Recent content by Buckethead78

As a cigar smoker, and having worked / designed abatement projects (in an earlier life), here's my opinion. To smoke "stink free," at least as much as possible....As others said you need ventilation. Actually, you need slightly more than ventilation, you need what's called negative pressure...

Actually, I do get a split second green screen, but not every time. I never even noticed it until it was mentioned. As for gear I have DirecTV HD DVR Sony BDP350 Xbox 360 Older philips 16:9 HDTV CRT Everything is connected via component. Sorry for any confusion I caused.

I have a 254 and don't have a "green screen" between HD and SD channels. I have all my components, with the exception of my 360 going into the receiver, and use the receiver's out to the TV.

Have fun with your new receiver!

Many companies still sell 2 channel stereos. HK is one of them. If you are only going to have 2 speakers, you might want to find a multichannel receiver that has a "phantom" mode. This will simulate a center channel. It actually sounds pretty good in the sweet spot.

I'd go with the polk over the fisher.

Apple's Airport express will do just that. For under a hundred bucks. Apple - AirPort Express If you want more functionality, Apple TV will do the same for you.

Ok, I have had netflix on my xbox for a couple days now...I'm assuming the experience is the same on the Blu players as well. Here's one guy opinion: Picture Quality - Ok to Good, depending on my connection speed. The picture is in SD, but its not blurry or anything. They do have a few HD...

I'd check 2 things before going on a shopping spree (granted that does not take much convinving for me!) 1. Humming may be a very BAD grounding problem. If your receiver is plugged into a power strip, unplug everything and run the receiver power directly to the wall 2. If that does not fix...

No one wants to help out a lovely old couple?

Well, my grandparents old huge console TV finally but it after about 20 years. So, I think that's a very good early christmas gift to get them. Seems easy enough, right? Grandparents don't want or will use any on screen guides, and simply want to click through the channels looking for...

Sony tech support says no, but I might just order up the cable and try anyway. Can anyone here give it a shot with theirs first?

I noticed in the BluRay setup I can choose where the sound comes from, and where the video comes from. If looks like I can probably connect the HDMI and use it only for the sound. If I have to run the Blu Ray component cables direct to my TV I will. I emailed sony tech support to verify this...

That's kinda what i figured. Im using composite cables because my TV does not have HDMI. It's only about 5 years old (Philips CRT HDTV) and my significant other would not let me decommission its yet. It's my understanding that receivers will not "downconvert" an HDMI in to a component out...

I'm not sure if I have everything set up properly...here's my issue. I am not getting any kind of indication that the receiver is getting a DTS master or dolby true HD signal. I just get a "DTS" on the receiver display. The bluray is set to output DTS-HD, and the disc (rolling stones) is...