Yamaha HTR6290B

[Hostility]

anyone use this one? or have anything bad or good to say, its selling for $1499 right now, not looking to buy at the moment, but will keep an eye on the price for a sale. right now i have Polk audio rti10's csi5 center, and some crappy rears, also going to buy a blu ray soon also. this one is at futureshop, only reason i was going to buy from them was because i need to put it on my futureshop card.

 

[Nomo]

Somebody tell me I'm wrong but, is that an HTR version of the Z7??

 

[Hostility]

here is a link for it
http://www.yamaha.ca/av/Receivers/HTR6290B.jsp

 

[Nomo]

My bad. Looks to be the HTR version of the RX-V3900. Didn't know they had that.
I'd google that for more info. Lots of discussion here on AH as well.

 

[Hostility]

well its a big box store model, so i think thats why the model number is different, so its hard to get a review, ive looked.

 

[Nomo]

What I meant is look for reviews of the RX-V3900. That HTR looks to be the same. In the past the only significant difference between the RXV and HTR models were cosmetics and minor zone 2/3 capabilities. those differences, over the past 2 years, seem to have gone away.

 

[Hostility]

alright ill look into that, thanks a lot!!

 

[3db]

Somebody tell me I'm wrong but, is that an HTR version of the Z7??

Its equivalent to the RX-V1900

 

[3db]

anyone use this one? or have anything bad or good to say, its selling for $1499 right now, not looking to buy at the moment, but will keep an eye on the price for a sale. right now i have Polk audio rti10's csi5 center, and some crappy rears, also going to buy a blu ray soon also. this one is at futureshop, only reason i was going to buy from them was because i need to put it on my futureshop card.

Thats MSRP for 6290 and by no means a deal. If you really want this unit, I suggest waiting until Future Shop buts it on sale. Either that or do what I did and buy the older RX-V1800 model for around $850.00

 

[john72953]

What I meant is look for reviews of the RX-V3900. That HTR looks to be the same. In the past the only significant difference between the RXV and HTR models were cosmetics and minor zone 2/3 capabilities. those differences, over the past 2 years, seem to have gone away.

That's correct. And that is why I chose the HTR6190 as I do not need the Zone capabilities. The RX-V and HTR are are just named differently as a Yamaha marketing strategy to sell into differing retail channels.

To the OP....a word up here for you.....my model (6190) can now be had for about $600-$700 since the introduction of the 6290. That's a huge savings for basically the same unit. I also got mine at FS and paid $1,100 on-sale (MSRP was $1,499).

John

 

[Hostility]

Thats MSRP for 6290 and by no means a deal. If you really want this unit, I suggest waiting until Future Shop buts it on sale. Either that or do what I did and buy the older RX-V1800 model for around $850.00

oh yea im def not paying that price. i might even wait untill next xmas, i still have to pay off some stuff from there, but i just want to figure out in advance what i want, so i can keep an eye on the price. im sure they will knock it down to $999 at some point. does futureshop still sell the old model or no?

 

[john72953]

oh yea im def not paying that price. i might even wait untill next xmas, i still have to pay off some stuff from there, but i just want to figure out in advance what i want, so i can keep an eye on the price. im sure they will knock it down to $999 at some point. does futureshop still sell the old model or no?

I think some of the stores may still have stock....check the FS website for closest in-store availability on that model.

John

 

[Hostility]

well im heading to futureshop this weekend, so ill go and play around with it, check it out. thanks

 

[Woody B]

can't select front presence

I just bought the 6290 at F. S. yesterday for $1249.99. I'm unable to select yes for front presence during speaker con fig??? Thank you in advance Woody B

 

[Shock]

That's correct. And that is why I chose the HTR6190 as I do not need the Zone capabilities. The RX-V and HTR are are just named differently as a Yamaha marketing strategy to sell into differing retail channels.

To the OP....a word up here for you.....my model (6190) can now be had for about $600-$700 since the introduction of the 6290. That's a huge savings for basically the same unit. I also got mine at FS and paid $1,100 on-sale (MSRP was $1,499).

John

I was kicking myself for not getting the 6190 at the FS boxing day sale. $699.....

 

[Woody B]

Figured it out

I just bought the 6290 at F. S. yesterday for $1249.99. I'm unable to select yes for front presence during speaker con fig??? Thank you in advance Woody B

You have to change designation to ext when choosing zone 2 & SP in config

 

[john72953]

I just bought the 6290 at F. S. yesterday for $1249.99. I'm unable to select yes for front presence during speaker con fig??? Thank you in advance Woody B

You got a good price for a new model then! Congrats! Did you go with it because of the better Zone capabilities? Or because the 6190 wasn't availably any longer?

John

 

[jmf777]

sorry

random post 3

 

[iforget]

I've got a strange one; I have the Yamaha 6290 hooked up to a Rogers Motorola DCT6416 III PVR and a Sony Bravia 46XBR6 via 1.3a HDMI cables controlled by a Harmony 880 remote.

I set 1080i on the PVR as the default and the signal gets sent as such to the tv and works great, however, if I choose to listen to cable music (only turning on the PVR and Yamaha 6290) and then later turn on the tv, the default settings have reverted back to 480i. It's very frustrating as I then have to go back to cable menu and reselect the 1080i settings.

On the manual settings for the receiver I've tried "THROUGH & 1080i" and it still continues to have this problem.

I initially thought it might be the cable box, but I have another identical PVR box and its doing the same thing (that box is hooked up to a Sharp Aquos and that config doesn't have the problem).

Any thoughts?

Regards

 

[Woody B]

I'm having similar problem

I've got a strange one; I have the Yamaha 6290 hooked up to a Rogers Motorola DCT6416 III PVR and a Sony Bravia 46XBR6 via 1.3a HDMI cables controlled by a Harmony 880 remote.

I set 1080i on the PVR as the default and the signal gets sent as such to the tv and works great, however, if I choose to listen to cable music (only turning on the PVR and Yamaha 6290) and then later turn on the tv, the default settings have reverted back to 480i. It's very frustrating as I then have to go back to cable menu and reselect the 1080i settings.

On the manual settings for the receiver I've tried "THROUGH & 1080i" and it still continues to have this problem.

I initially thought it might be the cable box, but I have another identical PVR box and its doing the same thing (that box is hooked up to a Sharp Aquos and that config doesn't have the problem).

Any thoughts?

Regards

My 6290 won't up convert to 1080p through HDMI from the 480I of the non HD channels on the PVR And won't up convert from 1080I to 1080P!! Any thoughts on no up conversion through HDMI connections.