lattedude updated Yamaha RX-V1900

lattedude — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:47:22 -0400

March 25, 2009 at 2:47 am

new pro/con: It does everything I expected to pay for this unit. Excellent features for the price.
new pro/con: focus on what's important and don't compare apple to oranges.
disagreed: "No THX Certification"
disagreed: "No Internet/network connectivity"
disagreed: "Better video processing in the step-up RX-V3900 "
disagreed: "No HDMI scaling "
disagreed: "Not much improved over pre-decessor; nor much better features for the price compared to RX-V663 "
agreed: "HDMI supports High refresh rate 100hz/120hz "
agreed: "Pure Direct Enable Video "
agreed: "Support DTS-HD Master Audio 192kHz/24bit sampling frequency"
agreed: "Support DTS-HD Master Audio 192kHz/24bit sampling frequency"
agreed: "Hidden front control panel "
agreed: "More power than cheaper receivers "
agreed: "Analog video upscaling to 1080p over HDMI, and upscaling to component video "
agreed: "Decoding of high-defintion audio formats (TrueHD, HD-MA) "
agreed: "Adaptive DRC for dynamic volume control"
agreed: "4 x HDMI 1.3a inputs "
agreed: "8-point automatic calibration "
agreed: "HD Radio "

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lattedude — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:42:51 -0400

March 25, 2009 at 2:42 am