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wow hdmi capable. if you're gonna get a home theatre receiver these days make sure it has hdmi input/outputs

Just picked up a basic Sony for about $200. Guess you need to plop down another $200 for analog video upconversion...but luckily in my case I have a great DVD recorder that does it well.

This is an excellent receiver. You get lots more than just up-conversion. 4HDMI in, IPOD interface (to TV), an excellent sound (for the money). The previous model (1018) got excellent reviews.

#3. the 1019 is the downgrade version of 1018.

It's "120 Watt 7 Channel A/V Reciever " not "170w x 7ch "

WOW 170w x 7ch = 1190 watts amp!

that is nice..i have an older kenwood with no hdmi ..frustrating.

#3, can you give me more info? I'm looking to buy a receiver and would like to know more.

#4 Agree.. I read about it an realized that Pioneer is using cheaper parts in this one, than what they did for 1018. It is going to be interesting to see what the reviews say about the sound quality. From a feature point of view, it looks excellent. That does not matter if the sound quality is not up to par. (for the price point)

I'll have to do some more research on this. I really had my sights set on the Pioneer Elite SC-05. The class D amp and network capabilities were intriguing. The retail price is like $1,600 but I heard of a few people buying them at 6ave.com and even pricing matching at BestBuy for around $725, back when Pioneer announced they were leaving the TV business.

I had the older VSX-1014 driving my home theater for a couple of years and it did good job for the money. Keep in mind that a 19lb receiver is not going to have large enough transformers to actually drive all 7 channels at a full power. On the other hand Pioneer's MCACC room calibration works well, though in my opinion not as well as Audyssey. But it's quicker and simpler to use and will meet most peoples needs just fine. Just don't lose the little setup mic because replacements are expensive.

I've since upgraded to an Onkyo TX-NR906 but the Pioneer lives on attached to my home-office computer and driving a pair of Energy C100 speakers and a TSC T250 subwoofer. I'd rate this a decent deal for a decent consumer grade receiver.

FWIW when I swapped in the 53lb Onkyo you could really hear the additional power reserves in things like the impact of a kickdrum. What had sounded like a "wham" when driving 7 channels became a "WHAM!!!".

I guess #11 likes cranking up the George Michael (not that there's anything wrong with that). J-Jitterbug!

I got the VSX-919AHK and its pretty sweet.

I think Onkyo receivers are better for this price range.

read this link from engadget, it has someone from Pioneer address the weight difference from xx18 versus xx19 series. I think the 1019 is still a great deal for the money, and it should sound good too.

http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/05/27/pioneers-vsx-819h-vsx-819ah-and-vsx-1019ah-officially-availabl/

#12 I've never listened to George Michael in my life. My latest CD purchase was Chickenfoot and the one before that was a Satriani Anthology. The Chickenfoot CD was roughly the 300th CD in my collection which includes rock, jazz, blues and latin but not one pop CD.

Does anyone really need 1 All movies are recorded in 5.1 today so it's a bit of overkill.