Compare Prices : JVC DD 3

Review summary: It's designed to integrate with your home PC - using an Ethernet connection that allows you to access audio and video files from your computer and then play them through the system. This means you can enhance the performance of your digital music ...

Pros: Compact and stylish design, accessing digital files, easy to use, decent picture quality

Cons: Average sound quality, compromised speakers

Review summary: If you can look past its high price and some annoying shortcomings, the JVC DD-3 Sophisti offers elegant styling and pretty good sound for its size.

Pros: Very stylish 3.1 design with small front speakers and no rears ; center channel a nice step up over 2.1 systems ; solid multimedia support via streaming network ; DivX video support

Cons: Expensive ; no video inputs ; sounds better on DVDs than music ; terrible remote ; network streaming is wired only, not Wi-Fi ; USB port of limited use

Review summary: A stylish home-cinema unit that employs virtual-surround sound, the JVC DD-3 Sophisti forgoes the need for rear speakers -- and the wires that go with them. With an upscaling HDMI DVD player, this is ideal for anyone looking for an unobtrusive way to ...

Pros: Very stylish 3.1 design with small front speakers and no rears ; centre channel a nice step up over 2.1 systems ; solid multimedia support via streaming network ; DivX video support

Cons: Expensive ; no video inputs ; sounds better on DVDs than music ; terrible remote ; network streaming is Ethernet only, not Wi-Fi ; USB port of limited use

Verdict: If you can look past its high price -- and some annoying shortcomings -- the JVC DD-3 Sophisti offers elegant styling and pretty good sound for its size

Pros: Very stylish 3.1 design with small front speakers and no rears ; center channel a nice step up over 2.1 systems ; solid multimedia support via streaming network ; DivX video support

Cons: Expensive ; no video inputs ; sounds better on DVDs than music ; terrible remote ; network streaming is Ethernet only, not Wi-Fi ; USB port of limited use

Verdict: If you can look past its high price--and some annoying shortcomings--the JVC DD-3 Sophisti offers elegant styling and pretty good sound for its size.