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Not only did my receiver break two months after I got it, Onkyo wouldn't help me at all. Try another brand.
I bought this to replace my pioneer receiver, sounds really good for the price, as others mentioned before HDMI is passthrough only, it won't do any upscaling. Does not really matter if you have an upscaling DVD player already
This product was a great value for the price. And it arrived in just a few days.
Not that programming the surround sound is difficult, it just requires that you have everything wired correctly and there is little/ no white noise in the room. If you can get this 7.1 channel receiver programmed (works by using remote microphone which is provided)you are in for a great surround sound which works on any medium (cds, IPod, Blu-ray, etc). Great receiver. Has additional "B" speakers group which can be used with or without the "A" group; makes for creating extra sound for an entire house as opposed to just one room. If you can find it on sale BUY IT.
Even so, there is no distortion and noticeably more "punch" to sudden sounds such as gunshots, explosions, and breaking glass.It would be nice to have at least one more HDMI and Toslink input for possible future needs, but right now everything is working out fine. I had been happy with the Yamaha's performance (it was $850 in 2001) and it had never given any problems. I can tell this receiver is not packing the same wattage because I have to turn up the volume to about 50% on the Onkyo while I only needed about 25% on the Yamaha. I knew of these limitations before purchasing and still feel this receiver was the right choice.The Audyssey 2EQ did a fantastic job of automatically configuring audio output to match my speaker layout. The sound separation and clarity is way better than before - and I'm still using the same speakers and wires. There is now a noticeably smoother sound transition from each area and the subwoofer performance is 100% better than before - more punch and a much smoother crossover transition.We are completely satisfied with this purchase. It would also have been nice to have the Onkyo pull sound input directly off the HDMI connections, but it really is not a big deal to simply run a coax or Toslink audio line to the receiver.
After all, this solution saves a lot of money by not having to upgrade to another receiver that can do this. I recently purchased a new Samsung LN52A750 HDTV from Amazon and decided it was time to upgrade my RX-V2200 Yamaha receiver too. I've now been using it for the past 8 weeks and just can't believe how much better the sound has been compared to the much more powerful and expensive Yamaha. But the Yamaha did not have HDMI connections and I wanted to make use of the new connections and capabilities of the new TV and a new Blu-Ray player.This time around I didn't want to spend a lot of money on another receiver that might quickly become obsolete as the Yamaha did. The way technology progresses it may be time to upgrade again in 5 years or so to gain additional capabilities.After quite a bit of research it appeared this receiver would do everything I wanted. This Onkyo receiver was inexpensive (only $219), yet performs like I would expect a top of the line system to perform.
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