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Onkyo TX-SR606

$389.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.crutchfield.com
this is my second onkyo receiver, purchased so i could decode the blu-ray sound streams, and it does an excellent job at that, even in 5.1 mode.
from www.crutchfield.com
i had it set up and playing black hawk down on blu-ray within 1 hour.
from www.amazon.com
it wasn't until i purchased a blu-ray player (sony ps3) and epson cinelite 1080p projector when i realized i needed to purchase a new receiver.
from www.amazon.com
i just wanted a decent mid-range receiver that does all the latest lossless audio formats and has 7.1 channels so it's ready to take advantage of bluray as that format evolves.
from www.amazon.com
i've had this receiver for a couple of days and i bought it along with a panasonic bd35 blu-ray.

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Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Compact, Surround Sound: DTS®,DTS ES®,DTS Neo:6,DTS 96/24,Dolby Digital® EX,Dolby Pro Logic IIx,Dolby TrueHD,DTS-HD,DTS-ES Discrete 6.1

2 RECOMMENDED by 19 people for BLU RAY

Yamaha RX-V663 7.1 Channels

$345.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
you want to buy this receiver though because it allows for true-hd which means it will decode blu-ray in high-def.
from www.bestbuy.com
i have it hooked up to my blu-ray player.
from www.bestbuy.com
it supports every audio format, including the latest "hd" formats for blu-ray etc.
from www.bestbuy.com
set the speakers it has 2 sub inputs great for blu ray audio i would recommend to get this over pioneer and don't pay the high price for denon when you can have the same quality at a cheaper price.
from www.bestbuy.com
i actually base my blu-ray purchases on the audio track because of this.

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Compact, Easy To Use, Surround Sound: DTS Neo:6,DTS 96/24,Dolby Digital® EX,Dolby Pro Logic IIx,DTS-ES Discrete 6.1

3 RECOMMENDED by 12 people for BLU RAY

Denon AVR-1909

$401.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.crutchfield.com
blu-ray has never sounded so good.....
from www.crutchfield.com
blu-ray is still in the future for me.
from www.bestbuy.com
still, its very solid with digital cable and blue ray.
from www.bestbuy.com
audessey calibration and dynamic volume make blu-ray movies sound as good or better as in the movie theater.
from www.bestbuy.com
loss-less audio processing - dolby digital plus, dolby digital true hd, dts hd, dts hd master audio are audio formats on blu-ray disks.

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Excellent Display, Surround Sound: Dolby Digital Plus (DD+),Dolby Digital®,DTS®,DTS ES®,THX EX®,Dolby Pro Logic II,DTS Neo:6,DTS 96/24,Dolby Digital® EX,Dolby Pro Logic IIx,Dolby TrueHD,DTS-HD,DTS-ES Discrete 6.1

4 RECOMMENDED by 25 people for BLU RAY

Onkyo TX-SR706

$697.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.crutchfield.com
have added sony blue-ray bdp-s550 since i purchased the receiver, the sound and picture are amazing.
from www.crutchfield.com
it sounds magnificent with blue rays.
from www.crutchfield.com
i married the receiver with a sony 350 blue-ray player, monster power hts 800, dish turbo-hd, an epson 1080ub projector, and a dalite screen that comes with jbl speakers built into the frame of
from www.crutchfield.com
watched transformers on bluray and it sounded like the house was coming down in some of the battle scenes.
from www.crutchfield.com
i currently have a 6.1 setup with a bluray player and lcd screen.

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Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Compact, 7.1 Channels

5 RECOMMENDED by 20 people for BLU RAY

Onkyo TX-SR806

$769.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.crutchfield.com
this unit really shows it's stuff when playing the dark knight on blu-ray.
from www.crutchfield.com
i watched tv (on a dish vip 722) it was okay and i dont have blu-ray yet and it left dvd's movies only so so (componant connection).
from www.crutchfield.com
i had just bought a 52" toshiba lcd and a panasonic blue ray player so i needed an hdmi receiver.
from www.crutchfield.com
video functions are best set to 'pass through' mode, leaving video upscaling and processing functions to your bluray/dvd player.
from www.amazon.com
not a lot of blu ray players have been built to fully test this receiver so i can't wait for better sound quality.

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Compact, Surround Sound: Dolby TrueHD,DTS-HD,Dolby Digital Plus (DD+)

Sony STR-DG920

$550.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.crutchfield.com
i have since attached my new sony blu ray bdp-dvd player s500 to the receiver.
from www.crutchfield.com
i bought this to go with my sony 46"z4100 and sony blue ray player i only use this for tv no music.
from www.amazon.com
this is probably very cool if all you ever want to own is sony - i like the sharp aquos lcd's picture (black really is black) connected to this receiver with a sony bdps-550 blue ray disk player.
from www.amazon.com
purchased the 920 and have it hooked to a blu-ray player, a sony 400 dvd/cd player, and an old vcr-dvd combo.
from www.amazon.com
after recently purchasing a ps3 for blu ray viewing i was in need of either a component switcher or a new av receiver.

