Pioneer 1018 troubles.

[ParadigmDawg]

Bump up your budget 200 more bucks and then go talk BB down or order online.

Denon 3808, best AVR I have ever used and I am a Yamaha guy.

Wow! Lots of patience you got, good man, let's see if you still got em...lol
I got a sony 1080p LcoS kds-r70xbr2.....yam 5051 receiver 8 yrs old, but works like a champ. ps3...oppo dvd, cable HD dvr. Ok, toying with pioneer 1018, HK 354.....still open to suggestions..... I want the new lossless audio codecs, and my receiver doesn't do HDMI. $500 - a grand. My issues......I don't think any video upscaling is important because of my tv, and hdmi can't upscale any more than it is.......I would love a nice on screen display not just for set-up.......I mean onscreen on my tv........a usb would be terrific.......and above all...I want to be blown away by the new lossless audio the way I was blown away by HD......got your thinking cap on.....

 

[Nomo]

Denon 3808, best AVR I have ever used and I am a Yamaha guy.

Give it up. Not any more. Traitor.

 

[ParadigmDawg]

I still have a Yamaha in my bedroom

Give it up. Not any more. Traitor.

 

[snoman]

i recently bought a pioneer 1018 from best buy and having been spending all weekend trying to set it up. Sound comes out fine but my tv from my cable box but the picture goes black for a second every 30 seconds or so. I connect my cable box to my receiver via hdmi. Like Phat225, I am only able to access the v.conf option (using tv/sat input) but not the other options. i can't access any "VIDEO PARAMETER" options when the input is set to HDMI1. hoping i can get some help from this forum. i'm trying to determine if i just have a bad setting or if its a more serious problem with the receiver. when i plug the cable box directly to the tv it all works fine.