10 Best Receivers for Input
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Out of thousands of reviews for 120 products, over 400 people recommended Receivers specifically for Input. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.
Sony STR-DG910
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$310 - $353
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26 People Recommend
"- receiver outputs through hdmi and i use it to switch input signals, the tv only uses on and off.…" - Amazon.com User "this receiver is the lowest price 3 hdmi input receiver on the market.…" - Amazon.com User "i decided to upgrade from my sony str de997, which, even though had more watts per channel than this model, it did not have any hdmi inputs.…" - Amazon.com User |
Onkyo TX-R805
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$649
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23 People Recommend
"it is almost overwhelming when you first see how many speaker inputs this thing has on the back of it.…" - Vanns.com User "this is my second onkyo.i purchased it to upgrade my system with hdmi inputs and more power.…" - "Toby" at Bhphotovideo.com "i have both an hd-dvd and a blu-ray player and my direct tv attached via the hdmi inputs, and just one hdmi cable to the hdtv.…" - Vanns.com User |
Onkyo TX8522 High Fidelity Stereo 2 Channels
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$300
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21 People Recommend
"also, i do wish it had an hdmi input though.…" - J from Utah at Circuitcity.com "just receive it in the mail, i thought it was christmas once i hooked everything together and tried the different inputs.…" - Dan Yo from Saint Louis at Circuitcity.com "i wanted something easy to operate for my wife and kids, something that i could run one wire to my tv so i didnt have to change inputs on the tv as well as the receiver.this onkyo was the ticket!…" - NH from tulsa, ok at Circuitcity.com |
Onkyo TX-SR304
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$148 - $200
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15 People Recommend
"(it was on sale at the time.) i tried different combinations of speakers from just two sony speakers, to five sony speakers and a sony subwoofer...all sound excellent.it doesn't have hdmi inputs,…" - Tairouzu from Orem, UT at Circuitcity.com "i spent about an hour hooking uo the surround sound and all of my different component inputs and i did this just to find out that the componrnt switching had a problem and the picture was fuzzy.my…" - snappy J from zulu, madagascar at Circuitcity.com "it has plenty of input and output connections - more than the average person will need, and all at an outstanding price.…" - Amazon.com User |
Onkyo TX-SR504
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$240
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15 People Recommend
"this was easy because the receiver auto detects what input signal it is receiving to decode.…" - Vanns.com User "this receiver was able to hook up to a wide range of equiptment and saved me from having to buy cd player,dvd player & tv.good range of input & output choices.excellent if you want to put together a…" - tomd from westchester ny at Circuitcity.com "the channels can be identified with both video input and audio input and it remembers them - something the sony did not.…" - Vanns.com User |
Harman Kardon AVR 146
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14 People Recommend
"note, although the unit does have 2 hdmi inputs and one hdmi output, you have to connect an additional audio source for the hdmi component (it doesn't process the audio, video only).…" - jmyatt8898 at Cnet.com "i love the three optical and three digital coax inputs for perfect audio.…" - ecstasy426 at Cnet.com "..but it has more inputs than outputs and also it feels the heat if playing over an hour…" - Amazon.com User |
Denon AVR 3808Ci
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$1,129 - $1,700
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12 People Recommend
""the receiver has been great for customizing everything from the types of sound i was looking for to mapping the inputs to specifics components on my system.…" - Bestbuy.com User "lots of inputs…" - Bestbuy.com User "they did not sacrifice quality of components for feature-set whatsoever.the multitude of hdmi inputs coupled with a high-quality upconverter make this denon easy to integrate into your hd…" - Bestbuy.com User |
Yamaha RX-V661 7.1 Channels
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$340 - $399
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10 People Recommend
"i am very pleased in that regard.one feature that i wanted in whatever receiver i purchased was multi-zone capability, so that i can listen to two different inputs in different rooms at the same time.…" - Bestbuy.com User "7.1 surround and enough hdmi, componet and optical inputs to last for a lot of electronic years!…" - Bestbuy.com User "even the remote goes beyond its duties by controlling most other inputs like dvd players and the tv too.…" - Bestbuy.com User |
Yamaha RX-V1800
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$877 - $1,200
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9 People Recommend
"the yamaha 1800 has low thd, 4 hdmi inputs and only one cable from my tv to the receiver.…" - "Gary knows audio" at Abt.com "it can read your hdmi audio so no need to use the optical inputs.…" - Bestbuy.com User "remote is somewhat klunky, and room for improvement in video latency when switching between inputs.…" - "J" at Abt.com |
Pioneer VSX-816-K/S 7.1 Channels
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$300
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9 People Recommend
"this product is awesome- the sound quality is really shrill with my polk audio speakers(7.1)- for the price which we pay ,its worth it - though it doesnt have the hdmi input,i dont think v can really…" - Circuitcity.com User "also it had plenty and more inputs and outputs on the back very clearsound and powerfull.…" - Circuitcity.com User "i was going to get the pioneer 1016 but decided the hdmi inputs weren't worth it at this time (not until the 2007 models come out that can handle both sound and video theyr'e now just video).…" - Circuitcity.com User |
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