If I get the Onkyo TX-NR906 receiver, I get upconversion of everything coming in over HDMI to 1080p via a chipset that is supposedly better than Faroudja. I also get THX-certified audio processor which none of the similar-priced competitors have, and in the world of surround audio THX certification is king.
I thus wouldn't need those features in a TV set or DVD player, as you correctly pointed out.
However, I am not completely sold on the Onkyo just yet even though the fucking thing is the only choice that does what I need, nothing else can match it for reasonable price, neither Denon nor Sony nor Pioneer.
I'm not saying I have to take that newegg deal. The question is, as it has been before, whether the Kuro's picture quality which every web site and review and personal comment I've seen says is absolutely superb is worth the rather steep price hike from Viera.
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Date: 2008-12-23 07:15 pm (UTC)If I get the Onkyo TX-NR906 receiver, I get upconversion of everything coming in over HDMI to 1080p via a chipset that is supposedly better than Faroudja. I also get THX-certified audio processor which none of the similar-priced competitors have, and in the world of surround audio THX certification is king.
I thus wouldn't need those features in a TV set or DVD player, as you correctly pointed out.
However, I am not completely sold on the Onkyo just yet even though the fucking thing is the only choice that does what I need, nothing else can match it for reasonable price, neither Denon nor Sony nor Pioneer.
I'm not saying I have to take that newegg deal. The question is, as it has been before, whether the Kuro's picture quality which every web site and review and personal comment I've seen says is absolutely superb is worth the rather steep price hike from Viera.