Back panel

The highlight of the back panel is the AVR-1912's six HDMI inputs, one more than the Pioneer VSX-1021-K has. We'd have preferred it if one of those six HDMI inputs had been in the front panel for quick connections to a camera, camcorder, or laptop; the Onkyo TX-NR609 and Yamaha RX-V671 have front-panel HDMI ports.

The AVR-1912 has only one component video input, while its competitors have two, but we don't consider that a major loss since analog video sources are becoming increasingly rare. One component video input is just enough to cover our Nintendo Wii.