Where To Buy Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K 7-Channel A/V Receiver (Black)

After researching reviews for a couple of weeks I purchased the Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K. My quick impressions:

Plus:
1. Easy set up. Even the MCACC speaker calibration was simple due to a user friendly graphic menu on the TV screen.
2. Amazing sound. Amazing.
3. Included iPod/iPhone cable. Finally, a company that understands that most people carry their music on a single device.

Minus:
1. Manual. The manual is just about useless once you read beyond the most basic functions
2. Heat. This unit runs very, very hot. Be sure to use an adequately ventilated cabinet or stand.
3. When playing a Blu-ray disc from a Playstation 3, the Playstation decodes the audio format and sends a Linear PCM signal to the receiver. The receiver will display "PCM" on its face, but is playing whatever audio format is on the disc. (HD Master Audio, etc.)


One problem and one solution which I hope saves someone else some time and stress:

I have a DirecTV DVR and found that several (but not all) non-HD channels would produce picture but not sound through HDMI. To solve this, run an optical digital cable from the DVR to the receiver and then press the "HDMI" button on the remote (near the top) to cycle around and back to the input you are on. The sound will come back. It might drop out again after watching an HD channel and then going back to one of the problem channels, but pressing the HDMI button to cycle the inputs restores the sound. Not elegant, but effective.

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