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Onkyo HT-RC260 7.2-Channel Home Theater Receiver (Black) | 
| Brand: Onkyo
Category: CE
List Price: $549.00
Buy New: $329.99
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Seller: CompUSA
Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 1362
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 25.4
Dimensions (in): 12.9 x 17.1 x 6.9
MPN: HT-RC260
Model: HT-RC260
UPC: 751398009310
EAN: 0751398009310
ASIN: B003FSTAVY
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| Features:
| • | 100 Watts per Channel at 8 Ohms, 20 Hz?20 kHz, 0.08%, 2 Channels Driven, FTC | | • | HDMI (Version 1.4a to Support 3D and Audio Return Channel | | • | HDMI Video Upscaling to 1080p with Faroudja DCDi Cinema | | • | Audyssey DSX and Dolby Pro Logic IIz for New Surround Channels | | • | Powered Zone 2 and Zone 2 Line-Out for Playback of Separate Source in Another Room |
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Product Description
If you want to distribute music to another room, the HT-RC260 provides Zone 2 line-outs and speaker outputs. Regardless of their resolution, all video sources can be upscaled to stunning 1080p via HDMI and Faroudja DCDi Cinema™. High-quality Burr-Brown DACs work alongside jitter-cleaning technology and three-stage inverted Darlington circuitry to minimize distortion and deliver extremely realistic audio for movies, music, and games.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 22
 Very good for the price September 3, 2010
CHINNA B KONDAVEETI (COLUMBUS, OH United States)
I am no audiophile but I like to experiment on my home entertainment equipment. I had a Kenwood 5.1 receiver and speaker system. I replaced my Kenwood receiver with this RC260. There is huge difference in sound quality. Now I could hear many different sounds from my DVD/Bluray through my same old speakers. For the first time there a noticeable difference in the surround sound. I believe the receiver is worth for the money paid. I have plans to upgrade my speakers and currently researching on them to find good small 5.1 speaker system for a larger room.
Pros: Four star for sound and HDMI connections.
Cons:
The Video upscaling and Lip synch features are very bad. The passthrough is just fine and also after disabling the lipsynch feature everything is back to normal. If I paid part of my dollers for Video upscaling, Lipsynch then ONKYO did not justify for their price. They should remove these from the feature list as selling points. I am sure ONKYO testing identified these problems and still released the product to the public. I believe their testing team are much better than the normal consumers. I don't know if ONKYO comes up with firmware upgrade and if there is any option for this receiver for those upgrades.
Excellent sound.. So so video processor. September 3, 2010
Jose Pea
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Positive:
Excellent sound quality.
Good power (100 Watts x 2, 8 Ohms, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 0.08% THD)
7.2 channels (Audyssey DSX and Dolby Pro Logic IIz)
Multiple HDMI conections (5 rear + 1 front)
3d Ready (HDMI 1.4a)
Negative:
Mediocre video processor.
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Aspectos Positivos:
Excelente calidad de sonido.
Buena potencia para áreas de tamaño mediana (100 Watts)
Múltiples conexiones HDMI (5 traseras + 1 delantera)
3D Ready
Aspectos Negativos:
Procesador de video deja mucho que desear. Por suerte se puede bypasear (desactivar).
Si no fuera por el mediocre procesador de video, este receiver tendría una puntuación 100 de 100. Aún así, por su precio y por la gran cantidad de características recomiendo este receiver.
 WOW ... I love it! September 1, 2010
flywithabel
Upgraded from a pioneer POS and what a difference! Sounds amazing with Klipsch RF10, Aperion 4C and Bose 201 speakers for rears. Would like to get Aperion 4BP for sides soon. Make sure you have banana plugs because bare wire is a pain in the rear but sounds great either way. Doesn't process the xbox 360 that well but I might not have the right setting. Initial setup is real easy but I recommend that you tweak the settings depending on the speakers you have. Wish the dimmer would make it go blank but the dimmest works just fine for most. For the price and for my ears... I couldn't ask for more!
fantastic receiver, great price August 22, 2010
Daniel M. Nettles (New Orleans, LA)
This is my 2nd Onkyo receiver, I used to like my old one but I love this one. The sound is fantastic. It was very easy to setup using the included microphone which determines speaker position & automatically sets up the speakers. I currently have Boston Acoustics ceiling speakers w/ a powered sub. Includes more connections than I will ever use. From what I understand this unit is based on the more expensive TX-608 which cost about $75 more & the only real difference is that it is THX certified. I think for the price you cannot beat it, it is loaded with features & sounds great.
Mostly happy - takes some tinkering to get it right August 12, 2010
Truth Teller (Colorado, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is my third receiver in 5 years. My previous two were Yamaha receivers, one at about this price point and one about $200 more. They will be my basis for comparison.
PROS
The HUGE selling point to me on this receiver is the number of HDMI inputs and all of them are assignable through an on screen interface (as are the other inputs). My 50" Sony 1080p TV only had two HDMI inputs and I was having to use component input + optical audio for one of my devices. Moving to this receiver now allows all of them to go through HDMI to the receiver and then a single HDMI to the TV, leaving one HDMI open on the TV. This also helped to clean up my mess of cables.
I think the overall sound quality is very good from this device. I have been very happy with the sound quality.
The device is very slick looking. It is smaller than my Yamahas. It is also reasonably easy to use for everyday use once setup.
I don't have a 3D TV, but apparently it requires the newer HDMI version which this receiver CAN handle.
CONS
The real downside I've had with the device is that it has taken me quite a bit of tinkering to take care of a few issues. This may be somewhat to be expected for a device with so many options, but it is the things that I've had to mess with that bother me:
I don't know what I need to do to change it, but right now whenever the sound input type (Dolby Digital vs Dolby Stereo, etc) changes the receiver does a small clicking and the sound goes silent for a tiny little instant (maybe half a second). It happens sometimes as I change channels and often happens if the show I'm watching goes to commercial and then again when it comes back from commercial. My Yamahas did this when I changed input selection (switch from cable box to Blu Ray), but they didn't do it as often as this device.
The video quality got worse when going through the device. I had to figure out how to disable video processing and just let the signal pass through, because although this device has upconversion built-in, I saw a noticeable degradation in picture quality than when going straight from my devices to the TV. I'll assume this is due to my TV having a much better video signal processor than the A/V receiver. At any rate, you have to hold the VCR button and press the return button (both on the front of the receiver) a few times to toggle it off. Even now, I sometimes feel like things don't look as good as they used to when I had HDMI going straight to the TV.
Secondly, the sync between sound and the lips on the TVs was very bad and I had to mess with the A/V sync to get it to be more acceptable. I thought this was a little annoying since audio and video all travel on the same wire (HDMI).
CONCLUSION:
I know the CONS section looks big, but really this is a very good receiver. The sound quality is very good. My three year old Yamaha that cost closer to $600 seemed to have similar sound quality, but didn't have all the HDMI ports as this receiver. I just wish they wouldn't have thrown it what seems to be a pretty bad video processor. The bonus features like an iPod port / HD Radio connector are really nice. If I were in the market I would definitely consider this receiver as a very strong contender in this price range.
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