Sony STR DA5200ES

Pros: Great up conversion, various inputs and outputs!

Cons: Sound quality is not as clean and pure as that in other receivers!

The Bottom Line: This is a receiver that cries out for a high definition tv. It has a simple user interface borrowed from the PS3 and works great!

Review: So here we have the newest in the SONY lineup of their new breed of high end stereo receivers! It is part of their ES line, which was always the top of the line component division. They claim the ES components are manufactured to tighter tolerances and ...

Pros: Supports the "single display wire" goal of HDMI. Solid HDCP handshaking.

Cons: Video Scaling and Bass Management are inadequate.

The Bottom Line: There are better choices, because the scaling and bass management flaws disqualifies too many users.

Review: As a top-of-the-line unit from Sony (for a year, until the 5300 came out, which shares some of these problems), this unit should really give you audio/video bliss. It features many nice features, like video scaling to HDMI, decoding of many surround ...