 Quite the upgrade! Great 7.1 HTIB with all the bells & whistles |
| Review Date: January 8, 2010 |
| Reviewer: R. Higgins, Boston, MA |
Well I upgraded my television to High Definition back in 2003 with a rear projection Panasonic 720p TV & again in 2007 with a 1080p DLP Samsung, a PS3 blu ray player, and have since built a huge collection of Blu Ray movies of over 250+ and counting. I had owned an old Sony 5.1 HTIB from way back in 2001 and really hadn't thought about High Definition SOUND. Boy was I short changing myself. After spending a large fortune on the HD Television, Movies, and player I thought I had it all covered & I have been extremely satisfied with my experience, until I realized I was only getting 1/2 of the benefit of the Blu Rays.
After doing quite a bit of research I finally understood that the Blu Rays were not only High Def video, but also Audio, and I was only using a lowly 5.1 system w/o HDMI inputs, thus missing out on a good chunk of the value of my movie collection. I started looking into 7.1 systems and new receivers and whatnot, but decided building my own system piece by piece may not be the way to go. I have always known Onkyo to make superb products and this was my first choice in upgrading to a new system. After comparing difference HTIB's between the 7200, 6200, 7100, and a few others I decided the 7200 had all the features I was looking for & was a lot more "future-proof" than the others I was looking at. It has a whopping 5 HDMI Inputs all supporting 1080p pass through as well as a plethora of older connections.
My main reason in upgrading was to take advantage of the Master Audio and True HD tracks of the blu rays & boy was it worth it, after a short swapping out of speakers from my old Sony's to my new Onkyo's I was ready for the super easy automatic calibration, with the help of the Audyssey EQ calibration microphone (included in the package!). I simply plugged it in, it prompted me to place the mic where I would be sitting & off it went, automatically calibrating the speakers for the best performance! Took a matter of 10 minutes and the system was finished & the sound was incredible. I immediately popped in one of my favorite concert Blu Rays, Nine Inch Nails Beside You In Time, and was BLOWN away by the True HD sound I was hearing, it was like being at the concert again, but with far less raging alcoholics and the smell of smoke, lol.
In short, this system supports all the latest and greatest audio codecs, passes 1080p through all of its 5 HDMI connections, included an amazing speaker package including 2 tall boy speakers (which all look fantastic once set up) and is a HUGE bang for your buck. I'm sure there are better systems out there, better receivers, etc. But for this being a complete package right out of the box with literally everything you need to get going, its crazy not to pass this up, especially at amazon's low prices! I shopped around for a few weeks before finally getting a price I was happy with & with amazon prime, got scheduled delivery within 2 days after ordering, that's just amazing.
My ps3 and samsung TV could not be happier, playing PS3 games in 7.1 is insane and now I have an excuse to go back and play through some of my old favorites & watch all of those old blu's that I haven't seen in quite a while. As an added bonus this system also included the iPod/iPhone docking system (works with my 3GS w/o a problem), even though it has no on screen guide you can easily set a playlist and be off & running!
Again, if you are looking for a great 7.1 system, are on a bit of a budget, and don't want to go through the trouble of piecing together you're own system, then by all means BUY THIS NOW! (PS. the only recommendation I have for you is to replace the dental floss speaker wire that comes with this system to something a bit more meaty, 14-16 gauge should be fine!)
Thanks for reading & hopefully this helped you in making your decision in making this purchase.
~Higgs |
Great Product
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| Review Date: January 19, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Michael Clapp, |
This htib is incredible. For a long time I wanted surround sound but I didn't want to go with a crappy htib that only has 1 hdmi input. Finally I found this Onkyo model. So far the sound is great on games, movies, tv, and music. The video upconverting works decently, although I wouldn't call it stellar.
My favorite things about this product are:
1) Ipod dock: It isn't perfect, and you can't see your playlists on the tv, but it's great if you make a playlist or want to watch a video downloaded from itunes.
2) Sound quality is amazing
3) It's fairly easy to set up. I had to snake a few cables through the ceiling, but it works great. It took maybe 2 hours to get everything hooked up plus do the calibration. All the speakers and wires are color-coded to streamline the process.
4) The calibration optimizes the system for your listening needs, depending on where you sit in the room, how far the speakers are from one another, and the height of the speakers.
5) 5 hdmi inputs: I can plug my PS3, 360, and cable box in, and I still have 2 more slots for future devices.
6) Upconverts video from composite or component cables to 1080i, 720p, or 480p depending on your preference. This is great for Wii owners, or anyone with a DVD player. The quality isn't superb, but I see a noticeable difference from before I had the receiver.
7) HDMI carries both sound and picture, and you only need one cable to go from the receiver to the TV. This means that if you have component or composite cables hooked up to the receiver, you don't need another set of the same cable plugged into the TV; it all goes through the one hdmi cable.
The one downside: The cables it comes with are fairly thin. I bought 100 feet of 16 gauge wire to hook up the surround sound and surround back speakers that are further away; I would recommend this. But for the front and center speakers, I just used the supplied wires. The distance from these speakers to the receiver is fairly short, so I wasn't too worried about losing sound quality. The sound has been amazing.
