Recent content by Myki Cantero

Haha! My answers... 1. Yes. Cheap but not crappy. I doubt you'll find anything that is not crappy, $100 and below. The Panasonic XP30 is around $250 and it is a good player accoring to some sites I visit. 2. Yes, I use my Pioneer DVD player for music now as well and feed it to my Marantz...

Shane, if you already have a DVD player, even if it is non-progressive, use that one first. Later on, wait for better models of DVD players that has a DVI output. DVI, according to a lot of Bravo D1, Samsung HD931, and Momitsu V880 owners give the best picture quality, much better than...

Hi Chris, I bought my HLN507 3 weeks ago and I'm very happy with my purchase. Just like Don said, it is not a perfect TV but for me, it is close to it. The things that made me choose this TV are: 1) Form factor. It's very light, 70+ lbs only, and only 17+" depth. 2) Wide viewing angle...

Mike, When you do get back, make sure that you have the same settings for contrast, brightness, color, sharpness, etc. as well as DNIe, DNR, etc. If one TV was set to "Normal" picture mode, and the other to "Movie" picture mode, you'll definitely see a difference in brightness. Lamp...

The Samsung DLPs do 720p natively. Think of it as an LCD monitor which has a resolution of 1280x720. Of all RPTVs, I could certainly say that the Samsung DLP is the best for Xbox games. I have around 30 games and they all look great. It feels like you are playing on a computer monitor...

Ok. I've watched 3 DVDs already. Charlie's Angels, Pearl Harbor, Catch Me If You Can. I've re-calibrated with Avia again just to be sure. :-) So far, the picture is extremely stunning. Details are there, no flicker, no scan lines that can be seen, no artifacts also even with Xbox games...

Todd, Yes, my 50L2HX (that's HLN507 in the US) arrived yesterday and it looks great with the black bezel. With the black bezel, you instantly know that it is a wide screen TV unlike with the all silver look. It is so light I almost feel cheated. :-) My 100 lb. wife and I carried it. It...

I did my research on this for a month and I will be getting my HLN507 tomorrow. I don't think I will be able to sleep tonight. I have seen so many RPTVs and DLP is really my choice. I'm not rich but I decided to splurge on this TV bec. I'm sure I'll be regretting my decision if I went with a...

I have this subwoofer. It's okay for my needs for a hometheater in our small living room. I have compared this to other 8" subs like PSB, Energy, and Dynaquest but I prefer this the most. If you have a big room, I suggest you get an ASW600 because an 8" sub just won't give you that...

If you plan to listen to DVD-Audio in the future, then go direct radiating rears. I went a step further by making sure that my fronts and rears are exactly the same. I only have a 4m x 3m room so I went with 2 pairs 601S3, an LCR60, and a small ASW300 sub. Am very happy with it.

Ok. Now I tend to believe that transports can still be different with each other but the perceived difference would depend from system to system and that the whole equation comes into play on what connectors, etc. are used. I'll try to do a blind A/B test so I could validate this. I'll make 2...

George, Ken, Thanks for the info. Do you or anyone in this forum have any actual experience that one player sounds different from another player using the digital outputs? In what way were they different? Thanks in advance.

Being in I.T., I believe that digital data is just 1's and 0's. So, I believe that it doesn't matter if I use a cheap DVD player or an expensive CD player to play CDs as long as I use the digital out on the player to my receiver. In both cases, the receiver's DAC is used. BUT... last week, I...

If you really like the Marantz sound like I do... I would go for it, and stay with it. I have the SR7200 with B&W 600 series speakers and it's perfect. The 8200 sounds a bit better than the 7200 but it's too expensive. I tried B&Ws with Denon (1802, 2802) and also H&K 5000 but it just doesn't...