What Hi Fi Sound and Vision 11 MAY 2009

Sony STR-DA5400ES

£ 1400 5
* * * * *

The STR-DA5400ES has taken home cinema by storm – it’s comfortably the best receiver available at this price-point

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Channels/power(w)

 7x120

Pro-Logic II

 Yes

Pro-Logic IIx

 Yes

Dolby Digital EX

 Yes

DTS Neo:6

 Yes

DTS-ES

 Yes

DTS 96/24

 Yes

Dolby Digital Plus

 Yes

DTS HD

 Yes

Dolby TrueHD

 Yes

DTS Master Audio

 Yes

THX

 No

Tuner Presets

 60

DAB

 No

FM

 Yes

MW

 Yes

LW

 No

SW

 No

Internet

 No

Auto set-up

 Yes

Room EQ

 Yes

Video upconversion

 Yes

Video scaling

 1080p

HDMI 1.3a

 Yes

HD audio via HDMI

 Yes

Learning remote

 No

Multiroom

 3 Zone

Network capable

 No

HDMI Audio in

 5

Coaxial digital in

 3

Optical digital in

 6

FireWire in

 0

USB Audio in

 0

Analogue audio in

 5

Phono in

 mm

Multichannel analogue in

 8ch

Ethernet audio

 0

HDMI Video in

 5

Component in

 3

S-Video in

0

Composite in

6

USB Video

 0

Ethernet video

 0

HDMI Audio out

 2

Coaxial digital out

 0

Optical digital out

 1

Analogue audio out

 3

Preouts

 8

HDMI Video out

 2

Component out

 2

S-Video out

 0

Composite out

 3

Dimensions (hwd, cm)

 18x43x43

Weight (kg)

 16.5

PublishTo

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