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My Pioneer Elite 49txi has a built in rf input, and I believe that the
current flagship the 59txi does as well. The next generations may well
not.
Greg
RED MARTIAN wrote:
> I was looking for a list of current, or recent receivers that supported
> AC-3 RF as input, and I thought some here might be interested to know
> that the Yamaha 'flagship' RX-Z1 and RX-Z9 support AC-3 in, as well as
> coax. They also can apparently 'upscale', if I understand it correctly,
> such that you can use composite/S-Video input and only have your TV
> or monitor plugged into the receiver via component.
>
> The RX-V4600 has HDMI in/out, which allows for 'upscaling', but
> unfortunately does not have AC-3 RF in.
>
> I tried looking around the pioneer site and could not find any references
> to AC-3 RF input with their current line.
>
> I'm also assuming that AC-3 RF in means there's a demodulator in the
> yamaha receiver.
>
> List for the RX-Z9 is $4500 with a street price as low as $2500.
>
> I won't bother with Sony ;-)