new receiver

[Ascended_Saiyan]

Originally Posted by Newmanpup

The new Sony ES amps are not great at all. It will prop only sound decent if you have very efficient speakers. Even so, you can do a lot better else where. The only thing the new ES has going for it is the HDMI 1.3 and a very good room calibration system that uses two mics to triangulate setup.

Not true at all. The ES line up are the only Sony A/V receivers worth getting. They were not good before November 2006. I have put my ES receiver against Pioneer Elite, Yamaha, and Denon and it has held it's own. The GUI is one of the most advanced and easy to use. Plus, it has a 5 year warranty out of the box! I use to speak to the reps of the manufactuers listed above. It was between the Pioneer Elite, Yamaha, and the Sony ES. You see which one I have and I haven't been disappointed, yet.

BTW, the ES has HDMI 1.2. Maybe the new line will have HDMI 1.3 in the future.

[theknub]

Originally Posted by Ascended_Saiyan

Not true at all. The ES line up are the only Sony A/V receivers worth getting. They were not good before November 2006. I have put my ES receiver against Pioneer Elite, Yamaha, and Denon and it has held it's own. The GUI is one of the most advanced and easy to use. Plus, it has a 5 year warranty out of the box! I use to speak to the reps of the manufactuers listed above. It was between the Pioneer Elite, Yamaha, and the Sony ES. You see which one I have and I haven't been disappointed, yet.

BTW, the ES has HDMI 1.2. Maybe the new line will have HDMI 1.3 in the future.

i have heard from a little bird that the new lineup of ES receivers will have the xmb implemented

[Ascended_Saiyan]

Originally Posted by theknub

i have heard from a little bird that the new lineup of ES receivers will have the xmb implemented

My GUI looks like a vertical XMB.