Can There Really Be Sound in Three Dimensions?

Now that 3DTV is supposedly a possibility in the typical household, we might demand an AV receiver intended for processing that format, therefore this Onkyo TX-SR608 Receiver is now presented to fulfill that need. Onkyo’s receiver includes six HDMI ports able to receive 3D signals, together with video and audio data from Blu-Ray players and PCs. The universal port is intended to work with nearly all Onkyo peripherals like MP3 docks.

With all of this focus on connectivity, there’s no justification offered for the dearth of an Ethernet port, specifically when quite a few Onkyo AV products in this price range are provided with that feature, although maybe Onkyo presumes that the normal home theater owner will be too distracted by the 3D availability to mind that they cannot stream straight from the web.

Once this amazing variety of sight and sound is actually obtained, the Onkyo TX-SR608 Receiver will subsequently decode whatever audio format the data is recorded in, upscale the format to 1080p when needed, and shoot it by means of 7 independent channels to the plasma screen and speakers which you prefer. The included Audyssey 2EQ technology will automatically adjust your speakers to ensure that the sound emanating from them is attuned to the additional speakers in the home theater, considering each speaker’s volume, its placement in the space and the room capacity.

Once all of this downloading, up-scaling and transmitting of sound and video, you may wonder concerning the quality of the movie or soundtrack experience. I’m happy to tell you that THX, the corporation that is responsible for the AV quality of those movies you watch in the nation’s cinemas, provides a certification program to address that concern.

If an AV receiver or an entire home theater system is awarded a THX certification, then we users are guaranteed that the quality of the motion picture we view at home will equal what we may have experienced in a movie house, except for the smell of old popcorn. I’m even more excited to tell you that Onkyo’s first 3D compatible Home theater receiver has this certification.

Buying into recently established technology is frequently a gamble, and it is practical to presume that 3DTV will have to get through quite a few growing pains. Even so, once you think about that Onkyo has adapted nicely historically with accommodating new technologies into their items, and that this precise AV receiver is not remotely near the upper edge of Onkyo’s price range, the Onkyo TX-SR608 looks as though it’s a sensible way to throw $600 at your home theater system.