Sound included
Put Dolby TrueHD and dts-HD MA decoding, 660W of total output power, and a 5.1-channel surround sound speaker system into the same box, and what do you get? A great way to experience the studio-quality surround sound found on Blu-ray Disc movies. Each of the HT-S3300's five surround sound speakers — including four satellite speakers and a center-channel speaker — employ a 3.5" driver to envelop your living room with full-range surround sound audio. And completing the listening experience with deep, controlled bass audio, this Onkyo HTIB offers an independent subwoofer with an 8.0" down-firing driver. Further, while the bass-reflex cabinets used by each speaker enhance low-frequency efficiency and performance, magnetic shielding of the front-channel and center-channel speakers ensures safe placement near your other home A/V components.
Ready to tie your 3D home theater together
The prospect of 3D home viewing was just too much to resist, so you've totally revamped your home theater for 3D compatibility. You've got the flat panel 3D HDTV, 3D active glasses for everyone in the family, the 3D Blu-ray player, and the latest 3D Blu-ray releases. Sure, you're ready for the full 3D experience at home, but you still feel like something is missing . . . like the system unity you enjoyed with your old 2D Onkyo receiver. Well, equipping you with total system connectivity for the 3D home theater, Onkyo presents the HT-S3300 with the HT-R380 receiver. Equipped with HDMI v1.4 inputs and output, this Onkyo home theater system is capable of handling all your 3D connectivity needs. With expanded bandwidth capabilities over the previous HDMI v1.3 standard, HDMI v1.4 allows transmission of Full HD 1080p video, studio-quality multichannel surround sound, and high definition 3D content . . . all along a single cable! The HDMI v1.4 connectivity offered by the HT-S3300 is ideal for integrating all of your 3D components into a seamless home theater system. And, adding another level of performance to your system, HDMI v1.4 sports an audio return channel. Now, rather than using additional audio cables, you can send any audio signal received directly by your HDTV back to the HT-S3300 and your home audio system via the same HDMI v1.4 cable that's feeding video to the TV! (Note, HDMI v1.4 cables are required for both 3D and audio return channel signal transmission.)
Blu-ray — it's all about the audio
Okay, so Blu-ray Disc isn't all about the audio. Blu-ray Disc media may offer Full 1920 x 1080p HD viewing, but it also offers something equally impressive — studio-quality surround sound. Because of inherent limitations, DVDs only have room for compressed audio, or audio whose highest and lowest frequencies have been removed to minimize data size. Sure, DVD audio is surround sound, but it's missing the subtle nuance of the studio-original soundtrack. That's where Blu-ray comes in: with it's expanded storage capacity, Blu-ray Disc can accommodate full uncompressed surround sound, i.e. audio true to the studio original. And ensuring that your home theater is capable of decoding Blu-ray's digital audio channels, Onkyo's HT-S3300 offers both Dolby TrueHD and dts-HD Master Audio decoding. These two advanced processing decoding technologies unlock the Blu-ray audio experience, bringing you the surround sound the director intended for you to hear over the included 5.1-channel speaker system.
Get your game on
As a gamer, your interests are wide. You play rock-band games as much as you suit-up for sports games or go special-ops for an action/shooter game. Accordingly, you're aware of the different graphical nature and demands of each of these gaming genres. Ensuring that you enjoy optimal system performance no matter what kind of gaming you're doing, Onkyo has outfitted the HT-S3300 with four specialized Game modes. Choose between Rock, Sports, Action, or RPG to optimize your home theater's performance to match the needs of your gaming content.
Your favorite playlists, at home
You love jetting around town with tunes from your MP3 player flooding your ears. But once you get back home, you'd rather be listening you all your favorite music using your home audio system. If only there were a way to finish the playlist you'd started in town back without having to go through the hassle of finding a disc or queuing up your music library. Enter the HT-S3300. Thanks to a front-panel input, you can easily connect your MP3 player to your home theater system, and instantly pick up your playlist right where you left off. (Note, you'll need an adapter cable with a 3.5mm auxiliary jack to plug into this Onkyo receiver.)
Two choices: A or B
It's seems such a pity to limit the superb audio output offered by the HT-S3300 to just one room in your house. Why not share a little of the audio bliss with another room . . say the kitchen, or even back deck? Well, the folks at Onkyo think that's a great idea. As proof, they've equipped the HT-S3300 with Speaker A and B powered front-channel pairs. Of course, you'll use the Speaker A pair as the front left and right pair in your 5.1-channel home theater setup. However, you you're also free to setup a second stereo pair in another room using the Speaker B output pair. Accordingly, if you're not watching a movie or listening to music in the living room, you can simply push the A/B selector button on the HT-S3300's front panel and switch over to your speaker pair in the other room. Put on a favorite album while you cook in the kitchen or relax with friends on the deck.
Innovative control
While most A/V receivers offer some sort of on-screen display for navigating your system, they often suffer from the same flaw: in order to change settings, you have to leave the program you're watching. No so with the HT-S3300 — this gizmo's got an overlaid on-screen display. As long as you're using HDMI cables to connect to your video display, you can check and change system settings without leaving your movie or show. The on-screen display appears translucently overlaid on top of whatever you're watching. Change settings without missing a beat with the HT-S3300 from Onkyo.
The Audyssey Suite
A variety of factors can influence the quality of your home listening experience. Furniture, walls, and home-theater layout can interfere with speaker acoustics. Changes in programming — as between TV shows and commercials — can cause annoying fluctuations in volume levels. And listening at low volumes can cause you to miss out on some of a song or score's nuances. Ensuring that you always enjoy optimal performance from your system, Onkyo has equipped the HT-S3300 with a suite of Audyssey technologies. First, Audyssey EQ brings you an automated speaker-configuration process, employing a pre-set correction filter for each speaker and customizing performance to your living room's acoustics. Second, Audyssey Dynamic Volume automatically compensates for volume fluctuation in different audio content to deliver an even listening experience between programming and commercials. Finally, Aydyssey Dynamic EQ maintains consistent bass response, tonal balance, and surround sound effect at different volume levels, ensuring that you enjoy the natural dynamics of your audio content no matter the listening volume.
