Latest Yamaha receivers boast HDMI 1.3a / Ethernet / 1080p upscaling

Shortly after Sony unveiled its newly revamped ES lineup of AV receivers, along comes Yamaha with a powerful new duo of its own. The RX-V3800 (140-watt x 7) and RX-V1800 (130-watt x 7) each support lossless Dolby Digital TrueHD / DTS-HD and feature Yamaha's Cinema DSP processing engine, video upscaling to 1080p, HDMI 1.3a, and an Ethernet connection that enables consumers to "access internet radio stations, music files stored on a PC, and the company's MusicCAST audio system server." Furthermore, the units are also compatible with your iPod and XM radio via optional adapters, include Burr-Brown 192kHz/24bit DACs, and will be on display at next month's CEDIA expo. As expected, neither of these devices can be classified as cheap, as the less powerful RX-V1800 will demand $1,299.95, while the higher-end RX-V3800 rings up at $1,699.95.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 6th 2007 8:33PM]

It was all fun and games up to the pricetag.

[David Susilo Posted Aug 6th 2007 8:56PM]

The pricetag is not high for the intended market, but for a similar price you might as well get an Onkyo with better feature, similar sound quality (if not better) and better upscaling capability (using HQV cideo instead of Faroudja)

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 6th 2007 9:41PM]

The price seems right on par with the RX series of the past.

[David Susilo Posted Aug 6th 2007 9:51PM]

it may be on-par with RXV in the past, but that's when RXV were better than the competition. Now that they're worse than the competition, they really should lower their prices.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 6th 2007 10:04PM]

I guess I can drool over the 1800 series, but dammit, $1300 is steep for a 'replacement' head unit =\ Even if it does crush what I currently have now hehe.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 7th 2007 12:00AM]

Under $2k for all that? That's cheap. Either its of poor quality, this is a misprint, or somehow quality audio (oops, audio and video) equipment became 1/10th the cost of quality stuff in the past 8 years.

Lemme give you some perspective. Back in 1999, I bought 5 monoblock amps; one for each channel. Each amp was $2500. Then I bought a Proceed AVP which was I think $10k. I almost bought a Faroudja component but I though $6k was too much.

Getting an amp, upscaler, switcher, decoder, mp3 decoder, and all the other stuff...all for $1700. That's a steal. Or a piece of crap. Its all perspective. Unless its a misprint.

[AR Posted Aug 7th 2007 12:13AM]

meh...besides the ethernet, I'd still get the Onkyo TX-SR875.

[Marko Posted Aug 7th 2007 3:49AM]

If it were able to play videos over the Ethernet, it would have been a full package. Oh well, we'll have to wait for RXV1900

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 9th 2007 11:26PM]

Onkyo couldn't carry Yamahas jock when it comes to audio quality. And remember, this is an audio piece at heart? The video is just a convenience. Don't believe me? Put 'em head to head.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 9th 2007 11:44PM]

BTW: The 1800 does not have networking features. Ethernet is only on the 3800.