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380 reviews
Aug, 2025
alaTest has collected and analyzed 380 reviews of Sony STR-DH800. The average rating for this product is 4.3/5, compared to an average rating of 4.1/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews.
We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Sony STR-DH800 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 87/100 = Very good quality.
Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)
alaTest has collected and analyzed 43 user reviews of Sony STR-DH800 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.3/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk.
95% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.
Consumer review (amazon.com)
alaTest has collected and analyzed 230 user reviews of Sony STR-DH800 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.3/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com.
96% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.
Expert review by : Richard Stevenson (techradar.com)
Is this budget-priced AV receiver a loss leader?
Superb value ; Big and smooth sound ; Easy to use
No video upscaling or multichannel inputs ; Could have a bit more sparkle
We think Sony has released this receiver at an extremely aggressive price point but haven't neglected to fill it with features. An absolute bargain!
Expert review by : What Hi-Fi? (whathifi.com)
If you're taking your first step on the AV ladder then the Sony STR-DH800 should definitely be on your hit-list
Decent design ; intuitive remote ; uncomplicated auto set-up ; great insight and weight for the money
It's difficult to grumble at this price
If you’re taking the first step on the AV ladder the Sony should definitely be somewhere on your hit-list
Consumer review (reevoo.com)
It works and sounds good.
Manual is so hard to follow, e.g. to set up speakers read page ??? you get to page ??? and get referred to page ?? and so on. No overview to make it simple to get the idea before complexity sets in. I am sure there are features I won't use only because...
Consumer review (reevoo.com)
Good Quality Brand
Struggled with programming the remote - but got there in the end!
Consumer review (reevoo.com)
for the price its very good ,all my things are connected buy hdmi ,52 lcd tv ,p3 .sky hd with optical lead DTS-HD ,DOLBY TRUE HD ,R-D-S ,7 CHANNEL SURROUND ,MUILTI,CHANNEL AV RECEIVER. its all so got 2 digital optical connections ,NEURAL-THX, BI-AMP
apart from instructions BRILLIANT
Consumer review (reevoo.com)
Just about all, better than a previous model I own.
None really, some of the controls like setting up the radio are not intuative which is a shame.
Consumer review (reevoo.com)
the "air transmitter" is a nice feature, Also like the digital input which allows you to control a mp3 device via the units remote
the manuals lack of clarity on which should be connected i.e. the manual shows you can connect say a blue ray via hdmi, optical or rgb, it does'nt say which one's can be used together or not
Consumer review (reevoo.com)
Nice sound, fully featured - works very well when usied with a Bravia TV and the Blu ray player set up. Can be purchased quite cheaply if you shop around
Probably the most difficult peice of electronic kit I've owned to set up, and the most time consuming to do so.
Consumer review (reevoo.com)
great value for money
manual could be bettere
Consumer review (newegg.com)
I've been rewatching my Blu-Rays because of the sound I'm getting out of this amp. With my PS3 outputting an uncompressed PCM audio track to the amp, I'm hearing definition in sound I couldn't hear before. The sound field sounds richer causing you to...
Support for latest HD codecs, Great Sound; 4 HDMI inputs; Inluded mic makes calibration so simple anyone can set-this amp for great sound; Awesome value for the price
It would've been nice if it converted analog signals (component etc) to digital so you could output everything through HDMI on one channel. However, for the price its hard to expect that
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