Hi Mark, I am going through much the same dilemma as you. I have a Pioneer 533HD5 53" RPTV that still works great; however, I have both HD-DVD and Blu-ray players. I too have a good, but older, AVR that doesn't support the new lossless audio formats. When I purchased my BR player, I...
Well, 3 years later and I am responding to this thread as I STILL use my Pio 533. Picture quality is still excellent (I have always had a light-controlled room, and have kept contrast and brightness fairly low). I use this set regularly with Blu-ray and HD-DVDs and it looks great. My main...
Hmmmm... maybe I did. My dealer is looking into it tomorrow.
I'm getting good clean volume, all the way to the top of the scale!!
WRT the suggestion for the sub, if you did that you wouldn't be getting ANY of the LFE info to the sub, only the lower "main" sounds. If I were trying to make...
Hi ChrisAG,
My s/n is MZ01013600XXXX, and the model number is SR6200/U2B.
Note that my video problem has been noticed not with s-video, but with COMPOSITE (ie basic) video. Now I really want to check out the s-video to make sure that works properly!!!
Do you have any thoughts on my other...
Oh, forgot about this problem that I haven't heard too many people mention - the sub output seems to be cutting back the loudest sounds, like the bomb explosions during the raid in Pearl Harbour.
In the thread " S&V tests the Marantz SR7200", someone mentions a "wierd dynamic limiter" on the...
I picked up my SR6200 on Wednesday night.
I haven't had a LOT of time to test things out with it, but this is what I have noticed so far:
1) S-Video noise - well, I'm using the composite video switching, with my Tosh1600 DVD, an RCA VCR, and a Videotron digital cable box (Scientific Atlanta...