hello, first post here......



I am looking for an upconverting a/v receiver to replace my aging pioneer unit (~7 years old)


i am adding a samsung 56" DLP 1080p set to the house, but do not want to upgrade my dish standard service to hd programming and all the accosiated fees and whatnot. I have read that the standard dish box can be upconverted through certain receivers to 720p or even 1080i and it helps tremendously with the picture quality on the newer tv's when not in hd (is this true?)

would also like to use only an HDMI connection to the set, if that is even possible.

ohh, and budget is a concern (say 400-600??)

thanks!


matt