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Pioneer Elite VSX-91TXH

In consumer electronics, timing can be everything. Take the Pioneer VSX-91TXH, the second of four models in the company's high-end Elite line. With such cutting-edge features as HDMI 1.3, onboard decoding for next-gen Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD soundtracks, analog-to-digital video conversion, and XM and Sirius satellite radio compatibility, the AV...

Tags: Elite VSX-91TXH, receiver, Onkyo

Product reviews 2007-10-02

Onkyo SKS-HT740

Onkyo's home-theater-in-a-box systems HTIBs are exactly that: The company takes a receiver, a DVD player, and a surround speaker system, tosses them in a big box, then sells it at an attractive discounted price. But for those who don't need the complete package, the individual components are available a la...

Tags: speaker, Onkyo, Onkyo SKS-HT740, sub, woofer

Product reviews 2006-12-08

Onkyo DS-A2

In the home audio market, you're part of an ever-decreasing minority if you don't offer some sort of iPod-ified product. While the barrage of iPod accessories may never end, we appreciate the simple product that lets us do what we wanted to do in the first place: listen to our...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Onkyo DS-A2, Onkyo, Apple iPod

Product reviews 2006-11-01

Onkyo SKS-HT540

Onkyo is one of very few manufacturers of home-theater-in-a-box systems HTIBs confident enough to sell its speakers separately. The eight-piece speaker package we're reviewing here is included with the $500 Onkyo HT-S790 HTIB, but if you already have an A/V receiver, Onkyo sells the speakers separately as the SKS-HT540. Available...

Tags: speaker, Onkyo SKS-HT540, Onkyo

Product reviews 2006-07-21

Onkyo HT-S990THX

Onkyo and THX get a little touchy when reviewers describe the HT-S990THX as a home theater in a box HTIB, so we won't do that. It's an "integrated home-theater system" featuring a 7.1-channel A/V receiver and an amply proportioned satellite/subwoofer speaker system that dwarfs the models that come with most...

Tags: Home entertainment, Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, Onkyo HT-S990THX, Onkyo

Product reviews 2006-07-19

Onkyo CS-V720S

The Onkyo CS-V720 is loaded with surprises. For starters, this tiny stereo minisystem can play just about any type of optical disc: CD, SACD, DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, and MP3/WMA CD. But the addition of two key accessories (sold separately, of course) ups the ante, adding full iPod control and XM Satellite...

Tags: Digital music, DVD, Consumer electronics, Digital media, Onkyo CS-V720, Onkyo

Product reviews 2006-01-27

Additional Resources

Rocketfish Universal Wireless Rear Speaker Kit

The speaker cable requirements of today's multichannel home theater systems have created a sizable market for wireless speakers. It seems like everybody wants these things, but the engineering challenges of wireless speakers are steep, and a lot of wireless speakers sound pretty awful. There's a lot of truly awful products...

Tags: receiver, Rocketfish Universal Wireless Rear Speaker Kit, speaker, transmitter, wireless, surround speaker

Product reviews 2008-02-26

Is Blu-ray worth it?

Is Blu-ray worth it?AgreedI'm glad this didn't degenerate into something about bitrates, etc. :)RE: Is Blu-ray worth it?I don't even bother with the upconversion! I bought a Sony XBR tube TV with fantastic upconvert circuitry - my Onkyo DVD player's upconversion isn't nearly as good as the native Sony...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVD, HDMI, Sony Corp., DVD player, TV

Discussion threads 2008-02-13

Panasonic DMP-BD30

While the majority of home movie watchers avoids Blu-ray because of the ongoing format war and high costs, AV enthusiasts lately have been hesitant to pick up a new Blu-ray player for another reason: They've been waiting for the impending Blu-ray Profile 1.1. All Blu-ray players certified to bear that...

Tags: Panasonic, Panasonic DMP-BD30, Blu-ray Profile 1.1

Product reviews 2007-10-30

Sony XDR-S3HD HD Radio

HD Radio technology has been around for years, but finding products that support it remains something of a challenge--even as an overwhelming majority of home and car audio products offer plug-and-play support for Sirius or especially XM satellite radios. By contrast, HD Radio is still largely limited to extreme high-end...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, HD radio technology, Sony Corp., radio, HD radio, XDR-S3HD

Product reviews 2007-09-14

Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week

Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including a 50-inch plasma TV, an Onkyo AV receiver, Philips universal remote and the Helio Fin.Here''s our weekly roundup of the new products CNET reviewers liked best. 1. Pioneer PDP-5080HDEditors'' rating: 8.7The good: This 50-inch plasma TV displays an...

