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Points well taken--I am going to go through a separate track than the ac power. The electrician is going to drill the holes for me to save me getting a right angle drill and I'll run the rest.

I am having a new family room built and I am running the in wall speaker wires. I am doing this on a budget. I bought jacketed in wall approved cable for the surrounds with wall plates. The electrician is about to do rough in. I could drill separate holes for my speakers and I know that is...

I returned a mitsubishi 55 inch for similar reasons--only it was cable. Before giving up--I would recommend looking at an external line doubler like the dvdo iscan--or for more money a scaler/doubler. It may not help that much if the picture really is that bad--but sometimes the doublers in the...

If you have stairs--good luck--I don't have a clue. I have the 36 inch and I would use the old piano movers trick if you don't have stairs. Get two pieces of 4x8 plywood and rent a 4 wheel furniture dolly--it is the that is more like a utility cart(L-shaped)--they cost about $10 bucks to rent...

I have had my SR 600 for almost a year and am delighted with it. One can get mixed signals when reading too much about audio equipment. It isn't designed to be read about. Hooked up with a good powered sub in a medium sized room I never but never push the limits of the thing--it rocks the house...

I finally did what I could about it. I went and spoke at our local city council meeting last night during the cable franchise relicensing phase. I submitted comments about how this company, much beleagured of late--is among the last in the industry in adoption of new technologies, is heavily...

I have a model with the adjustable drc. I cannot tell a dime's worth of difference between the three modes(interlaced, progressive and cinemotion). It is irrelevant for progressive scan dvd(disabled through component inputs. The palette choices(clarity vs. reality) on the models with adjustable...

I have both on my Sony xbr 36 inch direct view tv and I think you definitely want the progressive scan dvd player first. It makes a noticeable difference. I just have a Sony 715p--nothing fancy--but I get great progressive scan picture out of it. I also have the iscan plus v2 and the...

I think what I really need to do is to keep talking to installers or to figure it out myself. The dish guy who said he could get me at least something was the only one who spent time walking around, using a gizmo to measure signal strength, etc.. The Directv guys pointed their compass up, spent...

My most promising lead was a dish network guy who said he could definitely get me the regular signal and that he thought he could get me the high def--if I was willing to have the high def dish in my front yard. I have to convince my wife that it is a rhododendron--not a satellite dish for that...

I'm near the end of my rope looking for creative solutions to getting hd signals into my house. 1--I live in a region that has almost no over the air television. We get one nbc affiliate that just went digital and one pbs station. That is all there is and that is all there will ever be...

That is a pretty sweet tv and only one generation old. It depends on your money situation--but $1200 is a pretty good deal for that--as long as you realize that you are taking a risk. If you buy it--take it home and watch the living daylights out of it for six days==check for burn in, do the...

Now the cable companies have bought some more time before they have to start delivering hd. Satellite had them scared(and still does) because they can roll out products nationally--while cable companies plod along region by region. Small regions like mine take forever to get new technology--and...

I will pay and arm and a leg if they would just do it. I am fluffed because my region only gets over the air signals from nbc and pbs(that is how it has always been and will likely always be) and I cannot get satellite because of trees--I have now had three consults over the issue. Adelphia and...

I would remove it unless you have children or animals that threaten it--or you have wild parties that subject it to beer and salsa being hurled at it.

Anyone out there getting hd from Adelphia? I know that Comcast, Cox and Time Warner offer it through the Scientific Atlanta 3100hd or other devices in select markets. I am trying to find out if my lord and master cable behemoth is even offering a sniff of this stuff to clients in their larger...

I think you are right in that it is just how it is with crappy analog signals. On the same size non hd tv Sony Wega the problem is not there. Sure you get the scan lines if you are too close, but the images are sharper and there is more detail and no artifacts. This is only noticeable on some...

I'll also add about this set that in addition to the dead on black--the colors are sweet--among the best I've ever seen in a set like this. I originally got a 55 inch rptv mitsubishi(had a mitsu 52 inch for 15 years before this) but took it back because my cable looked so bad and it was just a...

Thanks for the info. on overscan. For me, I always have to weigh any improvements that would be likely against the fact that I am voiding my warranty by going in. Although the likeliehood of needing warranty service is low, it can be expensive. I am not noticing visually any problems with the...

What impact does the high amount of overscan have on the picture? I don't know much about it. I have some info. on how to access the service menu settings and I feel comfortable with a few things in there--with the key for me being not to get in over my head(geometry, etc...). How would...

learn to love the black bars--they mean you are seeing more of the picture and you are seeing what you were intended to see. They take getting used to--but it is well worth it rather than chopping off large sections of the picture. The best way to compensate for them is to get a tv large...

I bought the xbr and I'm happy with it so far. The adjustable drc and the warranty are the primary upgrades over the hs. The adjustable drc does seem to make a difference and the warranty is significantly better--it makes buying an extended warranty unnecessary. I would bite the bullet and buy...

I just bought the 36 inch version of the same tv. The picture is great, the colors seem very true and it is the best black I have ever seen on a tv--black black. It seems to make a difference in adding detail when the set is set up. I used the AVIA calibration to set brightness, contrast, and...

I just got the Sony xbr800 36 inch and have done the avia setup. It looks great with dvd and the digital channels on cable and even the analog channels come through pretty decent most of the time. I have been fiddling with the adjustable drc(digital reality creation)--their line doubler--to get...

Are rgb connectors and dvi connectors the same? Can you plug an rgb computer cable into a dvi slot or does it require a special dvi cable? I presume they are different but thought someone might know for sure.

I watch a ton of sports and this is what I found. I bought a 55 inch widescreen mitsu rptv and was very disappointed not so much by the stretch modes but by the motion artifacts and "instability" of the picture for football. I could have bought an external line doubler, and may still with my new...

It's funny--I was looking at their Zeniths and was very impressed by the picture and the price. The sales guy said they seem to have made vast improvements(in performance at least) over last year's models, which he said sat around until they discounted the heck out of them. I would still be wary...

Yup--I actually returned a mitsu 55" widescreen in favor of this. I came to the conclusion that one of my main viewing pasttimes is sports--esp football. The artifacts on a 55 inch were more noticeable and the stretch modes took some getting used to. I looked at the 34 inch 16x9 but decided on...

My saga continues--I just went out and bought the Sony xbr800 36 inch tv. I don't know how I feel about the step down from a 52 inch rptv, but after alot of research and checking my viewing habits--it makes sense. I will do some tweaking and get used to the picture before doing AVIA,m but I...

I don't mean to say that the new mitsu was worse than the old mitsu on certain inputs--with dvd and even alot of tv there was no comparison--the new was much better. BUT, with fast motion, sports, and even some facial tones--it could be annoying as heck to watch with cable--something the old set...