I'm a huge fan of yamaha recivers. I own a yamaha 995a, which is way more power and other junk than most people need. it is also overpowered for my current apartment. the system is 100W for each of the 5 channels. and my current speaker setup (def tech BP-8b's) I can turn it much past 1/3 volume before my ears explode.

if you go with something like the yamaha RX-V396, or similar unit.. you can get all the things you're talking about. crutchfield has the HTR-5540 for $299
tho the HTR-5540 doesn't have component or S-Video switching.. for another $100 you can get the HTR-5550. ack.. i just noticed.. none of the HTR recivers in your price range have phono input.. hrmm.. i wonder if that's a RX-V feature

http://www.yamaha.com/cgi-win/webcgi.exe/DsplyModel/?gAVR00010HTR-5540

here's some URL's to chew on:
http://www.yamaha.com/cgi-win/webcgi.exe/gAVR00010
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-jGQaFYRwkJV/yamaha/