Onkyo TX-NR807 7.2-Channel A/V Surround Home Network Receiver
- 135 Watts per Channel at 8 ohms, 20 Hz–20 kHz, 0.08%, 2 Channels Driven, FTC
- THX Select2 Plus Certified with THX Loudness Plus
- HDMI Video Upscaling to 1080p with Faroudja DCDi Cinema
- Audio and 1080p Video Processing via HDMI (6 Inputs and 1 Output)
- Powered Zone 2 and Zone 3 for Playback of Separate Sources in Other Rooms
Product Description
The TX-NR807 brings together the very latest mid-range home-theater functionality and adds one major upgrade: networking capability. An Ethernet port on the TX-NR807 allows it to receive and output audio files playing in real-time on your PC. Alternatively, you can bypass your PC and enjoy a direct connection to streaming internet radio stations such as Pandora and Rhapsody. Naturally, the TXNR807 also handles all of your high-definition audio and video sources—courtesy of six HDMI 1.3a inputs—and upscales any video input to 1080p via Faroudja DCDi Cinema. This powerful THX Select2 Plus Certified receiver also comes with Audyssey DSX and Dolby Pro Logic IIz, two new surround-sound formats that expand the spatial dimensionality of games and movies. Meanwhile, Audyssey room-correction and equalization technologies help ensure a convincing and detailed audio performance, regardless of the volume level or the shape of your room. An intelligent customizable… More >>
Onkyo TX-NR807 7.2-Channel A/V Surround Home Network Receiver
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5 comments
Joseph Kwasnieski on December 27, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Video processing is excellent, but audio quality is terrible. At low volume levels, there is distortion and hiss as loud as the music. Onkyo Customer Support said “do a master reset” which did no good. I have not heard from them since. This unit sounds nowhere near as good as the Sony I am replacing it with.
Lori Burke on December 28, 2009 at 1:59 am
I would give a review of this product if I could get one. I ordered one and in transit someone swiped it out of the box and replaced it with a 50lb bag of sand. Got my replacement today and guess what: another bag of sand. Opened it right in front of the UPS guy. I think he was more surprised than me. You could see someone had been in the box as it was retaped. I’m not sure where these are getting stolen but this is getting old! If this isn’t made right like right away I’m asking for a refund and taking my money elsewhere. Amazon has been stellar through all of this so far but now it’s time for them to step up to the plate and get this resolved.
FCDobbs on December 28, 2009 at 2:34 am
I previously had been using an old Yamaha RXV-1000 in a 5.1 system. It was puchased 7 or 8 years ago for about $1000. I recently purchased the TX NR807. The Onkyo’s Faroudja Hudson-Edge video processor greatly enhances the video coming out of my Comcast Motorola DCX-3400 dvr when the receiver setting is set to 1080p. With the Onkyo, the video on my new Sony 52-inch is fabulous- much better than if I obtain video just from TV to DVR-cable box.
However, the sound on the 5.1 speaker setup is thin —much less resonance and room filling quality than my old Yamaha RXV-1000. At low volumes, the receiver is hard to listen to, as rock drums sound like little snare drums, and there is simply no ooomph to the sound. Fooling around with the various setting does little good. Its really hard believe this unit produces 135 watts per channel.
I then tried out a Yamaha RXZ-11. The sound was fantastic, but the video was of much less quality than prouduced by the Onkyo. The Yamaha RXZ11 uses an Anchor Bay 1018chip, which must be inferior to the one in the Onkyo.
Any one have any suggestions on what receiver produces great video and great sound.?
Bobby on December 28, 2009 at 4:38 am
I purchased these with Onkyo HT SKS870 Speakers and they didn’t come with the Docking station for the IPOD like it states in their own package content states and when I tried to contact them their National Customer Service REP JACK COOPER, sent me an email stating ” If you don’t like it just return the item” and I have to pay for restocking and shipping because ONKYO refuses to honor their own documentation and their service is terrible, 6AVE was really great about it and they went way beyond customer service to help me but the problem is with ONKYO which gives you no service at all if you have to count the worst customer service I have ever encountered.
They don’t care because they know these items are too difficult to return and their attitude towards customer service is terrible! NO SERVICE for a great product which is a shame because I hate to have to service any of these so I had to pay for extra service warranty because if this is any indication of it, I will have a hard time to get any and at the end their answer will be the same way, TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT!
My Recommendation is to call 6AVE and ask them for a better product that is backed up by customer service, 6Ave called me 5 times trying to sort this out and they even offered to not charge me for the items when I return them but it’s too much of a hassle now that I have it all set up to repack the whole thing, but I will make sure my next purchase is NOT an Onkyo!
Germania on December 28, 2009 at 4:56 am
After owning two Onkyo receivers in the past, I have to say that this is the best one and really packs a lot of goodies. I still use the previous receivers for various things, but the last one (HT-R410) did not include HDMI (of course) and had a very poor AM/FM tuner. The tuner on this one is much improved. The TX-NR807 has so many great features, including a phono input, a universal port for the iPod, multizone capability for powering 3 zones (although playback is reduced with the addition of each zone), speaker layout adjustment, receiver panel brightness control, a late night function so you can hear quiet parts of movies without turning up the volume, several listening modes, network capability, etc. The only thing that is slightly disappointing is that it doesn’t include wifi, so I have to add an ethernet bridge. I’m hoping that once I add a bridge I can still use encryption. Anyone have experience with this? If it weren’t for the lack of wifi, I would have given it 5 stars.