im ready for Onkyo 606

[jondrax]

after selling my blu-ray movies (which is really hard thing todo but have to sacrifice sometimes in order to get what you want)now im ready to pull a triger on onkyo 606 to replace my old reciever came with the HTiB (HT-SR600) that i bought before.is there anyone in here have a coupon for Circuit City that i can use? just to cut the cost a little bit or is it better for me to buy it on Amazon?and is it true that it will degrade the PQ? because i'll be using my PS3 as a blu player.is there anything that i should be concern about this reciever before buying it?Thanks

[daybreaker]

$356.07 with free shipping on Amazon...and no tax depending on your state....That's a pretty good deal if you ask me. If you have an American Express card, use that...they have automatic extended warranty coverage.

[jondrax]

are they easy to deal with the return and exchange thing if something is wrong with it?

[Sticks4legs]

As long as you are in the US, Amazon is easy to deal with
If you are up here in Canada, first getting it shipped is a pain and they won't offer warranty or return.

[rded]

Originally Posted by jondrax

after selling my blu-ray movies (which is really hard thing todo but have to sacrifice sometimes in order to get what you want)now im ready to pull a triger on onkyo 606 to replace my old reciever came with the HTiB (HT-SR600) that i bought before.is there anyone in here have a coupon for Circuit City that i can use? just to cut the cost a little bit or is it better for me to buy it on Amazon?and is it true that it will degrade the PQ? because i'll be using my PS3 as a blu player.is there anything that i should be concern about this reciever before buying it?Thanks

I'm speaking about my experiences with the 605. Yes the 605 degrades the video. I never believed it until I upgraded to the Denon 3808. I hope the 606 does not inherit the same traits as the previous generation. If you want to get it locally the I suggest you get the 606 at a circuit city and buy it from one of their sales manager. In my experience, I've gotten away with great discounts-even better than their employees

[ack_bak]

Originally Posted by rded

I'm speaking about my experiences with the 605. Yes the 605 degrades the video. I never believed it until I upgraded to the Denon 3808. I hope the 606 does not inherit the same traits as the previous generation. If you want to get it locally the I suggest you get the 606 at a circuit city and buy it from one of their sales manager. In my experience, I've gotten away with great discounts-even better than their employees

That is not true. The 605 does not degrade the video if you are using HDMI. The 605's HDMI ports act as a passthrough. You either had a defective 605 or you had something misconfigured on your receiver if you were using HDMI.

[rded]

Originally Posted by ack_bak

That is not true. The 605 does not degrade the video if you are using HDMI. The 605's HDMI ports act as a passthrough. You either had a defective 605 or you had something misconfigured on your receiver if you were using HDMI.

Initially, I thought that the 605 did a "pass through"- the Video signal goes through untouched via hdmi.... But there have been numerous threads about the video processing of the 605. Maybe I had a defective unit, who knows?? But its like there as a veil that has been lifted from my TV, video quality-wise npw that I have the Denon 3808. The faroudja chip of the 605 does have its limitations especially with analog that it down converts 1080i signal to 720p.

[rded]

Ack_bak,

Here's a previous thread regarding Video quality of 605. Note my post back then

Onkyo 605 video quality

[holsty101]

Given the price difference between the two, I'd expect a veil to be lifted too ...

[rded]

Originally Posted by holsty101

Given the price difference between the two, I'd expect a veil to be lifted too ...

Hahaha! I know right??!!! I was never bothered with the PQ with the 605 via hdmi to begin with anyway, until I saw what I was missing with the 3808! But its true, even my wife said that Cable TV looks better(everything is up converted to 1080p) and that's all she cares about