CNET reviews the Pioneer VSX-1018AH AV receiver, finding it has great sound and an attractive feature set, although it's limited to three HDMI inputs.

A major update to the firmware of Pioneer, Elite, Integra, and Onkyo AV receivers will enable new surround formats and new streaming audio features.

I splurged on the weekend (actually, 'splurged' isn't the operative word given that it was a cheap amp on sale, but anyway...) and bought a new Pioneer VSX-520K for my very modest 5.1 setup at ...