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New Pioneer AV receivers sport three HDMIs

By Matthew Moskovciak, CNET.com
07/01/2008




In just a few short years, HDMI connectivity has become arguably the most important specs for A/V receivers. Pioneer rolled out four new HDMI-capable receivers today, ranging from the budget VSX-518 to the midrange VSX-1018TXH-K. All four models have three HDMI inputs, which is one more than the previous standard of two. On the other hand, onboard decoding for the new high-resolution soundtrack formats--such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio--is limited to the VSX-1018TXH-K, which is a little disappointing considering it was available last year on the inexpensive Onkyo TX-SR605 The VSX-1018TXH-K looks to be the sweet spot for enthusiasts, offering HDMI upscaling, onboard high-resolution audio decoding and six-digit inputs for a reasonable US$600 list price.

The full specs of the four new receivers are below.

Note that the press release seems to indicate there are no S-video inputs on any of these receivers. We're hoping this is a misprint, although it wouldn't be unprecedented, as we saw the same thing on Sony's STR-DG810. We'll update this post with more information once we have a chance to swing by Pioneer's booth.
 
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