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Denon AVR-2808CI 7.1-Channel Multizone Home Theater Receiver
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Most Helpful First | Newest First | + ShareAmazing reciever
(5 out of 5) by C. Elliott on Oct 28, 2008 (Casa Grande, AZ USA)The Denon AVR-2808CI has all the bells and whistles one could want or needed. It sounds great weather your using it for the tv surround or watching a movie. The manual is great at telling you what cables to use where and what kind you can use. But it is of no help when setting the unit up. The on screen menu is very cumbersome and not very well laid out. This reciever is deff. not a plug'n'play deal. It will take you a good 4-6hr's to set up depening on how much stuff your connecting to it, trust me I found out the hard way when I started at 8pm and didn't finish till well after midnight.
All in all this unit is far and away the best I have ever had as far as sound quality goes. Once set up its a breeze to use. If your looking in this price range This is one unit to deff. consider.
All in all this unit is far and away the best I have ever had as far as sound quality goes. Once set up its a breeze to use. If your looking in this price range This is one unit to deff. consider.
Excellent All-Around Unit
(5 out of 5) by J. Griffin on Feb 9, 2008 (Edmond, OK)Other than it needing more HDMI ports, it really is a great receiver. Easy setup, good power, and a fairly nice touchscreen remote included. The only issue I really have is that the control of the XM Radio through the receiver is very primitive.
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Denon by Microsoft?
(4 out of 5) by H. Miller on Dec 1, 2008The sound and video are great and it seems to be a pretty good value. This is of course the most important factor. Various audio sources can be enriched, and video upcoding even of standard DVDs very effectively provides a crisp, rich signal to my 1080i monitor.
However it seems the "operating system" was designed by Microsoft engineers. Unfortunately it is incredibly and unnecessarily complex. The documentation, although extensive, is disorganized and incomplete. It is necessary to jump back and forth through the manual to gather information. Countless technical terms are never defined or explained.
However it seems the "operating system" was designed by Microsoft engineers. Unfortunately it is incredibly and unnecessarily complex. The documentation, although extensive, is disorganized and incomplete. It is necessary to jump back and forth through the manual to gather information. Countless technical terms are never defined or explained.
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***warning: only 2 HDMI inputs***
(1 out of 5) by ifdefmoose on Nov 6, 2007 (SF Bay Area, USA)$1200 for 2 HDMI inputs?
I don't care how good it sounds or how complete its feature set; a $1200 receiver should have more than 2 HDMI inputs. This is a ridiculously transparent attempt by Denon to move people up to the next price point. Combined with 7 composite/S-video inputs, this is a travesty. Make no mistake; this was a marketing decision, not a technical one, on Denon's part.
I don't care how good it sounds or how complete its feature set; a $1200 receiver should have more than 2 HDMI inputs. This is a ridiculously transparent attempt by Denon to move people up to the next price point. Combined with 7 composite/S-video inputs, this is a travesty. Make no mistake; this was a marketing decision, not a technical one, on Denon's part.