Re: Pioneer 7.1-Channel VSX-9120TXH-K

Bosshog I feel your pain man. Funny enough I almost purchased that receiver but I didn't because of budget constraints at the time. That receiver is still top notch and if it has the analogue 5.1 inputs you can enjoy the hidef audio codecs (Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD, DTS HD MA) through them. Assuming you have a hidef player with the 5.1 outputs of course.

Yeah I have analog outs on my Blu deck and my HD DVD deck, so I am good there. In the end I just decided to live with 1080i (ran HDMI to my receiver, used the PCM signals from the Toshiba A1 and Samsung BDP-1400) so I am getting the new codecs decoded by the players that way.

I decided I could live with only 1080i out of my receiver because I tested two setups:

1) HD source 1080p signal direct to my 58" Viera plasma
2) HD source to my R-XV2600 receiver, 1080i to my 58" Viera plasma

I could see ZERO difference in picture quality....so for me at least this whole 1080i vs 1080p thing is over-rated. The R-XV2600 is a wicked receiver as you say, and if someone else could live with the set-up I have they could get a REAL cheap one used on EBay, it seems everybody wants their receivers to do the decoding.

I'm ok with my set-up, just annoyed at how fast $1300 receiver was behind the times.

[Post edited by Bosshog7 on Mar 31, 2008]