I needed a receiver that had ARC (Audio Return Channel) on the HDMI out to the TV for my new smart TV. This unit is very easy to
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Simple and effective receiver.  This unit replaced my older Onkyo SRX-606.  I needed a receiver that had ARC (Audio Return Channel) on the HDMI out to the TV for my new smart TV.  This unit is very easy to setup with little to no settings like video up scaling or internet radio or firmware upgrades.
4861878
Got this on sale as a item closeout via amazon. It lacks a couple of features the newest model now offers such as dual hdmi outs, but to me it's minor and nothing to balk at. I bought this to replace an aging onkyo 6.1surround reciever I bought in 2004. I wanted the hdmi functionality,  7.2 surround, 4k pass thru,  and the ability to use with my smart phones and tablets easily. So far it integrates nicely with my apple phones, android is a little more limited. I recommend this with the blue tooth device that can be added.
Coming off a 10+ year old reciever the sound quality is noticeably better and the modern features make it worth it. Unlike the older reciever this allows you to configure via your tv on screen making the setup easy. If your tv supports ARC then make sure you use it. The tv then can control the sound. It's a nice pet to have. I bought the mediabridge hdmi 2.0 cables to go with this so i had full functionality of 4k and the like.  This unit will upconvert your tv signal to 1080p which adds to the quality of what your watching. It's noticeable too! I highly recommend this reciever. It's was definitely more than I expected it to be.
3950723
Fast and flawless shipping on this receiver. This replaces a 5-year old Sony receiver that did not have HDMI.  It's a nice AV unit for the price with enough HDMI inputs for most folks and decoding for the latest audio types.

The setup is relatively easy. I have a Blue Ray player going into one HDMI input and a HD/DVR cable box going into another HDMI input and then using the HDMI output on the receiver to a Panasonic plasma. Everything looks great.

This receiver offers 5.1 surround so if you want 7.1 you will need to upgrade to the Onkyo receiver above this one.

It can be a little confusing getting the receiver remote programmed to run most everything but it can be done.  You may still need one of the other remotes for some functions, but for the most part you can get down to one remote for most operations.
2292879
Exactly what I was looking. No loss in quality in either HDMI output or stereo feed to my receiver - I am very picky with the way a movie looks or my music sounds. I love my 18+ year old Sherwood receiver - it has very few thrills but outputs soul-warming sound be it Classical, Reggae or Rock. I purchased this unit to help me resolve the issue of no audio out dilemma with the new Roku 2 (2015 model). This little jam works as advertised. Thank you!
2886725
It was surprisingly hard to find the device that I needed - something that converts HDMI Audio to Optical.  My speakers, from Logitech, are relatively old and my new television didn't come with an optical port.  I used the Fosmon ARC adapter to accomplish this.  One caveat - you need a TV that accepts ARC to get it done.
3840123
I needed a new raw TV digital receiver that could provide pictures at 1080i-p resolution to my projector. The one I had just converts digital to analog. This unit is sized properly with a good price point. I like the digital display which shows on/off, channel selected or time. It provides a TV guide, picture strength, video resolution control, subtitle control plus a menu which has a bunch of other stuff. Outputs are either HDMI or component. Additionally, it can record and playback programs thru an external drive which the user must provide. The connection is thru a front USB port so a pen drive works well. There is a TV-radio feature which I haven't used but a person can switch to a radio is desired I believe. So far I'm very satisfied with the unit.
2990165
Don't like that it does not auto display what type of surround sound you are getting but maybe I have not read enough of the instructions yet.  This receiver is easy to use and both sound and HDMI are second to none.
1907120
This receiver does what I want. HDMI was not around when my old JVC unit was purchased. The sound is fine, from separation, to subwoofer. Works fine for all the typical multimedia stuff from Roku 3 to BD. The on-screen feedback is the reason this isn't 5 stars. I've seen some folks who had it cut out and display PROTECTOR. Well, I experienced that too, but I had connected a wireless transmitter via stripping the wires and "adding them" with my front speakers. The Sony did not like that jury rig. I removed it and cranked up a music channel with no further errors. Excellent choice for an entry level, blue-collar surround sound system.

