[mythtv-users] A/V Receivers & MythTv

[Mitch Gore]

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Jon Boehm <boehm100 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Andrew Close wrote:
> > with the recent release of MythTv .21 and in an effort to help our
> > flagging economy ;)  i'm in the process of upgrading my entire
> > 'entertainment center'.  one of the big components i'll be upgrading
> > is my A/V Receiver.  at the moment, the Denon 3808CI is the front
> > runner.  i'm just curious to see what other Mythers use and why.  i
> > haven't found a receiver yet that will take input/commands via any
> > input aside from the remote.  the Denon has an RJ45 ethernet jack on
> > it, as do other receivers; has anyone been able to get their receiver
> > to change sound fields, presets, volume, etc. via RJ45?  it would be
> > quite cool to use LIRC/Myth to control the whole ball of wax.
> >
>
> Check out:
> http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=970265
>
> I use a Onkyo TX-SR805.  I haven't had any major problems with it.  It
> does mute for 1-2 sec when changing from ProLogic to DolbyDigital or any
> similar change, but I've gotten used to this.  There is new firmware on
> the way that should fix this and tighten up some lip sync issues.
>
> But beyond those two small items I have high praise for this unit.  When
> I purchased it early this year I boycotted Denon because of the piece of
> !@#$% AVR-3300 that I was replacing.
>
> Jon
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Not really Myth related but:....

If i were looking for one i would just make sure it decodes all the new Blu
Ray audio codecs via HDMI bitstream.  Other than that RS-232 would be nice
but I have a harmony remote to deal with that.

Mitchell
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