What is the best A/V Receiver out there?


Hello to all. I'm looking for a bit of advice on a great A/V receiver. I'm mainly interested in the video processing aspect. I have my sights on the Yamaha Avantage RXA 2000 and the Pioneer Elite SC-35. Has anyone had any experience with either of these?

I currently use DirectTV for HiDef viewing and I'm trying to keep the video image as close as the image I get from a direct HDMI to the LED tv I have.

Any comments or advise is greatly appreciated.

Rene
renato13

Showing 2 responses by aberyclark

Most cable boxes have a dedicated audio digital out (many TV's do as well). I did a survey a while back on another forum and the majority of people do not run the video signal at all to the a/v receiver. I have never used the receiver's video functions. I watch most of my TV (mostly news, etc) the TV speakers. Your video will only be as good as the capability of your TV. I run HDMI direct to TV, TOS link to receiver. Same with video players.