At the end of June Pioneer will release two new 7.1 AV, the VSA-LX51, and VSA-1018AH. What should we expect? Our amps support HDMI 1.3 (3 input/1 out), Dolby NR TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, Dolby Digital plus, and DTS EXPRESS. We also have a USB port for playing MP3, WMA, and AAC.

The LX51 (only) features a video upscaler that will allows image upscalling to 720p and 1080p.

Expect to pay 925€ for VSA -LX51, and around 700€ for the VSA-1018AH.