Recent content by WaterEC

Yeap, I read that article too. While the Tact Milennium is "only" a fraction of the cost for the Lyngdorf, it still sells for $9800, way beyond my budget. I really like the article from your link to psaduio, it's indeed a good explanation for the layman, exactly what I need. Anyway after I...

Sure that Steinway & Sons looks elegant. I though they only make pianos. Googled it and found the price tag for the Model D system is 150,000, and fewer than 100 models will be manufactured. I don't think I will be one of the fewer than 100 owners. On the other hand, I can't say I like the...

My 7 year old Sony receiver is dying, I don't quite like it from the beginning and will never buy any Sony audio products any more. I'm looking into a new receiver with 7.1 capability and without HDMI (I never connect video through receiver). Panasonic XR55S came into mind with its digial...

Marko, actually I did recently change the lamp power from "High" to "Low"!!! My thinking is that since my home theater is in a basement den with excellent light control, I probably don't need to set the lamp power to "High". By setting the lamp power to "Low", I think it's better for the lamp's...

I play DVD movie from a progressive scan DVD player to a front projector (Panasonic PTAE900 to be exact). It used to be very nice, but recently I noticed that during playback, the movie image has sudden brightness/contrast changes from time to time, I wonder what could be the problem? The DVD...

It is well known that greater than 99% of the families in the states have at least one TV set. But I'm really curious about the percentage of projector owners. I have a Panasonic PTAE-900 projector with a 92" fixed frame screen in a dedicated home theater room in my finished basement, and...

Thanks Jeff for the specific tip. Actually I just watched Gladiator a second time a few weeks ago (I first watched it in theaters in 2000), and my wife was already complaining about the loud sound...

Places like BB or CC are only interested in selling big TVs such as plasma, LCD, DLP, they are not really interested in selling projector. I had some trouble in finding a good show room for projectors, luckily one of my local BB has a show room for projectors, but of course they are not very...

It's not unusual for computers not able to handle videos simultaneously on two monitors, still picture is much easier and less demanding. This depends on your video card. If you only want to watch video on your TV, just set the display output to your TV only, not on both TV and computer monitor...

Thanks Jeff, I understand. What I mean by not real is that they are not truly discrete 7.1, just as you and Michael had explained. Now I'm really thinking of upgrade to 7.1 first within a few months, then upgrade to HD-DVD/Blu-ray in a few more years.

Thanks for the information about the comparison between 5.1 and 7.1, that's what I thought too, even though the 7.1 is not real. Now the thing is to convince my wife to let me spend the money.

Right, live and learn. Every time I visit HTF, I learn something new. I consider myself to have above average knowledge regarding home theater system, among my friends and colleagues, but still a complete novice here at HTF. Good thing is that every time when I ask a question here, no matter how...

Thanks to both of you. Now it starts to make some sense to me. HTF is a great place to visit, I can always get my questions answered in a very satisfactory way, you guys are much much better and a lot more knowledgable than BestBuy and CC sales persons. Thanks again!

I'm thinking of upgrading my 5.1 to 7.1, but I'm still not quite sure how they generate the sound for the 2 extra speakers (surround left and surround right), since all DVDs are just encoded in 5.1 only as far as I know. Do they just mix the front left with rear left to generate the surround...

Good to see you again Shane. My AE900 is making everyone "WOW", I set it up on a 92" fixed frame screen. Thanks a lot for your help on my previous post questions.