Like sharks, home cinema receiver makers must keep moving or they die. Well, perhaps that's a bit dramatic - but consider Denon's position here. Last year's AVR-1910 was a Product of the Year Award-winner, lauded as an outstanding way to get multichannel thrills, but 12 months on it's no more. In its place comes the AVR-1911, with the on-paper specification to make its predecessor look, um.. The AVR-1911's included remote is a huge improvement over the awful remotes that have come with Denon receivers in the past. It gets many things right, from the centrally located directional pad.
The AVR-1911 includes the latest HDMI 1.4a specification, which provides 3D Blu-ray pass-through (Broadcast and Blu-ray) capability, as well as providing Audio Return Channel. There are 4 HDMI inputs, along with standard definition and component video inputs. Standard definition video sources such as VCR and DVD are upconverted to HDMI, which.. The Denon AVR-1911 is a receiver designed to provide high-quality audio output for a home theater system. With a Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) of 100 dB, it aims to deliver clear sound with minimal background noise interference. The Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) stands at 0.8%, indicating low levels of distortion in the output..