The HDMI inputs and output did not function at all after initial setup. Possibly an isolated case, don't know as we decided not to try another one but just to return it and go with something else. Returning receiver to Amazon.com was very easy, and they were very quick in giving us a complete refund (including return shipping costs).

Called onkyo tech support who said it was locked in headset mode and needs to be returned back to the dealer. Considering the price of this equipment, it is not acceptable that such faults occur out of the box. Equipment failing after a period of use is a different matter, but this reflects very poor quality checks on onkyo's part.

I live in Boise, Idaho and as it turns out, there are no local service centers here. I had to send it to denver, CO (I had to find the service center myself because Onkyo could only tell me to send it to Missouri). In short, their support is non-existant, and even more frustrating, It has been out for repair for longer than I have actually owned it.

The 875 must be left OUT IN THE OPEN, so unless you have a place for it OUTSIDE your cabinet, I'd suggest you move on and find yourself another receiver or you may end up being stuck with a $1500 door-stop if the 875 ever overheats and breaks down. I have my 875 sitting on top of my cabinet and there's about 16-18" of clearance between the top of the unit and the ceiling and I've resorted to placing a desktop fan next to the 875 blowing cool air down and into the receiver itself. The fan is not all that quit and can easily be heard from the seating position 10 feet away when the volume level is down, so it can be pretty distracting at times, but it's a temporary fix until I buy a quiter fan, which I WILL be doing since there's no way I'm running this receiver without one.

Unfortunately, within two hours this unit sparked, smoked and stopped. Evidently there is a heat problem with the Onkyo TX-SR 875. The return process was a snap.

I mean, there's no way a receiver should be running that hot after only 15 minutes of use. We all know that heat is the number one reason for component failure and I was really surprised that Onkyo would release an A/V receiver that runs this hot without adding an internal fan (or three) to help bring temperatures down to safe levels.... It's my opinion that there's no way you can leave an 875 inside an A/V cabinet as the unit would probably fry itself completely after a few month's of daily use as well as possibly causing so much heat build-up within the cabinet itself, it could possibly cause failure in some of your other components as well.

The picture quality through the HDMI input was perfect, no degradation what so ever and the sound quality was incredible (more on that later) so I stopped playback and got back up to finish connecting my other components. At that point, the receiver had only been on maybe 10-15 minutes at most and out of curiosity, I placed my hand over the unit to see how hot it had gotten during that time. To my surprise, after only 15 minutes of use (at moderate volume no less) my 875 felt hot enough to scramble an egg over it.

The speaker distances for each of my speakers was 100% exact so I'd have a hard time recommending you do the set-up manually since the Audyssey system is so accurate but to each his own. (For the record, I tried setting up the cross-over frequencies and all the other parameters manually and couldn't make it sound any better than the Audyssey's settings so I just left them) One of the coolest features of this receiver is that if you have it connected to your HDTV via the receiver's HDMI output, you get the entire set-up options user interface which gives you complete control to the receivers menu/sound options right on your HDTV.

I'd like to point out flaws that may matter to you: - if you use a computer with a DVI to HDMI cable, or an HDMI video card, the SR875 is not able to display the picture properly (it will be blocky and with the wrong color). There is no known fix from onkyo except plugging the cable in your TV if you have more than one HDMI input in your TV

Oh By the way, I tossed that coin in the box with the Onkyo before I returned it. Damn, I can still smell it.

I've been an audio repair tech for some 22 years and in that time, I've always thought in the back of my mind that 95% of the failures were customer induced.

rude! I've exchanged it for a Yamaha RX-V3800.. a superior product in many ways.

I've seen plenty of other receivers take longer than that so I'd say the waiting time from source to source is about average. The automatic speaker setup (which Onkyo calls Audyssey MultiEQ XT) includes a small microphone which your supposed to set up at each of the listening positions you or others will be sitting in during movie/music playback and it automatically calculates how many speakers are connected, their distance from the seating positions, their cross-over frequencies and even their size and sets everything up for you. Be warned that the microphone is extremely sensitive to ambient noises around the room/house/apartment so you'll have to be in complete SILENCE when the Onkyo is doing it's measurements or you'll get an error message and have to do it again.

- there is some problem with 1080p component video, at least for Xboxes, and the unit will convert component 1080p down to 720p and then back up to 1080p hdmi (losing quality in the process). This makes the 875 barely better than the Denon 3808 which cannot display component on its hdmi output If the first 2 points are a problem, it is recommended that you look at the Denon 3808 which doesn't have the video problem with dvi/hdmi, and also adds ethernet, internet radio, firmware upgrades over the net, controls over a web browser, and usb reading for music.

