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I am thinking of getting a denon avr1910 to power my 6.1 setup in my living room (replace my onkyo 605). However, I need to also power my zone 2 speakers and not lose my 6.1 in the house. So I figure a 2 channel amp would do the trick. Any recommendations on affordable 2 ch amps for this?

I have my home theater in 19x15 family room with 9 ft cielings. I have a current 6.1 setup using Energy Take Classic 5.1 system (purchased in 2001) with an Energy C-R100 surround speaker (purchased in 2008) acting as my rear surround speaker. I am looking to upgrade my subwoofer to a 10"...

I am looking for a new reciever that can handle at least 6.1 system. I have the following components: 720p Plasma HDTV Panasonic Xbox 360 Nintendo Wii HD DVR Toshiba HDDVD player (720p) I would like the components (both analog/digital) to feed into the reciever. I would then like to...

Under $2k for the TV. Planning to have all components on an rack in the corner of the room. And will have all the components going into the reciever which will send 1 HDMI cable up to the TV.

I am moving to a new house and will be setting up my home theater in the new 18x15 family room. I am planning to hang a flat screen tv over the fireplace. I'll have sofas on the left and right side of the TV and a recliner that is dead center from the TV (about 10-12 feet back from TV). I will...

I will be moving into a new house in a few months and I have been given the option to do the Low voltage wiring myself before the drywall goes up. I am on a budget so I want recommendations as to the types of cables I need for the following and also just a few basic questions answered. I am...

I have a Sony STR-DE845 reciever. Currently I have my Xbox 360 going into MD/DAT optical input, my digital cable box going into TV/SAT optical input, and my DVD player going into DVD/LD optical input of my reciever. I just got a PS3 and wanted to have it use optical audio also. However it...

I have an Onkyo DV-M301 Mega DVD changer and recently bought another one off ebay. I am looking to daisy chain them together but I need a master-slave control cable. Supposedly came with the units but cant find it. Any one know what kind of cable it is? Can I just pick it up at Radio Shack, etc...

3 yrs ago I bought a 301 Onkyo DVD changer (DV-M301) and I am getting close to filling it up. I would like to take advantage of its master slave capabilities but I am having trouble finding another changer on the internet. Anybody know where I can find this device for sale? Any help would be...

I live in Raleigh/Durham area and have HDTV and Time Warner Digital Cable. I get HBO, Showtime, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, PBS, and Discovery in HD. My question is does anybody here know when Time Warner will start carrying ESPN HD?? Also, I watch the WB a bunch and all there primetime shows are...

Thinking of getting the 80-hr one. Just wanted thoughts on this unit (series 2). Does it have optical audio out or just coax or neither? I have an HD box right now too...so I would have to split cable to go into Tivo and then into HD box right? So TV control regular video and HD box control HD...

I have a digital cable box. I was thinking of getting standalone tivo/replaytv. I know they only have 1 tuner. But what about this: - I split cable coming out of jack and 1 cable goes into tivo/replaytv while other cable goes into my digital cable box. The TIVO can then change channels and...

I just got the Time Warner DVR (Scientific Atl. Explorer 8000). I am having some issues with it: (1) The box takes forever to respond to the remote...I hit channel up and then channel doesnt show up for like 5 seconds or so. Is this normal in DVRs? Can this delay be fixed? (2) Last night...

Ok what should I get (Replay, Tivo, or some other brand?). I have digital cable and would be installing the PVR to my home theater (Toshiba 51 inch HD Widescreen TV). I have heard of a HD Tivo coming out...is this true and if so when/how much and should I wait for it? I have cable modem in my...

I currently have 4 remotes for my home theater: 1 for Toshiba 51H83 HDTV, 1 for digital cable box, 1 for Onkyo DVD changer, and 1 for my Sony STR-DE845 reciever. What are some recommendations for universal remotes that would replace these 4 that are 200 dollars or under...I've been reading...

I am seeing if there is such a thing as a cable that converts digital coax to optical. I am trying to hookup my digital cable box to my reciever. My box has a digital coax audio out and I am trying to put it into my reciever's optical audio input. Any suggestions?

I just got a HDTV and digital cable box. The cable box only has coax digital out (no optical). I want to take advantage of the 5.1 sound but my reciever only has 1 coax input. THis is under the DVD/LD label. Is there anyway I can hook the coax to this input but have the label say something...

Hey guys, I have a mega DVD changer (Onkyo DV-M301) and it comes with a random function. However, I cant seem to get it to work the way I expect it to. I assume this button will allow me to hit it and then it will randomly select a dvd to play. Anybody have this unit and know how to work this...

Hey guys, I have my new Toshiba 51H83 hooked up and fine tuned and was wondering if you guys could tell me which dvds were good to show off/test my new TV. Or if anyone knows of a site that has lists of these type of dvds...I'd appreciate it.

Hey guys, I just bought a 16:9 Toshiba 51H83 and I tested out Episode II DVD on it. I made sure the DVD was set to 16:9 (widescreen). However, when I watch the movie the top and bottom black bars still show up...why? Do all dvds have this...what should I look for that will tell me a DVD will...

Hey guys, I just bought my first HDTV yesterday (Toshiba 51H83)...it is being delivered on Tuesday (cant wait!!). I was just curious what some of your settings where for your Toshiba's RPTV's. Also what should be procedure when I first get my TV...I've heard things about keeping it on for 1-2...

I know that each time you split regular analog cable that the result is downgraded cable signal. Is this true of splitting a digitial cable signal? If not, why not?

I am going to buy a RPTV this week at local Best Buy to take advantage of their 24 months 0 financing. Initially I decided on the Toshiba 50H82 based on reviews I read here and elsewhere. However, the local stores here only have display models left and wont be getting any new ones since the...