Pioneer vsx-94thx firmware update

But there's more: You can also connect the receiver's serial port to your PC and use a Windows program downloadable from Pioneer to achieve still finer control and to generate graphs of the data collected by MCACC. Time prevented me from fully exploring all of that, but it looks pretty cool.

If your inner geek takes you there, have a ball. The Pioneer converts incoming analog video - composite, S-, or component - each up to the "higher" formats and to HDMI.

The resultant digital output can be set to either "Auto" or "Pure," as well as to various resolutions. Auto mode will automatically detect the native resolution on most HDMI displays and set the receiver accordingly; this will yield i or p conversion, in most cases. But I was puzzled to find Pioneer relegates any mention of these settings to the back of the manual, under "Using Other Functions. Performance Well, I've exhausted enough of my column-inches already, so let's get to the truly important stuff.

The VSXTXH had ample power to drive my quite high-end speaker suite to cinematic levels and well beyond in my studio of 2,plus cubic feet - and it sounded just fine in doing so. I wasn't crazy about the effect of the MCACC equalizations, but these are defeatable and manually modifiable, so no worries. The Full Band Phase control definitely did something, changing the "texture" of some elements and the overall spatial sense of both stereo and surround.

But I'm not ready to say it was "better" or, necessarily, "worse" in either sense; I'd need a lot more time, and controlled listening, to make any value judgment here. Being largely a purist at heart, I mostly left this control disengaged - but by all means, give it a listen. Search form Search. AV Receiver Reviews. Daniel Kumin Jan 5, Setup: Physical setup imposed no special demands. While I don't recommend it for personal finances, keeping up with the Joneses is a necessity for today's flagship receiver products.

If you can't maintain some sort of edge in this market, there are plenty of companies with the infrastructure to deliver a product that can quickly dominate the market. Pioneer has its share of special features, but let's see how they compare in a quick survey of the market:. When taking a look at the other AV receivers in this price range, the Pioneer has the cards somewhat stacked against it.

It's not overpriced and it certainly has a lot of important features, but it isn't exactly rising to the top of the pack. What that said, companies like Harman Kardon don't even have a seat at the table.

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The biggest benefit of using DriverDoc is having access to more than 2,, drivers updated daily ensuring that all of your PC's drivers remain up-to-date, not just your AVR. Device drivers fail intermittently and inexplicably without any apparent reason. You shouldn't be concerned because you can update your AVR drivers as a prevention measure. Despite having experience at locating, installing, and manually upgrading VSXTXH drivers, the task will be time consuming and highly bothersome.

This is problematic because installing the wrong or incompatible driver will potentially produce worse results.