store if you can to make sure it is loud enough for your application/expectations. For the price I would have thought it would be a lot louder then it is. The volume level maxes out a lot sooner then it should, the speakers sound like they have a lot more to give. Disappointed..

User: T. Westerhof
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Summary: Fuller sound, but not louder...
Helpful Votes: 0
Total Votes: 0
Review Date: 2009-11-15
Avertised here at $228.43 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details
You Save: $171.56 (43%)

Go Figure.... Sony site retails this HTCT100 at $299 listed here at $228. I see only a $71 (24%) savings.

So I'm still shopping for that 43% savings

User: R. Kane
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Summary: NOT 43% Savings Here
Helpful Votes: 0
Total Votes: 4

Product Details

250 Watts (RMS) (50W x 3 + subwoofer 100W)
1080p HDMI Active Intelligence - (3 in/1 out)
Digital Cinema Auto Calibration
S-Force PRO Front Surround Sound
HDMI Repeater

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