Onkyo announced the HT-RC360 7.2-Channel Network Home Theater Receiver equipped with the new Marvell Qdeo 4K video upscaling processor, and a front-panel USB port that offers a direct digital connection for an iPod or iPhone, along with support for audio playback from USB mass-storage devices. The USB port even support album art from your iPod/iPhone.
The network-capable receiver supports streaming PC audio and Internet radio from the likes of Pandora, Rhapsody, Napster, SiriusXM Internet Radio, Slacker, Mediafly and vTuner and provide compatibility with Windows 7 and DLNA. The Internet connection greatly simplifies the process of providing future updates to the receiver's firmware. The HT-RC360 works with Onkyo's free Remote App for iPod, iPhone, or iPad to control the A/V receiver. It is also compatible with the recently announced UWF-1 Wireless USB Adapter that provides an IEEE 802.11b/g/n connection to access music on a home network.
The HT-RC360 includes connections for USB, Ethernet, and Onkyo's proprietary Universal Port (U-Port), as well as a full array of traditional audio and video sources.
The 7.2-channel surround sound system with Audyssey DSX or Dolby ProLogic IIz processing included provides alternative height or wide channels. The advanced HDMI interface supports lossless high-definition surround sound via Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio codecs. The HT-RC360 uses Audyssey 2EQ room correction and includes Audyssey Dynamic EQ and Dynamic Volume to correct loudness issues.
The brand new Marvell Qdeo video-processing chip, which can upscale video to 1080p and beyond to as much as 4K of horizontal resolution, regardless of the source resolution. While 4K video display technology is not yet on the market, this new processor handles current-source upsampling with ease, and will be ready for future displays.
The Onkyo HT-RC360 includes Onkyo's proprietary WRAT (Wide Range Amplifier Technology) amplifiers, Burr-Brown 192kHz/24-bit DACs and Overlaid Graphic On-Screen Display so users can still watch a program while operating the menus. Onkyo's latest Graphical User Interface (GUI) lets users smoothly navigate internet radio, iPod/iPhone sources, or any other connected sources.
Price and Availability
The Onkyo HT-RC360 will both be available in April for $549 which now replaces the HT-RC260.
