Onkyo HT-SP908 7.1 Channel Home Theater System

Take a look at Onkyo's first home theater system capable of passing 1080p video and studio-master-quality audio, such as DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD. With HDMI version 1.3a as your link, the HT-SP908 becomes a home theater dynamo with some real versatility. The 7.1-channel A/V receiver and HD conversion DVD/CD/MP3 player combine to expertly handle DVD, broadcasts, CDs, digital music and video files from your computer, and satellite radio. You can also bring your iPod to the party with the included RI Dock, which neatly integrates the device into your home entertainment system. With many of the features found in Onkyo's high-def A/V receiver line-up - Audyssey 2EQ, Faroudja DCDi, RIHD, HDMI and component video upconversion - the HT-SP908 looks every bit the total solution.
Customer Review: Wii to Receiver to Projector and More
If you are looking for a way to use your Wii with a home theater projector, probably the best way is to run your Wii through a home theater system like the Onkyo HT-SR 908. The problem that you have if you try to hook your Wii directly up to the projector is that there is no good place to put the sensor bar. With the home theater system, you plug the Wii into the home theater receiver which is generally in the front of the room. Put your sensor bar in the front of the room, then run the video cable from the receiver to the projector. I shopped carefully to find an affordable system that had adequate video inputs for the present and future, with composite, S-Video, component and HDMI inputs and outputs. The 605 receiver in the HT-SP908 fits the bill. Overall, the system works very well and does what it is supposed to do. For those considering a refurbished system, I can tell you that I bought mine refurbished, but you'd never know it, all cables and labels were included. I may eventually upgrade my speaker wires, but I'm using the wires that came with the system, and it really hasn't been a problem. I have some nitpicks that weren't significant enough to deduct a full star - but almost. First, the remote has no light. Home theaters are dark, so the remote needs a light. Second, the speakers are not power efficient. You don't hear much until you turn it up to 50 (out of 100). Third: the system apparently does not upconvert signals that come through the component inputs. The component output feeds whatever component resolution you feed into it. (Don't worry about this too much, because your television or projector can probably upconvert the signal anyway.) As far as I can tell, you can't send an input source into the receiver via HDMI then output it via component cables. Finally, I want to encourage HTIB manufacturers to incorporate HD-radio tuners. How long has HD-Radio been out, 5 years? Also, since a lot of buyers of HTIB systems use them with projectors, and projectors don't have tuners, it would be nice if manufacturers would include television (ATSC) tuners in their systems.
Customer Review: Good HTIB
It is a decent HTIB system. It meets almost all my needs. The Audyssey 2EQ system made the setup very easy. The sound is much better than normal HTIB. The round shape speakers look nice. There is a problems though. The receiver cannot receive pure audio signal, such as music CD, through HDMI if it is connected to TV also via HDMI and TV is not powered on. Using digital co-axis solved the issue. Another couple minor issues are the speaker wire is thin (but OK) and the battery for my DVD remote control was missing in the package.