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davecon1 updated Yamaha RX-Z11

davecon1 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:56:18 -0500

January 8, 2009 at 3:56 pm

disagreed: "At this price point, it should have one more HDMI input (it has 5) to guarantee you don't run out"
disagreed: "Four surround presence channels are useless unless you reassign them to auxiliary zones."
agreed: "Presence channels for uncanny realism of the DSP modes."

davecon1 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:24:30 -0400

1. updated Yamaha RX-Z7 - October 18, 2008 at 3:24 pm

added a competitor: Pioneer SC-09TX
disagreed: "No album art; a feature found on the RX-V3900"
agreed: "Not many additional features for the price"
disagreed: "4 zones; 2 with audio only"
disagreed: "Component video over 2nd zone"
agreed: "DLNA support "
agreed: "Gold-plated analog I/O + speaker terminals"
agreed: "SRS Circle Surround II audio decoding"
agreed: "Fully functioning second zone of audio and video with OSD and component output"
agreed: "5 x HDMI inputs + 2 HDMI outputs "
agreed: "Anchor Bay VRS Technology + PReP video processing for large displays "
agreed: "Internet + network connectivity with Web browser control "
agreed: "8-point automatic calibration"

2. added Pioneer SC-09TX as a stub - October 18, 2008 at 3:24 pm

davecon1 — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:11:25 -0400

October 7, 2007 at 3:11 pm

tapped as "want it"
agreed: "At this price point, it should have one more HDMI input (it has 5) to guarantee you don't run out"
agreed: "Very expensive"
agreed: "Four surround presence channels are useless unless you reassign them to auxiliary zones."
agreed: "Unproven Anchor Bay Technologies ABT1010 processor"
agreed: "1 HDMI input on the front panel"
agreed: "WiFi, LAN, USB"
agreed: "11.2 channels - 140W x 7, 50W x 4"

davecon1 — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:09:45 -0400

October 7, 2007 at 3:09 pm