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Sonys are very flexible and configurable, decent quality, but previous generations just didn't sound as good as the competition in the same price range. The downside of all that flexibility though, is they are often rather complicated to configure. The ES line is pretty good, but aside from them, I haven't seriously listened to the most recent -DE stuff. As a former owner of a few Sonys, I probably wouldn't go back to them.
What John S means by assignments is that you may have to go into the receiver's setup menu and assign the digital connection you have connected the DVD player to, to the "DVD" source selection on the receiver. This function is not always automatic. You will also have to make sure you have the digital audio settings correct in your DVD player (DD and DTS are set to "on" and "bitstream").
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HT: Marantz SR-8300, MA500 monoblocks x 2, 5X GR Research A/V-2s, Adire Audio Tempest sub, Denon 2900, Oppo 980H, Toshiba HD-A2, RC2000MkII remote, Panamax 5100, Panamax Max2 sub, Slim PS2, PS3 60G + 320G USB
Bedroom: Marantz PM-7200 Integrated, GR Research A/V-1s, Sony 222ES SACD, RC3200 remote, Panamax M8EX
Audio: Audioquest * Video: Bluejeans
My DVDs  My HT
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