Jvc Rx-d412b

[mikeyj92]

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-rauTr7hI31N/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=10420&I=257RXD412B

Anyone have any words of wisdom on this receiver? Seems to have everything I need and my only expreience with JVC was a nice 6 disc CD player about 10+ years ago, that I never had issue with, it is currently being used by my brother, still working like a champ.

For only $400, I am having a hard time finding reasons NOT to buy this.

I currently will hook it up to my Samsung 56" HL-S5686W, my Oppo DV-970HD, my SA 8300HD-DVR (time warner cable) and for speakers, an 8 year old set of Polk Rt-600's, Polk M series rear surrounds, also around 8 years old and a Polk center channel cs225, again eight years old. All speakers still perform fine, though not great, but they sound the same now they did back then. I plan on upgrading my speakers in the next year or so after I buy a receiver.

I am just looking for anything that jumps out from you experts here that says "no, avoid this JVC receiver".

Thoughts? I only have about $500 to spend before the wife starts buying stuff SHE wants since I jus tbought the TV and Oppo in the last 2 weeks.

 

[zigzag03]

i have the same question as mikey, and i will offer wat i have read about this unit and the big brother 702. take a look on cnet for these units, there is a good deal of feedback there. many of the negative comments come from those who bought this late last year and apparently there were some issues, mostly with software related to the hdmi ports. other complaints included excessive heat and unbelieveably bad customer support and repair service. since last spring the comments have tapered off, and i'm not sure wat this reflects, better quality or everyone running away from the units. there were also a number of very positive comments as well.

so i join mikey and ask, anyone got any thoughts on or experience with these units? thanks zz03

 

[zigzag03]

btw, my reason for looking at these units specifically is because they upconvert all incoming video to hdmi, and i was looking to get a single cable from reciever to tv. there is also an onkyo that will do it too.