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I don't need anything fancy. I know a $20 surge protector would have to be replaced in the event of a serious power surge. It's rated for 1,000 joules. Is that sufficient to allow me to sleep at night knowing my 70" LED TV is plugged into it?

I got the Vizio E-Series TV. Thanks for your help! I am getting used to it now and not feeling so crazy.

Yes, the default was the awful "soap opera" "smooth motion" frame rate booster. I turned that off right quick.

Sorry for the double-post, I don't see an edit button. Yes, I've heard about calibration. I will get the disc (I'm certainly not spending $300 on a professional coming in!!). In the meantime, I have lowered the backlight significantly from the default.

Being in an apartment I have to consider my neighbors when choosing my speakers. I actually do not care for surround sound in a home environment anyway...I find it somewhat cheesy. In hindsight, I probably would have saved the money and gotten the 60". It was $900 for the 60" and $1500 for the...

Yes, I got a soundbar with subwoofer.

So I've had a dinky 30" standard definition TV for the past 10 years. I have wanted not just an HDTV, but a home theater setup for a very long time. I went back and forth between a 60" and a 70" but I decided to splurge and get the 70. I'm not sure if I made a mistake: in the showroom, a 70"...

I have tried multiple Academy ratio discs and they all have the same problem. I've also tried two different televisions. Both hookups were with composite video cables. The only change in setting that affects the image is changing the shape of the TV from 4:3 to 16:9. This gets rid of the black...

I've already consulted the menu and tried just about every combination of settings. Currently they are at: TV Type: 4:3 Screen Format: Fixed Aspect Ratio DVD Aspect Ratio: Letter Box Cinema Conversion Mode: Auto Based on the description of these settings in the manual, the way I have it should...

I just bought a Blu-ray player (Sony BDP-S185) although I do not yet have an HD TV (I'm sure I"ll be getting one soon and in the meantime want to be able to stop buying DVDs). It's hooked up to a standard ratio television and when I play a movie originally shot in Academy ratio, the image does...

I just bought a Blu-ray player (Sony BDP-S185) although I do not yet have an HD TV (I'm sure I"ll be getting one soon and in the meantime want to be able to stop buying DVDs). It's hooked up to a standard ratio television and when I play a movie originally shot in Academy ratio, the image does...