Don’t call it a comeback. (Okay, maybe you can call it a comeback.) Sherwood steps out of the OEM shadows to make a name for itself with the R-972: a performance powerhouse with the most advanced room correction capabilities we’ve ever seen.

Denon’s AVR-1910 is a middle-of-the-road priced home theater receiver that sounds anything but middle-of-the-road.

Pioneer’s VSX-919AH home theater receiver gives you out-of-the-box iPod connectivity and control, plus 7.1 surround and an auto speaker calibration feature, all for what you might pay for your Blu-ray player alone.

Onkyo’s 7.1 channel, multi-zone TX-NR906 is a modern media hub that may smash your preconceptions of what a home theater receiver can (and should) do.

This affordable high-def-capable HDMI-switching receiver doesn’t forget your old standard-def sources too, with upconversion for all. And the great audio performance makes up for some hinky design choices.

OPPO Digital, known for their fine upconverting DVD players comes to the rescue of those who have too many gadgets and too few HDMI inputs on their TV or receiver.

Onkyo continues to innovate with one of the first home theater receivers to support HDMI 1.3. The TX-SR605 features on-board decoding of TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio and a host of other features at a remarkably low price tag.

With HDMI 1.3 support, three HDMI inputs, conversion of analog video inputs to HDMI and support for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, Integra’s DTR-7.8 offers just about everything you could want in a home theater receiver.

For those who suffer from IHID (Insufficient HDMI Input Dysfunction), Impact Acoustics comes to the rescue with their 5-Port HDMI switcher.