Good budget HDMI receivers? - Blu-ray Forum

BD_Newbie · 04-22-2008, 09:05 PM

Based off DutchBoy's recommendation and some other great advice in another thread, I just bought the Sony 720 last week.

So far I've only watched one Blu-ray movie - 300 - but it sounded great! I'll vouch for it's quality (as a non-technical non-audiophile), ease of setup, and ability to accept Linear PCM via HDMI. It works great with the PS3 and has 3 HDMI ports in the back along with tons of other connections for the Xbox, Wii, etc.

No regrets yet, although the center channel seemed a little weak - I had to turn it up on some quieter scenes with only talking... I think I just need to re-run the audio calibration.

For the price, I found the features to be excellent. There is a Yamaha that Best Buy sells that is similar, but it's only 5.1 (not 7.1 like the Sony) and only has 2 HDMI (versus 3).

That was the same price range I was looking in last week - so I totally understand your position. The members of the board here seem to really like the Onkyo, but if you want to buy from a brick and mortar shop, they are more expensive. The Sony and the Yamaha were the only two I found that were able to stream PCM via HDMI and still had a tag of $300.

Good luck!

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04-22-2008, 09:05 PM	#15
BD_Newbie Member Member since:Apr 2008	Based off DutchBoy's recommendation and some other great advice in another thread, I just bought the Sony 720 last week. So far I've only watched one Blu-ray movie - 300 - but it sounded great! I'll vouch for it's quality (as a non-technical non-audiophile), ease of setup, and ability to accept Linear PCM via HDMI. It works great with the PS3 and has 3 HDMI ports in the back along with tons of other connections for the Xbox, Wii, etc. No regrets yet, although the center channel seemed a little weak - I had to turn it up on some quieter scenes with only talking... I think I just need to re-run the audio calibration. For the price, I found the features to be excellent. There is a Yamaha that Best Buy sells that is similar, but it's only 5.1 (not 7.1 like the Sony) and only has 2 HDMI (versus 3). That was the same price range I was looking in last week - so I totally understand your position. The members of the board here seem to really like the Onkyo, but if you want to buy from a brick and mortar shop, they are more expensive. The Sony and the Yamaha were the only two I found that were able to stream PCM via HDMI and still had a tag of $300. Good luck!

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