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Let me guess.. you have a Pioneer RPTV and the Scientific Atlanta Explorer 3100HD. If so then yes this IS a problem with the cable box. There is a thread over at hometheaterspot.com dedicated to this problem (thread here) -MarcW

Well, Energy generously agreed to ship him 2 replacement woofers for free. Once he pops those into his speakers I'm gonna go over there and calibrate his system using an SPL meter. He told me his room is about 20x12 and he does have the rears cranked up on the receiver because they are quite...

This unit can be had for $493.91 no tax, shipping included. -MarcW

Thanks for the replies guys. His fronts are set to small on the receiver. I haven't heard his setup but I agree with Rich that running these speakers at -10db below reference shouldn't be a problem. My buddy tells me that at -10db DVD's are really not all that loud. So what are your suggestions...

A friend of mine bought a Denon 1803/Energy Take 5+1 package over christmas. After about a month of usage one of the rear woofers blew. He contacted Energy and they send him a replacement woofer. A few weeks later both of his front woofers blew. He contacted Energy again and now they are saying...

A friend of mine just bought a nice low budget package today. Denon 1803 and Energy Take 5+1 system. $900 no tax no shipping from authorized dealer. -MarcW

I checked on scientificatlanta.com and the 8000 is not HD capable =( I currently have a 3100HD and am enjoying HD broadcasts from TW. I'd love to have the capabilities of the 8000 but not if I have to sacrifice HD. -MarcW

Is the 8000 box HD capable ?? -MarcW

1. yes 2. yes 3. yes 4. sorry can't help you there as I live in the US

There is a review of the new TV-12 driver for the Ultras at the Spot. The guy claims that the THX trailer on Phantom Menace bottoms out his 2 Ultras with the older driver but not with the new one. -MarcW

I need to convince my buddy that he really needs a fullblown 7.1 Rocket setup:wink: So I could finally listen to them and find out of they are really all that. Again thanks for all your help. You guys are great. -MarcW

Tom, He wants the RP82 for it's DVD-A capability not so much for it being progressive scan. I do appreciate your input tho :) -MarcW

A buddy of mine wants to get into HT and has asked me for help. Unfortunatly he isn't quite as crazy about HT as I am and wants a very basic entry level system. He doesn't want to spend much more than 1K on the whole thing. He almost pulled the trigger on the Bose Lifestyle 800 system the other...

I bought the CE of Pulp Fiction last night and when I opened the case I was quite suprised to find two identical discs inside. Yes that's right. The disc with the extras (disc 2) was missing and instead I had two copies of the movie. I have quite a number of 2 or more disc DVDs but this has...

Bob, NBT Electronics caries it and is selling it for $399 canadian. That's roughly $255 US. I ordered my 520 from them and was pleased with their service. -MarcW

DIN is the abreviation for Deutsche Industrie Norm (German Industry Standard). -MarcW

Well quite honestly it is really up to you to make that judgment call. Judging the quality of speakers is very subjective. What I think sounds great may sound horrible to you and vice versa. You can't buy speakers by the specs sheet. If you are curious to find out if these speakers are worth all...

Phil, Yes I did use the player in interlace mode when I first got it. As Jeff has mentioned the first firmware had a bug in it and didn't support progressive. The only word of caution when using an s-video connection is that you have to set the de-interlacer to Still for PAL discs. In...

Jenna Elfman in Keeping the Faith. Nice set of teeth LOL. I must have watched that scene 25 times in a row. It was so funny I actually cried I was laughing so hard.

I just bought a Malata DVP-520 that is in need for some non region 1 software. I want to order a bunch of DVD's from Germany (15-20) and was wondering about US customs. How much does customs charge for imported DVD's ? Is there a limit any one person can import and declare it for personal use ...

Due to some screw-up with the Canadian Post and their software that generates shipping labels I'm still waiting for mine :frowning: Hopefully the firmware update will be available by the time I'll get the player. It's pretty much useless to me if the progresive-scan doesn't work. -MarcW