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| Brand: Yamaha
Category: CE
List Price: $1,299.95
Buy New: $1,199.95
You Save: $100.00 (8%)
New (8) from $869.88
Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 1763
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 44
Dimensions (in): 17.3 x 17.1 x 6.8
MPN: RX-V1800BL
Model: RX-V1800BL
UPC: 027108928463
EAN: 0027108928463
ASIN: B000V53V82
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Great Value, Awesome Receiver January 13, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a great home theatre receiver that is as future proof as you can get right now. Multiple HDMI inputs, outstanding sound qaulity, upconverts the quality of your inputs if you are still using things like a VCR. The automatic speaker calibration program is nice. If you are true high end tech expert, you will probably want to tweak the values (which this allows you to do), if you more of a person who wants a great home theatre experience without the hassle of fine tuning every aspect, this receiver is for you. Yamaha quality is outstanding. I finally upgraded my last Yamaha receiver after 11 years...and it still runs fine. The listening modes of the receiver are neat, you will probably be able to figure out a few of them you like and will not use the rest. But with 20+ to choose from, you have options. This receiver has Yamaha's ability to use extra front presence or extra rear surround speakers which do enhance the quality of the sound on movies. The only drawback to this receiver is that it does so many things, that you can almost become overwhelmed reading through the book. This receiver is a steal if you can get for under $1000 from an authorized Yamaha dealer (all of the places Amazon uses to sell this are authorized). If you call on the phone the stores Amazon sells this product through, you can probably get a better price. Yamaha doesn't have near as many issues with quality or non-functionality that some of the other competitors have.
Great sound, great technology! December 14, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Basically, this receiver does everything you need for a mid-priced A/V system. It sounds great, has plenty of HDMI inputs, plenty of reserve power, and best of all, does a great job of upconverting non-digital sources, such as my PlayStation 2 and Nintendo WII up to the HDMI output.
The DSP modes are actually useful, especially for TV sports that are mostly 2-channel. Finally, the auto-setup system did a superb job of configuring and tweaking the 1800 to my living room.
I've always considered Yamaha and Denon to be at the top of the "Consumer Level" electronics category. The 1800 continues that trend nicely!
Great Receiver - Ready for the next gen in Home entertainment October 17, 2007
23 out of 28 found this review helpful
So I buy this receiver after upgrading my TV 1080P Plasma(Samsung FPT-5084) and getting a 7.1 system installed into my ceiling. I originally had the Onkyo SRX-674 but was disappointed that its upconversion was really just a de-interlacer. Converting 480i to 480p. Also it ddnt have dolby true-hd decoding nor did it have dts-hd decoding. but I digress. So I looked at my options. I was looking to upgrade this 2 week old receiver FAST... I looked at the Onkyo TX-SR875 as an option but the $1399 price tag was a bit much. Lo and behold I look to the left and I see this receiver RX-V1800. I examined the options and almost everything was very comparable. 2 things to note this Receiver upscales to 1080P is it great - no, good - no, decent - yes. It also doesnt have the fancy THX certification But for a retail of $200 less I could deal with it. Also I was able to negotiate the deal down on this to $880 + tax (SOLD) - No brainer at that point. 4 HDMI 1.3a inputs 1 output... unprecedented at this price range and this is a repeater not pass through). I paired this with my Xbox (w/hd-dvd add-on) and my PS 3 (Bluray) and all I can say is WOW. Attach the microphone and have it auto calibrate your speakers and you are good to go! This receiver rocks! Halo 3 wouldnt have been the same without it!
So the bad... The receiver is somewhat complicated to work. The OSD (On screen display) and manual are not intuitive or really helpful. It took me a couple hours to get the receiver to recognize the proper audio output from my PS3... Probably Sony's fault!
Summary:
If you understand what I am talking about- you know what you are gonna get and you want these specs for the next gen in home entertainment. If you just need a receiver this would be a waste of your money (an extreme waste of your money).
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