New pro/con: The GUI which appears on TV can be improved. The back speaker terminals dont take 10AWG wire hence bannana pugs/ connectors are required.
New pro/con: I got my Z7 in May 2009 and one thing I have to appreciate outright is the ease of setup and function. The build quality is very impressive. I have all the signals going into the receiver and I am letting the receiver do the processing; the sound and video outputs are exactly what you would expect from such a receiver - brilliant. The best feature is the ability to play pure 2ch stereo hi-fi from your audio source. Networking is very easy and the ability to control the receiver via a web browser is just bliss. iPod dock is very handy. On the whole this receiver has surpassed all of my expectations.
Disagreed: "No album art; a feature found on the RX-V3900"
Disagreed: "Not many additional features for the price"
Agreed: "Component video over 2nd zone"
Agreed: "4 zones; 2 with audio only"
Agreed: "Gold-plated analog I/O + speaker terminals"
Agreed: "SRS Circle Surround II audio decoding"
Agreed: "DLNA support "
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"
Agreed: "8-point automatic calibration"
