I have the 605, and it's a great receiver, but WTF's up with having 3 component, 8 composite, and only 2 hdmi inputs? It's like Onkyo's marketing people must think that the majority if their customers still have turntables, cassette tapes, and VCRs?!?
It is called product differentiation. In addition to better amp, more powerful amp, better construction, they want to also reserve the 3 and 4 HDMI input features to higher end models. That way, if 3 HDMI inputs are very important to you, you might be persuaded to move up the line. For example, the Onkyo 705 (not out yet), provides 3 HDMI inputs. The 805 provides 3 too and the 875 provides 4.
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Ditto everyone else's comments.
I have the 605, and it's a great receiver, but WTF's up with having 3 component, 8 composite, and only 2 hdmi inputs? It's like Onkyo's marketing people must think that the majority if their customers still have turntables, cassette tapes, and VCRs?!?
It is called product differentiation. In addition to better amp, more powerful amp, better construction, they want to also reserve the 3 and 4 HDMI input features to higher end models. That way, if 3 HDMI inputs are very important to you, you might be persuaded to move up the line. For example, the Onkyo 705 (not out yet), provides 3 HDMI inputs. The 805 provides 3 too and the 875 provides 4.