Denon AVR 1909 7.1 Channel 120 Watt Receiver

Great receiver with easy setup. I bought this receiver because of the Audyssey sound leveling feature. This feature levels the sound so that those TV advertisements don't blast you out of the room. You no longer have to grab the remote to turn down the volume when an advertisement comes on, particularly on HD channels. It really works! The setup is easy. Use the included microphone to measure the room and let the Audyssey system set the EQ. Be sure to check out the Audyssey website for recommended setup procedures. I'm a Denon fan, and this is the best one that I've bought yet. Would definitely buy it again.

I have nothing but good things to say about it. This was my first AV receiver purchase so not knowing much about audio stuff, it was rather easy putting it all together. At first I was a little hesitate as a lot of the review said the manual was utterly useless (which for the most part it was) but I didn't have a problem figuring out how everything works.

All in all I am very happy with this receiver. My only gripe is I have one of the first generation Xbox 360 (with no HDMI) running to the receiver and to a Samsung 650. The receiver WILL send the video through the HDMI that is connected to the TV, but it is not 1080p, downgrades to 1080i. If I unhook the 360 from the receiver and straight to the TV, it will run 1080p all day. All though some may knock the product for that I don't think it is that much of a problem, considering most of the older 360s are probably replaced with ones containing HDMI (especially after the RROD). Just something to consider.

I shopped around to find a unit that would control all of my HD gear, and upscale the rest. This does it great and for a lot less than many of the other brands, but DANG, is it difficult to figure out at first, and I already had a Denon deck before! Once you figure out the inputs, however, it becomes simple and easy, it even eliminated my Logitech Universal remote.

I bought two Ipod docks by Denon which didn't work and my reciever kept shutting down. Have you ever tried to set this thing up? You need to be a rocket surgeon to do so. There are many other user friendly units out there that actually work. I switched to Harman Kardon, I would suggest you go elsewhere too. Sorry for the bad news but I am only being honest on my purchase

THIS WAS BOUGHT AS A GIFT FOR MY PARENTS HAVEN'T USED IT YET BUT WILL LET KNOW IF ANY PROBLEMS.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!​!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!