Gadgetory

the pioneer vsx 8:31 is an excellent four hundred and fifty dollar receiver which promises a lot of cool features in addition to solid home theater performance it's easy to use thanks to a simple remote and an attractive interface I also like the inclusion of six HDMI inputs which is rather good for the money these are also designed to pass 4k and HDR signals which offers some future proofing the receiver offers several streaming features but some of them are yet to be switched on the most interesting of these is Google cast which will offer streaming from many apps on Android and iOS files and the second yet to be used is fire Connect which is a proprietary multi-room system but if you want to keep it simple you could also get Bluetooth and Spotify connect home cinema performance is the star here with detailed dialogue and plenty of low-end muscle as you'd expect from a surround receiver for the money music is a little lacking with an overly bright sound if you want to play music for most you'll probably need to spend more money around $600 but as it is the Pioneer vsx 831 offers decent value in an easy to use package