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I did some background reading and hope I'm getting this correct. I have DirecTV with four leads coming out -- two go to the Tivo in the living room and one each to separate tuners in the basement and bedroom. Currently that's fine for my needs. However, we're doing basement work and intend to...

Hi, Currently having my basement redone and plan to include an area for a home theater. We have the sound side of the equation fine (Denon 5.1 receiver, Axiom speakers) but will be taking the jump into HD, likely a 50" plasma. Have been comparing the Panny's consumer version against its...

Thanks for the comments. I used the code and it works fine, though I didn't appreciate that "auto backup" feature of the FF. Thanks for the link to the Tivo forum. It appears that a whole lot of similar tweaks are available. Very cool.

Just got Tivo installed with a new DirectTV account. It's only been a couple of days and thus far, well, I've been a bit underwealmed (sp?) actually. I'm not a TV junkie but do like to watch an occassional show so the season pass is nice and quickly being able to access these shows without...

Hi everyone, I'm going to get a DirectTV package with Tivo. The basic unit that's included has a 35 hr capacity. I can upgrade for a couple hundred to something like 105 hrs. At this point, it doesn't strike me as being worth it, but wanted to query the community. Is 35 hrs adequate or do...

Thanks, I figured as such.

Will be moving into a new house and will FINALLY get satellite TV. We will have a big place so will get the 3 room system. Question: Do I also have to buy a ~ $70 signal spitter? The guy at BB said I have to get one, which surprises me as I would expect the 3 rm system to already have this...

Hi Everyone, First off, want to thank Ron for his review of XM and Sirius as well as everyone else who posted comments. I have been trying to decide for a while which service to go with. Thought the extra $3 for no commercials for Sirius was tempting -- decided to seal the deal after hearing...

I'm not sure this is in the proper section, but I have a question about recording on these new PVRs. From what I gather, these recorders are supposed to be pretty smart: will distinguish between first runs and reruns, can record all shows with a particular actor, suggest similar shows, etc...

Thanks everyone for the help and Dom for the link to Parts Express. I bought from them last week and were delivered last night. Everything worked well -- I learned some technique by the end, so I'll have to go back and rework the first few I did. The only hitch is that the plug seems a little...

Am setting up a new home theater -- Denon 1082 with Axiom 5.1's. Was wondering about cable reception. We use a cable box, though don't really need to since we only subscribe to basic. Have the cable hooked to the receiver using the standard RCA connections. But was wondering, what if you don't...

Bought a new Denon 1082 (3802) last week and yesterday received a set of Axiom 50's to go with it. I purchased 12 gauge speaker wire from Home Depot and was going to put on the bananas that I got from Radio Shack. I got the solderless type, where the bare speaker wire fits though a small hole in...

Yeah, I did that ok and had the CD player working through the optical connection. Even had I messed that aspect up I don't think that would be a concern since it's not playing through the RCA ports. I'll have to tinker some more. Likely some Denon audio setting in a set-up menu somewhere, but...

Sorry, this has probably been asked a million times, but any suggestions on getting audio from my DVD player? I just bought a Denon 1082 (aka 3802) and a set of Axiom surround sounds. Started last night, but only set up the Axiom fronts just to get the ball rolling and make sure my other...

Indeed. Thanks. I took a quick check and see what you're referring to in the set-up menu. Pretty straight-forward and problem solved. :-) Ron.

Thanks. Yes I will take a closer look at the FAQ's, though have perused them a bit in the past. Here's really what I'm trying to get at. As mentioned, I'm going to have to use a RCA connection to the video. So a standard connection there and no problem. But, I'd like to upgrade my audio...

Thanks for the quick reply. My dvd player has all outs: RCA, optical, 1 digial coax, S-video, and component video. So I assume, based on what you say, that I chose one type of audio out (either RCA, coax, or optical) and one video out (RCA, S-video, or component video). I do not have anything...

Sorry for a dumb question, but does an optical connection between DVD and receiver cary both audio and video signals? How about for S Video and digital coax? Thanks, Ron.

Ok, it was The World is Not Enough.

Thanks. No I didn't say much about the unit. It's a sony, can't remember the model number, but I think it was around $200 when I bought it at Christmas 2001. Certainly not a back breaker, but irksome that I dropped that dinero for not a whole lot of payoff. I seem to recall that it has some...

Hi everyone, I bought my then girlfriend now fiancee a dvd player for Christmas a year ago (ok, I bought MYSELF a dvd player for Christmas but that's another story ;) ). We haven't really used hers all that much so I can't say how long this has been a problem, but on two DVDs last week (John...

Thanks Lew. That is extremely helpful and covers pretty much what I was interested in learning. I've been pondering the home theater setup for a while -- basic speaker requirements leads to more expensive speakers wants, which then naturally requires a top flight reciever, but how could I have...

Hello Everyone, Sorry if this has been covered extensively, but I was wondering about the merrits of different HD monintor types. It seems that the most widely available units are rear projection. I've seen some crt screens, and then there are the pricey LCD and Plasma models. Two...

Thanks for the responses. I've never really studied Fourier analysis, though I understand in principle what it's about. My recollection is, however, than ANY curve can be approximated arbitrarily closely as an infinite collection of sinusoidal waves, so that a square wave is no exception. In...

I've been looking at the axiom's as well. Is Audioshop something different than the Axion website?

Austin, Do you know of a source that explains clipping in a little more detail than what you have there? I've been asking around on issues just like this -- ie. what happens when the receiver clips, most people answer, "well the speaker can't handle it", why? "well, it just can't". So where...

Can anyone give me a semi-technical explanation for the effect of speaker size (ie, 6 inch woofers vs 8 inch, for example) on loudness, quality, etc? I'm sure "bigger is better" but what exactly does a larger speaker do that a smaller one doesn't? Clearly, a larger one will initially create...

Javon, Thanks for the update -- HTD is probably the best way for me to go given the positive remarks. BTW: Just got the Xbox myself, and gee, also have Dead or Alive 3 waiting for the surround sound. ;)

Wow, all this response is great. Thanks. With all the positive comments I think I'll grab the level 3's combo y's right...about....NOW! Ok, maybe in a couple weeks after I get the receiver figured out.

Can anyone provide a good link that explains how to read the technical specs for recievers? I'm sure there's more than a few writings about this in the forum, but I didn't see anything in the FAQ's. I have some rudimentary understanding (more watts mostly better, more THD definitely worse, etc)...