$100 price drop on the Sony STRDG820 true HD audio receiver @ FS
It was $499 but it just dropped $100 to $399 and two stores here have open box ones for $320!!! Good price if anyone is looking for a budget HD AVR.
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Even @ $400 for new I think this is a good deal. However, I'm not a sony fan when it comes to audio so I'm going to get the pioneer VSX918VK from visions as its on clearance this week for $278!!! And demo units for $210!!! It doesn't decode HD audio but accepts it via hdmi. This is the cheapest I've seen this!Trifid wrote: ↑Link: http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/prodde ... atid=10551
Pretty decent reviews, Uncompresssed Audio support, DTS-HD and Dolby HD decoding. Good value at $320 for OB - Thanks OP!
Can you provide the stores you saw the OB at - once you grab yours that is or else the RFD effect may bite you in the a$$
May 15th, 2009 12:56 pm
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May 15th, 2009 2:03 pm
I do remember seeing this receiver for like $275 in summer 2008 .... at FS. It was like a one day sale. Didn't bite them ... won't bite now at $399.FuzzyWuzzy wrote: ↑It was $499 but it just dropped $100 to $399 and two stores here have open box ones for $320!!! Good price if anyone is looking for a budget HD AVR.
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+1number8888 wrote: ↑It's an okay receiver but yeah save for a Denon/HK/Yamaha/Pioneer if you can.
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wait a sec.. BB had the 1018 on sale for 249 at boxing day? how the heck did i miss out on that..deal_with_singh wrote: ↑Ok, I just want to warn you guys....I bought this receiver back in november of last year. I used it in a single day, this receiver pissed me off so much, I went to return it the same day i first set it up. I was going to use this for my party the week later but when I tried raising the volume, something called Protection, would keep coming up. I had bought this for 249.99 on sale for 499.99 back then. I then waited about a month till boxing day and picked up the receiver that bestbuy had on sale for 249.99 from 699.99. This was the Pioneer 1018, now this receiver was awesome, I pumped the volume to the max and with my klipsh sub, my house was literally bouncing up and down (well technically NO )...so if you want a low price good receiver, wait for that one to go on sale or go with an onkyo, sony was never meant to be proffessionals in sound, only video
May 17th, 2009 8:11 pm
The Pio 1018 was 399$ at BB on boxing day, not 249. That would've been a magma hot deal lol.
May 17th, 2009 8:19 pm
That's a pretty big drawback IMO.. these days, I don't think you should buy a receiver unless it has multiple HDMI in, at least one HDMI out, 7.1 support and HD audio decoding. That's at a minimum. Faroudja upscaling is a nice feature as well. Don't "step-upgrade" to death.. a receiver with the above will be good for some time.krusty50 wrote: ↑The Pio 1018 was 399$ at BB on boxing day, not 249. That would've been a magma hot deal lol.
Awesome unit btw and Pio's 2009 lineup is pretty interesting too. The 819 is at 320$ during the customer app. sale at BB. 3 hdmi inputs, hdmi repeating, dts-hd and dolby true-hd decoding. Only drawback is that it's a 5.1 unit, not 7.1 and the fact that the 1080 shared the same power circuitry as their high-end models while the 819 uses the same circuitry (P.H.A.T.) found in their lower-end receivers. It's still a great deal imo.
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