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Great deal for a good receiver.
(not to thread-crap) but be cautious on Denon and make sure you get a warranty. I have had two different receivers fail due to poorly-engineered HDMI boards. In this day in age, HDMI is pretty important and they have been the Achilles heel for Denon for a while. Make sure you get a warranty!
Gulp... hope they've fixed their design!... In this day in age, HDMI is pretty important and they have been the Achilles heel for Denon for a while.
Gulp... hope they've fixed their design!
Onkyo had a plague of problems with HDMI switching for awhile: cap's on their HDMI daughter-boards weren't up to the task, probably failing from heat. At least Onkyo seems to have solved that... as I did by soldering in replacement cap's on my TX-SR606. 'Wouldn't be considering replacing it save for the lack of 3D HDMI (1.4A) switching on my 606.
This ^.
My Denon 4306, an early hdmi receiver, caused me unending hdmi problems, to the point where I spent hundreds on splitters and other cables to avoid using its hdmi ports.
Judging from reviews on amazon and Crutchfield, this issue is not fully resolved.
IMO, Denon is a shell of its former self.
I'm still using my Kenwood Receiver I bought in college in 1989 - everything works perfectly. One question - why do you need HDMI ports on a receiver? I have HD DirectTV, Blu-ray player, a WD Live player and a Wii and all hooked to the TV by HDMI or component cables. I use the TV input to switch between devices, and just have the TV sound going out to the receiver. Most TVs have digital audio out, so the sounds quality should be good, so I'm wondering why even bother with HDMI ports on the receiver?