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Everything sounds great, clean and clear. My neighbors are gonna hate me in the summer. I watched the chase scene with the crane in Terminator 3 a couple times....WOW!!! Well worth the $650 I paid for it. I am waiting for some of the higher end HD DVD players to go down in price a little more to test out the bitstream output feature (I can't wait!!!). So far, I am only using this receiver for audio. Haven't tested out the video upconversion yet.

Just pulled the trigger and bought the TX-SR805 for $687 after tax/shipping and should have it at the end of the week. I can't wait! I think my system is now complete! I'm glad I went with Klipsch for speakers. Thanks for all your help and Happy New Year!!!

I think there are a few issues with the 805 downconverting 1080i to 720p or whatever...but i'm just being too picky for someone who knows crap about receivers.

I think I'm gonna pull the trigger and get the Onkyo tx-sr805. Would I be crazy/going overboard if I were to consider this: http://www.ultimateavmag.com/avreceivers/907onk875/

Thanks guys for all your help. From doing some more research, the general consensus is that Denon and Yamaha are the best brands to buy but I really like the price on that Onnyo and the onboard TrueHD and DTS-HD for an HD-DVD player that I will soon pick up. Last few questions, how important is the watts outputting from each speaker? I looked at the Denon from the 2nd poster above and it only has 75 watts/speaker compared to the 120 watts on the Onkyo. Finally, my TV is native 1080p. I use my Xbox 360 for DVDs with a VGA cable which gives a resolution of 1920 x 1080 (which is 1080p I think). How important is the HDMI scaling/upconversion on these receivers? Thanks!

I am pretty much a newbie and just completed my 5.1 setup (an upgrade from old Kenwood HTIB system). I have the Synergy F-3's, C-3, S-3's, and SUB-12. I am currently using that Kenwood receiver (600 watts, no hdmi, etc.) that came with the HTIB package. I figured that since I spent all that money on the new speakers, might as well fork over some more cash for a good receiver. They have a good deal on the Onkyo TX-SR805 over at the Vanns website. My budget is $500-$700. I have everything hooked up to a Samsung HL-T6187S DLP. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and have a great holiday!