You’ll be outputting audio to speakers (which often come with many receiver packages) and video to a TV or similar display. For inputs, that largely depends on what you have and what you want.

To the untrained eye, an AV receiver may just look like a big black box that a bunch of TV and speaker wires run in and out of. Far more than a junction box for your go-to components like ...

Premium AV brand Dolby and US broadcaster Comcast have jointly announced today that the upcoming Super Bowl (LIX for anyone ...

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And, of course, your TV, AV receiver, or soundbar must be Dolby Atmos compatible, if that’s the device you’re using to listen to audio. And just to make life more complicated, just because ...

The quality of a receiver’s room correction hugely impacts the sound. HDMI 2.1 Do you own an 8K TV? Are you a hardcore gamer who wants support for the newest gaming features? Look for full HDMI ...