Has anyone bought one recently or can recommend a good one for 800 to 1200 dollars?

Basically I'm after a unit with at least 3 component inputs, HDMI switching would also be good. DD EX, DTS ES, DPLIIx etc, anyone in the know for what's decent?

Qualifi site, marantz product


has dd ex, and hdmi switching. Looks to have at least 3 inputs too.

http://www.qualifi.com.au/mmbase/images/103736

try that same question here
http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?s=91e863bc9146da4544aca10107961573&showforum=7

good forums for this

i have a Pioneer
Onkyo, Yamaha, Marantz, Denon, are all good and you should get what you need for the price. try ebay.
but you'll also need speakers??

question: do they sell those things that aren't so damn huge? I've looked inside ours (the vents I haven't taken it apart) and it's mostly just empty space in there, looks like it could be about half the height it is. The only low profile ones I've seen are those cheap s*** ones that are like a dvd player + av switcher built into one unit.

I'd imagine the size is for two reasons

So they can fit like a billion input/outputs on it.
http://www.qualifi.com.au/mmbase/images/103738

And for cooling ability. My old school marantz receiver has a huge heatsink that needs a big case

I BEFORE E EXCEPT AFTER C (jajaja)

Well that one makes more sens Ad. Mine only has a few inputs on it as it's REEAAAAALLLLLYYYY old, like 15 years or something. Doesn't even have dolby digital only got dolby pro logic (not even sure if it's PL2). I should buy myself another one for xmas :p

well after a bit of shopping around I chose the Onkyo TX-SR605 from JB. It's a sorta starter-mid range level, but has a ton of features including HDMI 1.3 switching and support for the Dolby and DTS True HD 7.1 formats on Bluray etc so should be decent for the next few years :)

yeah, was about to come in a say the onkyo txsr605, but yeah, you already decided :)

it's pretty much the best bang for buck, plus it does composite/component upconversion to HDMI (not upscaling though, but hey....)

i have the onkyo aswell, very happy with it.

That's the one i'm looking at too. Stupid hdmi tv requiring me to upgrade my awesome receiver :(

panasonic xr57