Mitsubishi HTS-300
Not much is documented about the Mitsubishi HTS-300, but what survives shows a serious early-1990s A/V receiver. Audio featured it in its "What's New" section in December 1992 (p.26). The receiver put real emphasis on video. It switched video signals and also cleaned them up with a digital comb filter. On the audio side it had Dolby Pro-Logic surround and an amplifier section rated at 100 watts each to the right, left, and center channels, according to Audio (December 1992, p.26). It also had on-screen help menus, a genuine novelty at the time. The introductory price was $1,699.
Past that announcement, the record thins out quickly. The HTS-300 appears in receiver roundup listings in 1993, but the surviving scans of those entries are fragmentary - mostly table headers and partial spec lines. No substantive full review, detailed service manual, or owner lore seems to have survived in the usual archives. It was evidently a well-appointed, video-forward receiver from Mitsubishi's home-theater push.
Known specs (from the 1992 announcement)
- A/V receiver with Dolby Pro-Logic surround
- 100 watts per channel to right, left, and center speakers
- Digital comb filter for video signal cleaning
- On-screen help menus
- Introductory price: $1,699
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