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<blockquote data-quote="AudioEngineer" data-source="post: 31165" data-attributes="member: 473"><p>Hi James, and welcome!</p><p></p><p>Seeing that you are going to use a PS3 and tha HD PVR as source components, and also you'll probably be playing blu-ray discs here are some important considerations w.r.t. your receiver:</p><p></p><p>1. Make sure the receiver has at least 2 HDMI inputs, otherwise the switching between your PS3 and PVR will be a manual process, instead of done automatically when you change the source on the A/V receiver</p><p></p><p>2. Make sure the receiver can decode the HD audio formats. As a minimum it should be able to handle Linear PCM - the PS3 does its own internal decoding and streams it out as PCM. Unfortunately only the latest generation receivers support this, so you may be stuck with buying the latest technology instead of bargain hunting for older receivers. Ditto for the HDMI inputs.</p><p></p><p>I may suggest that you also look at the Denon (my personal preference), Onkyo and Marantz receivers. NAD has also introduced HD receivers, but I'm not sure whether they are available locally yet. Amongst these you'll find some great sounding and very affordable receiver models that support all the latest HD technologies.</p><p></p><p>Regards</p><p>Jaco</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AudioEngineer, post: 31165, member: 473"] Hi James, and welcome! Seeing that you are going to use a PS3 and tha HD PVR as source components, and also you'll probably be playing blu-ray discs here are some important considerations w.r.t. your receiver: 1. Make sure the receiver has at least 2 HDMI inputs, otherwise the switching between your PS3 and PVR will be a manual process, instead of done automatically when you change the source on the A/V receiver 2. Make sure the receiver can decode the HD audio formats. As a minimum it should be able to handle Linear PCM - the PS3 does its own internal decoding and streams it out as PCM. Unfortunately only the latest generation receivers support this, so you may be stuck with buying the latest technology instead of bargain hunting for older receivers. Ditto for the HDMI inputs. I may suggest that you also look at the Denon (my personal preference), Onkyo and Marantz receivers. NAD has also introduced HD receivers, but I'm not sure whether they are available locally yet. Amongst these you'll find some great sounding and very affordable receiver models that support all the latest HD technologies. Regards Jaco [/QUOTE]
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