Onkyo TX-SR707 7.2-Channel A/V Surround Home Theater Receiver
- THX Select2 Plus Certified with THX Loudness Plus
- HDMI Version 1.3a to Support Deep Color , x.v.Color , LipSync, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, DVD-Audio, Super Audio CD, Multichannel PCM, and CEC
- 100 Watts per Channel at 8 Ohms, 20 Hz¿20 kHz, 0.08%, 2 Channels Driven, FTC
- Audio and 1080p Video Processing via HDMI (1 Front/5 Rear Inputs and 1 Output)
- HDMI Video Upscaling to 1080p with Faroudja DCDi Cinema
Product Description
Building on Onkyo’s fine legacy in the popular mid-range AVR category, the TX-SR707 offers a wealth of audio and video features that combine to earn it the prestigious quality assurance of THX Select2 Plus . On the connectivity side, six HDMI 1.3a inputs handle all your high-def sources, while also transporting video signals upscaled to 1080p via Faroudja DCDi Cinema . Along with the pristine, lossless audio of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio , the TX-SR707 handles two new surround formats: Audyssey DSX and Dolby Pro Logic IIz. These formats open up an immersive vertical dimension for games and movies, and bring more flexibility to your speaker set-up. As well as advanced Burr-Brown audio DACs, the TX-SR707 incorporates Audyssey equalization technologies to ensure an audio balance that fits your room like a glove. Peripheral devices are looked after by a Universal Port, while a customizable remote controller puts you firmly in charge. Pound for pound, the TX-SR707 stands out as a muscular and versatile middleweight contender.
Onkyo TX-SR707 7.2-Channel A/V Surround Home Theater Receiver
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I purchased 3 different Onkyo receivers. SR707 and 2 SR807. All were defective and customer service was terrible and no help. I had to call several times. Receivers only work with some cable boxes. Constant video problems that their service couldn’t figure out. Didn’t work with PS3.
The sound however was good and it looks nice. Just not worth the trouble.
I purchased a Sony and it works perfectly.
Rating: 1 / 5
Had two of these blow up on me during the speaker setup. Wasted alot of time hooking and unhooking these up.
Had to go back to my NAD. I see this is a common problem from comments on other websites. Too bad cause it loks like it could be a great piece of gear.
Thumbs up to Amazon though in the way they handled it.
Rating: 1 / 5
We included a home theatre room into our newly constructed home. The Onkyo receiver was the perfect complement to our Epson projector and Klipsch speakers. The order process was simple and shipping was right on schedule. We also utilized a second TX-SR707 and an Onkyo 100 watt per channel power amplifier for our living room and speakers throughout the inside and outside locations of the house.
Rating: 4 / 5
For the audio side of things, the 707 is fantastic. Seriously, it’s a superb piece of kit in this regard. However, you can read plenty of reviews about how great it sounds, so I’d like to highlight a problem I have found with the video side of things.
Bottom Line: If you send the 707 1080p/24 material over HDMI, the 707 will introduce intermittent video stuttering or frame drops. A real easy test of this is to watch the Layer Cake Blu-Ray in 1080p/24 (of course, on a display that can natively display 1080p/24). The film’s first opening minutes, it uses several panning shots which really highlight this particular issue. My recommendation is to bypass the 707 when it comes to touching any HDMI video signal you which to preserve.
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I’ve emailed Onkyo directly and they don’t acknowledge this issue as a known problem. I’ve also sent this receiver to my local repair center in Mountain View where it sat for three months before being returned. The local repair center couldn’t figure out the issue, so they had sent it to the regional repair center. The regional repair center replaced the HDMI board and upgraded the firmware from 1.09 to 1.14. When I received the repaired unit back, I tried the following:
1) If I disable the video processor by the SKIP option (see the manual) and set the receiver to pass-through video signals, 1080p/24 works fine when coming from my Oppo BDP-83. However, I receive occasional and intermittent (non-repeatable) complete video dropouts (i.e. – blank screen) for a few seconds. This might only happen once during an entire disc, but that’s once too many times in my book. Also, when using my Popcorn Hour A-110, I get video dropouts as well (when using any material, but I mostly watch 720p/60 material on this source) but much more frequently than with my Oppo.