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Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, Great Display, Easy To Use, Surround Sound: DTS®,DTS ES®,Dolby Pro Logic II,DTS Neo:6,Dolby Pro Logic,DTS 96/24,Dolby Digital® EX,Dolby Pro Logic IIx

Sony STR-DH800 7.1-Channel Audio Video

$329.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i thought that i needed new speakers to get better sound from my blu rays, but as sone as i plugged the hdmi from the blu ray to this receiver the sound was amazing.
from www.amazon.com
now this is my second sony receiver and i purchased this one specifically to go along with my brand new sony bdp-s360 blu ray player.
from www.amazon.com
it decodes linear pcm from my ps3 and samsung blu-ray player better.
from www.amazon.com
my dh800 is plugged into an xbr screen and will be joined by a bdp-s560 blu ray when it ships this summer.
from www.amazon.com
the sound is amazing when paired with a blu ray disc that spits out dts-master hd or dolby true hd.

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Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, Compact, Nice Display, Surround Sound: Dolby Digital®,DTS ES®,Dolby Pro Logic II,DTS Neo:6,DTS 96/24,Dolby Digital® EX,Dolby Pro Logic IIx,Dolby TrueHD,DTS-HD

Sony STR-DG820

$350.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it might be my upgrade to a blu ray player on top of buying this receiver but the sound difference i noticed was huge.
from www.amazon.com
i am using it with a panasonic dmp-bd35 blu-ray player, a toshiba hd-a3 hd-dvd player and verizon fios hd tv service connected to a samsung hl56a650c1f dlp 1080p display.
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hooked it up and started to watch my blu rays to listen to dolby true hd and dts ma
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this unit does swith hdmi so i have my sat, blu ray, game console and computer all ran to this unit with only one hdmi cord going from the tv to the receiver.
from www.amazon.com
it was easy to set up and the sound is great on blu ray movies.

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Positives: Nice Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Good Display, Surround Sound: Dolby Digital®,DTS®,DTS ES®,Dolby Pro Logic II,DTS Neo:6,Dolby Pro Logic,DTS 96/24,Dolby Digital® EX,Dolby Pro Logic IIx

Pioneer VSX-1018AH-K 7 Channels

$599.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
if you have a blue ray or hd-dvd player, you will need this receiver to take advantage of the sound formats, such as true hd, dts-hd master audio, and all the other variations.
from www.amazon.com
i have it hooked up to my sony bravia xbr kdl-52xbr6 52-inch 1080p 120 hz lcd hdtv, sony bdp-s350 1080p blu-ray disc player, jbl cs6100bg complete 6-piece home theater speaker system, and xbox.
from www.amazon.com
i wanted a receiver that i could plug all of my components(wii,blu-ray player, ipod, cable box/dvr) into and have only one hdmi cable coming out to my tv.
from www.amazon.com
the first time i played a blue-ray music disk it blew me away!
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right now i'm really enjoying it with my ps3/blu-ray player.

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Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, Nice Display, Easy To Use, Surround Sound: Dolby TrueHD,DTS-HD

Yamaha RX-V863 7.1 Channels

$571.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
what i love most about it is the upconversion feature that somehow makes my blu-rays look better on my 1080p set!!!
from www.crutchfield.com
i played an old vcr movie and it played fantastically through the same hdmi cable to the tv as my blu-ray movie did.
from www.bestbuy.com
7.1 surround is an absolute necessity when watching and listening to blu-ray....save up and buy the extra speakers to make it complete, you will not be dissapointed!
from www.crutchfield.com
hdmi switching between my directv satellite box, sony blu-ray, toshiba hd dvd, and sony tv works perfect and the picture quality on the pass- through is the same quality as when these devices were
from www.bestbuy.com
i have a sony 40" 1080p lcd that i watch blu-ray movies on through my ps3.

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Nice Display, Surround Sound: DTS Neo:6,DTS 96/24,Dolby Digital® EX,Dolby Pro Logic IIx,Dolby TrueHD,DTS-HD,DTS-ES Discrete 6.1

Denon AVR 3808Ci

$1,160.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.crutchfield.com
i have my cable box, cd player, hd dvd and blu-ray player all going into the receiver and it sounds simply awesome.
from www.crutchfield.com
i purchased it along with the dvd2500btci (blu-ray transport only) and also am very pleased with it.
from www.bestbuy.com
we bought it with the pioneer 60" kuro, monster 1600 power center, panasonic dmp bd 30 blue ray dvd, direct tv, and the harmony 880 remote and we are completely content.
from www.bestbuy.com
blu-ray and hd dvd fans will be especially pleased with its audio codec decoding capabilities.
from www.amazon.com
i have a flat screen,hd dvr satellite, xbox 360, wii, blu-ray, with home theater speakers(6) connected.

