http://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/12/denons-avr-5308ci-receiver-reviewed-price-and-value-high/ Engadget HD Comments for Denon's AVR-5308CI receiver reviewed, price and value high http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/12/denons-avr-5308ci-receiver-reviewed-price-and-value-high/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/12/denons-avr-5308ci-receiver-reviewed-price-and-value-high/Aug 17th 2008 6:34PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/12/denons-avr-5308ci-receiver-reviewed-price-and-value-high/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/12/denons-avr-5308ci-receiver-reviewed-price-and-value-high/
I note it also lacks HDMI->HDMI upscaling. This is very common since HDMI usually comes with HDCP, which makes upscaling impossible. HDCP is bad for the consumer.

My far cheaper Sony has HDMI->HDMI upscaling, but due to vagaries of how my TV works, I keep it turned off.

I applaud Denon for (apparently) sticking to analog amplifiers. They know their core audience well. I and many other less demanding people find a lot of advantage to digital amps though, even with their currently reduced performance.]]>Aug 12th 2008 1:10PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/12/denons-avr-5308ci-receiver-reviewed-price-and-value-high/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/12/denons-avr-5308ci-receiver-reviewed-price-and-value-high/
You are completely and totally incorrect - HDCP sources get scaled through receivers, video processors, and video displays all the time.]]>Aug 12th 2008 3:43PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/12/denons-avr-5308ci-receiver-reviewed-price-and-value-high/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/12/denons-avr-5308ci-receiver-reviewed-price-and-value-high/
TrentD, you need to get an understanding before you call others out.]]>Aug 12th 2008 10:33PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/12/denons-avr-5308ci-receiver-reviewed-price-and-value-high/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/12/denons-avr-5308ci-receiver-reviewed-price-and-value-high/Aug 17th 2008 6:39PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/12/denons-avr-5308ci-receiver-reviewed-price-and-value-high/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/12/denons-avr-5308ci-receiver-reviewed-price-and-value-high/
I have sold a few of these, and the buyers are usually 30-50, know this hobby well, and have very good jobs (or have a lot of money working hard in their name, those lucky SOB's). They will use the piss out of this thing for 5 years and then get whatever comes along next.]]>Aug 13th 2008 12:49AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/12/denons-avr-5308ci-receiver-reviewed-price-and-value-high/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/12/denons-avr-5308ci-receiver-reviewed-price-and-value-high/
I don't claim to know everything about HDCP, but if what you say is true, how does this footnote to the videoprocessing test in the review in this story fit in?

"Source component was the Denon DVD-3930CI set to 480i via HDMI output upscaled by the AVR-5308CI to 1080p and fed to a Marantz VP-15S1 1080p DLP Projector."]]>Aug 13th 2008 4:26AM