Onkyo TX-SR806

odaddy424: #onkyo_tx_sr806 Rather than engage in trivial arguments over whose more stupid than whom, I'd like to enter a review of the product at hand. After spending 600 bucks plus on this Onkyo TX-SR806 I am extremely disappointed. Aside from some annoying but manageable issues, the thing doesn't work right!! I have two HDMI devices plugged into the inputs. There are 5 inputs, I am only using two. Every once in a while the micro logic jams and I cannot get any video output from one device (HDMI capable cable/sat). The 806 says "no input" even though there is. Go to setup and choose the WRONG input, suddenly the 806 says there IS input (even though you'll never see it because the wrong input is selected. Go back to setup and choose the correct input, suddenly the 806 is telling me "no input". Even a master reset doesn't cure the problem!! I tried calling Onkyo....yeah, good luck. After 8 calls, no answer from them and no call back. DO NOT BUY THIS MODEL!! In fact, don't buy an ONKYO at all! Feb 23, 09

dbenhur: #onkyo_tx_sr806 Do you really not understand how wiki's work, gr8music? Look at the history, you'll see that Erik corrected the "upgrade" error for THD at 1:58pm July 8, roughly 5 minutes after jacksauces comment. Yes, Jack was obnoxious, but he wasn't *wrong*. A nicer thing to do would have been to just quietly correct the error instead of ranting in the comments.

So, about the product... does anyone have one yet? It looks to me like a poor delta from the previous version, trading audio quality for a couple extra HDMI inputs. The 876 looks pretty disappointing too -- no extra inputs and some audio processing magic, but a street price about $600 more than the 875. Sep 6, 08

gr8music: #onkyo_tx_sr806 Um, who is the idiot who wrote the first comment - oh, wait a minute, its jacksauce. It appears that jack don't read well! It says "The THD specification has been downgraded to 0.08% from 0.05% in its predecessor." and that's it! The upgrades are "Upgrades over its predecessor include 5 HDMI inputs (up from and 1080p analog video upscaling . " Poor Jack, too much sauce! Aug 25, 08

jacksauce: #onkyo_tx_sr806 um, whose the idiot who wrote the information at the top? Going to .08%THD from .05% is NOT an upgrade, its a downgrade. THD is stands for Total Harmonic Distortion. A lower number means that the source is reproduced more accurately.

If it were the opposite, then those $200 dollar sony receivers with 1.0% THD would be godly.... Jul 8, 08