Product Description
The Sony BDV-N790W 3D Blu-ray Home Theater System lets you enhance the sounds and pictures of your favorite movies using its Blu-ray player and 5.1 channel surround sound with 1000 watts of total power. Now, enjoy your movies with full high-definition visuals and high-fidelity audio. You even have the option of streaming movies and videos straight from the Internet with its Built-in Wi-Fi capability. With the Sony BDV-N790W 3D Blu-ray Home Theater System, there are more ways to watch movies. Playback Format: AVC-HD (3.1 / 4.7") (8 / 12 cm) / (DVD+R / RW / -R / -RW): Yes, BD-R/ RE (BDAV / BDMV):Yes / Yes, BD-ROM (SL / DL): Yes, BDAV / BD-R v1.0 (SL / DL): Yes / Yes, BDAV / BD-RE v2.0 (SL / DL): Yes / Yes, BDMV / BD-R v2.0 (SL / DL): Yes / Yes, BDMV / BD-RE v3.0 (SL / DL): Yes / Yes, CD (CD-DA): Yes, CD-R / RW: Yes / Yes, DVD+R (DL) (+VR): Yes, DVD+RW (3.1") (8cm) (+VR): Yes, DVD+RW / +R (+VR): Yes / Yes, DVD-R (DL) (VR): Yes, DVD-RW- / R (VR): Yes / Yes, DVD-RW / -R (3.1") (8cm): Yes / Yes, DVD-RW / -R (Video): Yes / Yes, DVD-R (DL): Yes, DVD-Video: Yes, Hybrid disc (BD / CD): Yes / Yes, Hybrid disc (BD / DVD): Yes / Yes, Hybrid disc (HDDVD / DVD): No / Yes, JPEG: Yes and MPEG audio: Yes.
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #542 in Home Theater
- Brand: Sony
- Model: BDVN790W
- Dimensions: 26.38" h x 22.05" w x 25.20" l, 36.30 pounds
Features
- 1000W, 5.1 channel, Wi-Fi, 3D1 Blu-ray disc home theater system
- Premium 2-way front speakers, wireless rear speakers
- Dual-HDMI Inputs; 1-HDMI output
From the Manufacturer
 Dynamic, vibrant sound needs its freedom. With that in mind, this sleek, fully integrated Blu-ray Disc Home Theater system features wireless rear surround sound speakers. The convenience of fewer wires allows for expanded placement options, and dual HDMI inputs make set up easier and more flexible than ever. |  |
| For the Love of Sound. | Full HD Even in 3D. | The Power of Built-In Wi-Fi®. | |||||
| Revel in a home theater system that provides vibrant 5.1 channel, 1000 Watts (167W x 5 + 165W) HD surround sound, and Full HD 1080p8 Blu-ray Disc movies. Coupled with the reduced clutter of wireless rear surround sound speakers, you will get the authentic cinematic experience that will make your living room come to life. | The combination of 3D movies2 and Full 1080p HD video will make you feel like you’re in the middle of the action. You can even enjoy standard DVDs in near HD quality, and convert those movies into 3D to enjoy an exciting, immersive world right at home6. | Stream your favorite movies, music, photos and shows wirelessly with the ease of built-in Wi-Fi1. Now you can connect to the Internet and enjoy your favorite content without the hassles of network cables1. |  |
Magnetic Fluid Speakers Watch a concert and hear subtle nuances in the music. Sony’s innovative speaker technology reduces noise for a more powerful, natural sound.
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Now Streaming With the convenience of built-in Wi-Fi, it's easier than ever to instantly stream an astonishing array of online movies, videos, TV shows, and music from Sony Entertainment Network, Amazon Instant Video, Netflix, YouTube, HuluPlus, and more1. Watch exactly what you want, when you want.
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Stunning 3D in Full 1080p HD Enjoy your favorite 2D and 3D Blu-ray movies2 in beautifully rich Full 1080p HD10. Upscale DVDs to near HD quality10 or use the 2D to 3D conversion6 feature to easily convert your DVDs and Blu-ray movies into exciting 3D entertainment adventures2.
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Optimize with Ease All rooms have unique acoustic properties – building materials, furniture layout and speaker placement options – to consider. With Sony’s Digital Cinema Auto Calibration technology, your sound is tailored to provide you with the optimum home theater listening experience. |
Rock the House Do more than play your favorite movies. Add Sony HomeShare™ wireless network speakers (sold separately) to stream music from a CD, your personal music library or even the internet to virtually any area of your home4. Move from room to room without skipping a beat - it's perfect for your next party.
