The company is also expanding its selection of digital radio-equipped receivers and for the first time will offer a stereo Bluetooth option that will also have HDMI 1.3 inputs and decoding of all Blu-ray and HD-DVD surround-sound formats.
The company is also set to roll out new entry level receivers which will be sold in mass retailers. Like last year, all of the new models accept an optional Yamaha iPod docking/recharging stand, but this year, the AVRs and HTiBs also get an optional Bluetooth module to reproduce stereo music streamed from a Bluetooth-equipped phone or Bluetooth-equipped MP3 player. The option connects to the AVRs and HTiBs via 3.5mm minijack input. Pricing was unavailable.
