What is the best AV receiver that I can buy for $ 1,000 – $ 1,200?
I have a DirecTV DVR, HD-Blu Ray, XBOX 360, a VCR and a Pioneer Plasma HDTV (1080p) and want a new AV receiver with at least 3 HDMI inputs, upconversion with downcoversion well and behaved well. Comptabible would like iPods, satellite radio ready and able to multi-zones. Thanks for your help!
As the owner of Yamaha slightyl I may be biased, but Yamaha – 910W fills all your requests and more. And I love my 'been providing great sound without problems for years. best buy here is the link to it: (you may be able to find a best price) http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8497432&type=product&id=1188561455849 Product Features * 910W total power: 130W x 7 RMS * Surround sound decoders include Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, DTS 96/24, DTS Neo: 6, Neural Surround XM HD * Surround Cinema DSP and Silent Cinema exciting technologies to create realistic soundscapes, 22 surround sound programs provide extensive compatibility and listening choices * XM HD powered by Neural Surround * HDMI 1.3a specification support with Deep Color (30/36-bit) transmission, 120Hz and 24Hz refresh rates and auto lip-sync compensation * YPAO (Yamaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer) automatically optimizes receiver output to optimum sound for the room acoustics, checking and adjusting for speaker connections, distance, size, frequency response and sound pressure level * Night Listening Enhancer offers cinema and music modes, ensuring not to lose or lose silent dialogue surround spaciousness during low-volume listening; Silent Cinema mode lets you enjoy multichannel audio and video sound through headphones * Optional Apple iPod Universal Dock (YDS-10, not included) allows you to connect your iPod, iPod mini and iPod nano to the receiver, iPod classic, iPod nano third-generation iPod and iPod touch are compatible with playback * Compressed Music Enhancer content and uses only the control of digital signal processing to improve playback of compressed music formats * Subwoofer crossover offers a choice of 9 subwoofer crossover switching frequencies phase lets you customize efficiency and performance for better bass response * AM / FM tuner with 40 stations * Preset Anchor Bay Technology scaler engine independently scale an image horizontally and vertically to further improve the quality of the images on display at high resolution (up to 1080i and 720p with HDMI output) * Multizone capability reproduces separate input sources in up to 3 rooms (zone 2 and 3) power amplifier and assignability speaker terminals allow for independent operation of the zone volume 2 or 3 initial and maximum volume settings available * High-performance-Brown 192kHz/24-Bit Burr digital-analog conversion for the front channels; 192kHz/24-Bit-digitali converting analog channels back * Inputs: 4 HDMI, 5 optical digital audio 3 coaxial digital audio, 6 S-Video, 6 Composite A / V, 3 audio and 3 component video * Outputs: 1 HDMI, 2 Composite A / V, 1 audio, 2 digital optical audio, 2 S-video, 1 component video monitor, S-video and composite monitor Monitor 1 + 1 * 2 12V trigger outputs and an RS-232C interface for easy integration with your home theater * Automatic Power Off greater comfort * Dual illuminated remote included presets, on-screen display for easy navigation
