[rv]

I haven't read too many specs on receivers these days, but it's one of the first that I know of that has component video inputs/outputs.

 

[Diode1]

Check this thing out.
http://www.del.denon.com/catalog/products.asp?l=1&c=2 http://www.del.denon.com/catalog/pdfs/AVR5800LIT.pdf http://www.del.denon.com/catalog/pho...5800%2Ejpg&c=2

 

[Hi-Tec]

Does anybody know what the retail price is going to be on the AVR-5800? rv...there are currently at least four manufactures making a/v receivers that feature component in/outs, but the quality of the switchers in these receivers are quite poor for use with high resolusion sources.


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[tommyboy2]

Hi-Tec,


I'm running HDTV through the component switches on my Yamaha RX-V1 with no perceivable degradation in the signal. I would hope the Denon 5800 will perform equally as well to the RX-V1. My Denon 5700 (I just sold it) had a component switch, but could not pass HDTV cleanly. In fact, its manual specifically said not to switch HDTV.


I live nearby B&K and have stopped in to talk with those folks and can also tell you that their new 307 will switch component HDTV. So, there is hope. I think your statement may be limited to the first batch of AV receivers with component switching. The second/third generation of these products all seem to be getting with the program.


Regards,


Tom


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[Hi-Tec]

Tom,

Check out what rudolpht had to say about the component switching of his just released Onkyo TX-DS989. http://www.avsforum.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000935.html This is a receiver that claimed to have component switching with bandwidth high enough to handle HDTV.

 

[stephenC]

The AVR-5800 looks great and it includes a remote. According to the model info pages on the denon web site, the AVR-5800 includes the Aktis RC-8000 remote control. Does anyone know anything about this remote? Does it do what the Pronto does?


TiA

 

[Diode1]

Hi-Tec,

I have been told by a my local dealer that cost will

start at around $3400.

Should drop fast as Denon is going to place this

Trump 5800 card all over Denon and Sony.


stephenC,

The remote is brand new.

I have not yet got my hands on one to test

Did you find the pfd info file on Denon?

Check it out.

 

[Diode1]

Hi-Tec,

Sorry should have said YAMAHA

I have been told by a my local dealer that cost will

start at around $3400.

Should drop fast as Denon is going to place this

Trump 5800 card all over Yamaha and Sony.

 

[Hi-Tec]

The upcoming Denon Aktis RC-8000 remote is featured in a large 2-page add in both this months issues of Sound & Vision and Sterephile Guide to Home Theater magazine. This Aktis's LCD screen has the same 240X320 resolution and many of the same features as the Pronto. Plus with the RC-8001 battery charger/RF base station module, the Aktis can transmit RF remote codes which is something the Pronto can not do. Check it out... http://www.del.denon.com/aktis/overview.asp




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[stephenC]

Sounds like I need to get on the waiting list, NOW!