Onkyo 606 Picture Problems

[aramis109]

Originally Posted by ItsGettingHotInEER

Yep, the cables are hooked up perfectly. The sound is great. The picture does look better since I changed the sharpness to -3, I read on another forum where some people were having the same problem as me, and them changing the sharpenss helped them, but most just hooked the component items straight to their tv and then used optical for sound, to me, that defeates the purpose of having a receiver. Some people said they believe even when you set it to Pass Through, they think the Onkyo is still trying to upgrade the signal, which in turn is messing the signal up, some also said their Onkyo was warm to hot even when off, I do not have that problem, even after having it on all day watching movies or tv, it's just warm.

But, when I watch regular SD tv, it looks even worse then before. Also, if I decided to take the 606 back, what receiver would you guys recommend in that $400 to $500 price range.

Well, my thought is that you HAVE to hook it back up to the TV to see if it really is the receiver or it's just you. Keep in mind that if you're running everything to the receiver and then the receiver out to the TV via HDMI, everything will have to share the same settings since the TV can't really tell them apart. Also keep in mind that running the 360 over component to the 606 and then to the TV via HDMI is going to cause it to scale it to 720p max; if you have it set to 1080i or 1080p it's not going to come out that way and could look a little weird.

I have the 605 and personally I run everything to the TV. That way I can tweak the setting of each component. The point of my receiver is for sound, not to run video through (though I understand your argument, I don't agree with it). If it sounds great, try eliminating the Onk as the source of your issue. Barring a bad receiver, I think you'll find it's not the cause. Also- I'd recommend not fooling with that particular menu, but that's just me.