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Convenient Wireless Rear Speakers Say goodbye to unsightly wires. With the absence of tangled wires between the main unit and the rear speakers, you will experience crystal-clear surround sound in a clutter-free viewing environment for a true cinematic experience.
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The BDV-N790W Blu-ray Disc Home Theater System is equipped with the latest technology to bring you
incredible entertainment quality. Explore the full range of features and options below.
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Full HD Even in 3D Revel in a home theater system that provides Full HD 1080p8 Blu-ray Disc movies and vibrant 5.1 channel HD surround sound, and 1000 Watts (167W x5 + 165W) HD surround sound that will make your living room come to life. For the Love of Sound Indulge in a 5.1 channel surround sound listening experience with 2-way front speakers that capture high, mid and low frequencies. A pair of wireless rear surround sound speakers completes the picture for a clutter-free theater experience. The Ease of Built-in Wi-Fi Enjoy your favorite Internet content without the clutter of network cables. Built-In Wi-Fi makes connecting to the Internet more convenient than ever. Life, Easily Shared Bring your favorite videos, photos and music to the big screen with the easy-access USB input and iPod/iPhone dock9. Everything You Look at Will Look Better Watch Blu-ray 3D2 movies and standard Blu-ray Disc movies in Full HD 1080p or upscale standard DVDs to near HD quality10. You can even upconvert 2D to 3D2,6,10. |
Discover the Most Amazing Sound With Digital Cinema Auto Calibration DX, simply place the included stereo microphone where you’ll be seated and settings are automatically optimized based on the distance, delays and placement of your speakers. IP Sound Enhancer Hear improved sound quality while watching movies from the internet as the IP Sound Enhancer restores sound lost during compression. Multi-room Music with Party Streaming Mode Wirelessly stream music throughout the home to Sony wireless network speakers (sold separately).Remote Control by Tablet or Smartphone The free Media Remote app provides a full QWERTY keyboard and movie information search capabilities on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android phone or Sony Tablet11. Sound You Can Feel Dolby TrueHD and dts-HD modes reproduce high-definition sound with 5.1 channels of discrete audio for uncompromised quality. |
Socialize While You Watch TV Share what you’re watching on Facebook and Twitter with a Socialize message. Learn More About Your Movies Get detailed movie information and search across internet apps, including YouTube and Video Unlimited for related entertainment with Gracenote1. The New Look of the Sony Entertainment Network It’s now easier than ever to instantly stream a wide variety of online movies, videos, TV shows, and music from Amazon Instant Video, Netflix, YouTube, HuluPlus, Pandora, and more1. Throw Your Music Photos and music from your Sony Tablet or other compatible Android device can be “thrown” directly to your Blu-ray Disc player for enjoyment on your TV11. |
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1. Broadband speed of at least 2.5 Mbps recommended (10 Mbps for HD). Content subject to change and may require fees.
Wireless connectivity requires an 802.11 home network (802.11n recommended).
2. Requires 3D content, 3D HDTV, 3D glasses and HDMI cable (at least 10.2 Gbps).
3. Applications must be downloaded from the iTunes or Android application store. Check Android market from your device for
compatibility. Requires devices connected to the same wireless home network.
4. Requires Sony HomeShare compatible products and a home network.
5. Requires a home network with content stored on a DLNA compliant PC or server, and HomeShare network speaker, dock, or
Blu-ray Disc player or home theater system. See dlna.org for compatibility. [Note: Adjust disclaimer as necessary depending
on the device and context. Above is an example is shown.]
6. Simulated 3D image will vary based on source content.
7. Not all USB devices are supported. Please check Owner’s Manual for compatibility.
8. Requires compatible HDTV and HDMI cable sold separately.
9. iPod and iPhone support is limited to the following players: iPod touch, iPod classic, iPod nano 1st, 2nd & 3rd generation,
iPod 4th& 5th generation & iPod mini and iPhone 3G, 3Gs and 4G models.
10. Requires HDTV with equivalent display and HDMI cable sold sep.
11. Requires devices connected to the same wireless home network.
12. Requires HDMI cable sold sep.
13. Requires 802.11 home network and content stored on a DLNA compliant PC or server.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
53 of 57 people found the following review helpful.
Good but could be better.
By B. Brewer
Speaker Connections: This unit uses propitiatory plug-ins to the head unit, how ever the speakers them selves use the normal push-tab-insert-wire connection. While I understand why they uses funny custom connections, I suppose you could cut the cord and save the custom plug. I would not consider this a deal breaker.
