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I've waded through Amazon.com and the local Best Buy and I've been underwhelmed by the limited selection of titles. Maybe that's all there is. Is there a web site anyone can recommend as a great place to find out what DVD Audio titles are available? I've just tried a DVD-Audio titles (Corrs)...

Sorry for the dumb question. I expect the answer is 'no'.

Hi - I have a Toshiba 4700 DVD player and an older Sony CA8ES carousel CD player. I always heard good things about Sony ES CD players which is why I got that one ages ago. And I've heard people say newer Toshiba DVD players don't do so well on CDs. So today I did an A/B comparison of the...

I can't figure out these connectors... The speaker cable goes through the lower piece and the top piece with the banana connector screws onto the lower piece but nothing holds the cable in place so it just slides back out!?!?!?! What am I missing? The very brief 'instructions' don't help.

Seems like a great receiver. One thing I really like is the video conversion - it will simplify cabling a lot.

Hi. For normal TV, music, DVD audio, my sub vol. level is set VERY low, prob. 1/10th of its rotation. I haven't altered the EQ or output gain for LFE from my receiver at all. Would I be better off having the receiver output LESS signal and adding gain on the sub itself? Seems unlikely since...

Over the air HDTV broadcast of Olympics opening ceremony and snowcapped Utah mountain range flyovers are spectacular... DD5.1, 1080i - woohoo! TV: Pioneer Elite 510HD Tuner: Samsung SIR-T150

Hi. My 3 year old Sony DA90ESG receiver now outputs the left front channel with significant distortion. I've tried swapping speakers, cables, etc., and it's definitely the right front output. Does this mean the receiver's left front amp is probably toast?! I thought the ES components were...

I have a Marantz RC5000 (basically the same as the Pronto). It's been great, but more hard buttons and faster operation would be nice. The new 5200 and 9200 look terrific (more hard buttons, bigger usable display etc.) but does anyone here have one and if so, what do you think? The 9200 is...

Anyone have this receiver? Pros, cons? Opinions? Bugs? Is the difference between this and the 47 the video switching? Is the remote any good? Thanks!

My receiver has two subwoofer output connectors (I guess to hookup two subwoofers if you have them - I don't). My subwoofer has two signal input connectors. Today I have one of the receiver connectors connected via good quality RCA cable to a splitter at the end going into both sub input...

Hi. I thought DTS has 20 bit audio and DD is 16 bit (both being 48KHz each for the 5 channels). Is that right? I can't decode DTS today and am debating about upgrading my receiver. While I'm here, why is there a new pro-logic format DPL-II? Surely that type of format is obsoleted by 5.1...

Any feedback on this receiver would be appreciated. Looks terrific from the specs.

There's been a lot of praise for the Panasonic RP91's ability to scale non-anamorphic widescreen DVD material to fit a 16:9 screen. Well tonight I confirmed my 4700 can do the exact same thing, beautifully. You just put it in the 'pillar' (4:3) display mode for 4:3 material (which is what...

There's WAY too much stuff in the home theater hardware section. It should be broken down into TV, receiver, speaker, and DVD sections at LEAST.

It arrived today... did some back to back tests of the RP91 against a Toshiba 4700 and in my opinion, besides the fact that the 4700 has the red chroma bug and the RP91 doesn't, I think the 4700 has a better picture. Basically I think the RP91 has a 'noisy' picture. Lots of tweakable settings...

I'd really like to see this unit before buying it, but I can't find any dealer in the Atlanta area that carries it. Failing that, any owner willing to give a demo!? :b

Well I was at Best Buy, torn between getting a JVC XV-SA75GD (they only have the gold, not the black 70 model) and the Toshiba 4700. My main motivations for getting a new DVD player (to swap out my old Toshiba 2109) are to get better, progressive video, and so I can use the 2109 in my basement...

How much better/different is the H1000 than the RP91?

1) I know the player has scaling functions but does it automatically pick the mode depending on what content it detects (like the JVC) or does the scaling have to be selected manually? If manually, is it quick from the remote, or buried in a menu? (OK, that's three questions :bg :) 2) Is the...

See the 16:9 version of Shrek (2nd DVD in the package) on a 16:9 set. It's spectacular. No way you'd want to see that squeezed on a 4:3 set after that.

Hoping not to start another cable war... My home theater speakers are connected to the receiver by miles of white, flexible, Monster XP cable. I think it all sounds fine, but I've always wondered about the cable itself because the cable has a 'core' (plastic?) surrounded by copper strands it...

Just wanted to share a recent reappraisal of formats! While I love DVD output on my widescreen TV, full quality widescreen HDTV blows it away in terms of quality. I got a Samsung HDTV tuner box and had an antenna installed in the attic and get digital channels over the air (OTA) for free...

Has anyone seen or bought and used one of these units yet? What do you think? I called Toshiba who said the 4700 was shipping, but I can't find a store anywhere that has one.

Hi folks - I'm close to placing an order on a Samsung SIRT150 DTV tuner to get an over the air HDTV feed into my Pioneer Elite HDTV-capable RPTV. Anyone have this tuner or know if it's any good? Specs look great, and the price is right. FYI: I have no interest in Dish or DirecTV.

Anyone know how to access the Pioneer Elite's service menu? Thanks.

Hi folks. I have a Pioneer Elite 510HD (53" 16:9 HDTV capable TV with built in high quality deinterlacer). I've been watching DVD movies off a Toshiba 2109 for over a year and mostly very satisfied. However, like most things, the more time I spend with it the more I've noticed the limitations...

These look like interesting units... and great value if they perform well. Anyone seen one yet? Or seen a review?