Yamaha RX-V 665

87% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

100% der Kundenmeinungen auf Amazon.de bewerten dieses Produkt positiv.

I had the 665 as the centerpiece of my system for about two months, so I had ample time to get used to it, and experience it on both an “every day” level, and a critical listening level. I’d like to stress that I was very impressed with what $550 can...

Four HDMI inputs ; On-board Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding ; Upconverts analog video signals to 1080p ; Automatic speaker calibration system ; Dual subwoofer outputs

Cannot assign audio inputs ; Poor image quality on upconverted analog video signals ; Doesn't sound as good as previous Yamaha receivers ; On-screen display looks outdated ; Cluttered remote

We put the test patterns away and switched to actual program material, but the RX-V663's performance didn't improve. The introduction to Seabiscuit is a torture test for video processors and the RX-V665's processor was sufficiently pained, as the image...

Four HDMI inputs; onboard Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding; XM- and Sirius-ready; upconverts analog video signals to 1080p; automatic speaker calibration system; dual subwoofer outputs.

Similarly priced Onkyo offers six HDMI inputs; cannot assign audio inputs; poor image quality on upconverted analog video signals; doesn't sound as good as previous Yamaha receivers; onscreen display looks outdated; cluttered remote.

Yamaha's RX-V665BL includes more features than its predecessor, but it doesn't sound as good, has poor video upconversion quality, and doesn't let you assign digital-audio inputs.

HDMI inputs, Video upscaling, Sound quality, video pass through

limted power curve, This thing produces tons of heat. It produces so much heat it warm the room. does not come with a free black ipod base

Fair Price Have not connected as yet so I have hated a 4. I had a hard time locating the firmware and decided to place a link

have not connected as yet

Nice design, loaded with features, good sound, plenty of connections, does not seem to run hot, automatic speaker setup

SHIPPING, PACKAGING, HANDLING

Lots of features. Great price ; Lots of inputs and all the inputs are renameable so someone like my wife can know what input to use as you can name things like 'VCR' or 'DVD' or WII etc

You need to do the update yourself for the firmware ; Its pretty simple in that you just download the update from Yamaha website, burn it to a disc as a CD song, hook up your DVD player to it and initiate the firmware update by playing the song. But...