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4.5 stars
"YamahaAwesome"
Pros: HDMI video up conversion, auto setup, 2 year warranty, affordable.
Cons: I guess if I had to say something only 2 HDMI in and no upscaling.
Summary: I was in the market for a New Home Theater Receiver with HDMI up conversion and roughly 100 watts per channel. I checked out Onkyo TX-SR605, Sony STR-DG910 and Yamaha RX-V663. All with MSRP between $500 and $600. I ruled out the Onkyo?s they run too HOT, I know because I was replacing my Onkyo HT-R520 frying pan. I ruled out the Sony because it has no Svideo inputs on it and mixed reviews.
The Yamaha RX-V663 is awesome receiver it sounds great, (hooked up to my Klipsch speakers), looks massive and is built very well. The auto Calibration with YPAO was quick about 3 minutes and simple. I am somewhat of an audiophile and could have done it myself manually but thought I?d see how the YPAO did and it worked great. I really needed HDMI out with up conversion since my Panasonic LCD TV only has 1 HDMI in on it.
I have a the following equipment hooked up; Dish HD DVR via HDMI, Sony PS3/BluRay via HDMI, Sony DVDR (with an VCR and DVD hooked into it) via Component video with optical cable. True the Yamaha only has 2 HDMI in and 1 HDMI out but that?s all I needed since the DVDR uses Component out. So it gets up converted thru the HDMI and it looks great even better then when the Component out went straight to the TV. I did not feel the need to spend twice as much to be able to upscale video since my main sources do (PS3 and Dish HD). When I view regular DVD?s I just pop them in the PS3, upscale done. The Yamaha RX-V663 is truly a great piece of equipment for the money. Plus the Yamaha receiver is the only 1 of the 3 I looked at with a 2 year parts and labor warranty standard, (just in case). No need to buy and extended guarantee, (however if want to extend the warranty Yamaha offers 3 years for $39.99, 4 for $49.99 and 5 for $59.99, available after you Register your equipment). I ordered from Butterflyphoto.com for only $379 with FREE shipping and it was shipped FEDEX 2 day ground. I recommend both the Yamaha RX-V663 and Butterflyphoto.com strongly.
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Aparrently Butterflyphoto.com is a crapshoot. I ordered from them and it took 4 days for them to tell me there was an issue with shipping to an address that is not the billig address. After that was resolved, it took another 4 days for them to tell me that it would be another few weeks before it was shipped. I was on hold for 3+hours over 3 phone calls. The customer service is non-existant. I cannot comment on the quality of product they ship because I will not wait a month for delivery. I'm having my credit card# changed to be sure that I'm not hijacked by them as some other customers claim they have been by this company.
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Yamaha RX-V663:
$329.88 - $499.95
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