"Kudos to Denon for a slick design. With its attractive silver and black finish, the S-301 can stand next to any flat-screen TV on the market. Its curved lines are a welcome departure from the typical black box, too. If you want your electronics to cut some style, this piece won’t disappoint. The standout feature of the S-301 is the iPod compatibility. An iPod cable comes in the box and plugs into a jack on the front of the unit. The on-screen display shows a graphic of an iPod front panel which you can control from the Denon remote. The Denon clicker gets a gold star. Unlike the rows of Pez-like buttons found on typical receiver remotes, the S-301 controller shows only basic function buttons on the front: source selection, tuning, volume, mute, a cursor and enter key and a couple more. "This bad boy will set you back a cool $1400, but it does look really stylish. And most importantly, it support HDMI among a really large array of other formats.