DLNA: Works as it should, but I really wish it would simply support a network shared folder. But you have to have a DLNA server on your home computer (or compliant device), what a bummer, that just one extra process I need to have running on my server. I have had some audio codec issues Dolby DTS is sometimes trans-coded to base stereo (2.0) or just regular Dolby Surround 5.1. It plays .MKVs good at 1080 and file sizes > 9GB. (I use serviio as my DNLA server on my PC's)
Apps: There are a load of useless apps, and only have a handful of useful apps. Pandora oddly does not have a thumbs up or thumbs down option. I do wish it had Revision 3, but sadly it doesn't.
Remote: The included remote is slow, but the Android app is pretty good, however the qwerty seems flaky and does not work with Netflix, so searching Netflix is a pain!
Sound: Is robust for these little speakers and appears clean at full volume. However given that this is a 1000w system - it is not that loud at full volume, and the sub-woofer is not 'heart thumping' - I would say the sub-woofer is mostly there to make up for the lack of bass the left and right channels can't produce, and doesn't add too much 'rumble'. Despite the manual saying that it delivers 250w is VERY questionable. I have owned lesser woofers (100w) that delivered much better performance.
Setup: Easy - because of the custom connectors.
Wireless Rear channels: Work as intended, only gripe is; I wished Sony would have put a 'flat plug-in' so the plug doesn't 'poke' my couch as it sits against the wall - I will need to buy an extension that has a flat plug-in or I fear that in the long term one of two thing will happen, I will damage my couch, or the cord will fray and short out.
Speakers: Are small enough and will look okay in any set up. They are wall mountable, simply by removing a screw and re-positioning the speaker base.
Head unit: Are touch sensitive controls, and the display is lack luster, it sits at the rear of the unit - so if you rely on reading the display - do not tuck the head unit into a shelf - put it on top and fully exposed. The head unit does not get hot when music is played a full volume for an extended period. The fan noise is audible, but not too bad.
Blu-Ray: Not tested (.MKVs)
WiFi: Not Tested (Ethernet)
These are my initial impressions after one week of owning the system. I may revise this review later with final impressions.
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ACQUIRING INTERNET CONTENT: Using some of the apps the unit will display on the TV - 'Acquiring internet information' or something similar too often, this is a hassle and an extra step - Sony should just automatically complete the acquiring process - but, it will just sit there until you press 'continue' - LAME!
NETFLIX CRASHES: Netflix will often crash and will result in you needing to restart the app, or sometimes it will require a power cycle (unit off then on).
BLANK SCREEN: When you are on a different 'function' (input) and you have turned off the unit and then later turn it back on to only see a black screen - is a little confusing if the input device is also off. I have powered the Sony on and off a few times before I remembered that it was on HDMI 1 and the Xbox 360 was off - so all I was getting was a black screen and thought the system had crashed or had become unresponsive although it hadn't. A simple solution press the HOME or NETFLX button on the remote.
SLOW SOFTWARE: Sometimes the system will hang or become confused/slow if too many buttons on the remote have been pressed - sometimes it will need to be power cycled to get the unit responsive again. pressing too many buttons on the remote too quickly stems from the slow performance of the unit. You press a button and nothing happens, only to think 'oh - it must not have 'seen' the remote, and you try again, and then one mote time - to find that the unit has either froze or has become really slow. A power cycle will fix this (wait until the pulsing light turns all of the way off - if you don't you will still have a slow or a frozen unit). Just be patient and wait about 5 seconds between button pushes and look for the pulse of light on the head unit to confirm that the unit did 'see' the remote - and if it did see it and still did not do anything - it's time for a power cycle.
SOFTWARE UPDATES: Are just like the PS3 they take FOREVER! And seem to fix or add nothing. It seems to happen about once every month. So I suppose (for now anyway) Sony seems proactive at updating the unit - but as for what it does or fixes, who knows (probably add to the problems - or extra stupid DRMs)
CONCLUSION: I'm tempted to revise my star rating to a 3/5, because once the 'new' wears off - it really is only average. Should Sony fix the software/speed/responsiveness then it would be worthy of keeping 4 stars. But for now I will leave it at 4 stars. (3.5 would be a better estimate)
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful.Clean sound, video settings good after tweaking, needs more customizability
By Matthew T. Weflen
Our family has moved into a new condo, and we wanted to upgrade our sound system to include wireless rear speakers, both for aesthetic and childproofing reasons. So this system sat atop the list of HTIBs to get. I've had it up and running for a week or so, and the following are my thoughts.
