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As soon as I configured my Harmony remote to work with the 1909, everything was happy happy.

-JF]]>Jan 23rd 2009 12:21PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/Jan 23rd 2009 1:11PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/
So, someone please correct me if I'm wrong on this and forgive me if it's a dumb question... but the way I'm reading this, I would be able run all of my sources to my receiver (no matter the connection) and then ONLY a single HDMI cable out to the TV? Correct?

As an example... I have a PS2 and Wii on a component connection to the receiver, along with a PS3, cable box, and DVD player connected via HDMI to the receiver. But right now I am running both a component cable and HDMI cable out to the TV. And this receiver (and others with the same feature) would allow me to just use the HDMI?

I'm just trying to make sure I understand what this is doing if I upgrade or recommend something to a friend - so please correct me if I'm interpreting incorrectly. :)]]>Jan 23rd 2009 1:12PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/Jan 23rd 2009 1:36PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/Jan 23rd 2009 1:37PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1050097 thread to see what those who own it think of it and what bugs it has, etc..]]>Jan 23rd 2009 1:50PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/
I'll check out that avsforum link as well.]]>Jan 23rd 2009 3:14PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/
As for the ugly GUI, who cares. Once most people set it up, they will not look at it for months, years, or maybe not again for the life of the unit! I'd rather that money go into better sound, and extra HDMI input, etc.

However, I have the 2809, and for that sort of money, they should have done a bit better on the GUI, but it doesn't bother me.]]>Jan 23rd 2009 1:39PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/Jan 23rd 2009 3:50PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/Jan 23rd 2009 4:45PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/Jan 23rd 2009 8:35PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/

I have a Denon (older model) and the damn thing is a mystery to me! (and I'm a media pro). Sure it works ... but the set ups and odd buttons make no sense to me at all.

I recently set up a Harmon Kardon. Wow ....very very nice. Sounded good at the price point, nice setup menu system, lots of inputs, full transcoding between inputs... great.

I want one for me!

Lee]]>Jan 24th 2009 2:53PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/Jan 24th 2009 8:10PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/Jan 23rd 2009 5:31PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/
It's about as stoopid as buying a PC over a Mac. Some people just have shite for brains. ]]>Jan 23rd 2009 8:38PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/denons-avr-1909-av-receiver-gets-reviewed-not-for-the-faint-of/Jan 26th 2009 1:04PM