Harman Kardon 5.1CH 75W Networked A/V Receiver

Bought this to replace a Pioneer 1022-K, which on paper is a far superior receiver, but in reality has issues. My old receiver had HDMI problems with my Xbox One and Comcast Cable boxes, everything else worked fine, Xbox 360, PS4, Fire TV, Blu Ray, but both the Xbox One and Cable Box had an issue where when you switched back from any other input you would get a grey static screen and you had to switch it to that input several times before it would produce a picture. Enough about that. I chose this receiver because it had the bare minimum requirements I need, and honestly puts out a lot lower power than I would have liked, my main speakers are a set of old Infinity SM122s, which are large speakers and love lots of power, and the reviews. I read reviews of every single receiver from every reputable brand priced between $250 and $700, and they all had the same reviews, great piece of kit, but lots of one and two star reviews because of poor HDMI performance and HDMI failure, except this one, when I bought it it didn't have a single one star review, and only a single two star (which came from a person who obviously hadn't read the description and wasn't reading the owners manual). On to the good stuff! This receiver is great, the sound it produces is fantastic, even without the gobs of power that the Pioneer was rated for, the old speakers sound better with this receiver. The ability to name the inputs is nice, very nice, my family aren't as thrilled with futzing around with electronics as I am, and having the display tell them that they have chosen "xbox1" or "FireTV" makes it much easier for them to live with. And most importantly the HDMI works perfectly with all of our devices, no annoying grey screens or having to toggle the input ten times to get a picture. The networking feature is simple and effective, I am happy with that. That is another issue that the Pioneer had issues with, it had great networking features, but for weeks at a time the networking flat wouldn't work. I also like the smartphone app on the HK much better. The smaller size of the unit frees up valuable space on the stand, which is nice, and allows more room for air to circulate. This receiver runs much cooler than the Pioneer as well, which I hope will lead to a longer life (although I didn't have the Pioneer long enough to find out if it lived up to the long life of my previous Pioneer products). My dad still has some HK components from the seventies that are soldiering on today, and still being used daily (I grew up in a house with lots of music, mostly through that old Harman Kardon setup and EPI speakers). Honestly four or five years will be plenty, by then there will be new video formats to deal with, and all kinds of new features I will want (this networking stuff is constantly evolving), If you are on the fence on this one, and your hangups are the number of HDMI ports or power output, don't be. For the power output I am running a pair of Infinity SM122 front speakers, and the 70WPC this receiver puts out drives them louder and harder than I will ever need, and while they are efficient speakers, they are huge and very power hungry old fashioned floor speakers, if you are using smaller home theater style speakers 70WPC and a good sub will be enough to blow you away, and the sound will be crystal clear, which is what buying HK is supposed to be about anyway. If you are determined to have a 7.1 setup, then why are you reading this? If you have gotten this far give this receiver an audition, you may find that while on paper it looks a little plain, in reality it is jam packed with great sound.