Hello Everyone,
Complete newcomer to all this, but need to get an AV Receiver, I think - currently have a Pana 42" plasma PZ700, a Virgin V+ and a very old Pana VCR (which I have decided to replace with a Pana EX98 DVD/HDD/VCR and gradually convert all poss VHS to DVD, and extract recordings from V+ to DVD)
I did have an Onkyo LSV501 with 2 speakers & sub, but it gave up.... it gave us CD, MP3, SACD, plus DVD player (and an AM/FM tuner, which was nice but unnecessary) also just one HDMI port. It also had an Onkyo ipod dock and Onkyo transmitter to stream from itunes attached to it)
What I therefore need is a multi region DVD/CD player + speakers, ability to add on a bluray player (but left totally cold by the youtube/picasa features of Pana BD60 bluray player ) ability to connect to a digital camcorder - both of the latter two when I have spare £ in the future, not now.
Is there such a thing as a blu-ray receiver?
I have a budget of £600-£800, not including the Pana VCR and I would like a decent picture, good video upscaling for SD DVDs, decent but not earthshattering audio (can't tell the difference) and the futureproofing described above.
Tell me I'm not asking too much (please!)
Thanks for any help
Complete newcomer to all this, but need to get an AV Receiver, I think - currently have a Pana 42" plasma PZ700, a Virgin V+ and a very old Pana VCR (which I have decided to replace with a Pana EX98 DVD/HDD/VCR and gradually convert all poss VHS to DVD, and extract recordings from V+ to DVD)
I did have an Onkyo LSV501 with 2 speakers & sub, but it gave up.... it gave us CD, MP3, SACD, plus DVD player (and an AM/FM tuner, which was nice but unnecessary) also just one HDMI port. It also had an Onkyo ipod dock and Onkyo transmitter to stream from itunes attached to it)
What I therefore need is a multi region DVD/CD player + speakers, ability to add on a bluray player (but left totally cold by the youtube/picasa features of Pana BD60 bluray player ) ability to connect to a digital camcorder - both of the latter two when I have spare £ in the future, not now.
Is there such a thing as a blu-ray receiver?
I have a budget of £600-£800, not including the Pana VCR and I would like a decent picture, good video upscaling for SD DVDs, decent but not earthshattering audio (can't tell the difference) and the futureproofing described above.
Tell me I'm not asking too much (please!)
Thanks for any help