By the way, my Logitech Harmony 650 runs this unit just fine.
1651214
An inexpensive receiver that has plenty of wattage and a great sound output. I inherited a whole house sound system (radio shack speakers in the ceilings, nothing really audiophile) and the wiring for that went through a four channel splitter which went into a higher end boom box that had two speakers already attached. So with two channels, I replicated the set-up: one channel for the house system and one for the boom box speakers which I separated and moved around the living room. The power to both channels was awesome and the sound it great. No problem connecting my TV to the receiver via bluetooth, nor my phone either. Really very happy with this unit. This is NOT intended for any home theater type set ups but it powers seven speakers for me and does a great job.
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I needed a low-priced, reasonably functional receiver to replace my 12-year-old Sony. It only needed to manage audio among several devices, which it has done quite well so far. I had had good success with Sony units so I felt this provided the best value for me. YMMV.
305302
The receiver works great!  It's even smarter than I expected!  After setting up, which was simple, I programmed the remote to control my cable box, TV, etc.  Later I turned my TV on and the TV automatically turned the stereo on and set it to the correct surround sound mode!  Wow!  How cool!
2783507
My husband and I were still using an old DVD player then we realized it wasn't working with our new audio receiver so we decided it was time to finally upgrade. It works great and now we can watch DVDs and Blu-rays again, and that's all we were looking for. We already have an Amazon Fire TV so we didn't need the smart functions.
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I just got this and I'm quite pleased.

I had an older HDTV with only 2 HDMI inputs and I wanted a switch with 4 HDMI inputs.

To go a step further, I wanted a switch with a digital optical audio output (i.e. TOSLINK) as well, since my audio receiver only has one TOSLINK input and all 4 of my devices have TOSLINK outputs.  I wanted this so that I could route audio from a device, such as Roku or Apple TV, to my audio system without being required to have the TV on.  Sometimes I just want to listen to music while working or relaxing.

There were 2 other devices that I saw on Amazon that matched my description of what I wanted.  However, one of the devices had an input on the front.  I didn't like that choice as I don't want to see a cable coming out the front of a switch in my entertainment center.  I like the cables to be behind the switch where they cannot be seen.  The other switch option I saw (that I thought met my description) had a picture that showed all the inputs on the back, but the description said there was an input on the front.  This was contradictory.  Consequently, I did not purchase that product because I could not be sure they were selling the actual item shown in the picture.

I decided to go with this product instead, and so far I am very happy with it.

This product has the HDMI A and TOSLINK outputs on the left side and HDMI B output and HDMI input 1 on the right side.  HDMI inputs 2, 3, & 4 are on the back, along with the power input.  I can totally work with one of the inputs being on the side, as compared to one being one the front.

This device is of sturdy metal construction and is small enough so that you should find it easy to tuck away somewhere in your entertainment center.

There is a delay of a few seconds when switching the TV off and just routing the audio to the receiver.  I consider that no big deal at all. I think the switch is reconfiguring itself for routing audio only versus audio and video.  The switch figures it out and everything is fine.

One slight issue is that the red power light on the front is big and bright, but no worries ... I just covered it up with a bit of tape.  A future version of this device may consider toning this light down a bit.  The yellowish lights for the HDMI's are no problem at all.

I really like that this device has actual buttons on it that you can use to switch the inputs, in addition to the remote control.  Those buttons will come in handy for when I inevitably lose the remote control that comes with the device : )

I'm not sure how I would use the output B yet, but that could come in handy one day if I wanted (for example) to route an output to a TV in another room.  For example, my entertainment center is on a wall for which on the other side is my garage.  If I ever wanted to put a flat panel HDTV in the garage, I could run HDMI wiring through the wall and set it up so that I'm only using one blu-ray player, AppleTV, etc. to feed 2 TV's in two different rooms.  That would be cool.

Overall, great device and just what I needed/wanted.
750156
A nice receiver that works as it should, sounds good and is easy to operate in an A/V world that continues to get more complicated.  I'm sure true audiophiles will scoff at it, but I'm very happy with how it sounds.  Plenty of HDMI and RCA inputs for whatever you want to connect.  Initial setup is easy and quick.  Did I mention it sounds good?  Recommended!
2094902
Just wanted an economical optical link audio converter for my new flat screen TV, and this little gizmo delivered what I needed.
1388341
I bought my Dad a new TV for Christmas but it lacked analog outs so he couldn't use his wireless headphones for listening.

This was the perfect solution - all he had to do was to connect it to the TV's optical out, tell the TV to convert all digital output to PCM and connect the headphone transmitter box to the analog outs on the DAC.

In less than five minutes he had his headphones back and was very grateful.
3341418
This was ideal for connecting my new Samsung 4K TV (UN70KU630DF) to my old surround sound system.  The TV defaulted to the correct output and it was simple to hookup the optical cable (bought separately thru Amazon, heavy duty and very reasonable) into the converter (remember to remove the plastic protectors on the cable) and then into the RC inputs of my Sony.  Great sound.