Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #17464 in Speakers
- Color: Black
- Brand: Sony
- Model: BDVE780W
- Dimensions: 39.80 pounds
Features
- Sony Internet TV: Get instant access to must-have entertainment, including thousands of hit movies, TV shows, music choices, online videos and games.
- Plus get new apps delivered to you automatically, so your selection is never outdated and you are always connected to the best entertainment
- 1000 Watts for powerful sound: Hear everything with incredible impact. The system delivers 1000 Watts total power (165 Watts x 5 + 175 Watts)
- 3D Blu-ray Disc Full HD 1080p playback: Enjoy 3D Blu-ray Disc movies in Full HD 1080p.
- Multi-room Music with PartyStreaming: Wirelessly stream music throughout the home to compatible Sony Network speakers
Sony BDV-E780W Blu-Ray Disc Player Home Entertainment System (Black)
Product Description
Watch Full HD 1080p Blu-ray Disc movies and immerse yourself in powerful 5.1 channel HD surround sound with the integrated Sony BDV-E780W 3D Blu-ray Disc Home Theater System. Wirelessly stream movies, TV episodes, music and live sports events from Netflix, YouTube, HuluPlus, Pandora, and more. Plus enjoy the convenience of wireless rear speakers, 2 HDMI inputs, and a universal remote. This incredible system combines premium sound with the convenience of easy connectivity and control.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
61 of 63 people found the following review helpful.
By Doug
We wanted to upgrade our old DVD home theater system and were looking for something with great sound. The Sony BDV-E780 certainly delivers - we noticed an immediate improvement in the quality of audio from our old Samsung system upon inserting our first CD into the system. We were blown away by the entire experience as we watched our first Blu Ray. The picture and sound were movie theater quality. Really an amazing buy.Appearance-wise, the system looks very nice. The main unit is a nice glossy black with sensory buttons. The onscreen display in minimal and looks nice. Most of the detailed options are displayed on your tv screen.Initial set-up was easy enough with color coded cables and a walk through upon turning on the system. There is even a self calibrating microphone, which helps the speakers calibrate to meet your needs based upon where you typically sit to watch movies. The manual is quite long, however, so I imagine advanced customizing of the system to your preferences can be a little more complicated.The wireless surround sound is a great addition. You should know that it is not truly "wireless" in that there are wires that run from the rear speakers to an amplifier. That amplifier can sit anywhere behind your couch and connects wirelessly with the main unit. In other words, it is only wireless in that you do not need to run wires from the front to the back of the room.This is a great purchase and one I am sure we will enjoy for many years.
57 of 60 people found the following review helpful.
By Andrew I. Munro Sr.
Having recently moved, my old 2.1 system was no longer sufficient and running wires was a total 'no no' !!This system seemed to have the best reviews and actually had the wireless rear speaker device included, unlike some other systems that trick you into buying and then you find you have to fork out another $100 for the wireless transmitter !Set up was easy and immediately it recognized the wireless speakers without any issue at all.I was familiar with the interface as my old BluRay player uses basically the same. Netflix and all the app's work great. I have a wired Ethernet system throughout my house so cannot comment on streaming speeds via a wireless connection.My only negative would be that the speakers are SO light, that they are easily knocked over by my kitty kats and when cleaning. Also because they don't feel substantial, one thinks they would sound crappy, but actually I have no complaints about sound at all. Not a crackle from the wireless speakers, you'd think they were hard wired.It has 2 HDMI inputs, if you want more you could always attach an HDMI hub.For the money, I don't think you can go wrong.Nice to see Sony producing quality gear again !!12/26/2011 : Well I am eating my words from this earlier review. Over the past few days this unit has developed a mind of it's own ! While you are sitting watching the TV through an HDMI input, it will randomly switch from the HDMI 1 input to the HDMI 2 ....or the disc tray will open occasionally, for no apparent reason. I replaced all the HDMI cables, the same thing happens.Thankfully Amazon (as usual) are being great and have a replacement already en-route. Let's hope it has a longer life than this one....stay tuned for updates and again a BIG thank you to Amazon.1/12/2012 : Received replacement and this one does not switch between HDMI inputs on it's own, BUT it goes through phases of the Disc tray opening and closing continually for no reason, when you're not even watching a DVD/BluRay. I have read this is a known issue. Plus the volume will turn itself down or up to the max, again, all on it's own. Whatever happened to Sony meaning quality and reliability ?I am going to try one more replacement as there is nothing really similar out there with the same features. Of course it's back ordered until February (maybe because Sony are fixing the issues). I will update you in a few weeks.1/17/2-12 : Well I think this is a lesson for everyone and should be in the description of the unit on Amazon in BIG bold letters, credit to jbhop, another purchaser, who posted that he had the same issue, caused by interference coming from his Plasma TV and to move the unit at least 3 feet away from the TV. Sure enough, so far, so good and I sincerely thank jbhop for his help.This only seems to be an problem with Plasma, so if you have LCD/LED you should be fine.
40 of 42 people found the following review helpful.
By Laird A. Popkin
I've had this unit for a few weeks - pretty much had to buy some surround system to watch Star Wars on Blu Ray, and I picked this one. There's a lot that I really like about this setup, and a lot that was pretty irritating about it, though I'm hopeful that with a little working around problems, it'll work out great.Things I love about it:- Very easy to set up. Everything connected the obvious way, so I had it set up in 15 minutes, without bothering to read the manual.- The included sound check (with microphone) is great - it made it painless to get levels adjusted. All it takes is connecting the microphone, picking the menu item, and listening while it makes each speaker hiss in turn for a few minutes. Much easier than using a manual meter, playing a test CD/DVD, and crawling around configuration menus.- UI is well designed, easy to use, and looks good.- The DVD player is physically quite nice looking.- The apps (Netflix, Hulu, etc.) work well, and cover all of the major services that I use.- And it sounds great.- And it works fine with my LG TV, including 3D.Things I don't love about it:- The firmware update crashes if you update before using the Blu Ray player to actually play a Blu Ray disk. Note that when you turn the unit on, it prompts you to update the firmware. And best of all, when it crashes it does so on a screen telling you that it's downloading the update and warning you never to turn off the power while updating. Of course, the only way to recover is to ignore the warning and unplug the player, then ignore the prompt to update and play a Blu Ray disk, _then_ update the firmware. Then it's fine. But having Sony screw up something so fundamental, so completely, doesn't give me any confidence in the rest of their engineering. And the fact that they have had this problem for a long time without fixing it, or even putting a warning sticker on the unit, tells me that they would rather sell you something that you can't use than risk losing a sale by warning you, or spending the money to fix it. But once you get the firmware updated, the unit is fine.- The remote sucks. It has too many buttons, and is symmetrical with tiny labels, so I'm constantly hitting the wrong button. I've got to get a replacement remote.- The DLNA media player is very picky about media formats, so (for example) it won't play MKV files that I've ripped DVDs onto. My LG Blu Ray player (which was otherwise pretty boring) played a much wider range of media formats. So now I've got to get a better media server, to accommodate Sony's limitations. Or get a media streamer.- There's no list of apps in the manual, on Sony's site, etc. And you get whatever Sony gives you. On this front, I like the Roku much better - it has tons of apps, I can configure it to get what I want, etc. So despite being slightly redundant, I use the Roku plugged into the Sony.
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