Sherwood introduced the flagship receiver in their high-performance Newcastle line-up. Rated at 100W RMS per channel for each of its 7 powered channels, the Sherwood R-972 fully supports HDMI 1.3b standard with four HDMI inputs, scales all video to 1080p via the Silicon Optix Reon processor, decodes lossless audio (Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio) via dual TI 32-bit DSP chips, uses a Dual Mode RF plus IR remote control.

The Sherwood's R-972 has a sleek design with its black aluminum face-plate, spun aluminum knobs, 2-line VFD display and modesty door. Ready for home, the R-972 brings full multi-source and triple-zone playback capability.

MSRP for the R-972 is $1799.95 and it will be available in March, 2008.