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Great Display, Easy To Use, Surround Sound: Dolby Digital®,DTS®,DTS ES®,Dolby Pro Logic II,DTS Neo:6,DTS 96/24,Dolby Digital® EX

Sony STR-DG 720 S silber 7.1 Channels

$220.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
if you have a ps3 for blu-ray you don't need a receiver with truehd or dts ma...it will decode those signals and send them to the receiver.
from www.amazon.com
i use the receiver in concert with a panasonic hdtv and blu ray player, as well as a wii system, all controlled via a harmony 510 remote (well, not the wii).
from www.amazon.com
it takes my two-channel stereo mp3s and brings them alive, along with my blu-ray and other various sources.
from www.amazon.com
if you own a blu-ray player and it decodes uncompressed audio like dolby truhd and dts-hd ma.
from www.amazon.com
if you dont have a blu-ray player or dvd player that does not decode the hidef audio and thats what you want then this is not the receiver for you.

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Positives: Nice Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Compact, Surround Sound: Dolby Digital®,DTS®,DTS ES®,Dolby Pro Logic II,DTS Neo:6,Dolby Pro Logic,DTS 96/24,Dolby Digital® EX,Dolby Pro Logic IIx,DTS-ES Discrete 6.1

Onkyo TX-NR906

$2,097.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.crutchfield.com
i recently purchase a pair of speakers and needed a receiver close to audiophile quality to drive them that accepted hdmi since im using a ps3 for my blue-ray player.
from www.crutchfield.com
i recently upgraded all my equipment with a 52 inch 1080p television, blu-ray, speakers, subwoofer, and this(reciever) fit right in.
from www.amazon.com
it is so intelligently design that i would be able to control my lg 42" hdtv, blu-ray dvd, directtv cable box, ipod (still figure out how to also control my ps3).
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i thought the remote control is very functional and practical in all devices i have tried (tv, blu-ray player, dvr, old dvd/cd players).
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i have had blu-ray players since the beginning of them..

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Positives: Nice Sound Quality, Compact, Great Volume Control, Surround Sound: Dolby TrueHD,Dolby Digital Plus (DD+)

Yamaha RX-V3800 7.1 Channels

$1,064.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.crutchfield.com
equipment: i have a sony 46" lcd bravia tv and a sony blu-ray player.
from www.amazon.com
of course for those primarily interested in blu-ray and hd-dvd, this iteration of yamaha now has the capability of handling the bit streams of dolby true hd, and dts-hd master, as well as having hdmi
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setup and connection was fast and easy with my 37" sony lcd tv and blu ray dvd player.
from www.amazon.com
this unit replaces my trusty old nad 754 simply because i needed hdmi connectivity to get to use dolby true hd and dts ma audio that blu ray provides.
from www.amazon.com
what were the inputs i really used most of all: svhs, bluray, hd-dvd, dvr, dvr-vhs combo, cd player, cassette, and phono.

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Positives: Great Sound Quality, Compact, Easy To Use, Surround Sound: DTS ES®,Dolby Pro Logic II,DTS Neo:6,DTS 96/24,Dolby Digital® EX

Denon AVR-2309CI

$536.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i bought this receiver to replace an aging sony sti-910 receiver when i upgraded the home theater system with a sony ps3 that we use for blu ray movies and games.
from www.amazon.com
i just upgraded the whole system with a new tv, blu-ray dvd, subwoofer and front speakers.
from www.amazon.com
i hooked up my panasonic bd30 blu ray player and played dark knight returns, the sound and video was top notch.
from www.amazon.com
blu-ray and video games sounds great.

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Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Good Connectivity, Surround Sound: THX EX®,DTS Neo:6,DTS 96/24,Dolby Digital® EX,Dolby Pro Logic IIx,Dolby TrueHD,DTS-HD,DTS-ES Discrete 6.1,Dolby Digital Plus (DD+)

Onkyo TX-SR876

$1,200.00 Est. at Amazon

from sobi, www.shopping.com
i wanted to add blu-ray, as well as a bit-streaming dsd sacd player.
from www.amazon.com
with 4 hdmi inputs, i can use the receiver to switch a dvd carousel, blueray deck, hd cable box and another other hdmi sources effortlessly.
from www.amazon.com
blu-ray audio was a discernable improvement over dvd audio.
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most of the dvd's i own are only 5.1 as i noticed once i really started to pay attention to the backs of the discs and i do not have many blu-ray discs right now, however the 7.1 will be nice for the
from www.amazon.com
sony bd350 1080p blu ray disc player.

