hecticity updated 3 products

hecticity — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:29:02 -0500

1. updated Pioneer Elite VSX-94TXH - February 22, 2008 at 10:29 pm

2. updated Yamaha RX-V3800 - February 22, 2008 at 10:22 pm

agreed: "No HDMI-to-HDMI upscaling"
disagreed: "Uses unproven Anchor Bay Technologies ABT1010 scaler instead of Faroudja or HQV"
agreed: "Upscales SD sources to 1080p"
agreed: "LAN-connected - can stream MP3, WMA, WAV"
agreed: "4 HDMI 1.3a inputs"

3. updated Onkyo TX-SR605 - February 22, 2008 at 10:19 pm

agreed: "1080i component video gets downconverted to 720p when transcoded to HDMI"
agreed: "Could use more than 2 HDMI inputs"
disagreed: "XM and Sirius ready"
agreed: "Automatic speaker calibration"
agreed: "Supports audio over HDMI"
agreed: "Great price for its specs/feature (MSRP $499, JR.com listed at $399)"
agreed: "HDMI switching and transcoding"
agreed: "High-def audio support - both TrueHD and DTS-HD MA"
agreed: "Faroudja DCDi video upconversion to component video"
agreed: "Bi-amp capable"

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hecticity — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:12:22 -0500

February 22, 2008 at 10:12 pm