Sony DAV-SC5

I've had my Sony home cinema for 10 years now and its still going strong. I certainly got my moneys worth from it. I've just replaced it with a new all singing all dancing LG home cinema system which will arrive tomorrow. I hope it lasts at least half as long as the Sony did.

i have the Sony DAV-SC5 model since the first time it launch may be 2003,until now it still work perfectly without having any problem.i had pack n unpack several time because of moving to a new places,it really make me happy because of easy to take care.the sound is good while i play mp3 n DVD,the machine is running a little warm while i play it around 5 hours continue non-stop.it seen don't have any problem ever getting older with many new model coming out...

The Sony DAV-SC5 is easy to use and user friendly. The sound system is first class with gread bass.

As other readers have posted - great system until the DVD-player part of it packed up after a year or so. 'STANDBY' constantly flashes on the display and even had to open the unit up once to get a jammed disc out. Now use in only as a sound system with a DVD player plugged in to the 'aux in'. Shame really.

I've had my Sony DAV-SC5 for over 4 years and has never let me down. I have moved house on 4 occasions in that time, so it's been packed and unpacked several times. The sound is awesome, it has loads of inputs so I have the TV, games console and iTunes Airport Express plugged into it. Unlike others reviewing this product I have had no problems with the DVD mechanism, it still plays discs perfectly.

I bought the system... was happy until it packed up just after 2 years. It was not heavily used I expected better quality. Now I know why they there is only a 1 year warranty. Looking back, I don't think it's worth the extra premium. I might as well have purchased a JVC or Panasonic. To make a point I refuse to purchase any further Sony Products. I have also read about the lawsuit against Sony in the US where they had to replace the DVD's manufactured between 1998 and 2007 wish it was the same for the UK!

Great Home entertainment system, with great surround sound components, good visuals, easy to use and set up, and all has been going swimmingly for about 2yrs until the DVD player packed up, but irritatingly not all the time. So sometimes the DVD player works OK, and then at other times the DVD functions would freeze or it would not play at all. This has been getting progressively worse until now the standby message flashes insesently when the system is turned off or when the DVD player is used - very annoying and non functional. Estimates for repair are in excess of £100!!! I thought Sony made quality products - I will not be purchasing any more, especially after my Sony trinitron TV packed up shortly before and cost me £50+ to repair! No more Sony products for me - I am now a happily converted Panasonic man!

The Sony DAV-SC5 generally is a great home cinema system all round, with nice looks, and all was going great for the first 18 months, but after owning it happily for 18 months the DVD component failed, and the standby also would not shut down, and just to make my day, it only had a 12 month warranty. N.Z$350 to repair. So personally I won't buy anything Sony from now on.

Good system shame about the internal workings.

Too bad you can't buy the Sony DAV-SC5 DVD home cinema system new anymore. The Sub seems like it's a baby with just 100 watts. Just go into Settings and put the setting to +6Db and it's a whole new story. My neighbours did come around once and told me to turn it down :D.

The Sony DAV-SC5 is a fantastic system which is reasonably priced. I bought mine in December 2003 and have been really impressed with the sound quality. My X-Box games really come alive when connected and action movies are awesome. The Bourne Identity and Swordfish are particularly good with the sound up. I am not a tecky, just an ordinary user who appreciates good sound in a movie and the CD playback is great also. Don't mess about with the sound field effects there is no need at all for this. The system picks up what sound field should be used so stick to it.

Unfortunately, after 10 months the DVD player is occasionally sticking in the middle of a movie. At this point all the remote buttons and those on the front of the unit become useless! If you switch the system to standby it can take up to 5 mins to happen!! Really annoying! The only way to get round this is to take the power out at the socket. Then joy of joy, the movie cannot then be scene skipped so you have to start the thing again even though you have only missed the crucial last 5 minutes at the end. This is an intermittent fault and the Sony Centre where I bought it from said it would be away at repair for a month and as it was intermittent wasn't worth sending back. If the fault is not seen on the one and only test they send it back as "no fault found." This is a pain. Recently the fault has not re-occurred only because I have not used the system for every day television use. Does anyone have any ideas on what to do?