After reading other reviews of this product I decided to buy it in hopes of being satisfied with it's performance. I should have been more skeptical. I spent five hours setting this receiver up. The "Audessey" set-up didn't work after several tries. So I gave up and manually set up the speakers. After one week the receiver started picking up the infrared signal from my cable box remote. Every time I changed a TV channel the surround mode on the receiver changed too. What the heck!! Needless to say, It's back in the box on it's way back to the store.Updated:After sending the first receiver back for issues described above, it turns out the cable box was the culprit, not the receiver.Actually, the receiver has been a solid performer since I bought it. Good value for the money!