2) Since I believed the video dropouts were unacceptable and since I assumed that my player had actually been fixed because the HDMI board had been swapped out and the firmware upgraded, I took a chance and set the 707′s video processor back to USE instead of SKIP. What did this result in? The return of the 1080p/24 frame drops/stutters.
3) I then decided to get clever, and tried to use a HDMI splitter to split the video signal feeding out of my DVDO VP50 and send one signal (video) directly to my projector and the other signal (audio) to the 707. Unfortunately, the VP50 can’t pass out high resolution audio formats, so this became an effort in futility. However, I did notice that I would get frequent audio dropouts on the 707 if I didn’t have 707′s video processor set to USE instead of SKIP. Try it for yourself, but trying to use the 707 for HDMI audio processing only doesn’t seem to work right unless you configure it’s video processor to USE.
4) I also tried another match up using the splitter: since my only source for 1080p/24 is my Oppo, I tried running the HDMI signal from the Oppo to my splitter, which then fed into one of the HDMI inputs on the 707 and the other output fed into my VP50. I also connected my other sources to the 707 and had the 707′s HDMI out feed into one of the VP50′s inputs. With this particular configuration, I noticed chaos again with the audio during playback on the Oppo no matter if the video processor was set to USE or SKIP. The 707′s display had its HDMI indicator continually blinking. The only way I could stabilize the audio was if I disconnected the HDMI out of the 707 during playback. Weird, huh?
As a result of none of the above test cases providing me with the results I desire, I’m having to upgrade my VP50 to a DVDO Duo in order to bypass the 707 altogether with regards to the video signal. Hopefully I can use the Duo’s dedicated HDMI audio output and feed that directly to the 707 (with no other connections made to the 707). Given what I know now about the 707′s video processor oddities, I think I’ll set it to USE to be on the safe side.
It’s really sad that I’m having to buy another product in order to get the 707 to function the way I want. However, given that I enjoy using it as a pre-amp, coupled with the fact that it was in the shop for three months, I’m going to stick with it. If anything, it’ll be nice to have a newer video processor that is a bit more future proof than the VP50.
Rating: 2 / 5
I did a lot of research before buying a receiver and finally settled on this one. Overall I am fairly happy with the receiver. Sound is great and it allows for more speakers than I will ever have. There are plenty of ports to hook up just about anything you can think and its fairly easy to use.
However as it turns out there is a known issue with HDMI pass through which is really annoying and I am not sure who is to blame. This is an issue between the FiOS DVR box and the ONKYO family of products (not just the SR707, I have found several other reports of the same issue from other customers with different models)
The problem is that when connecting the fioS box via HDMI through the receiver, the picture will only show for a dozen or so seconds and then you get a GREEN screen (so dubbed Green screen of death by general community). I am actually surprised no-one else has reported this on this forum I could see.
When fios is connected directly to the TV (I have a samsung LED 8000) it works fine, so I have to assume the issue is with the receiver, though in all fairness all other devices I have connected including Direct TV, and my DVD player work fine with HDMI. I read on line that supposedly there is another version of the FioS DVR from a different manufacturer that does not have this incompatibility issue, however good luck getting FIOS to give you that one.
The only workaround I found is simply not to use HDMI and to connect with component cable and optical sound. (This is the same solution the ONKYO tech support will give you). This works fine, however you are sacrificing some performance. The best you can do with component cables is 1080i NOT 1080P which is slightly annoying.
Considering the amount of money this receiver costs, I would have expected such incompatibility issues to not be present.
If anyone has an HDMI work around please let me know
Rating: 3 / 5