By: bulldog93 (12-Jul-08)      Experience with product: 7 Months

Strengths:	Lots of power.
Weaknesses:	Remote.

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The Denon 3808 has tons of power for most people's needs. It has lots of inputs including several HDMI inputs. This receiver barely gets five stars because of the main remote. I have never encountered a worse remote. Do yourself a favor and purchase a separate all-in-one universal remote.

By: mgiovannini (23-Apr-08)      Experience with product: 7 Days

Strengths:	HDMI connectionsSoundCostEasy hookup
Weaknesses:	None at this point

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This receiver sounds great,has four HDMIs and low difficulty setting-up. I compared this receiver to the Onkyo 805. The 805 scared me a bit with video processing. For a little more money, I decided on the Denon.

By: diaclonex (26-Mar-08)      Experience with product: 1 Month

Strengths:	Inputs, inputs, inputs. If you have it, you can hook it up to this monster of an a/v receiver.
Weaknesses:	main remote is plain ugly and useless. Use the second remote if you have to. Sometimes confusing menu that you have to navigate to change options. And there are MANY options to be changed.

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After using a Philips receiver for 7 years plus, I was looking to upgrade and get something better. I have been enjoying Digital sound with the Philips for this whole time, but was looking to something better than DTS 5.1, which was the best that the Philips outputted. At first, I was hesitant to allow my credit card to make such as purchase, but wow. Glad I did. I have everything hooked up thru the receiver. TV, two DVD players, PS3, Dish Network, a VCR. HDMI switching is very nice, and not as slow as some people might say.Setting this receiver up WILL take time. I have had it for about a month now, and I am still changing things every other day.Navigation menu can be a bit confusing, and difficult to get thru, but it's all there. Anything you want to change, you can.The remotes? Terrible. Good thing I have a harmony One remote.

By: landonspop (14-Mar-08)      Experience with product: 40

Strengths:	2 remotes 1 for dummies 1 fancy one for those who can use it
Weaknesses:	Too hard to read the screen from 12' but using tv as a computer screen helps here ( I think a lot of rec have this problem)

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I was able to do just about everything without even opening the owners manual. Even though this takes a little longer, it helps me to actually learn what every thing does and then remember this. The fancy remote can change video and audio signals (once hooked up correctly) by first making sure you are controlling the amp at top of remote and then pushing one of the choices located towards the bottom of remote. Touch cd and wow, you have music from the cd player. You can set any video input to play with any audio input. I told the unit to use cable/tv input for video while using cd and a.m. radio audio. This allows me to listen to music while watching tv and listen to a.m. radio commentary while watching game on tv. I have never used a receiver as a video switcher, but I am liking it so far. Like I said, 2 remotes, one equal to old school, never used yet, and a cool touch screen for those who choose to learn how to operate it. Sound, no reason to spend to long here. It sounds great! The only reason I won't rate a 5 is because, if you are willing to spend more, there is always better.

By: scareduck (15-Dec-07)      Experience with product: 4 Days

Strengths:	Lots of inputs, can handle plenty of speakers and has power to spare.
Weaknesses:	GODAWFUL main remote that all but forces you to use the TV for basic operations, or use the alternate remote.

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The base unit is very solid, working in our living room; we've got a big'un, and so it needs some horsepower to fill the room with sound. It does that just fine, with great clarity and definition.That said ... the main remote is simply the most unintuitive, four-letter-word inducing annoyance I have yet to encounter in my adult life of dealing with consumer electronics. There's simply no obvious way to switch from one source to another (there's a phone-style number pad with hard buttons at the bottom for that, but they don't say "source" anywhere on them), and the soft display fades out after what seems like an all-too-brief period. What's worse is the documentation, which makes a lot of their GUI, but why should I have to turn on my television set in order to listen to my CD player? Clearly, Denon lacked any kind of faith in their design, because they also ship a more conventional alternate remote which works the way you expect. (Imagine!) Just an incredibly frustrating piece of hardware that significantly mars an otherwise outstanding product, something other reviewers have noted as well. I would have given this receiver two more stars if not for the main remote.