If you're looking for a home theater in a box, and you can afford to spend the extra 200 dollars to get this model over a Sony or a Samsung htib, I highly recommend this. It has everything you need and the value is amazing considering the price. All of the parts are sold separately as well, so they aren't cheap parts designed just for this set. This is the best value htib out there, and the quality is top-notch. |
The goods!
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| Review Date: September 13, 2009 |
| Reviewer: E. Bybee, |
| Really impressed! There is a big problem with most inclusive systems, this has all the benefits, best of both worlds. boasting a staggering 5 HDMI inputs, it has specific steetings for T.V., music, and multiple gaming settings from Action and RPG to Rock and Sports....which is very cool! Ii has an iPod dock, which I was happy to see that you can play movies off of the ipod with no resolution issues. I haven't used the tunner yet, really no need. Really easy lay out, looks great. FYI the subwoofer is HUGE! I thought it would fit on the lower self on my entertainment system.....not going to happen. SUPER AWESOME unlike the other system it play music every bit as good as my brothers Dennon which he dropped almost $2K on. |
Review by a little AUDIOPHILE
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| Review Date: March 5, 2010 |
| Reviewer: R. Estevez, Caracas, Venezuela |
Greetings fellas,
To be quick in this review but to point some interesting facts that I was looking for to read before buy a HTIB and I didnt find, I could describe my equipment with the following:
1.- SIZE: The equipment is BIG, Boxy but beatiful finished, the outside box is huge too big I may add, and came all broken up, Not onkyo's fault. The tallboys are great and have a great stand and the receiver is not as big as Yamaha's or others. Also have a beatiful finish gloss.
2.-START UP CONFIG: Dont worry too much about all the audio codes that this baby has, why? first you may have to do some diggin in google to get to know the audio codes and conversion mode (that is not the same but works together), The auto equalizer provided by onkyo AUDISSEY works pretty good, althoug for narrow rooms like mine you may have to play with the volumes to get your surround speakers to get a little louder (not big deal, very easy to do), you can input differents config to each input source, but it carries a general config, for speakers and audio adjust (which is great and dont make it messy). Anyway in the manual which is very good explained, the codes are divided and you can understand what means what and what you may used. Cables for back back surround may be a little short if you want to hide it. Careful with the heat of the avreceiver cause its hot.
3.-AUDIO: This my friends I was a lot concerned with before buy any HITB, I like the loud sound, when I mean loud its LOUD, my old equipment was loud and solid so to spend this amount of money I need to be sure that maybe I could sacriface loudness for clarity of the surround, and I certainly did, for i.e I have the PC cable plug to RCA connected to an analog input, the receiver can convert this in 7.1 by applying ProLogic IIx, delivers the sound through all the speaker depending on the up n downs of the music, (voice comes for central channel and some instruments on the back), of course you may use the All channel stereo and get a plain stereo for enviroment music at little higher in volume. I was disappointed I must accept when after the first configuration without the speakers well placed just desperate to hear it rockin I apllied the audissey eq and realizes that the max volume was so little that my old equipment can kick his b..t out of the window, but I learned that after you place the speakers rund the EQ again quit the regulation security of max volume, put the Intellivolume feature +5db, and help just a little the AU EQ with the frecuencies of the surround, oh man. My little brother in the next room complain to me because he is feeling like an earthquake in his room, my friends I can say its loud and clear almost as I wanted but I could say 9/10.
4.-VIDEO: Picture get a little darker when using HDMI, i.e: PS3 to onkyo to tv all hdmi the pic gets darker and you may notice if you have a good regular eye for details (like me :)). The switching interface is great and very simple. There is not interface for ipod dock in the tv. and the setup menu displays on the little screen of the onkyo and also in the tv. In standby mode there is not time display which I miss of my old equipment.
5.-MOVIES & GAMES: I have a PS3 and a XBOX360 connected to this AV receiver, blue ray rocks if you configure your ps3 as bitstream to not convert your audio so it can pass directly and let the AV rec do the job, the conversion of audio is beatiful, if you are watching "I robot" and you go the BD menu/audio and select DTS 5.1 this baby changes itself and turn those lights on of DTS 5.1 activated and the same with Dolby, THE RECEIVER DOES THE CHANGES ITSELF, and to complete the surround backs you can put an "audio mode" (not codec) using prologic IIx so the AVrec converts it to 7.1 still using DTS. The Xbox outputs only 5.1 and does the same, the game hearing modes are beatiful even at low low volume frequencies you can hear if the bad guys are coming from your side or back very clearly. ALL this using HDMI to AVrec and one HDMI to tv.
So after all, I recommend you to buy this HTIB with confident, is some equipment that will last updated for few years
PS: This is my first review, so please if you can rated it would teach me to write them better next time. I havent test the optical audio IN from the TV to the receiver to see if it has any delay. Ill update later. |
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