Home Theater Forum - View Single Post - Looking for inexpensive receiver recommendations

KrisWood · 05-17-2008, 10:16 AM

Well, the thing is, I know the way I use media.

I don't watch TV, I download the shows I want to watch off the net (mostly foreign ones I can't get here anyway), often in high def formats that look great on my LCD monitor and don't need to be sent to a TV. I rarely rent DVDs, and when I do I watch them on my PC. I bought a whole two games for my PS2 the entire time I owned it (it stopped reading discs some time ago) and I have no interest in buying any of the new generation of console game systems. All the games I want to play come out on computer eventually. I spend most of my time listening to music while making computer game art, and watching an occasional DVD.

If I do add anything that would use HDMI to my system, it would likely be a large LCD tv with DVI input which I could hook up to the second DVI port on my video card.

I might buy one of the current game consoles once they come below $200, but that'll be a while.

At most I'll need two HDMI ports on my receiver; one for the PC and one for an eventual game system. Both of the receivers I'm looking at have that.

05-17-2008, 10:16 AM	#9 of 14
KrisWood *Kris Wood* Member Location: Portland, Oregon Join Date: May 2008 Local Time: 04:36 PM Local Date: 10-15-2008 Posts: 6	Re: Looking for inexpensive receiver recommendations Well, the thing is, I know the way I use media. I don't watch TV, I download the shows I want to watch off the net (mostly foreign ones I can't get here anyway), often in high def formats that look great on my LCD monitor and don't need to be sent to a TV. I rarely rent DVDs, and when I do I watch them on my PC. I bought a whole two games for my PS2 the entire time I owned it (it stopped reading discs some time ago) and I have no interest in buying any of the new generation of console game systems. All the games I want to play come out on computer eventually. I spend most of my time listening to music while making computer game art, and watching an occasional DVD. If I do add anything that would use HDMI to my system, it would likely be a large LCD tv with DVI input which I could hook up to the second DVI port on my video card. I might buy one of the current game consoles once they come below $200, but that'll be a while. At most I'll need two HDMI ports on my receiver; one for the PC and one for an eventual game system. Both of the receivers I'm looking at have that.