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Price on May 23, 2010 13:15:50 : $299.00
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Pioneer VSX-820-K Audio/Video Receiver Features
- "Works with iPhone" certification and front USB connectivity (cable included) provide iPod, touch
- Simple connectivity of high-performance HD video, HD audio, portable, internet, wireless
- The latest version of HDMI inputs and outputs provide more HD connectivity options with "future-proof" 3-D capability
- The latest Dolby Pro Logic Iiz as well as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD for an immersive audio experience
- High-Power Discrete Transistor (HPDT) multi-channel amplifiers and proprietary Pioneer room calibration technology
Pioneer VSX-820-K Audio/Video Receiver Overviews
Key Features are 110 watts X 5, Dolby True-HD / DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Pro-Logic IIz Height Channel Decoder, Auto MCACC with room EQ, Phase Control Auto Level Control – 2 Channel, Advanced Sound Retriever – 2 channel, iPod Digital USB / USB Memory Audio / OSD, Front A/V Inputs, Sirius Satellite Radio w/OSD, Bluetooth Ready w/ optional AS-BT100, HDMI Repeater (4 In / 1 out), Deep Color, x.v. color, Component Video Inputs (2 in / 1 out), Audio Inputs (6 in / 1out - includes Tuner), Audio/Video Inputs (4in / 1 out), Digital Inputs (3 - 1 coax / 2opt), Dolby PLIIz Pre-Out, Glossy Black Cosmetic, Preset Remote Control.
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Customer Review
I picked this up at a local retailer. Looks good and the sound is pretty good. Didn't seem much better or worse than my 10 year old Denon receiver it replaced (but that's not a bad thing). Video over HDMI looks good.
Setup is pretty usual for receivers, you will not understand many features and setup options unless you bother reading the instructions.
Few shortcomings with one that is very annoying:
1. The cover of the front USB and video/audio ports is not connected to the receiver - it's a piece of plastic that you have to take out completely if you want to hook up a USB device or any source to the front connectors. I wish it had a permanent connection because I can completely see it getting lost.
2. The receiver comes with a limited on screen menu to use the auto tuning of speakers and to set up the inputs and speakers. The problem is: you have to connect the receiver to the TV using an analog RCA cable to use it!!!! So if you have only digital sources and hoped to use HDMI as your only connection, be prepared to add another cable to the mix when you set up the speakers. Granted you don't need to use the on screen menu a lot but if you have difficult access to the back of TV and receiver like I have, it can become annoying. I don't understand what Pioneer were thinking.
3. Seems to have to crank up the volume much higher than I used to with my Denon receiver, but I guess this is something I will have to get use to.
Overall it is a great value, but I'm actually considering returning it and spending the extra 0 for the vsx-920-k so I won't have to use analog RCA cables ever again.
Credibility issues - Michael Westfall - Europe
I wanted a receiver that could play music from my many ipod/iphone products. This was a cheap alternative to the lack of receivers that could do this simple thing. On paper it looks great. The pioneer was shipped defective. Apparently this is rare... No sound. After many days this was repaired and shipped back to me. Now there is sound but the connection between Iphone/Ipods doesn't work. Have they no shame? Where is the workmanship pride? More importantly how many times will I be stuck sending in a defective product? Pioneer used to be good quality but not anymore. This is a recurring theme with many new tech equippment lately. China? Cheap labor=bad stuff.
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