Yamaha RXV863 7.2-Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver

This is the one!

This AVR is awesome! It is very flexible with many different inputs (such as DVD, VCR, PS3). I really like way I can input different types of sound, like composite or optical, to every video input. The programming on screen through the TV monitor is

Great Receiver!

I purchased this unit for the HDMI connection upgrades and new surround sound decoding formats. So far I am very pleased with the features, build quality, and sound. The auto set-up is very easy and sounds much better than my old receiver. I still h

Easy Setup & Amazing Sound

I walked into the Crutchfield store thinking that my trip would be a quick one. I was after the Onkyo TX-SR806 and everything that I read indicated that I was making a pretty good choice for my very first home theater receiver. I purchased my first

poor stereo sound and dumb volume control

I bought a Denon DRA-685 stereo receiver from Crutchfield a few years ago and recently decided to get a 1080P TV and a more modern receiver. I talked to several people at Crutchfield and told them I have top of the line stereo speakers and thkat I p

Excellent value from Yamaha

An excellent upgrade from a previous older Yamaha RX-V661 unit Having 3 HDMI inputs is a plus and upconversion through the HDMI interface allowed a more streamlined interface with my older LD player and S-VHS player(both S-Video) to my new LCD TV -on

HD Radio + HDMI = Great Upgrade

First, the only reason I upgraded was for the HDMI inputs to allow me to listen to multichannel SACDs from my PS3. My old Yamaha R-V1105 has served me very well over the years and was a big reason for me sticking with a Yamaha product. Also note that

Not Impressed

I'm a techno geek. I admit, it has been a few years since my last mid-level receiver purchase, but this unit was frustrating. Speaker setup and calibration gave "warning errors" saying that all speakers were out of phase. The manual does state that

Offering high power, high-definition video upscaling and deinterlacing along with HDMI 1.3 repeating and 1080p compatibility, Yamaha once again offers a complete solution with the RX-V863 that is hard to overlook. Some notable on the RX-V863 features