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| Brand: Onkyo
Category: CE
List Price: $499.00
Buy Used: $249.00
You Save: $250.00 (50%)
Used (4) from $249.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  218 reviews
Sales Rank: 5671
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 14.2 x 17.1 x 6.9
Warranty: 2 years warranty
MPN: TXSR605
Model: TXSR605
UPC: 051398007584
EAN: 0051398007584
ASIN: B000OBLARC
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Used for about five months. In excellent condition. Comes with receiver, remote, manual, antennas, Audyssy mic, and I will throw in 7 dual banana clips.
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| Customer Reviews:
 The Worst Receiver I've Ever Owned! July 14, 2007
47 out of 64 found this review helpful
Don't believe the hype with this receiver. First off, HDMI 1.3 in a receiver is useless at this point. If your HD-DVD player or Blu-Ray player does the decoding of DTS-HD Master Audio or Dolby True-HD then the receiver will receive the signal as uncompressed PCM. The only reason this receiver has HDMI 1.3 is so that when High Definition players can send out the signal via bitstream the receiver will do the decoding and it will say Dolby True-HD or DTS-HD Master Audio.
HDMI 1.3 is still in its infancy. There are some problems. First off, if you have an HD-A1 don't get this receiver. The HDMI connection won't work because of incompatibility.
Now to the biggest problem with this receiver. There are countless AVS threads online that speak of HDMI problems with this receiver. I'm here to tell you they're true. Listening to any Uncompressed PCM track on a Blu-Ray movie produces an annoying humming noise, and many have even heard popping noises from their speakers.
Cnet may review this high, but listen to the customers who've actually used this receiver for more than a day.
I used to have an Onkyo receiver and though that they were the best bang for your buck. I guess times have changed. I can't caution enough not to buy this product with out thoroughly researching what users have to say.
 Supports HDMI 1.3 - Best Value for Our HDTV Setup July 12, 2007
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
We purchased this Onkyo receiver in early June and have been using it for a month. Good sound, easy to setup and use. At the time (June 2007) we found limited information online about the pros and cons of HDMI 1.3. It seemed to be the next standard in digital transmission of audio and video but there was surprisingly little bally-hoo from vendors about it. Also there were limited reviews on CNET and elsewhere.
July 17, 2007 Update: There is a fabulous review of the SR605 and its use of the HDMI 1.3 standard on CNet now. It's rated 8 out of 10 by CNet and 8.8 by user reviewers. Now we are just waiting for a new Blu-Ray DVD player that can take advantage of what this unit can handle.
We started putting our system together by purchasing the Samsung LNT5265F 52" 1080p LCD HDTV. It supports HDMI 1.3 and we wanted the rest of the components to use HDMI 1.3 also. Onkyo seemed to have the best price for the support of this relatively new HDMI standard.
We were tempted by several Home Theater In a Box (HTIB) systems that include a receiver and all the speakers. But closer inspection showed that several of them included an unneeded (for us) DVD player (we purchased the Samsung BD-P1200 Blu-Ray Disc Player) and the HDMI support seemed to be the older pass thru video requiring a separate cable for getting audio from the Satellite receiver and DVD player into the A/V receiver.
Actually it was not clear from the descriptions and the few of reviews we could find online whether HDMI 1.3 was required for a "single cable" connection. But because the HDTV made us want HDMI 1.3 support, it seemed like we had to purchase the receiver and speakers separately We chose the TX-SR605 and Onkyo SKS-HT540 7.1 Surround Sound Speaker System.
And yes, it works terrifc! HDMI cables ONLY are used to connect the TX-SR605 receiver to the Blu-Ray DVD player, the Satellite DVR and finally the HDTV. We get great digital sound from HD broadcasts off of DirecTV and Blu-Ray DVDs are amazing. (We did have to enable Dolby output in the menu for the DirecTV DVR before getting the best sound however).
BTW, we also shopped around at the local major stores to see what was available. Even Costco had a fancy HTIB system from Sony. But when we looked closely it seemed these HTIBs and many receivers are aimed at customers with last year's HDTV that goes up to only 1080i resolution and/or older HDMI standards. A salesperson at Best Buy had a deal on a Harmon Kardon receiver and speakers for over $1200 combined. That unit might be OK, but this Onkyo seemed to be a better value for what we needed. And cheaper with no sales tax by purchasing it online. Our unit came quickly from Vanns in Montana to Northern California.
impresive receiver!!!!!!! July 8, 2007
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
this is an amazing receiver, the sound quality is exelent! and the video features,work great,you can not buy a better receiver for the price!
now onkyo has it all!!
Great home theater receiver- HDMI 1.3 switching for $500! July 6, 2007
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
I was in the market for a new receiver that would handle HDMI switching duties for my LG BH-100 BluRay / HD-DVD player and Tivo Series 3. The receiver needed to support the new Dolby Digital and DTS high bit rate codecs to fully take advantage of the features of the BH-100. I was very pleasantly surprised to find everyting I was looking for in the Onkyo TX-SR605S for $500.
I have used the player for a month now and have been completely satisfied with its features and performance.
Highly recommended!
SR-605 July 1, 2007
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Very happy with my SR-605 receiver. I am using it with a PS3 and HD Cable box with a 150" electric screen and HD1000U projector. It has plenty of juice and it will play 5.1 movies through all 7 speakers no problem. The reviewer who had all of the issues did NOT know how to operate the receiver which is easy with a little time.
By far the best bang for the buck if you want HDMI 1.3 and upscaling of everything through HDMI. Way to go Onkyo!!!
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