Sony STR-DE997 Dolby Digital Home Theater Receiver

"Sony's STR-DE997 home theater receiver will add astounding sound to your home entertainment. Packed with features, the 997 pumps out 110 watts to 7 channels and provides everything you need for todays surround sound formats as well as the formats of the future. The STR-DE997 can handle it all- on-board decoders include Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, dts, dts ES, dts:Neo6 and Dolby Pro Logic II. Made for the sound-addicted, it provides stunning surround sound while maintaining convenience and functionality. You can also hook up your old receiver with a pair of speakers to the multi-room audio outputs on the 997s back panel. This will allow full surround sound to be going in one room while CD stereo is playing in the other room with the old receiver and speakers. Since you can select what source you want to play in the second room (CD, AM/FM, Tape) you wont need a whole second system for the secondary >room; just a receiver to power a pair of stereo speakers. Now everyone in the >/fonthouse can enjoy music or surround sound whenever they wanteven at the same time. The STR-DE997 has plenty of connections to handle all of your existing home theater components, as well as any you may add in the future. Front panel inputs include S-video and optical digital for easy connection of portable equipment. Two back-panel component video inputs and 1 output allow video switching within the receiver--ideal for connection of your progressive scan DVD player and television. The preprogrammed learning remote control is easy to use and intuitive. Programming is simple: find the name brand of your CD player in the list on the LCD screen, press enter, and youre ready to go. Its that simple. In case you cant find >your particular CD player in the list, you can put the remote in learning mode and teach it the codes button-by-button. Macro mode allows you to program a series of com