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Hey thanks John, I really appreciate the kind words! Doug, I tried the code as soon as I read about it and it worked! And this was the second time my unit had gone down after a power flicker. The first time I took it to a service center. The code was much less trouble. :D David Giles

Craig it sounds like you're safe with the 1015 (and for that matter MOST people with the 1014 are safe). But I'd keep the code handy if I were you just in case... Sounds good to me! :) Just let me know if you need anything in the meantime. David Giles

NEWS FLASH.... NEWS FLASH.... A guy over at AVS just posted the following: I tried it on my 1014 and IT WORKED!!! David Giles

Any updates on this? I bought a 1014 back in January (if I remember correctly) and it went dead shortly thereafter, with MCACC blinking. Took it to the repair center and they had it working a week later (did it under warranty because it was so new). Well this afternoon the power went out briefly...

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Not at this point Marc. But I'll let you know if that changes. Thanks for asking! David Giles

Price reduced.

SOLD!

But while you're at it, be sure and do a search for Carada on AVS Forum. You'll find a ton of reviews and comments from Carada customers and from people who don't own Carada screens but who've seen them in shootouts or in friends' homes. Compare them to that one opinion on P.C. David Giles

Oh no, people use projectors like that for the same things you'd use a Plasma for. Standard Def TV, console games, computer display, VHS, and DVD's and HDTV. Of course sources like SDTV and VHS don't look too great on a huge screen, but that isn't the fault of the display type. The quality of...

Curt, If you want your front row seats to have at least a "decent" picture, I wouldn't go any larger than about 6' wide on your screen. With a 6' wide screen, your front row seats would be at a distance of 1.33 times the image width, which is kind of pushing it for just about any current...

Richard, Once you have the projector mounted and zoomed correctly to fit your screen, you'll leave the zoom alone. UNLESS you plan on zooming in and out for different ratios (not all that common, but some people do it). David Giles

Hey Chad, I'm curious as to other people's opinions about the Marantz Did you get to see it? If so how did you think it compared to the other HD2+ machines? Personally I thought it looked the best (but I didn't get around to seeing the Runco or Vidikron). David Giles

Yeah Drew, if you think your parents might not care for the 2x ratio, then by all means go with a smaller screen. With a 2.5x viewing-distance-to-screen-width ratio, you end up with roughly a 82" wide (94" diagonal) screen. Screen door will be absolutely invisible with the L300U from that...

For a real "theater-like" feel, I'd go with at least a screen-width-to-viewing-distance ratio of 2x. So with your viewing distance of 17' that equates to about a 102" wide 16:9 screen (117" diagonal). That screen size is pretty large for the available lumens from the Panasonic. So you might...

Michael said:

I took a look at your photos. SVS B4!!?? I thought those really only existed in my wet dreams. You lucky dog you. :D Yeah, Neil's question is the most important one. Although the budget $1,000-to-$2,500 projectors are pretty awesome these days, and well worth considering, you DO get a...

Stephen, I haven't personally seen the PLV-70's image, but everything I've heard about it leads me to believe that you'd certainly be happy with the picture at a seating distance of around 1.8 times the screen width. At your minimum seating distance of 15', you could have about a 118"...

Patrick said:

Here's yet another vote that #2 was better than #1. Ain't it amazing how opinions vary?

Thanks Wayne! But I finally figured out a different way to do it the other day. Since the cable box, DVD player, and VCR are all inputting composite signals into the Yamaha, I just ran a composite cable from the "VCR2 - Out" video jack on the back of the Yamaha, to the TV. This gives me...

Okay, I usually don't have any problem hooking up my gear, but this situation is a little more complex than usual. I'm hoping one of you hookup gurus can help me out. Here's the basic question: Will the Yamaha STR-5280 receiver output a video signal through it's Composite and S-Video "Monitor...

Jeff, I also got my 300 from Visual Apex and was VERY pleased with their service. They told me that if it had any dead pixels, they'd swap it out for me. I haven't noticed any yet, but then again, I haven't stuck my nose to the screen and examined every one (and don't plan on it). I figure if I...

LaMarcus, I wouldn't sweat your decision too much. Just enjoy your TV for another year or so, then sell it and get one of the next generation projectors, which will probably blow away the models we're waxing rhapsodically about now. BUT I definitely wouldn't spend the $500 on calibration...

Piers and Jeff AW want to know pros and cons of my LCD versus my 65" HDTV and versus DLP. Now these are purely my opinions and I don't pretend they are THE unarguable truth. Jeff, you asked why I chose LCD over DLP? Well I can't say it much better than this:

Interesting discussion going on here. Jeff AW, just to throw in my two cents here. I just got my Panasonic PTL300U, an LCD projector for under $2,000. It's awesome! I've had an HD-ready Mitsubishi 65" widescreen (model #65807) for almost two years, and although it had a beautiful picture...

Okay, I'm getting pretty frustrated with the Sony HS-10 backorder fiasco. So I'm looking more closely at the Panasonic. Anybody found any real deals on this projector? David