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  1. Chris_Eff

    HDTV PART II: Need a little help with HD programming

    Ryan to answer your monitor questions. It all depends on where you or your customer is going to be receiving their television signal. HDTV Monitor/HD Ready- This TV is incapable of receiving an HD signal on its own. It needs to have a seperate tuner to receive the signal and send it to the...
  2. Chris_Eff

    Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

    Palps brings up that the Sith have the power to cheat death and then he drops in that he can manipulate midichlorians to create life. He know Anakin has connections to each of these events. Failure to stop the death of his mother (fear of Padme's death) and that the prophecy states that the...
  3. Chris_Eff

    So who all went out and bought Star Wars toys today?

    Went to a midnight madness @ ToysRus on friday with my wife. Found the 5 sith figures I wanted in the mob frenzy thanks to my wife's help. But it was so much fun. We took a camera and took pictures. My wife brought me back to reality though when we stopped at a bar for a beer to celebrate our...
  4. Chris_Eff

    Opinions on Voice over IP Services

    I use Wide Open West Cable. I chose the 500 because I needed a lower rate (new baby) and to be honest we don't realy download a whole lot. The reason I mentioned the upload is that sometimes if I am sharing a lot of files I will sound like a robot to who is on the other end, due to the limited...
  5. Chris_Eff

    Opinions on Voice over IP Services

    I have had Vonage since last July. The main problem that we ran into was the long time it took for our number to port over from the phone company. The WAF was contingent on keeping the number. From July to Nov I was paying two bills (LL & VOIP) However Vonage credited me for most of the time due...
  6. Chris_Eff

    Survivor Palau: Season 10

    That first private camera moment with James was great. I too busted a gut with the Jeff is a Sombitch comment. I know everyone thinks it when he comes up all smarmy in something nice as the castways now realize they are screwed. Nice to see someone actually say it. The best is when he nearly...
  7. Chris_Eff

    The Survivor Palau HTF Challenge

    I have learned that it does not matter how much research you do Roger. This show has too many odd ball things happen such as alliance and team changes that you just can't tell by reading someones bio. Everyone seems fun and athletic basicly a bunch of Colbys from season two. He seems to be the...
  8. Chris_Eff

    The Survivor Palau HTF Challenge

    Well good thing I rushed in here this afternoon to get my hands on Jolanda. :rolleyes:Not that Wanda would have been the better selection. Hope to still have fun;)
  9. Chris_Eff

    The Survivor Palau HTF Challenge

    I'll pick Jolanda for my sole survivor if I can? Final Four: James Kim Tom Thank you
  10. Chris_Eff

    Pioneer 420 DVD Recorder $249 at Costco.com

    Mine shipped last night. At least now I know I have one on the way. I was worried they might have taken too many orders. I am reallly excited for this.
  11. Chris_Eff

    Pioneer 420 DVD Recorder $249 at Costco.com

    Has anyone who ordered one of these have theres ship yet? I ordered mine on Thursday (20th) afternoon and it is still processing. I saw on AVS some people have had theirs shipped and others are stuck in processing like me. Also Costco has taken this item down from the site over the weekend.
  12. Chris_Eff

    DVD Recorder Newb

    I just ordered the 420 as well. Seemed like a really good deal and I was feeling like Tim that they might sell out by the time I decided if we could afford it or not and then I am looking at Tivo or $300 to $500 models again. We just got rid of a DVR through our cable company cause we are...
  13. Chris_Eff

    Lost Season 1 ongoing thread (merged)

    I missed last night episode and they do not look like the are going to repeat it this weekend. The DVR was full and I did not know it. So frustrating when we came home and it was only last weeks episode with a low space message.:angry: Anybody have a copy or a way to find the episode...
  14. Chris_Eff

    Burner/PVR with ATSC tuner?

    You are probably right Stephan. I was just really hoping there might be plans for one. At least recording HD to the HDD and then SD to the burner might be more realistic. Oh well a man can dream.
  15. Chris_Eff

    Burner/PVR with ATSC tuner?

    I was wondering if any one knows of any models out now or comming soon, that can be used as an ATSC tuner. I don't need the PVR to record HD, SD recording would be fine. Basicly a PVR/burner with an ATSC tuner for HD/DTV reception. We are getting rid of a DVR with HD from our cable company...
  16. Chris_Eff

    LOTR: Return of the King EE AUDIO PROBLEMS???