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Compact, Easy To Use, Surround Sound: Dolby Digital®,DTS ES®,Dolby Pro Logic II,DTS Neo:6,Dolby Digital® EX,Dolby Pro Logic IIx,THX® Ultra2,Dolby TrueHD,DTS-HD,Dolby Digital Plus (DD+)

Denon AVR-2809CI Home Theater and DVD-2500BTCI

Denon AVR-2809CI Home Theater Receiver and DVD-2500BTCI Blu-ray Disc Bundle

$832.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.crutchfield.com
i recently had to upgrade my processor in my main av system because my old processor could not sample the higher audio rates of dolby true-hd from a blu-ray player.
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i needed direct hdmi cabling for blu-ray disc and some additional watts (heh-heh).
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the audissey options sounds great for some blu-rays like ted nugent and incubus at red rocks, because these blu-rays have a weak sound ...
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during the process of upgrading to hd (shocked to see that sony's ps3 was the best blue ray player!

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Positives: Easy To Use, Great Volume Control, Good Display

Denon AVR4308 7 Channels

$1,620.00 Est. at Amazon

from cruz3, www.shopping.com
after migrating to blu-ray, hdtv, etc.?
from www.amazon.com
just finished watching the directors cut of bladerunner on bluray and it was spine tingling.
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as the blu ray / hdtv bug bit me, i had to upgrade to a receiver with hdmi switching.
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as the silicon optix realta hqv processor used by denon's flagship 3800bdci blu-ray player or the silicon optix reon chipset used by receivers such as the onkyo tx-nr905 and integra dtr 8.8.
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this combination along with blu-ray introduced me into a world i never thought was possible, the picture and sound is amazing.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Sound Quality, Great Volume Control, Surround Sound: Dolby Digital®,DTS®,DTS ES®,DTS Neo:6,DTS 96/24,Dolby Digital® EX,Dolby Pro Logic IIx

Tx-sr507 Onkyo 5.1 Av Home Theater

$356.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i use it mostly for gaming with my ps3 and watching blu-ray movies.
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i have a blue ray player going into one hdmi input and a hd/dvr cable box going into another hdmi input and then using the hdmi output on the receiver to a panasonic plasma.
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major: the receiver is supposed to play all the high def audio that's available on blu ray (dts-hd, dolby digital true hd, etc).
from www.amazon.com
i bought this primarily to process audio from our new bluray player and the onkyo does an outstanding job.
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the choices are: cable/sat, dvd/bd (blu-ray), and vcr/dvr.

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Positives: Great Sound Quality, Compact, Easy To Use, Surround Sound: DTS ES®,Dolby Pro Logic II,DTS Neo:6,DTS 96/24,Dolby Digital® EX

Harman Multimedia AVR-254

$428.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
within 30 mins of taking it out of the box, i had it hooked up to my polk rm705 speaker set, panasonic blu-ray, hd cable box, and xbox 360...
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only had a problem on one blu-ray disc with dtsma bitstreamed, yet all other discs i have tried work fine with dtsma and dolby truehd bitstreamed and the receiver decoding dtsma and dolby truehd.
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i've played regular dvd's, hddvd's, bluray, and cd's.
from www.amazon.com
i haven't tried with blu-ray, so i cannot complain on that.
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i have had no difficulty with loss of picture quality/sound with blu-ray or dvds as reported by other reviewers.

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Positives: Compact, Easy To Use, Nice Sound Quality, Surround Sound: Dolby Digital®,DTS®,DTS ES®,THX EX®,Dolby Pro Logic II,DTS Neo:6,Dolby Digital® EX,Dolby TrueHD,DTS-HD

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Best Receivers for Blu Ray

Onkyo TX-SR606

Yamaha RX-V663 7.1 Channels

Denon AVR-1909

Onkyo TX-SR706

Onkyo TX-SR806

Sony STR-DG920

Sony STR-DH800 7.1-Channel Audio Video

Sony STR-DG820

Pioneer VSX-1018AH-K 7 Channels

Yamaha RX-V863 7.1 Channels

Denon AVR 3808Ci

Sony STR-DG 720 S silber 7.1 Channels

Onkyo TX-NR906

Yamaha RX-V3800 7.1 Channels

Denon AVR-2309CI

Onkyo TX-SR876

Denon AVR-2809CI Home Theater and DVD-2500BTCI

Denon AVR4308 7 Channels

Tx-sr507 Onkyo 5.1 Av Home Theater

Harman Multimedia AVR-254

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