05-21-2008, 04:22 AM
[quote Bo]The 3 vs. 2 hdmi inputs weighed on me a bit until I realized I was spending too much time obsessing about it, especially for a sub $300 receiver. I came to the conclusion that I only needed two at the time...Tivo HD and HD DVD (doh!) and am still just using the two. By the time I need another the price on a 3 input receiver will drop and I'll deal with it then.
BTW avsforum.com has an enormous thread on the Onkyo Tx-SR605 (almost 9,000 posts...yes, thousands)
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=854964
-Bo
True. I can only think of 2 HDMI sources I would need in the next couple years, so I should probably be good for a while with the 605... and yes I have been all over the AVS forums, at first it helps but then if you keep reading you find even more information that makes your decision harder.
[quote dk62]And HDMI switchers can be had for ~$50, if needed.
Yeah, I really didn't want to go that route, especially if I am spending $400 on a new product, but as it stands I might not even need to do that at all. The TV I am planning on buying (sometime in the future) will have at least a couple more HDMi inputs, and not everything has to run through the receiver, so that should be a decent solution.
BTW avsforum.com has an enormous thread on the Onkyo Tx-SR605 (almost 9,000 posts...yes, thousands)
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=854964
-Bo
True. I can only think of 2 HDMI sources I would need in the next couple years, so I should probably be good for a while with the 605... and yes I have been all over the AVS forums, at first it helps but then if you keep reading you find even more information that makes your decision harder.
[quote dk62]And HDMI switchers can be had for ~$50, if needed.
Yeah, I really didn't want to go that route, especially if I am spending $400 on a new product, but as it stands I might not even need to do that at all. The TV I am planning on buying (sometime in the future) will have at least a couple more HDMi inputs, and not everything has to run through the receiver, so that should be a decent solution.