I guess so. We bought an Onkyo 5:1 home theater system a few years ago, this is part of that.
Cool.
My current AV receiver is an ancient Dolby Pro-Logic 4.1(?) thingy.
Hmm, looks like 5.1 models are a little harder to come by: 7.1/7.2 seems to be the new thing... Even though there's no way I could accommodate two more speakers...
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:04 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Anyone got any recommendations on a AV receiver?
I'm looking at models from Yamaha, Denon, and Onkyo at the moment.
I got an Onkyo TX-SR607 summer of last year as my 6-7 year old receiver died. I got it right as I was thinking about getting a PS3 Slim for games and Blu-rays and was thinking that I needed some HDMI inputs. Bam, God kills the old receiver.
I have had no issues with it; the sound is great. It has 5 HDMI inputs in the back and one in the front. Decodes all sound formats including the HD ones. It's a 7.2 receiver, and I have it hooked up as a 6.1 system. Does up to Pro-Logic IIz, but I don't have the extra speakers for the "z" configuration. _________________
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:33 am Post subject:
Madoka wrote:
AD, does your unit run on the warm side? Mine has a little sticker on the top telling me it's normal to be able to cook eggs on it.
Yeah, it does. I don't remember a sticker, and it's at the bottom of the stack of components, but we keep the doors open when it's in use because it does run hot. (we have a wooden TV unit, all the components are behind doors)
I got an Onkyo TX-SR607 summer of last year as my 6-7 year old receiver died. I got it right as I was thinking about getting a PS3 Slim for games and Blu-rays and was thinking that I needed some HDMI inputs. Bam, God kills the old receiver.
I have had no issues with it; the sound is great. It has 5 HDMI inputs in the back and one in the front. Decodes all sound formats including the HD ones. It's a 7.2 receiver, and I have it hooked up as a 6.1 system. Does up to Pro-Logic IIz, but I don't have the extra speakers for the "z" configuration.
My brother recently picked up the near equivalent to the SR607, the HT-RC160... Really nice unit with the Audyssey calibration system and analog to digital upscaling feature... He waited in line at Fry's on 12/26 to buy the thing for $299... It lists at $550.
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:02 pm Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Hmm, looks like 5.1 models are a little harder to come by: 7.1/7.2 seems to be the new thing... Even though there's no way I could accommodate two more speakers...
You don't HAVE to plug in speakers for all the outputs.
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:58 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Needless to say, I'm rather skeptical about 3D: they've been screwing with this longer than the Missile Defense System... And neither one works.
Yeah I think it has niche appeal at best...moreover, I dunno if everybody wants to look like a tard wearing some gimpy looking glasses just so that piece of sizzling bacon on screen jumps out at you so you can pretend to bite it.
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