ONKYO TXSR876 7.1-Channel Black Home Theater Receivers

Pros: As always wonderfull workmanship. Sound quality far exceeds expectations.

Cons: Heavy. Runs hot, needs good ventilation. Hard to program with Harmony remote.

Other Thoughts: Sometimes simple is best. The TX-SR876 needs a simple A/B speaker button.

Pros: Excellent Audio. .
Excellent customer service from NEW EGG. .

Cons: BAD HDMI compatibility. .
Never resolver problem. .
BAD customer customer service from Onkyo. .
On hold for over 30 minuets to speak with Onkyo agent. .

Other Thoughts: Panasonic Plasma TV before had no problems displaying 1080 from other sources, including my Onkyo Blu-Ray player. .
The SR876 would not output at 1080. .
Onkyo customer service blamed the Panasonic TV. .
Which is not true. .

I spent many hours trying to solve problem.

Pros: Very powerful with very low noise level. Video upscaling looks great on my Panasonic 50" plasma. Setting up the speakers is very easy with the Audessey mic.

Cons: Heavy and Hot (see comment below). Not easy to update firmware.

Other Thoughts: Tom Hanks machine gun blew me away in the warehouse scene in Road to Perdition. Outstanding sound at any volume. If your speakers are really efficient, you will hurt someone.

I had only a couple inches clearance above the unit and had to install a 200 mm fan on the top with a shroud to keep it cool in the shelf. Not terribly different in heat output than other high end receivers I have seen. Power makes heat.

I suggest a power conditioner to keep it (and all your attached electronics) safe from voltage spikes.

Pros: This system could not be any easier to setup from the start to finish I had this system up and running in less then 10 min.

The HDMI works great. Clean sharp picture. And the sound is ear candy.

Cons: I hope you are all smart enough to know that when reading feed backs on a product not to count the bad and good and see which is higher. Although sometimes it does work out that good feed backs are high it is rarely the norm.

The reason is the people that take the time to write reviews are usually under educated confused people that over bought and have a hard time following directions.

I am not trying to slam anyone here. I just hate seeing the same old reviews claiming is was to hard to set up, something did not work or otherwise foolish user error. To cover up the fact that they have no idea what they were talking about they will always add a few lines stating how they are in the industry and toss in a little information about calibrations that make them sound smart.

Other Thoughts: Just buy it you will love it.

Pros: Easy to setup, just make sure it is hooked to your TV so you can follow the menus on the TV screen. Sound is beautiful and powerful, pretty much free of distortion at max volume.

Cons: It will warm up your room very quickly. It is like a portable heater, but you can't expect less with those specification. Bigger than your usual receiver.

Other Thoughts: I paid less of thousand bucks on offer. The closest competition cost over two thousand and doesn't have all the features that this model have.

Pros: Video upscaling is pretty good, but it's hard to tell a dramatic difference. All video in to receiver is output to the two HDMI outs in my configuration, cuts down on wires that way.

Sound is amazing with my Klipsch KLF20 speakers in bi-amped configuration. If you have large enough speakers to take advantage of this kind of set up I highly recommend it. If you're just running 'consumer-level' bookshelf speakers you'll be wasting a lot of money.

Home theater is clear and crisp. No hiss is audible in the system when the sound is turned up and there's a quiet part of the movie.

Audyssey microphone detected my speakers within 6-inches of where they were actually placed. The receiver was able to do that and make the calculations needed for optimal sound delivery to the seating area.

Cons: Heavy receiver at over 50 pounds. Hot when running. All receivers get warm, but this baby can suck down 9.5 amps of juice and delivers a lot of that in the form of heat. Don't set anything directly on top of it. Make sure you have enough height to put this thing somewhere with ample air flow on top.

The remote is easy enough to use, but it's huge and I question some of the layout choices. At this price point it might have been nice to have an RF remote for some of the basic functions as well as the fully functional IR unit. It's nice that it all lights up, but isn't it time that Onkyo uses a teal backlight for the remote, to match the display on the receiver?

