Sony STR DG510 Home Theater Receiver
Normal Price:$250.00
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Manufacturer: Sony
Model: STRDG510
Binding: Electronics
Publisher: Sony
Label: Sony
Features for Sony STR DG510 Home Theater Receiver:
- 5.1 channel home theater receiver with 100 Watts-per-channel
- Accepts 1080i signal through HDMI
- HDMI pass-through with 2 inputs and 1 output
- Optimized for Blu-ray disc and other HD sources
- Dolby Digital, Pro Logic II, and DTS decoding
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Customer Reviews
Best bang for the buck! 
2008-08-27
My old receiver went unexpectedly on me; I had planned to put some money aside and get something "nice" in the future. Funny how things work - "nice" wasn't on my list for now - necessity was. I couldn't be happier the way things turned out! I saw all the other great reviews for this product on Amazon and they were right! Very modest price, very big sound with plenty of crisp, clean power. The folks at Sony did it again with this baby. The folks at J&R Music World also knocked my socks off with an order placed on a Thursday night being received via UPS ground by the following Monday - unheard of in this line of business! Gotta lot of extra money to waste on bells and whistles? Look elsewhere. On a tight budget and want really good sound for your home entertainment system at a great price? THIS IS IT!!
Sony STR-DG510 Home Theater Receiver 2008-08-23
This is a very good receiver, nice power, nice sound, very nice price! You could do better but why spend all of that cash? You have all of the hook ups you need and power to spare. I'm very pleased!
You get what you pay for 
2008-07-30
I did some research before I ordered this inexpensive Sony A/V Receiver and overall I am quite impressed. For the $178.00 (free shipping too!) that I paid for this thing, it is a very good value. I realize there are much better alternatives, but not anywhere near this price. If you are like me, and have two HDTV viewing areas in your home, it gets pretty old to buy components that cost an arm and a leg. Be forwarned: the HDMI connection works the video only - you will have to hook up either co-ax or optical cables to make the audio work. I hooked this baby up to a B.I.C. 12" powered subwoofer coupled with two old Design Acustics three-way bookshelf speakers. Feeding CD quality audio from my Cox cable box into this system is AWESOME! I still have to buy the center and surround speakers but the actual sound is superb - especially when you factor in the price. Very powerfull and detailed sound - very satisfied with this unit. I am leaning towards buying more B.I.C. speakers to round out this system.
No better receiver for the price. 2008-07-21
This thing is really the only one in it's class with all the digital connections and options it has. The next comparable ones are $500. My only complaint is that if you have a lot of stuff to connect, its really awkward to get everything set up. With my situation, my DVD player and TV are not the actual inputs on the receiver, but that's what you get when you buy something like this for so cheap. Well worth living with that since you save so much money, Just write down what component is connected to the back and you'll memorize it in no time.
Very nice for a budget 2008-07-16
My aunt and uncle recently got a cheap 32" LCD HDTV. The built in speakers were horrible. A few months ago, they also got a great deal at a garage sale on some old Bose speakers not realizing they needed a receiver to have surround sound, so they sent me shopping for one to fit their budget. I purchased the DG510 for them and it sounds amazing. They are using it primarily for an HD cable box and their son's PS3.
They are also using it as an HDMI switch. Really the only negative about this with their setup is that the optical audio inputs are not assignable for different channels. Therefore, they have the HD cable box hooked up on the "DVD" channel with a digital coax audio cable while the PS3 is hooked up on "Video 2" with the digital optical audio cable. The receivers from other brands I looked at on which you could assign the optical audio inputs to any channel were about $100 out of their budget. This is only a minor nitpick since it still sounds great.
Great for second room home theater 2008-06-23
Deliver serious power to your surround sound system with the advanced performance of the STR-DG510 audio video receiver. Featuring 500 total watts from five channels and A/V Sync for precision integration with today's flat panel televisions, this system provides amazing sound reproduction for TV programs and movies. And powerful HDMI connectivity allows uncompressed 1080i video to pass directly to your HDMI-compatible television for crystal clear images. Other features like Digital Cinema Sound and digital cinema auto calibration recreate the mood that Hollywood's finest intended, and they do it automatically.
Sony STR-DG510 2008-06-13
The Sony STR-DG510 has been a great addition to a growing home A/V setup. Front panel functionality leaves a lot to be desired but the capabilities and quality of this "budget" priced receiver are remarkable. The sound from every source is delivered virtually distortion free. The menus and programmability are not for the novice but the remote covers all of the options and directions are relatively easy to follow. This is an awesome 5.1 100W/channel receiver.
Works great for 5.1 home theater 2008-06-09
I built a home theater with all Sony products and it's great. I have more than I need with this receiver and the price was good.
Sony STR-DG510 Home Theater Receiver 2008-06-07
I had a similar Sony unit and the audio failed with an internal short after 3 years. Sony would repair it for $124, but I bought this new one for $154 and got 3 HDMI connections in the tossup.I'm pleased with the performance and only hope it will last a bit longer than my old unit.
DO NOT BUY!!! 
2008-05-20
This reciever is a POS. You probably cant even buy these anymore, but if you are thinking about getting one from somewhere on the web, DO NOT!!
Here's the problem. It says it has HDMI inputs (2). Well it does. But guess what! They are useless. All they do is pass the video on to your TV. You have to run an audio cable as well as the HDMI cable to get the sound to play on this POS. Now I have read some reviews say, "so what? they pass the video only. so? all you want is to pass the video cause the audio should stay in your reciever" well thats true, but you dont get the audio from the hdmi cable. In other words, all you need to do is plug an HDMI cable directly to your tv and then an audio cable to your reciever...same results as having what this POS has! Also, there is no TV HDMI input. Only DVD and Video 2. AND you can only use a coax for sound on DVD and ONLY a fiber for Video 2 hdmi inputs. AND you can only connect the DVD with composite or HDMI..not component. In other words, you are very limited to how to connect your gear. But for my mom, it works out ok, cause shes so cheap and it was only $127. And its better than the alternative: nothing. But if you want a decent reciever, get something else.
