Reon Processor in Receiver vs. Stand-Alone Processors

Receivers usually does a poorer job than DVDPs in deinterlacing/scaling, let alone standalone VP. I have a Philips DFR9000 which uses a FLI2310 chip but does a much poorer deinterlacing job than DVP9000SA which uses the same chip. Onkyo may be better though but let's wait and see.

Also it is not their top of the line chip so a stand alone system could have the higher end processing system.

But "that much of a better job" is of course all in the eyes and wallet of the beholder and there are other issues like whether your display or other items are contstraints.

Same arguement about whether a TV that has a little better X is worth 2x more. To most, no, to some absolutely!

The top-of-the-line chip, Realta, apparently has some heat problems which the lower end chip doesn't have.

And for the basic processing, seems that Reon is not far behind (at least in terms of HQV benchmark results).

Honestly, I consider it a steal to get a THX Ultra2 receiver that decodes every surround format known to mankind and at the same time, has a nearly state-of-the-art video chip built-in for USD1,700 MSRP. There are more expensive receivers out there that does less (and sound worse). Let's KIV whether Onkyo does a good job in tweaking the chip.