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hey I'm Matthew Muscovy ak from CNET and we're gonna take a look at the onkyo TX NR for 1/4 this is a budget 5.1 AV receiver currently selling for two hundred and eighty dollars like all Ivanko zavery receivers it's not a very stylish looking receiver it's got a boxy look with a lot of sharp edges and there's a ton of buttons on the front that you'll probably never use the included remote is decent although the buttons are small and like the front panel it's a little more clutter than it needs to be now that bare-bones field carries over to the user interface which is just basic white text rather than a prettier graphical user interface that's found on a lot more expensive receivers in fact the NR 414 is missing a lot of features available on more expensive receivers it's just a 5.1 receiver rather than a 7.1 receiver and there's no automatic speaker calibration analog video up conversion or built-in airplay but I don't really consider any of those features to be that important and the onkyo covers the essentials really well around back it has six HDMI inputs which is outstanding for this price and should be enough for most home theaters the Aniki also has built-in networking via its Ethernet port plus akio sells a $20.00 USB adapter to add Wi-Fi most manufacturers charge closer to $100 for their Wi-Fi accessories so that cheaper dongle is a nice plus built-in networking allows the receiver to stream a bunch of audio from different online sources including Pandora Spotify Rhapsody and internet radio it also allows you to control the receiver via Onkyo smartphone app and that's a particularly nice feature on this receiver because it lets you browse music services right on the app rather than using the lousy on-screen user interface we had seen its resident Golden Ears Steve Guttenberg take a listen to the onkyo sound quality overall it performed pretty well although it was a noticeable step down from more expensive receivers like last year's den on AVR 1912 action-movie sounded a little less dynamic than with the down although stereo CDs were more comparable but altogether it's hard to argue with the onkyo value for less than $300 you get six HDMI inputs and organ functionality which is a lot more than its competitors are offering however it is worth considering the step-up akio TX NR 5 1 5 which has a lot of those missing features I mentioned before for just $65 more I'm Matthew moscovia and this is the akio TX and our 401 4