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I have been looking everywhere for a review on this product and all I seem to find is the older brother the DAV-S500. I am slightly concerned at the lack of scart connectivity i.e to run the DAV-s800 purely as a DVD player and also intrigued to hear from anyone re the speakers. Stands for the other SONt`s have to be bought seperately but the speaker themselves seem more robust and solid that the 800.

Any feedback or a website address for a review would be greatly appreciated.

Home Entertainment magazine have reviewed the s800 and awarded it their Best of the year award.
The link is:

http://www.home-entertainment.co.uk/grouptest_read.asp?GroupID=1516&ArticleID=1514

From what I`ve heard on this forum from Westy and co, I went ahead and ordered one. Should be here in a couple of days.

I bought one a week or so back and even though I haven`t had time to properly set it up and get into it, the sound is superb (especially from SACD). The speakers are more than robust (and heavy). The actual speaker unit can be removed from the top and the stands are brushed aluminium and look the absolute business.

As well as great sound from DVD and SACD, what is normal tv and satellite sounds reproduction like.

Also once hooked up can you attach your normal video recorder to it and does it use the Surround sound well?