    I noticed the pops too when I watched with the DTS track at my in-laws. Thought it was just his system. When we returned from vacation I was fooling around listening between DD and DTS (heard some people liked the DD sound better) and I heard it much softer but noticible like a distortion in the...
  17. Chris_Eff

    NIN: Downward Spiral 5.1 remix reviews

    Has anyone else listned to the second disk in SACD stereo. I went through Dead Souls and Hurt last night and thought it sounded awful for an SACD. The Redbook layer sounded much better to me. Could be the Room correction and bass management for the Redbook by my reciever. But I could not even...
  18. Chris_Eff

    NIN: Downward Spiral 5.1 remix reviews

    I thought the same think Jeremy when I heard hurt. They screwed the SACD up. I then listened to the second disc and the quiet version of hurt is on that one. If I remember right the quiet version is the one that seemed to get more play time on the radio and is not distorted.
  19. Chris_Eff

    Donnie Darko Directors Cut DVD?

    Please tell me that Mad World has not been replaced in the: righting of time and donnies death I feel that that scene is one of the best in film and cannot listen to that song with out having those scenes replay in my head.
  20. Chris_Eff

    DualDisc Unveiled to Retailers

    I picked up the Simple Plan DualDisc at lunch. It is a little thicker than I am used to and the case is a standard jewel case with a slip saying DualDisc and an icon on the side of the case, not a super jewel case. CD played fine in the car on an aftermarket single disc player. It made me a...
  21. Chris_Eff

    You think this can be true? Star Wars soundtracks on multi-channel SACDs??

    I picked up the soundtrack of ESB and it is NOT an SACD. I have an SACD player and it only picked it up as a normal CD. As far as the DSD remastering it is a new way of digital recording that Sony feels translates better than PCM. However it was designed to be easily sampled into redbook PCM for...
  22. Chris_Eff

    Why I think BluRay may be the future for CD-based music and HD video content...

    The codec talk in this thread is very impressive. But why does everyone keep asking for 1080p for a display format. Does anyone know of a current display device that can actually display this resolution?. I am bummed my early HD monitor can't do 720p let alone even seeing a 1080p compatible...
  23. Chris_Eff

    Center speaker with tone matching

    I think you are right Jon about the knob only affecting the tweeter. There is so little information about it in the manual and at Yammie's site. I do have it set to small in my HT setup and my Yamaha 1400 Ypao set it to 90Hz I tried it at 80hz THX but there seemed to be a noticable loss so I...
  24. Chris_Eff

    Center speaker with tone matching

    I know that since this center is not part of the Omni series it will not match perfect (Saving up for the Center some day, the WAF just skyrocketed with a baby on the way) but it does sound fairly close in that I can't notice it is a different speaker make in front sound pans and in MC SACD's...
  25. Chris_Eff

    Center speaker with tone matching

    I have a mid level Yamaha center channel that has a knob on the back that is used to match the tone of the center channel with other speakers (Mirage omni series). I originaly had it in the middle and it seemed fine. However it seemed some of the highs weren't as pronounced so I turned it all...
  26. Chris_Eff

    Star Wars Fans!! Original movie and soundtrack!!!

    The stormtroopers now that is... now that is funny
  27. Chris_Eff

    Underworld DVD (merged thread)

    Jason and Brian I noticed this too and thought something was wrong with my system and was the main reason I was scouring this thread besides liking the movie. I did notice that I had a DSP setting on which I took off which seemed to help but is still sounded different than the rest of the flick...
  28. Chris_Eff

    It's SACD for me!

    I can see how someone could make that claim but to my untrained ears it does not sound any brighter than my other multichannel SACD recordings, then again I do have a Yamaha amp :D I have known people to mistake(including me)clarity for brightness, also the MC mix is really surrounding with...
  29. Chris_Eff

    Are "boomers" the key to high resolution audio? I think so...

    I have noticed an increase in more single-inventory SACD releases. Both the new GBYR and Tommy were single-inventory remasters(I know that they are coming to DVD-A, but there was no redbook release), plus there was the recently released indepedant David Elias - The Window release as a single...
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