Denon avr2308. $40 at a local thrift. I figured it would solve my nightmare of video equipment switching, with a bonus of having a phono input. Came with remote all the knobs and even had the microphone for setup.
Got it home hooked it up connected everything... No sound! I went thru every menu trying to figure out what was wrong. Previous owner probably reassigned all of the digital inputs, so nothing was getting sound.
I did a little research and figured it needed to be reset. I find the reset procedure online, and now it works perfectly.
It has video scaling so i have all my video components hooked back up, including a laserdisc player, vcr/dvdr, cable, Xbox, and a turntable. I am now able to switch between all of my components with a push of a single button! No more switching inputs on the tv to switch between hdmi, and composite.
The phono section is surprisingly good. No hum, clear, and just works great.