Onkyo Home Theater Systems with ProLogic IIz

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Onkyo has really been establishing themselves as a market leader when it comes to features and price. The Onkyo HT-S7200 retails for just under $900 and the HT-S6200 for just under $800. The best part, in our opinion, is that they have a full fledged receiver at the heart of them. The HT-S7200 in particular is nice because of the dual subwoofer outputs and integral upconversion and scaling. While 7.1 systems and HDMI inputs aren't exactly new, many of Onkyo's competition don't have Dolby ProLogic IIz in their high end receivers. Onkyo is offering it in their newest entry level home theater-in-a-box systems!


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[davidtwotrees]

Yep. I agree with LotR. So many friends and family that don't have the disease just want a simple solution to a difficult problem. So to hear a mfgr putting out a solid, affordable product marketed for the masses is very welcome. I always thought it was silly for people to buy a $1500 TV and pair it with a lousy $300 htib. Two thumbs up for Onkyo. I am a current fanboy as I just bought an Onkyo 706 and love it.

[gqmagic]

What exactly is 'Dolby ProLogic IIz' useful for?

[allargon]

What exactly is 'Dolby ProLogic IIz' useful for?

+1

Tom A. pretty much wondered the same thing about speaker height usefulness in an AVRant podcast, and he wrote the article for the above receivers.

[mtrycrafts]

What exactly is 'Dolby ProLogic IIz' useful for?

Isn't that the Zzzzzz mode to fall asleep?

[fredk]

What exactly is 'Dolby ProLogic IIz' useful for?

Selling more speakers...

[GlocksRock]

The ProLogic IIz adds height channels to the front, kinda like Yamaha's presence speakers.

[VinnyC]

It's just like how pro-logic currently works. It basically takes a stereo signal and emulates surround. So this just adds two more channels to that surround. The downside obviously is: why do you need 9.1 speakers for something that is stereo sound to begin with? And what exactly powers these two extra outputs? These receivers are listed as like 100x7, but you have 9 speakers? And why aren't they called 9.1? I wouldn't buy into this yet. Seems very gimmicky and non-standarized. Wait for real 9.1 to come out.

[GlocksRock]

It's just like how pro-logic currently works. It basically takes a stereo signal and emulates surround. So this just adds two more channels to that surround. The downside obviously is: why do you need 9.1 speakers for something that is stereo sound to begin with? And what exactly powers these two extra outputs? These receivers are listed as like 100x7, but you have 9 speakers? And why aren't they called 9.1? I wouldn't buy into this yet. Seems very gimmicky and non-standarized. Wait for real 9.1 to come out.

It's not for stereo only, it works with any source, 5.1, 7.1, whatever... but the main difference betweewn PLIIx and PLIIz is the height channels for the front.

[VinnyC]

It's not for stereo only, it works with any source, 5.1, 7.1, whatever... but the main difference betweewn PLIIx and PLIIz is the height channels for the front.

You are right. However I'm not sure who would want to purposely take a signal that's already setup for 5.1 or 7.1 and then have prologic re-interpret the signal so it can fake more channels. Would it even preserve the original 5.1 or 7.1 sound? It seems like a step backwards in my opinion. Hence why the Wii supports only ProLogic, and actual movies use true multichannel encoding for audio (dolby digital, dts, etc...)