Recent content by BrianWH

I have an S97 connected over both component and HDMI to a JVC HD-ILA set, producing the same well-known and documented zoom artifacts when the S97 tries to zoom anything. Great player otherwise. This doesn't bother everybody due to the ubiquity of "16:9 Enhanced" or "Anamorphic" widescreen...

Serial number seems low: 09080XXX Is this an older set? BB delivered yesterday morning. Setup was simple. After about 30 minutes of playing with SD off my DirecTV receiver, I got serious with my DVE disc and calibrated... Problems: 1. Stuck red pixel near the middle left of the screen...

Have tried that, but the stores will only order what madels they officially "carry". And they do not carry the 585.

I would really rather not purchase something this expensive and breakable online, but it seems no one has this set in black (model 52Z585), only the silver. Sears, BestBuy, CC all have silver only. So, unless you guys know of a brick/mortar store to buy it from, who is trustworthy online when...

The crowd favorite (or one of them) around here seems to be the Panasonic S97. However, this player is becoming hard to find as it is being replaced in the near future with model S77. I found mine on close-out at Tweeter a couple of weeks ago. Brgds, Brian

Budget: $400 or less. Priorities: 1. Video Quality in Progressive Scanning (Faroudja still the best?) 2. Soild DVD-RW/DVD+RW compatibility. 3. Reliability, build quality. To be used: 75% on store-bought DVD movies. 20% Home DVD-RW/DVD+RW movies. 5% CD/MP3 audio. Connected to...

Does anyone have a source for a nice wood TV stand that will support a 52-inch HDTV (lightweight DLP set). Better yet, one that will also hold my components on the side? Glass and metal and plastic just don't work in my room. Forgive me if there's a better forum for this question...

I'm sure we've all got a favorite bass scene like this, but last night I was watching Matrix Reloaded and I had my first bottoming out experience (I was just a tad below reference) with my two old Boston VR500's: It happened as the Nebuchadnezzar (Morpheus' ship) was landing in Zion early in...

I have the Kappa 692.5 2-ways, and I love them. They have amazing bass response and the tweeter complaint really is subjective. Some people just don't like a metal tweet. I'm not using a sub and I rarely feel I need one with these. I also have no external amp and have no problems driving them...

I had a similar question here a few weeks ago. I have a pair of bookshelves up front with the same specs 65Hz. (Boston CR65). I found that they actually did perform to spec but I still liked my crossover set to 100 for movies, and 80 for music. I don't have a localization issue with 100Hz...

If I had your budget and room, I'd get: Boston Acoustics CR85 fronts ($350-400), CRC center ($180), and CR65 rears ($200) (although they're not di or bipole), and then use the rest for a pair of SVS 20-39 PCi's ($550 each). Of course this is just my biased opinion, being a Boston Acoustics...

Dog: sleeps through even the loudest of scenes, never complains. Woman: complains throughout the film with comments like: "I said no louder than 35!" and "How can you enjoy this?!" and my favorite: "the bass is making by ribs vibrate!" God I love that dog. Brian

I'm fairly proud of my el-cheapo HT creation: Onkyo TX-SR501 - $183 factory refurb from ecost. Boston Acoustics CR65 - $105 on ebay. Boston Acoustics CR55 - $145 retail. Boston Acoustics CRC - $180 retail. Boston Acoustics VR500 - $149 on ebay. Second BA VR-500 - $169 on ebay. wire...

I have CR65 mains with the CRC and CR55 surrounds. If I had the money to spend, I would have the CR75 up front for their better bass response, but the 65's have very nice response in a considerably smaller package, which works better for my room/furniture. The CRC is a really nice center with...

I've got two Boston Acoustics VR500 subs in my setup. One would have been plenty for my modest HT, but it was too obvious where the bass was coming from, not by the sound but by the feel of the bass. I added a second and it is perfect. I love these subs, but will buy SVS when the time comes...