AV Receiver Introduction: What it is and Why you Need One
AV receivers are one of the components of a home cinema system and their main role is to amplify sound from audio sources and route video signals to the television from various sources. Unlike a stereo receiver, an AV receiver can handle a variety of digital audio signals and have more amplifiers for providing surround sound playback. Following this brief AV receiver introduction, let’s look at some of the popular models of AV receivers.
The Sony STR-DH800 (STRDH800) is an AV receiver with a loudspeaker configuration of 7.1. It has the capacity to deliver full HD 1080 experience through your home theatre system. The Sony AV receiver contains 7 HD inputs including 4HDMI with “Active Intelligence” that allows you to fulfill your desire of more HD content. The AV receiver is compatible with 24p True Cinema technology video signals and thus you can view movie scenes in the frame rate intended by the director. It also includes the feature of decoding uncompressed audio formats which makes it compatible with blu-ray disc players, PlayStation 3 technology and other HD sources.
The Yamaha RX-V3900 is a 7.1 channel AV receiver that allows an improved control and handling of challenging speaker loads. It supports deep colour (30/36 bit), x.v.Colour, 100Hz/120Hz and 24Hz Refresh Rates and Auto Lip-Sync compensation to fully support High Definition video transfer.
Some other models of high quality AV receivers include the Sony STR-DN1000, Sony STR-DA6400ES (STRDA6400ES), Sony STR-DA2400ES (STRDA2400ES), Pioneer PDX-Z9, Marantz SR 6004, Denon AVR-1910, Onkyo TX-SR707 and the Onkyo TX-SR876.
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