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I was afraid that might be it. Thanks for the info. Anyone know of a service manual for this TV so that I might check to see what it is? Thanks. - John...

Hi all. My Dad has the 40" RPTV from Dish Network and it is suddenly dead to the world. It won't power on with his universal remote or at the front panel. At first, I thought it was completely dead, but then discovered that if you hold down the front panel power button for a few seconds, the...

I'm surprised that there has been no new VOOM discussion in over a month with so much going on. I was assuming that there would be a lot of VOOM subscribers that would frequent this site -- is that not the case? Any current VOOM subscribers out there? Are you worried or thinking something will...

With your varied list of games/platforms and DVDs, you might try an account at GameTZ.com. There was a guy there today with two portable DVD players that he was looking to trade or sell, I believe. Good site for trading of games mainly -- but also DVDs and such too. - John...

No interest? Am I asking too much or something? This seemed to be below the going rate based on previous sales and EBay recently. Is it just that no one is interested and I should go to EBay? Or am I doing something wrong? Thanks. - John...

Bump! How about $350 SHIPPED then? This is a heavy unit -- that is well below EBay and a good price! I need to get some cash back out of this. Thanks! - John...

I have an excellent condition Onkyo TX-DS777 THX Select Receiver available for sale. I've decided to sell it only because I've found that I really want component video switching built into my receiver. Other than that, it is actually much better than my other (Panasonic) receiver. Price is...

Unfortunately, he isn't local -- and shipping, of course, is a bunch. So try and return isn't really an option. I've decided to buy and see. If it doesn't work out, I can always EBay it. One went recently on EBay for around $375 or so and I'm paying around $300 -- so, worst case, I should be...

Thanks for the info! Would you say it was worth "upgrading" from the (newer) Panasonic though? I guess I'm curious if any potential "sound quality" improvements would be worth losing a bit of functionality (the component switching, for example) of the newer Panasonic. I'm also curious if "THX...

No one with opinions on this? I figured Onkyo fans and haters would be all over this with advice. At least, I was hoping so... :) - John...

Hi all. Looking for a little advice here... I currently have a Panasonic SA-HE100K receiver connected to the Acoustic Research HC-6 5.1 speaker setup. I'm pretty happy with it, but ran across a deal on a used Onkyo TX-DS777 from a friend for around $300. My question is: would you recommend...

Oh! Of course! heh. Sorry about that -- I was confused between you meaning Fox and CBS. All makes sense now. I've asked some people that usually know about FOX-ED over Dish. I'm curious if Dish has any official statement about it that I may have missed. I'll let you know what I hear. - John...

A lot of the problems with such delays and not getting told about changes is the fault of the contracted installer. I still blame Dish somewhat -- because they really don't do much to stop it from continuing to happen -- but it really is an installer issue/problem. The told me right when I...

A few things... 1. Indeed -- many people are having this problem with the SuperDish installations. The problem is that they take longer per install -- so they can only do a few per day at best. Plus, a ton of people want them at once when locals go live in an area, making them backed up. I am...

Note that most of the OEM Radeon 9600 Pros have slower RAM than the retail units. Granted, this is still a great deal -- but something to keep in mind as those that didn't get to it in time continue to search/watch... - John...

I'm currently using Dish Network (with a PVR501 non-HDTV receiver) connected to my Hitachi 57" widescreen RPTV. I'd really like to see some HDTV broadcasts, but just can't afford to buy a Dish 6000 unit just to get 2-3 HDTV channels (and also lose my PVR capabilities if I switched to that...

I feel stupid having to ask this, but I just can't find the info anywhere... Do I need anything "special" for a coax digital cable? I mean -- just shielded, right? I currently use a nice Panasonic player as my primary DVD -- with it's optical cable. I recently picked up a cheap Daewoo DVG-4000S...

Currently, we only listen through my HT setup when watching movies. When watching normal TV (via Dish Network), we've continued to use the TV (a 57" widescreen RPTV) for the sound. I think we've done this simply because the sound is just "too much" (not loud -- just "busy" or "encompassing", I...

Just to add to this... My local Target also clearanced their remaining 10GB iPods at $199 (they had 2 left -- I bought both of them). This was a couple weeks ago. Last week, they put up a sign that the new iPods were "arriving soon" and had some info on them. So, at least at my local Target...

Note that some people have called and were told that Amazon would accept copies of the UPCs! Therefore, you could do the two $30 individual rebates AND the $50 bundle rebate. Different people were told different things from different customer service reps -- but some were indeed told that they...

Audiovox is somewhat odd in that they seem to do both high-end and low-end depending on what it is. I've seen some fairly cheap, low-end portable DVD players from them -- that, although I didn't fully research, seemed to be "not the best" in their class. But, on the other hand, Audiovox...

I was researching this last week -- I ended up ordering the AR HC6s from etronics... I expect them on Thursday and think I'll be quite happy with my choice! :) - John...

Hmmm... Ok -- so can someone confirm absolutely that the HC6s (in the standard package above such as at that etronics link) have the standard 1/4" hole in the back for mounting to a stand? That is probably the only thing left holding me up from buying that set -- I want to use my existing...

I realize that it isn't "that simple." But, you have to realize that I was happy with the Sony ones. I'm not as concerned if speaker A sounds 5.8% better than speaker B. I'd rather just buy set that most people tend to think is decent and use that. If I was buying $5,000 worth of speakers, it...

Yes, but I'm not sure my problem now is selection -- it's which to go with quality-wise over what I've seen. People seem to really like those AR HC6 packages, for example -- and getting an $800 retail package for $300 sure sounds appealing -- provided that people don't think it is a bad setup to...

Hmmm... But, now that I look, etronics has those AR215s that you mentioned for $65 a PAIR... Bah -- so many decisions... heh... - John...

The reviews seem to indicate that these speakers have no real way to attach them to a speaker stand -- is that accurate? Pretty much have to just set them on top of one? That would mean I can't use them with my existing stands (which are made to be screwed into the speaker from the back or...