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  1. shankar

    Antenna for receiving HD broadcast off the air

    If you are going indoors... You may want to give this Terk or sliver sensor a try. I have the silver sensor INDOOR in the basement !! and can pick up stations from 70 miles away if properly oriented.. I don't think the RS DBT is available anymore. Don't fall into the "specialized" HDTV antenna...
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    Hooking up a passive sub woofer

    After reading this post, I went home and set it up. I have a passive Optimus sub and a 11 year old Technics SA-GX35 prologic reciever. My current reciever is a Pioneer 511. I took the sub out from the pioneer using a Y adaptor. I then connected an audio patch cable (both channels) to the Y...
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    Pioneer DV-563A Review

    robertLP, Pl. check in Initial settings: DTS Out is set to DTS Linear PCM Out set to Down sampling off and most of all Audio Out put set to: 5.1 channel. I also have connected all 5.1 channels plus a digital coax. My pioneer reciever (VSx D511) has this "signa select" button...
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    recommendation for a very good indoor, urban FM antenna?

    The silver sensor from Sears or circuit city. $39.
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    Need Suggestions for a Great $50.00 Remote

    I bought the RCU810 remote by RCA for $39. This is an integral part of my HT now. My whole family loves it. The 5 year old can navigate using this. It has all the features that you are seeking and more. Read my review at epinions.com here Cheers.
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    Listening Mode for TV?

    With most TV shows using dolby prologic, I do get sound from the rear speaker. I used to get sound from the rear speakers with my old dolby prologic reciever. This experience is now enhanced with the DPLII movie or music mode. I have watched football, movies, kids cartoons, sitcoms etc and all...
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    Progressive scanning: great or subtle difference in image quality?

    I think not. When you say 4:3 letterbox, the DVD player usually down converts the signals. You may lose many scan lines in this process. Hence you are not getting a true progressive scan. You may also be "helped" by the fact that the TV is small. The effects of artifacts are usually seen on big...
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    Question on Toshiba DVD players

    I have a SD2109 and a SD3755. I'm extremely happy with both. I play a lot of allegedly pirated DVD rentals of Indian movies and the players tend to skip sometimes, but that I attribute to the DVD itself, not the player. I have had no problem with any of the problem movies discussed in the...
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    connecting DVD to HDTV

    Jason, If you bought your DVD player anytime recently, I'm almost certain that it'll have component video outputs. I bought the basic Toshiba DVD player 3 years ago and even it has those. I checked the Sony site and their basic DVD player NS300B has the component video outs. Check it out. If...
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    connecting DVD to HDTV

    What you have is called a composite video connection in which all of the video informations (chroma, luminescence...) are sent by that one RCA cable. It is by definition the most inaccurate connection. The next-best is S-video. This cable will have ends that look like the cable you use in your...
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    Problems with the THX Optimode tests

    I have balanced my speakers with AVIA to read 75dB on the RS SPL meter. I recently got a DVD that had the THX optimode. I wanted to try it for fun and had the following problems.[list=1]The speaker levels were not at 75dB when playing with the same volume level as it was when balancing with...
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    5.1 speaker balance: SPL meter reading: Shouls it be 85,75,65???

    Hello all, May be this was discussed before. I have seen it repeatedly here that your speakers should be balanced so that the SPL meter reads 85dB while the master volume control reads 00dB on the reciever. This is the so called "reference" level. AVIA disk says that this will be too loud...
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    Mix 16 and 12 gage cables??? OK ??

    Hi. I had the house wired during construction for my HT. They used 16 gage wires in the wall and terminated them with binding posts for the front soundstage. I currently use 16 AWG spekaer wire to connect all my speakers. I have read so much about the "necessity" to use 12 AWG cables for...
  14. shankar

    Can you polish scratches off CDs?

    This DVD Doctor is demo'd and sold in Best Buy.
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    Are towers always better than bookshelfs?

    Here is the discussion Steve_ma may be referring to. :)
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    Did you remove the grilles in your speaker? Why??

    Do many of you remove the speaker grilles during normal operation? If yes, why do you do that? Is it to remove a "baffle" between the speaker cones and the atmosphere? Thanks.
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    Separate Forum for HDTV??

    Vince, I don't know how long ago we had a HDTV forum. May be the traffic was lower becuase HDTV was still not as mainstream (still a trickle) as it is today ?? I have to really search for the posts related to HD amongst the RP91 jungle and the Outlaw ocean! I know the owner has the final...
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    Separate Forum for HDTV??

    With the HDTV area growing more and more, I feel that we need a separate HDTV classification (hardware, programming, antenna choices, local reception )similar to the AVS forums. How many of you agree??? BTW, how do I post a poll here??
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    Acoustic Research 2 Channel Sound Enhancement Unit ???

    Thanks for that thread. I think I'l give it a shot...
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    Acoustic Research 2 Channel Sound Enhancement Unit ???

    Is this a technical marvel or hype?? Here it mentions that this technology was used in the making of U571, Jerry McGuire and Mummy. Is it worth buying to enhance the sound field of my HT??
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    First stereo system! Help!(bose?jbl?receiver?cheap?)

    Will this work for you?? If this type works, there are many similar set ups (sony, Pioneer, ...).
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    Need proof that progressive scan is better... (for J. 6pack)

    See this post for spome specific things to look for in Toy Story
  23. shankar

    What forums do you use??

    I cruise the Internet and have visited most of the HT forums asking questions. My experience has been thus: Home theater forum: Best forum for audio related questions. OK for video stuff. Friendliest of the forums. Digital Theater: Used to be he place to get answers, I don't visit there...
  24. shankar

    Is this a reliable source for HT magazines??

    I serached in Yahoo and it is a recommended site in many websites that offer advise on good deals to its customers. I think I'm going to try this and see. Shankar
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    Is this a reliable source for HT magazines??

    Vince, I know that they may spam my account, but I do get spammed anyway from Viagra deals to home mortgage mails eventhough I never asked anybody for either of these. I blow them off anyways. For getting a reliable supply of magazines cheap, I'm willing to press the delete button a few more...
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    Is this a reliable source for HT magazines??

    Check out thsi site. They sell Stereophile guide to home theater and others for $4.97. Is this legit?? I saw this from epinions which makes this beleivable. Any expereince users?? BTW, they want your e-mail address... that's what Yahoo is for right??
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    New Progressive Scan DVD player under $250

    Deepak WElcome to the forum. There are many at that price level. Check out Sam's club, they have now started selling Toshiba 3750 for $169, Phillips for $169, Toshiba SD3755 (5 disk, I have it and I love it) for $225, SD 4700 for 199 etc. here are also some JVC players that people like...
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