Onkyou amplifier tx-nr414

The best AV receivers are packed with features that complicate making a buying decision, but the truth is most buyers would be fine simply picking the cheapest model that has enough HDMI inputs for their home theater. The Onkyo TX-NR414 is a perfect fit for this approach, offering up six HDMI inputs with a shockingly low street price of $280. It is missing many of the perks of more expensive receivers (such as 7.1 channels, a graphical user interface, automatic speaker calibration, analog video upconversion, and AirPlay), but many of those features are unnecessary and savvy home theater aficionados on a budget can easily work around the other limitations.