Start here: www antennaweb org That will help you narrow your focus. I have a ChannelMaster . Mounted with a rotor and an external signal amplifier, it works great at pulling in HDTV signals from towers up to 50 miles away. People have also had much success with Radio Shack...
That is grossly inaccurate. It will set the day and night mode contrast to whatever you currently have it set to for that mode. Factory, it is set to 100/65 as you described. However, you should definitely lower both settings substantially, and henceforth those settings will be used for...
I recently faced the same decision. First I bought the 601, as it was $100 or so cheaper than the 5760. I hooked it up to my 6.1 Athena/HSU setup and said to myself "well, that's OK". I was a bit underwhelmed. After a couple weeks I found that the headphone jack was not working properly, so I...
I used resilient channel on my basement HT project. It only drops the drywall 1/4", so the loss of headroom is negligible. I don't recall the exact cost, but it was definitely not a budget-breaker. And my wife and baby can both vouch that it makes a huge difference in sound transmission...
ABC Warehouse carries some Hitachis - at least the 51S715 for sure. As for being knowledgable about them, well - let's just say that you better do your research first. Matt
Just a heads up that the Athena F2 is on sale at Best Buy. Regularly $250 ea, now $180 ea. I bought a pair three weeks ago and love them. This afternoon I'm heading to BB for a price match... ;-) Great deal on good speakers. Matt
Watch eBay. I just picked up a brand-new, factory-sealed unit. The guy I won it from is at [email protected], he may have a unit or two left. Good luck, Matt