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This Receiver is awesome. The price point is great. The only reason for not giving 5 out of 5 is the number of 'old fashioned RCA' inputs. There are three and I will explain below the shortfall. Meanwhile, the number of HDMI inputs is great and all of them are supported with direct access by the remote. Now for the shortfall. One RCA input is only for Audio (e.g. dedicated for CD on the remote). Next RCA input is labeled DVD with corresponding remote button. Next the most problematic, is SAT/CABL with corresponding button. But there is also an HDMI input named SAT/CABL. So the SAT/CABL RCA and SAT/CABL HDMI are shared inputs. So here is the problem. I wanted to connect an old DVD player and a VCR player via RCA connectors. Since SAT/CABL is already occupied with HDMI input for SAT box, I have no RCA input left for the VCR. Physically the RCA input is open but logically, it is taken by the HDMI port connecting my SAT. Solution: SAT box is connected to an HDMI port called 'VIDEO' and the VCR is connected to the SAT/CABL RCA input. Everything works. But wait, now on the remote, SAT/CABL button is actually VCR and the VIDEO button is SAT. A small price to pay by remembering what is what on the remote. I wish the RCA input called SAT/CABL was independent and assignable input. Overall this unit is excellent and easy to setup. Sound is great - I drive a set of BOSE speakers.Read full review
Needed a good 5.1 systems for one of my TVs and the unit does fulfill that function with great sound quality. I was also looking forward to using the hookup located on the front of the device with my apple phone. To my dismay it did not work. I wish the remote control was a bit more intuitive and user friendly. Why is the volume knob on the right side?
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Well priced receiver loaded with a lot of features. It is a bit of a learning curve to use, but if you are running mostly HDMI equipment and need a place to route it all to this works fine. Internet settings are not so easy to adjust. However, most outboard components are plug and play. Haven't gotten into room set up and won't until all of my surround speakers are mounted, but sounds great so far.
This is a real good entry level surround sound receiver. I bought this hoping it would power my cerwin vegas but it was far too weak for that. Had to crank it very high to get any bass out of my vega tower speakers. My vintage Marantz 60 watt receiver made the vegas rock. In the low frequency range this is a shamefully weak receiver. I am using it with small cerwin vega surround speakers now and it does very well so for that purpose(highs and mids) you will not be disappointed.Just add a powered subwoofer and you're golden!
I got this receiver about a month ago to replace my Phillips home theatre in a box system. I love this unit for the price, it's super capable , full of high end features, and pioneer quality is high in my estimation. I will offer "newbies" to true home audio some tips I learned after this vsx-822. 1) I was able to use my old theatre speakers, but quickly discovered you MUST have an active/powered subwoofer. This system will not push a passive sub. And after some research, none of the good ones do. So I bought a used set of Yamahas with a powered sub. Sounds great now! 2) if you are planning to pick up little independent radio stations with the tuner, you're going to need a better antenna than is included. You could get a cheap dipole antenna(which works great but spreads out 6 ft wide or you could buy a powered am/fm antenna like the one I got by Terk. It's about $24 and you'll pick up twice the stations. 3) if your tv is not led LCD, it's probably to old to support true digital sound via hdmi. I had a old widescreen tv with 1 hdmi, that's the tvs fault not the receiver. And vie for the hdmi4 cable. It carries digital audio for the same price as the 3 that doesn't 4) the Internet radio setup was a bear for an amateur like me 5) this receiver (as all good ones do) require s lot of breathing space. Don't set other components or shelfs on top of this unit as it gets hot Those things being said, I have about $325 in the receiver, the cables, a power antenna, and used speakers for a much more quality and capable system then your average out of box system.Read full review
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