I have the higher end Denon one and it has done maybe 10 updates. Every time it asks I say go ahead. Never had any problems with any of them. Continues to amaze me with what it us capable of.
Amazon is totally unreliable for forming opinions of things. Sometimes you luck out and find a good review, but often people are just confused about the product and ranting. The bigger problem with amazon is that half the stuff is counterfeit. On Sat, Jan 26, 2019, 7:18 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: > This is what I dislike about Amazon and their “reviews” for items that > have multiple instances. That is, there are 3-4 different models of this > receiver in the product line, and they lump all of the reviews for all of > the different models into one “bucket”. You’re reading reviews about the > higher end models that have firmware that can be uploaded into them for > product enhancements. The one I got doesn’t have that capability. > > My current AV receiver is a predecessor to the Yamaha model you mentioned. > It’s been great and has worked flawlessly for 6-7 years. If they had > something comparable feature-wise with the Denon I would have gone that > route. > > -D > > > > On Jan 26, 2019, at 10:00 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > With all the complaints about blowing up the Denon with the firmware > > updates, perhaps this would be a better choice? What box does it not > tick? > > > > > https://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-RX-V385-5-1-Channel-Receiver-Bluetooth/dp/B07BNXXJKB/ref=pd_cp_23_1?pd_rd_w=oOcR3&pf_rd_p=ef4dc990-a9ca-4945-ae0b-f8d549198ed6&pf_rd_r=6E62J6CMBQB1QA7YXQ93&pd_rd_r=f7045a10-21dc-11e9-b177-15559c9dc0fd&pd_rd_wg=QcThM&pd_rd_i=B07BNXXJKB&psc=1&refRID=6E62J6CMBQB1QA7YXQ93 > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 8:46 PM OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> So, with one of those Denon boxes, I could plug the HDMI Out from the > >> laptop into it, with the TV as the monitor, and be able to play music > from > >> the laptop into speakers, without the TV monitor being on? > >> The only way I can get audio out of the laptop to the Sony TA-1150 amp > is > >> by un-plugging the HDMI wire. Laptop can't seem to send audio anywhere > else > >> while the HDMI wire is in the socket (grumble grumble . . .). > >> > >> On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 8:27 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Bought one on Thursday from Costco. 65” Samsung LED TV. Got it hung and > >>> fired up yesterday. Downloaded firmware updates and uploaded them to > the TV > >>> via USB stick. No connectivity for this bad boy, it’s going to be > sandboxed > >>> for life. It bitched a bit about not being connected to the interweb, > but > >>> too bad. I had to go in and manually disable the “apps” it has built > in so > >>> that garbage doesn’t come up when you first turn it on. > >>> > >>> Had fits trying to get it to play nice with the Logitech programmable > and > >>> cable remotes. > >>> > >>> Everything goes through a Yamaha AV receiver that’s from 2012. While it > >>> plays nice with switching and sensing what’s turned on, it predates 4k > HDMI > >>> standards, so I’m not getting the highest possible resolution to the TV > >>> from the 4K cable box and Apple TV as a result. > >>> > >>> So I bought a new AV receiver: > >>> > >>> > >>> > https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C49F2LD/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 > >>> > >>> Not a huge fan of Denon, but this was relatively inexpensive and rings > >>> all the bells for what I need. It will be here tomorrow so I’ll be > able to > >>> get everything hooked up through it and get full resolution, and > hopefully > >>> a remote that won’t have SWMBO going apesh*t trying to turn things on > and > >>> off. > >>> > >>> Lesson learned. Update one major component, expect to have to bring > >>> everything else into spec as well. At least Mitch will be happy to > know the > >>> TF400s don’t have to be replaced. > >>> > >>> -D > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> OK Don > >> > >> *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many > of > >> our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > >> > >> "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few > >> who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric > >> fence for themselves." > >> > >> WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > >> 2013 F150, 18 mpg > >> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > >> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > >> > > > > > > -- > > OK Don > > > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many > of > > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few > who > > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > > for themselves." > > > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