Receiver is not worth the retail price. I didn't get mine on Newegg but I've seen it as low as 899 on Newegg, so keep watching.

Other Thoughts: Interface menus were fine for me, they don't seem outdated, they're just not to the point that people are used to with the ease of computers and the internet (and iPods). Perhaps my firmware version updated the menu system?

Would be nice if the next series of receivers powered the HDMI switch when the unit was in standby mode so that the wife and kid(s) don't have to turn the receiver on to play a movie or game setting could read: "HDMI A/V Pass-Through When In Standby" ... it wouldn't have to up-scale the A/V signal(s) just pass them through.

Sound processing takes a few milliseconds on the unit. Not an issue unless you have a whole-home-audio system. And in that case you get an echo effect because sound takes a few milliseconds to get through this receiver.

Pros: Amazing audio. Fast switching of video and cleans up pictures nicely.

Cons: Okay, here is where I ran into troubles. I purchased and had a defective unit. I contacted newegg to RMA and they said that they did not take RMA's for the reciever. Newegg.com (at the time) said that I needed to contact the manufacturer. I contacted them and they said to go to newegg. So I called my credit card company in to settle things for me (yay visa) and I got an e-mail from newegg with my RMA # and a shipping label. I checked the site and it looks like newegg and onkyo fixed their policies and newegg now takes this item as an rma. Took me 3 weeks to get a working system.

Other Thoughts: I really enjoy the system now that it works!

Hopefully the RMA process if you get a lemon wont be nearly as bad as my experience (over 20 hrs on the phone with newegg support and onkyo and Visa)

Pros: This is a follow up to my previous review. NewEgg RMA'd my 876. The replacement 876 works perfect! The HQV upscaling chip works like it is supposed to. Everything is upscaled to 1080p. The sound and video is incredible. I love my Onkyo TXSR876.

Cons: Michael Scofield died in the end, which is just wrong. Oh, you mean about the 876? There are no cons.

Other Thoughts: I bought this on sale from NewEgg for $899 with free shipping! It is the deal of the century!

Pros: This is a wonderful receiver, very powerful for the price. It also comes with many options including multiple zone set up, Audissy(SP) which calibarates the equalizer and receiver it self. Is able to bi-amp front speakers. Easy to set up... overall just a wonderful piece of hardware.

Cons: Heavy and huge, 60 lbs is no joke :)

Pros: I purchased this model primarily for the HQV upscaling chip, and for the HDMI 1.3a. The HQV chip upscales my HD cable box, which is 720p/1080i native, up to 1080p. The picture on my 50" Plasma TV is incredible. This also has Audyssey automatic speaker setup. I have a 7.1 surround sound setup, and I never could get good sound out of the rear speakers with my previous receiver. The Audyssey setup made everything, including my rear speakers, sound great. I did not know TV and movies could look and sound this incredible. This receiver was worth what I paid.

Cons: The HQV upscaling chip in my receiver is intermittent. I set the HDMI out to 'source.' Then I set my DVR HDMI input source to 1080p. This routes the signal through the HQV chip to upscale to 1080p. It works sometimes, but then stops working. I get digital snow. When I change the source to 1080i, I immediately get a picture again. If the HDMI switch was not working, I would not get a picture at all. So, the problem has to be in the HQV upscaler. I called Onkyo tech support and confirmed there is a problem with my unit, but the person said they are not aware of any ongoing problems with this model. I searched the AV forums and found where other folks are seeing the same problem.

Other Thoughts: This replaced my Onkyo TXSR800 that I've had since 2003. I bought this TSXR876 on sale at Newegg for almost half the retail price. Newegg is RMA'ing this receiver. I hope the replacement receiver does not do the same thing. Newegg rocks. Best prices, great service, fast shipping. Awesome.