JVC DD 3 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: When they first appeared at the beginning of the decade, home-theater-in-a-box systems (HTIBs) were revolutionary for taking everything you needed for a basic home theater system--an amp, five speakers, a subwoofer, and maybe even the DVD player--and ...

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.

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.

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.