A Review On Onkyo TX-SR608 Home Theater
Onkyo TX-SR608 Home Theater is formally labeled an “entry-level” A/V receiver. But in fact, it is one of the most feature-packed home theater system in the market today. It is equipped with a host of hi-tech features, all of them are geared toward producing the best home entertainment you can possibly have. And all these at a very affordable price. No wonder Onkyo TX-SR608 carries a tag line “Hitting the Sweet Spot Where Budget and Performance Meet”.
Onkyo TX-SR608 has a host of hi-tech features. To start with, it features six HDMI 1.4 inputs, through which you can hook-up all of your hi-def sources such as your Blu-ray player, gaming console, cable/satellite tuner, and so on. This latest HDMI technology supports the new 3D video format, so that you can watch the increasingly popular 3D movies. It also features an Audio Return Channel, where audio content received by your HDTV’s tuner can be sent “upstream” to Onkyo TX-SR608 without requiring a separate audio cable. If these six HDMI inputs are not sufficient, Onkyo TX-SR608 is also equipped with an analog RGB video input which can be used to connect with your computer, and a Universal Port to connect with Onkyo peripherals. All these input channels are there for you to connect with your video sources. And if you have lower resolution video connected, Onkyo TX-SR608 is also capable of upscaling your video to big and beautiful 1080p via HDMI and Faroudja DCDi Cinema features.
For processing audio, Onkyo TX-SR608 is capable of handling two new surround-sound technologies, the Audyssey DSX and the Dolby Pro Logix IIz. With these advanced audio technologies, there are exciting new ways to set your speakers to achieve super dramatic and immersing listening experience. Audyssey DSX lets you incorporate “front wide” speakers in place of the normal surround back speakers, so that you can have expanded width of the soundstage. Dolby Pro Logic IIz can deliver “front height” channels which carry ambient, non-directional audio that adds a new vertical dimension to your games and movies.
Onkyo TX-SR608 has many other features. But the above few should be sufficient to prove that Onkyo TX-SR608 is truly the number one home theater system.