http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/ Engadget Comments for Pioneer brings Bluetooth streaming, 3D-readiness to VSX-520-K and VSX-820-K receivers http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/Mar 1st 2010 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/Mar 2nd 2010 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/
Beware of the Pioneer receivers, though. As is typical these days, the "reviews" fail to mention glaring design flaws. For example, You can't assign the digital inputs freely to any of the sources. Some are simply blocked. Some are hard-coded to the HDMI inputs, and then there are other inputs called "HDMI". As in Blu-Ray, DVD, TV/SAT, TUNER, HDMI. Uh, you're supposed to assign the HDMI ports to the other labeled inputs (as in the TV/SAT signal comes in on HDMI 1). Having a source called "HDMI" is like having sources called "RCA jack".

If you have a DVD-Audio or SACD player with multichannel analog outputs, you can connect them but you can't assign them to any of the sources. I've never seen this defect before. WTF?

Some sources are missing from the remote control, like Auxiliary.

Then there's the idiocy of having the only iPod/USB connector on the FRONT. Wow, that's a nice-looking receiver, with a wire hanging out the front of it all the time. And to top it off, it's not even a sliding door that exposes the port; it's a plastic cover that you pry out and then have to put somewhere. They should have at least put an additional USB port on the BACK, so you could just plug your dock in and leave it on top of the receiver.

The receiver's HDMI output doesn't check the resolution of the monitor you hook up and then deliver an appropriate signal. It delivers only 480i. Yes, INTERLACED. Think you're going to turn that extra computer monitor into a versatile video display? NOPE. Try plugging in an HD Cinema Display. You'll get a nice blank screen while you're trying to run through the setup menus.

Let's see, what else? Ah, no input-selector buttons on the front of the receiver, which Pioneers had in the past. You have to turn a dial and go through an entire list (while reading the text on the display) to select a source from the receiver. WTF, there are only so many physical inputs on the thing. Put a button on the front for each one. Hell, they don't even show a list on the display with a pointer, so at least you'd know you're turning the dial the right way to get from one source to another.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/
Most of what you just said is false. ]]>Mar 2nd 2010 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/
@Information Central what are you smoking? Can I get some? I'm afraid that I agree with @BigJayDogg3, almost none of what you say makes any sense at all. If you don't like having the USB iPod cord in the front, then go buy a different brand of receiver and pay an extra $100+ for an iPod dock that only works with that receiver, be my guest. That's personal preference. But, WTF are you talking about when you say it only outputs 480i? Pioneer receivers output 1080p! And you can assign the digital inputs however you want. Perhaps you should read a manual, sometime......]]>Mar 4th 2010 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/Mar 1st 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/Mar 1st 2010 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/Mar 2nd 2010 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/Mar 2nd 2010 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/
These prices are identical to their predecessors. So no "3D" premium.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/Mar 2nd 2010 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/Mar 2nd 2010 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/pioneer-brings-bluetooth-streaming-3d-readiness-to-vsx-520-k-an/Mar 2nd 2010 2:19AM