My husband researched the home theater receiver he wanted for several weeks and decided on this brand/model. It took him 2 days to set up, it worked for 2 and 1/2 days and died in a shower of sparks and smoke. Needless to say, back it is going.

Some have noted that the 875 slightly changes the contrast levels of the video signals requiring users to re-calibrate their contrast levels slightly to compensate for the change but I haven't had this problem at all. The image looks identical being sent through the receiver first as it does being sent straight into my HDTV. Perhaps this was an issue only on the first production run and Onkyo has since upgraded the 875's firmware to resolve it?

No rhyme or reason to it. ONKY SUPPORT: What support?

I have an HD-DVD player, a Blu-Ray player, an HD satellight receiver and a HTPC all connected via the 875's HDMI inputs. The video portion of these signals is then being sent back to a 60" LCD HDTV.

My standard definition signal was horrible and wanted it improved.

I was purchasing a whole new theater system and based my decision on the Onkyo on two factors: 1) The specifications for the unit and my overall requirements for hdmi inputs/audio video capabilities etc, and 2) I trust HSU research and have used their products for years (they make astounding speaker systems) and HSU recommended Onkyo as a surround sound receiver. I have had my receiver for only a month.

The 875 must be left OUT IN THE OPEN, so unless you have a place for it OUTSIDE your cabinet, I'd suggest you move on and find yourself another receiver or you may end up being stuck with a $1500 door-stop if the 875 ever overheats and breaks down. I have my 875 sitting on top of my cabinet and there's about 16-18" of clearance between the top of the unit and the ceiling and I've resorted to placing a desktop fan next to the 875 blowing cool air down and into the receiver itself. The fan is not all that quit and can easily be heard from the seating position 10 feet away when the volume level is down, so it can be pretty distracting at times, but it's a temporary fix until I buy a quiter fan, which I WILL be doing since there's no way I'm running this receiver without one.

Unfortunately, within two hours this unit sparked, smoked and stopped. Evidently there is a heat problem with the Onkyo TX-SR 875. The return process was a snap.

I mean, there's no way a receiver should be running that hot after only 15 minutes of use. We all know that heat is the number one reason for component failure and I was really surprised that Onkyo would release an A/V receiver that runs this hot without adding an internal fan (or three) to help bring temperatures down to safe levels.... It's my opinion that there's no way you can leave an 875 inside an A/V cabinet as the unit would probably fry itself completely after a few month's of daily use as well as possibly causing so much heat build-up within the cabinet itself, it could possibly cause failure in some of your other components as well.

The picture quality through the HDMI input was perfect, no degradation what so ever and the sound quality was incredible (more on that later) so I stopped playback and got back up to finish connecting my other components. At that point, the receiver had only been on maybe 10-15 minutes at most and out of curiosity, I placed my hand over the unit to see how hot it had gotten during that time. To my surprise, after only 15 minutes of use (at moderate volume no less) my 875 felt hot enough to scramble an egg over it.

- there is some problem with 1080p component video, at least for Xboxes, and the unit will convert component 1080p down to 720p and then back up to 1080p hdmi (losing quality in the process). This makes the 875 barely better than the Denon 3808 which cannot display component on its hdmi output If the first 2 points are a problem, it is recommended that you look at the Denon 3808 which doesn't have the video problem with dvi/hdmi, and also adds ethernet, internet radio, firmware upgrades over the net, controls over a web browser, and usb reading for music.

Some have noted that the 875 slightly changes the contrast levels of the video signals requiring users to re-calibrate their contrast levels slightly to compensate for the change but I haven't had this problem at all. The image looks identical being sent through the receiver first as it does being sent straight into my HDTV. Perhaps this was an issue only on the first production run and Onkyo has since upgraded the 875's firmware to resolve it?

I have an HD-DVD player, a Blu-Ray player, an HD satellight receiver and a HTPC all connected via the 875's HDMI inputs. The video portion of these signals is then being sent back to a 60" LCD HDTV.

Now, I'm sure many of you are probably already thinking about going with another receiver after reading what I just wrote but please, keep in mind that the issue with heat is the only negative aspect of this receiver I've found and as long as you place it in a spot where there's plenty of air flow and you don't mind using a fan to help cool it down even further, the 875 should last just as long as any other A/V receiver out there today. You just have to take precautions as to where your placing it.

The hdmi inputs and output did not function at all after initial setup. Possibly an isolated case, don't know as we decided not to try another one but just to return it and go with something else. Returning receiver to Amazon.com was very easy, and they were very quick in giving us a complete refund (including return shipping costs).

