Lip Sync Issue

Lip sync has been an issue going back to the analog broadcast days because my wife can read lips a lot of the time & she really notices the problem. Getting a big screen HDTV years ago made the problem more noticeable - bigger screen = bigger lip movements.

This justified the purchase of an Onkyo A/V receiver several years ago in order to adjust the audio delay, & this works most of the time. But it’s cumbersome. On the remote you have to hold the appropriate video input button for 5 seconds & then adjust the audio delay. Meanwhile you have to keep pausing the program and/or jumping back & re-watching the same scene in hopes of getting the delay right. I did look at a current Onkyo model’s online manual but it was difficult to figure out how it’s delay functioned.

It would be nice to have an A/V receiver where the audio could be delayed (or advanced) directly & immediately with a simple push of a button.

Does such a receiver exist?

Thank you for the reply.

Do you recall how much the Denon can delay the audio?

I was just looking at another Onkyo manual & they mentioned an auto sync on/off and the TV also has to have sort of of function controlled via HDMI.

With postings still showing up about A/V sync problems I'm a bit surprised that Denon is leaving the sync function off of the remote & that Onkyo is making it more restrictive in its use. Since the problem still exists I would think manufacturers would make sync adjustment an easy to use function on all A/V receivers.

From my experience it is not a set it once & forget it function because it varies with source and/or programs. It seems every couple weeks there is some program that I'm watching that needs sync adjustment.