Set-up:
This was a breeze to set up. The speaker wires have color coded plugs, the rear speaker unit has a wireless dongle which is easy to insert (though why it isn't built in is beyond me) and the onscreen menus for setting up internet functions are user friendly. I can't imagine anyone but the most technophobic having any issues.
Audio: The audio is clean and crisp, and the bass response from the included unpowered subwooferis good. You may not be used to such clean sound, and think it somewhat anemic. My previous (also unpowered) sub had kicked in on everything, which certainly made everything bassy, but I now realize it had muddied things up considerably. Rest assured, on media files that require deep bass (for instance, Lor of the Rings) it is there in spades. The included surround speakers are also clear and clean sounding. Overall, it's a very good surround experience. There is no room to expand into 7.1 chanel territory from 5.1, but really I don't think most users will care a whole lot.
Video: When I first put in a Blu-Ray, i thought to myself, "why is this so mushy and soft?" Well, it became clear that Sony has chosen to enable default settings that smooth and otherwise tinker with the video output. These sorts of cheats are unnecessary with a source like Blu-Ray. So, word to the wise, if you want your Blu-Rays to look as crisp and subtly detailed as they did on your other players, go into "Options" while playing a video and set it to "Direct" (which is also left completely unexplained in all materials, but apparently defeats all extra processing). Also head into the XMB main menu and disable other smoothing regimens. After some tweaks, the video is just about as good as any other standalone player. There is still some sort of processing I can't find a setting to defeat, which causes very slightly odd patterns in film grain. I did comparisons watching the same Blu-Ray of Star Trek TNG, on the same TV with he same settings, flipping between inputs. The grain looks different here than on my Panasonic DMP-BD65, and it is detrimental. Would I have noticed it without a direct comparison? Maybe not. Will the average viewer even care? Probably not. But it needs to be said that this may not be the ultimate videophile player. It is adequate, even good. But it's not absolutely top tier, and will probably be bettered by high quality standalones. Unfortunately, unlike the PS3 and Panasonic Blu-Ray players, there is no 1.5x speed video with stereo audio. This was a great time saver for watching TV shows on DVD, and will be missed.
Ease of Use: There are only two HDMI inputs, which means that you will have to be frugal with external sources, unless your TV allows for ARC (audio return channel) with its HDMI inputs. Boot up takes maybe 15 seconds, not too bad, but slower than you may be used to on an old style AV receiver. The remote control is adequate, but it lacks direct input buttons, instead forcing you to either go through the onscreen menu or to keep pressing "Function" (not "Input" for some bizarre reason) until you finally get to what you want. The main unit has only a small LCD display, and it is on the top of the unit instead of the front, so it may not be visible in many installations. The most irritating thing in my book is the inability to rename inputs within the menu. I can do it on my TV, why can't I do it on someting that presumably has much more CPU horsepower? Instead, I am stuck trying to remember what HDMI 1 and 2 are whenever I switch. The IPTV content interfaces are hit or miss. Netflix is updated to the newest specs, containing 5.1ch sound and subtitle options. Hulu Plus, however, is not, and you can't display subtitles even though they are present on other devices. On the other hand, you do get a free 3 month trial of the service, which is nice. The radio tuner only does FM. This is really annoying, since I listen to AM sports broadcasts of my local White Sox. I cannot even fathom why AM tuning was left out when receivers from 5, 10, or more years ago can do it easily.
So overall, the system functions well, but has a few irritating caveats. Pretty much like anything Sony creates. If you are a Sony veteran, you'll know exactly the kinds of quirks to expect. You should go in knowing that they haven't created the ultimate ease-of-use product this time around. But it still performs quit well in terms of nuts and bolts A/V performance. I think the audio might be a tad better than the video, for what it's worth.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.So far so good
By Rawhide
Easy to set up. Really liked the overall value with integrated 5.1, bluray, two hdmi input (which is really like three because bluray is integrated), and wireless back speakers. I have three of these systems set up in one house -- the wireless back speakers were picking up the system signal in the adjacent room... after looking into the manual, I was able to fix this by locking the back wireless speakers to a specific system -- it worked like a charm to fix the problem and I was glad that Sony had accounted for this possibility, but it would have been nice if this was simply part of the set-up (to avoid the problem in the first place). Reasonable quality sound and even better if you use your own speakers. For my application it represents an overall great balance of features and ease of set-up. Very happy so far (just installed system recently).
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