Tags: Corporate communications, TVs, photograph, HDMI, Shure, Read CNET', video, shade, plasma TV, headphone, fax, laser, quibble, TV Guide, calibration, CableCard, multifunction, 1080i, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., TV, Philips Electronics N.V., small office, Sirius, receiver, sp

Image galleries 2007-08-25

Vista Media Center takes over the living room

[Update 24-August, 2:00PM: By popular request, I've assembled a list of the parts that went into this system, including specs and prices.]  In June, I recounted my out-of-the-box experience with a new Dell PC running Windows Vista, starting with a failed BIOS upgrade, undergoing a successful repair, and establishing that the basic hardware and software...

Tags: Media Center PC, PC, System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Vista Media Center, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2007-08-24

Yamaha RX-V661

Technological changes arrive in waves of increasingly shorter duration, turning yesterday's state of the art into today's also-ran. Take the Yamaha RX-V661 AV receiver. Last year--or even three-to-six months ago--the mere presence of such niceties as HDMI switching and auto-speaker calibration in a $500 box would've been cause for celebration....

Tags: Yamaha RX-V661, receiver, Yamaha Corp., HDMI

Product reviews 2007-05-07

Onkyo TX-SR804 series

The Onkyo TX-SR804 ($1,000 MSRP) is a 7.1 A/V receiver with switching for two HDMI inputs. We haven't reviewed this model yet, but we have reviewed the step-down TX-SR674 ($700 MSRP). The two receivers are very similar, but the TX-SR804 adds a few features, including THX certification, slightly higher wattage,...

Tags: Onkyo TX-SR804

Product reviews 2007-02-28

Yamaha RX-V1700

It seems as if cutting-edge home theater electronics keep getting more and more complicated, and the growing back panels of A/V receivers bear this out. On the other hand, the newest A/V receivers offer the promise of the ultimate in simplicity--just one HDMI cable from your receiver to your HDTV....

Tags: receiver, Yamaha RX-V1700, A/V, Yamaha Corp.

Product reviews 2007-02-20

Onkyo HT-S907

Most home-theater-in-a-box systems HTIBs are riddled with design compromises. They look high-tech, but too often they make do with less than stellar electronics and speakers. While an HTIB can be greater than the sum of its parts and offer reasonable performance, few manufacturers would dare sell its HTIB electronics and...

Tags: Onkyo HT-S907, HTIB

Product reviews 2007-02-09

Shift to larger TVs favors LCD over plasma

Shift to larger TVs favors LCD over plasmaIt used to be that...It used to be that plasma TVs looked better than LCDs but plasma had burn-in issues.Lately the good quality LCDs look every bit as good as plasma but plasma still have its burn-in issues.Why would anyone choose plasma these...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, Aussie Rules, LCD, plasma, TV, DLP

Discussion threads 2006-11-26

PlayStation 3 doesn't do 1080i

PlayStation 3 doesn't do 1080iSo, anyone here got a PS3 yet?:-)Well XBox 360 Doesn't Do 1080pThe XBox 360 only has component outputs, and no HDMI. Consequently, Microsoft's claim that it outputs 1080p from their available HD-DVD drive is all well and good, but no current television will accept 1080p...

Tags: semantics, Microsoft Corp., Sony Playstation, 1080p, Sony PlayStation 3, HDMI, 1080i

Discussion threads 2006-11-17

Sony STR-DG1000

Just as the Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD race is about to kick into second gear with the imminent release of Sony's BDP-S1 player, Sony unveils its first A/V receiver "designed to optimize Blu-ray and other sources." It's not any more integrated with Blu-ray players than other midprice HDMI receivers, but the...

Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, Sony STR-DG1000, receiver, Sony Corp., knob

Product reviews 2006-11-16

Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week

The CNET Reviews team checks out entertainment offerings from Onkyo, DirecTV and others, plus an Audi SUV.

Tags: team, Audi AG, DirecTV, SUV, entertainment

Image galleries 2006-10-07