We love the after-Christmas sales. After all, taking down the tree and putting away the wrapping paper is so much easier when new A/V equipment is the tradeoff. Vanns has a very nice post-holiday deal going on right now. They are knocking $200 off Pioneer's VSX-9040TXH receiver. Here is the link:
This component is pretty packed, too. It's got four HDMI inputs, on-board decoding of DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD, 110 watts for each of 7 channels, and THX Select2 Plus certification. It also features Anchor Bay's VRS video scaler, which upscales and converts analog video to HDMI 1080p output.
Another nice option is the receiver's multi-zone capability. That means you can share stereo audio and video with one other room in the house. If you don't feel like sharing, you can send completely different content from what's going on in the main entertainment room.
We're not sure how long the deal will last. It's a good one, so we're expecting Vanns to sell out. If fear doesn't motivate you, maybe free shipping will; last time we checked, the retailer was throwing in that little perk with this offer.