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while it wandered into the darkness for a while there Sony's home theater lineup is stronger than ever and its latest mid-range models offer excellent performance and features for the money hi I'm Ty Pendlebury and the STR DN 850 is a little bit cheaper than the DN 1050 but in essence you're not paying for features you probably won't use the DNA 50 is a 95 watt receiver which offers seven channels plus two subwoofer outputs it has bluetooth streaming with optics plus integrated Wi-Fi and streaming apps including Spotify connect and Pandora you also get Apple AirPlay and DLNA support too as it's only $70 difference to the Dan 1050 what is missing firstly there's no 4k upscaling though there is pass-through pluses no zone 2 outputs if you do want to power speakers in the second room using the same receiver it's worth the little bit of extra money for the D and 1050 the cheaper dn8 50 also lacks the component video inputs on the more expensive model though there is a slight difference in the power figures the DN 850 is equally as competent as the more expensive model for both home cinema and musical tasks you won't find is capable of surround receiver for sound quality for anywhere near this price throwing a solid menu system and a stripped back firmly remote and the DN 850 is great value for money this has been ty Pendlebury for cnet.com