The picture quality through the hdmi input was perfect, no degradation what so ever and the sound quality was incredible (more on that later) so I stopped playback and got back up to finish connecting my other components. At that point, the receiver had only been on maybe 10-15 minutes at most and out of curiosity, I placed my hand over the unit to see how hot it had gotten during that time. To my surprise, after only 15 minutes of use (at moderate volume no less) my 875 felt hot enough to scramble an egg over it.

The speaker distances for each of my speakers was 100% exact so I'd have a hard time recommending you do the set-up manually since the Audyssey system is so accurate but to each his own. (For the record, I tried setting up the cross-over frequencies and all the other parameters manually and couldn't make it sound any better than the Audyssey's settings so I just left them) One of the coolest features of this receiver is that if you have it connected to your HDTV via the receiver's hdmi output, you get the entire set-up options user interface which gives you complete control to the receivers menu/sound options right on your HDTV.

I'd like to point out flaws that may matter to you: - if you use a computer with a DVI to hdmi cable, or an hdmi video card, the SR875 is not able to display the picture properly (it will be blocky and with the wrong color). There is no known fix from onkyo except plugging the cable in your TV if you have more than one hdmi input in your TV

- there is some problem with 1080p component video, at least for Xboxes, and the unit will convert component 1080p down to 720p and then back up to 1080p hdmi (losing quality in the process). This makes the 875 barely better than the Denon 3808 which cannot display component on its hdmi output If the first 2 points are a problem, it is recommended that you look at the Denon 3808 which doesn't have the video problem with dvi/hdmi, and also adds ethernet, internet radio, firmware upgrades over the net, controls over a web browser, and usb reading for music.

I have an HD-DVD player, a Blu-Ray player, an HD satellight receiver and a HTPC all connected via the 875's hdmi inputs. The video portion of these signals is then being sent back to a 60" LCD HDTV.

I was purchasing a whole new theater system and based my decision on the Onkyo on two factors: 1) The specifications for the unit and my overall requirements for hdmi inputs/audio video capabilities etc, and 2) I trust HSU research and have used their products for years (they make astounding speaker systems) and HSU recommended Onkyo as a surround sound receiver. I have had my receiver for only a month.

I'd like to point out flaws that may matter to you: - if you use a computer with a DVI to HDMI cable, or an HDMI video card, the SR875 is not able to display the picture properly (it will be blocky and with the wrong color). There is no known fix from onkyo except plugging the cable in your TV if you have more than one HDMI input in your TV

- there is some problem with 1080p component video, at least for Xboxes, and the unit will convert component 1080p down to 720p and then back up to 1080p hdmi (losing quality in the process). This makes the 875 barely better than the Denon 3808 which cannot display component on its hdmi output If the first 2 points are a problem, it is recommended that you look at the Denon 3808 which doesn't have the video problem with dvi/hdmi, and also adds ethernet, internet radio, firmware upgrades over the net, controls over a web browser, and usb reading for music.

Some have noted that the 875 slightly changes the contrast levels of the video signals requiring users to re-calibrate their contrast levels slightly to compensate for the change but I haven't had this problem at all. The image looks identical being sent through the receiver first as it does being sent straight into my HDTV. Perhaps this was an issue only on the first production run and Onkyo has since upgraded the 875's firmware to resolve it?

I have an HD-DVD player, a Blu-Ray player, an HD satellight receiver and a HTPC all connected via the 875's HDMI inputs. The video portion of these signals is then being sent back to a 60" LCD HDTV.

I was purchasing a whole new theater system and based my decision on the Onkyo on two factors: 1) The specifications for the unit and my overall requirements for hdmi inputs/audio video capabilities etc, and 2) I trust HSU research and have used their products for years (they make astounding speaker systems) and HSU recommended Onkyo as a surround sound receiver. I have had my receiver for only a month.

The picture quality through the HDMI input was perfect, no degradation what so ever and the sound quality was incredible (more on that later) so I stopped playback and got back up to finish connecting my other components. At that point, the receiver had only been on maybe 10-15 minutes at most and out of curiosity, I placed my hand over the unit to see how hot it had gotten during that time. To my surprise, after only 15 minutes of use (at moderate volume no less) my 875 felt hot enough to scramble an egg over it.

The speaker distances for each of my speakers was 100% exact so I'd have a hard time recommending you do the set-up manually since the Audyssey system is so accurate but to each his own. (For the record, I tried setting up the cross-over frequencies and all the other parameters manually and couldn't make it sound any better than the Audyssey's settings so I just left them) One of the coolest features of this receiver is that if you have it connected to your HDTV via the receiver's HDMI output, you get the entire set-up options user interface which gives you complete control to the receivers menu/sound options right on your HDTV.

