I should mention a couple of other things :
1. Mark went with a Sherwood 771 receiver from Axiom. First impressions were very positive. It manages to combine a full set of options with a nice simple UI, so getting Mark's system up and running took essentially zero time once all the wires were stripped and hooked up. The remote doesn't suck too badly, which makes it fairly good in the grand scheme of things.
2. Between the Sony TV, Oppo player and Sherwood receiver Mark has the most aesthetically un-coordinated set of remote controls I have ever seen. Ug-ly !! Fortunately all of the remotes have buttons for all of the other devices as well, so we should be able to get one of them programmed up to do all the work so we can hide the other two.
Alternatively, as I told Mark "you can deal with the heartache of having three ugly complicated remotes by purchasing a fourth, even MORE complicated remote to replace the three you have"
