I Just can't decide. Both reciever are very impresive. I want decent on-screen-display, remote, HDTV (720p/1080i) Compatibility, Multi-channel Acoustic Calibration System. I want it all. I watch a lot of movies and wan't to experience them to the max. I have an optoma H31 projector with DVI connection. Will an HDMI connection really make such a differance over my current s-video connection? If yes maby I should review higher level recievers.
the receiver won't have an effect on your video performance, because you're limited by the Optoma's native 480p resolution. No matter what signal you feed it, it's going to be scaled to an 854x480 picture. The use of an HDMI or DVI cable (and the receiver's ability to do video switching) can simplify what you run to the projector, but it's not going to improve the picture.