I was purchasing a whole new theater system and based my decision on the Onkyo on two factors: 1) The specifications for the unit and my overall requirements for hdmi inputs/audio video capabilities etc, and 2) I trust HSU research and have used their products for years (they make astounding speaker systems) and HSU recommended Onkyo as a surround sound receiver. I have had my receiver for only a month.

The speaker distances for each of my speakers was 100% exact so I'd have a hard time recommending you do the set-up manually since the Audyssey system is so accurate but to each his own. (For the record, I tried setting up the cross-over frequencies and all the other parameters manually and couldn't make it sound any better than the Audyssey's settings so I just left them) One of the coolest features of this receiver is that if you have it connected to your HDTV via the receiver's HDMI output, you get the entire set-up options user interface which gives you complete control to the receivers menu/sound options right on your HDTV.

I've seen plenty of other receivers take longer than that so I'd say the waiting time from source to source is about average. The automatic speaker setup (which Onkyo calls Audyssey MultiEQ XT) includes a small microphone which your supposed to set up at each of the listening positions you or others will be sitting in during movie/music playback and it automatically calculates how many speakers are connected, their distance from the seating positions, their cross-over frequencies and even their size and sets everything up for you. Be warned that the microphone is extremely sensitive to ambient noises around the room/house/apartment so you'll have to be in complete SILENCE when the Onkyo is doing it's measurements or you'll get an error message and have to do it again.

I was purchasing a whole new theater system and based my decision on the Onkyo on two factors: 1) The specifications for the unit and my overall requirements for hdmi inputs/audio video capabilities etc, and 2) I trust HSU research and have used their products for years (they make astounding speaker systems) and HSU recommended Onkyo as a surround sound receiver. I have had my receiver for only a month.

The speaker distances for each of my speakers was 100% exact so I'd have a hard time recommending you do the set-up manually since the Audyssey system is so accurate but to each his own. (For the record, I tried setting up the cross-over frequencies and all the other parameters manually and couldn't make it sound any better than the Audyssey's settings so I just left them) One of the coolest features of this receiver is that if you have it connected to your HDTV via the receiver's HDMI output, you get the entire set-up options user interface which gives you complete control to the receivers menu/sound options right on your HDTV.

I've seen plenty of other receivers take longer than that so I'd say the waiting time from source to source is about average. The automatic speaker setup (which Onkyo calls Audyssey MultiEQ XT) includes a small microphone which your supposed to set up at each of the listening positions you or others will be sitting in during movie/music playback and it automatically calculates how many speakers are connected, their distance from the seating positions, their cross-over frequencies and even their size and sets everything up for you. Be warned that the microphone is extremely sensitive to ambient noises around the room/house/apartment so you'll have to be in complete SILENCE when the Onkyo is doing it's measurements or you'll get an error message and have to do it again.

I do not care for A/V receivers that run as hot as my toaster oven at idle or is hell bent on trying to burn my house down (massive output failure).

The HDMI inputs and output did not function at all after initial setup. Possibly an isolated case, don't know as we decided not to try another one but just to return it and go with something else. Returning receiver to Amazon.com was very easy, and they were very quick in giving us a complete refund (including return shipping costs).

I've seen plenty of other receivers take longer than that so I'd say the waiting time from source to source is about average. The automatic speaker setup (which Onkyo calls Audyssey MultiEQ XT) includes a small microphone which your supposed to set up at each of the listening positions you or others will be sitting in during movie/music playback and it automatically calculates how many speakers are connected, their distance from the seating positions, their cross-over frequencies and even their size and sets everything up for you. Be warned that the microphone is extremely sensitive to ambient noises around the room/house/apartment so you'll have to be in complete SILENCE when the Onkyo is doing it's measurements or you'll get an error message and have to do it again.

The HDMI inputs and output did not function at all after initial setup. Possibly an isolated case, don't know as we decided not to try another one but just to return it and go with something else. Returning receiver to Amazon.com was very easy, and they were very quick in giving us a complete refund (including return shipping costs).

Unfortunately, within two hours this unit sparked, smoked and stopped. Evidently there is a heat problem with the Onkyo TX-SR 875. The return process was a snap.

The picture quality through the hdmi input was perfect, no degradation what so ever and the sound quality was incredible (more on that later) so I stopped playback and got back up to finish connecting my other components. At that point, the receiver had only been on maybe 10-15 minutes at most and out of curiosity, I placed my hand over the unit to see how hot it had gotten during that time. To my surprise, after only 15 minutes of use (at moderate volume no less) my 875 felt hot enough to scramble an egg over it.

I'd like to point out flaws that may matter to you: - if you use a computer with a DVI to HDMI cable, or an HDMI video card, the SR875 is not able to display the picture properly (it will be blocky and with the wrong color). There is no known fix from onkyo except plugging the cable in your TV if you have more than one hdmi input in your TV