Recent content by Ronald.H

Here's the situation: My wife loves to watch TV in the kitchen while she cooks, cleans, etc. We've had a small TV in there for a while with rabbit ears, but now she'd like to see channels like MTV, FOOD, HGTV, ESPN (okay, that last one is mine). It is very difficult to run cable to the...

That's what I figured. To be honest, that is really unacceptable given the current state of HD. FOX has no excuse for not getting up to speed.

I have Time Warner Cable in Kansas City and have been pretty pleased with the HD offerings. Currently I'm receiving the local channels (CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, PBS), TNT and Discovery HD Theatre. For an additional fee, I could get INHD1, INHD2, HDNet, HDNetMovies. So far, I've chosen not to...

Does anybody know if FOX is broadcasting in HD yet? It would be great to see tonight's All Star Game in HD. Thanks, Ron

I have determined that the A/V equipment is on its own breaker, separate from the lights. And the buzz only happens when it's on dolby digital. For example, when I hit "Play Movie" on a DVD, it will be quiet, then I'll hear the buzz for the THX logo, then quiet, then the buzz will start again...

Really??? I do have cable in the room, and an HDTV cable box. I'll have to check that out tonight.

I've done some checking and my equipment is on a breaker by itself (I guess my electrician was smarter than I thought), separate from the lights. I guess my next troubleshooting step would be to put a regular on/off switch on the lights to see if the buzz goes away. David Michael - What...

Fortunately, I have a brother who knows a thing or two about electrician work. I'll have him over to help check the circuitry. Of course, I'm kicking myself. I had this room built myself, and did not bother to ask the electrician to put the equipment outlet on its own circuit. Live and learn...

Personally, I'm using the Lutron Spacers. I have two sets of lights - two wall sconces near the front of the room, and then two wall sconces and a ceiling can near the rear of the room. One Lutron works the front lights, and the other the rear lights. With the Spacers, I can specify scenes...

Andrew... Thanks for taking the time to read and respond to my question, however "get rid of the dimmmers" isn't the kind of advice I was looking for. :) Cameron_Y... I do not have a power conditioner installed. I'll do some research to see about these units to see if maybe that will...

I've had my theater done for about 4 months. I've been having trouble with speaker buzz. I thought that I would get used to it, but instead, it's bothering me more and more. The buzz is only in my surrounds and center, not in the right and left front speakers. It also seems to happen only...

I've had be theater done for about 4 months. I've been having trouble with speaker buzz. I thought that I would get used to it, but instead, it's bothering me more and more. The buzz is only in my surrounds and center, not in the right and left front speakers. It also seems to happen only...

I have a similar situation in my theater. I'm in the process of hanging a curtain across the back of the theater that will separate it from the rest of our basement (and block incoming light from our doors). I bought a curtain track and hangers like what they use in hospitals from Medical...

BTW - I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on DirecTV vs. Cable. Especially from those who have DirecTV. Personally, I think I'm still in favor of cable, but would like to hear the different arguments. I'll be posting my detailed thoughts on the matter on my blog at...

Thanks for the advice. I have now activated all three receivers. BTW - I was pretty excited about the self-service aspect of Directv.com (activate new receivers on line), however, I was not able to complete the activation process on any of the receivers. On all three, I had to call and deal with...