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  1. John_Walker

    The official BLADE RUNNER SE thread. (Check out page 8 and #790.)

    Hi What are my chances of walking into Walmart December 18th and picking up the regular four disc set? Thanks John
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    New Kubrick SE's

    ...and the picture quality on the new "2001 A Space Odessey" standard 2 disc set is unchanged from the earlier release? ? ? John
  3. John_Walker

    New Kubrick SE's

    I don't have a Blueray or HD dvd player. How good is the new standard 2 disc release? Did they clean up the video? Thanks John
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    stand alone dvr's???

    I spoke too soon. The new Panasonic DMR-EH55S is in at Future Shop. As far as I can tell the only upgrade is it is now capable of 1080p output. Oddly enough I can't find it on Panasonic's Canadian webpage. John
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    stand alone dvr's???

    I have a Panasonic DMR-EH55 (200 GB HDD, TV guide, DVD-+R-+RW, HDMI, upsampling, DivX playback etc) and its a pleasure to use. Having used it for several months now I would not buy one without the TV Guide and hard drive. It was hard to get though as the market seems to be drying up here in...
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    Noisy cable TV when text displayed

    Hi I have been struggling with this one for a while (off and on). When the TV program has text graphics I get a bunch of static noise (audio). It does this on various channels, during movies/programs and during commercials. It used to do this on the plain old TV setup but now is doing...
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    HT without center channel speaker?

    Thank you all for your well thought out replies. There is obviously no right, wrong or simple answer. It seems the center channel speaker is necessary where the room is acoustically "odd" or the listener is not in the sweetspot. The need becomes less obvious if the room approaches acoustical...
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    HT without center channel speaker?

    Hi I am slowly building my home theater. I have a Yamaha RX-V1300 which I am very happy with, a Paradigm 10" subwoofer, a mixture of speakers and a circa 1990 27" TV. Ok, stop laughing. The first thing on my agenda is to replace the speakers with some very good new ones. I like quality music...
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