Add an AV Receiver for the utmost sound and system flexibility.

True fans of home theaters as well as anyone who demands quality sound systems in their home understand the benefits of an AV (audio-video) receiver. However, an AV receiver is not just for audiophiles or the richest video watchers with elaborate home theater systems. AV receivers provide benefits to anyone who enjoys watching a variety of video presentations or playing video games with the accompaniment of outstanding sound.

A receiver adds automatic benefits by a amplifying sound and functioning as your system’s conductor. An AV receiver takes input from every component in your system (cable, DVD, gaming, music, etc), processes the outputs these machines provide – the sound you hear and the picture you see – and conducts those outputs to the appropriate output device: speakers for sound or display for the picture. Receivers amplify sound and feed it to the speakers in your system. As the conductor of your TV, video and audio system, a receiver allows you to easily select your audio and video input and switch easily from your gaming system to your cable to your DVD player.

Here is a simple summary of the benefits of including an AV receiver in your home-theater system:

• An AV receiver makes a true home-theater set-up possible.

• An AV receiver translates the various ways sound or a soundtrack is coded into a medium such as a DVD and translates that into what you ultimately hear.

• Receivers amplify sound and provide a more theater-like sound.

• Only with a receiver can a system offer surround sound.

• An AV receiver helps systems overcome obstacles to quality sound inherent in the room where each system is placed— from room size to ceiling height to the type of flooring.

• An AV receiver is a must to help get all the various components of your system to truly work together.

• An AV receiver handles multiple inputs, allowing users the utmost flexibility in setting up their system.

• With this flexibility, an AV receiver acts as your system’s conductor. By using an AV receiver with a good remote, you can easily switch to watch your favorite movie immediately after achieving your personal best score on your favorite video game.

•With the receiver in place acting as a systems’ manager, users might even notice a decrease in electricity usage because unneeded or unused items don’t have to be turned on.

• If your receiver is an HDMI® (high definition multi interface) audio receiver, you get even more benefits and can pursue 3D inclusion as well.

No matter the size of your viewing room, the number of audio and visual components or the budget you might have, adding an AV receiver to your system enhances your viewing experience and allows you to truly have a home theater experience.