Need help choosing a receiver

[cubby1223]

Originally posted by: alfa147x

Originally posted by: cubby1223
You don't want something that just has hdmi passthrough, so the Onkyo 505 is out. You'll be kicking yourself later on if you buy it.

The Sony STR-DG720 has 3 hdmi inputs, and is a good value at $299, only lacks the ability to take an input analog video and output it over hdmi. The Onkyo TX-SR606 has 4 hdmi inputs and the full range of features, should drop in price when it's more readily available. Both of these give you Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio decoding for in the future. That's the biggest advantage to HDMI, access to better audio.

The Harmon / Kardon seems fine, I forget why I discounted it when I was making a list of receivers for me. Personally, with all the growing pains HDMI has been through, I am only buying a newest generation receiver. I'm not taking any chances.

wait why not?

Because you want the audio to go to the receiver. Hdmi passthrough is pretty much a worthless feature. Hdmi switching is what you want.