You've spent lots of time researching the purchase of the widescreen HDTV that you've wanted. Did you know that the improved visuals are just part of the total experience? Sound is the other. Surround sound just like that in a movie theater. This receiver helps create a home-theater environment of superior caliber. It's got an AM/FM tuner like most receivers but it's optionally upgradeable to receive XM and Sirius satellite radio. Are you iPod savvy? An optional iPod dock lets you play it through this sound system. With HDMI and other connectors for all your audio and video sound sources, the Onkyo TX-SR705, with Lucasfilm THX Select and Dolby TrueHD, is the central control of your home's entertainment space. And you're #1. 1080p-compatible HDMI 1.3a digital video switching (3 in, 1 out); Analog-to-HDMI video upconversion; 480i (interlaced) to 480p (progressive) conversion via component video switching (3 in, 1 out); 3 optical (including 1 front panel), 3 coaxial digital in and 1 optical digital out; 5 audio/video inputs, including 1 front-panel input with composite and S-video, 4 rear-panel inputs with composite and S-video, 3 audio-only inputs (including phono) Dual-room/Dual-source audio (powered and line-level stereo audio output for 2nd room; using powered 2nd-room output allows 5.1 home theater in main room) Up to 40 AM/FM/XM/SIRIUS programmable station memory presets Onkyo learning/multibrand remote helps replace the assembly of remotes to control your entire home-theater system Unit Size - 17-1/8W x 6-7/8H x 14-13/16D Onkyo USA limited warranty - 2 years
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Onkyo TX-SR705:
This a great reciever. Easy to set up and has more than enough options for the average in home user. I have a friend that paid $900 for this same reciever one year ago. I would highly recommend this product.
Great for the money:
For the money very good deal. It could use more power but for indoors and watching movies it does ok.
Great buy:
This thing works great, its alittle difficult to set up if you don't know what your doing but Onkyo has 24/7 customer service ready to assist you if you need it. I hooked this up to 7.1 surround sound speakers and now I get movie theater quality sound in my living room. If you hook up your Blue Ray Player and other devices via HDMI make sure you hook up the sound from those devices to the unit with an optical or coaxial sound cable so you get the full sound capabilities of the unit. It makes a huge... more info
Great product but I hope you're a gadget lover...:
The sound quality from this Onkyo is amazing. The room is about 18'x25' and sounds as much like a mini-theater as I could ever imagine. I'm going to do a pro/con list as far as my experience has gone: Pro:
1. Wiring was really easy to hook up. I use very low gauge speaker wire (which means its thick and well shielded) and the "screw knob" connections on this receiver accepted them without a problem. My former Sony had the little clamp-type connections and those were a pain.
2. The remote is... more info
