receiver suggestion

I like to spend maybe like $400-800.

But would like it to be able to upconvert to 1080p if possible. Thanks for any info.

you should really ask yourself if the upscaling will benefit you. A lot of TVs do as good of a job on their own as most affordable receivers.

Such receivers CAN do a pretty good job with a DVD. However, you better not expect any miracles with overcompressed TV signals.

That being said, I personally believe its not even worth upscaling outboard, unless you can obtain Reon, Realta, perhaps Anchor Bay. The Faroudja in a lot of entry receivers do suffer from more macroblocking to the best of my knowledge.

Well, guess what, did you see RustyDallas' recent thread? At his local Fry's the Onkyo 875 is being had for $899. Granted, $99 over budget, but this comes with Reon. Hell, I don't even know what the cheapest DVD player with Reon costs these days.

Other FYIs regarding this tech. Just because its Reon doesnt make it as good as every other Reon carrying product. There's a lot to be said for implementation. IOW, I fully expect Denon's AVP to do much better, granted the msrp is at 7k.

The receiver is also the ideal place to upscale as it can do so after video and audio have been split.

scaling, or 1080, is the easy part. Making it "p" is the hard part. For "i" or interlaced to become progressive, the video processing has to take two fields in separate points in time, and make them as one.

Deinterlacing is the tricky part. Just some knowledge for ya.

for the info. That did help me understand somethings. but also made me ask more questions. what is reon?

I guess I dont really need upscale if my cable tv is HD, and bluray is 1080p/i?

I just want to be sure that Im getting what im paying for. the HD audio and 1080p/i

I suppose you should find out if your display handles 24fps, then you need a receiver that does pass that. Most do. Don't ask me to research if your tv does for you please, thanks.

reon is a chipset that does what you were originally asking. scale/deinterlace.

with 120hz motion, 10bit color, its sony xbr 4. although its a good you mention that, I would have not thought whether or not it will be about to pass the 24p. Thanks.

is there a forum for all this stuff. I just want to learn more about this stuff to make the right decision.

it was very rare when i read about an issue. usually an older AND cheaper model.

try AVS. but 24fps regarding receivers... there's not much else to research, either it passes or it doesnt.

What speakers are you driving?

I hope you are not choosing receiver first before speakers like many noobs. To me its like researching and buying a nice Bluray player before the actual television. Seriously.

In other words, completely backasswards.

I plan on using JBL control 23 maybe control 25 front and rear jbl control. Maybe 25 depending on the power I can get from the reciever most likely th 23. I may go EAW UB12Se depending how these are going for. For subs I was thinking EAW SB48zp with a crown XLS 202 amp. I hope this was a noob answer

do you have a small room? my cursory glance shows a less than desirable sensitivity for the JBL 23, and less than desirable freq range for the sub, which is not even cheap... and it doesn't even have an amp? hmrz.

living room is fairly small. The distance between the couch and the television is probably 5-6". I chose the control 23 because Ive heard them before and I like the way they sound. There larger brother control 25 does a better job. I also choose the 23 because the wife doesnt like large speakers sitting by the TV(go figure..).

EAW speakers are very good at reproducing sound accurately than most consumer subs out there. It is very transparent and warm. Yes it doesnt come with a amp. But usually you can find these subs and amps used. And Im ok with that.

What would you consider a more desirable freq range for subs?

maybe you don't want that extension after all. If the overall HT experience is a big thing to you, you might consider a tactile transducer like a Buttkicker or Earthquake.

RustyDallas put one or two in, and he says they are utterly effective both for viewer and not transmitting any shake thru the walls. He says they are a cinch to install, but he is out of the country for now I believe. Maybe next week he'll chime in.

You can use one w/o sub, or in conjunction with a sub. With a real sub of course is ideal, but at least you get your "buttkicked" w/o angering neighbors.