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  1. Sean W. Evans

    LG (vs. Hitachi, Toshiba) RPTV?

    I just purchased the 52" LG. The chassis build is nice, and oh so light. Plenty of inputs and easy to navigate OSD, even though I find it a bit castrated compared to others. HD looks awesome, with analog really depending on source, with digital being about average. The set holds black very well...
  2. Sean W. Evans

    Home Theater "in-a-box" systems

    I second the use of Samsung as a good 27" with 16:9 ability. Also, for about $1000, you can get a tv/receiver setup that is quite decent, that is minus the speakers of course, add another $200-$300 for a set of decent speakers.
  3. Sean W. Evans

    Just another upgrade story

    The first thing I did with my old HTiB, was replace the speakers, with some nicer ones, RCA still, but alot better then the stock ones. Just finished watching Pirates of the Caribbean and the fourth time around was amazing, sounds truly are much better(DTS), and with DPL2, tv is so much better...
  4. Sean W. Evans

    Just another upgrade story

    Let me just say wow! My RCA receiver was dying so I decided to go receiver shopping. I ended up with more then I expected and am quite pleased. I moved from DD radio shack RCA, to a Onkyo 5 dvd receiver with DTS and DPL2 and component switching. Well, with that my 27" RCA s-video just would not...
  5. Sean W. Evans

    Heft of an Audio Card?

    This will be a novice answer. But what I think you find, is with the "heavier" or larger" soundcards...more sound processing is handled on the card as opposed to being offloaded to the cpu. Now for example, a SB Audigy with the bay drive will have a higher sampling rate and performance wise is...
  6. Sean W. Evans

    *** Official "THE MATRIX RELOADED" Review Thread

    I absolutely loved the movie as a whole. I found the beginning to be slow and at times, pointless. (e.g., the Zion rave scene) However, they showed enough classic special effects like bullet time, and news one like freeway fight scenes, that you come out enjoying it just as much as the first...
  7. Sean W. Evans

    Movies that contain cameos by you, your house, etc...

    Personally, I have not been in or related to any movies. However, I was on the set of the X-Files for the season finale, season before last (when Mulder is abducted). It was great, having lunch at the catering truck, Duchovney playing with a dog(taller then you think!) and Anderson only coming...
  8. Sean W. Evans

    "Orange County" keepcase

    I am a fan of keepcases, but upon removing the wrapping from this recently purchased dvd, I noticed there were "latches" on the keep case. You actually have to unhinge these latches to open the keep case, is this really a useful feature, doesn't really matter to me, just wondered what everyone...
  9. Sean W. Evans

    Which video card is better Geforce 2 64mb SDRAM or Geforce 3 32 MB DDR ram?

    Well, anything over 32mb memory is there to support large texture sizes and ever increasing geometry in fps. Now the geforce 2 has memory clocked at around 200 mhz or so, but the geforce 3 has ddr memory, so the speed is doubled to around 400mhz. So even though it has less ram than geforce 2...
  10. Sean W. Evans

    Digital Cable vs Satellite

    Digital cable, provided the cable company has a good feed, gets the job done. Just be sure that the stb has s-video and digital outs, as this improves the premium channel experience much more(for movies like Castaway). I enjoyed satellite when I had it, and enjoy digital cable now that it is...
  11. Sean W. Evans

    My Digital Cable Experience

    First and foremost, drop all preconceptions, this is just an account of my experience of switching from cable to satellite to digital cable. I live with my grandmother and when I was young (15 years ago) I started playing around with connecting televisions in rooms without cable, this required...
  12. Sean W. Evans

    bmwfilms.com dvd for free!

    Update on this: I called the number and they ask how I heard about the number, my name and address, reitereated the closest dealer and then mentioned that I may not get one because they were recently out of them. In any event, not a big hassle for a cool "promotional" item.
  13. Sean W. Evans

    Need cheap CD player

    Radio Shack is selling for $99.99, a 5-disc carousel, with cd-text, cd-rw compatability. For another 100 bucks, you can get a 100+1 changer.
  14. Sean W. Evans

    College student needs cheapest possible solution for complete hi-fi system

    Seriously though, I have the RCA receiver one model below the one you are mentioning. The only difference is less watts and no DTS. I have enjoyed having the s-video connectivity, assignibility of audio inputs(analog, optical, coaxial) and when properly calibrated it provides a good setup for...
  15. Sean W. Evans

    College student needs cheapest possible solution for complete hi-fi system

    The cheapest solution is forgetting Hi-Fi exists and enjoy the phonograph. :p ------------------ HT sound is always better when you just sit back and listen!
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