Posts by Michael Nelson

I looked up your BD player. It is capable of on board decoding of DTS-HD. It sounds like your BD player is doing the the heavy lifting rather than your AVR. That's not a problem, as it'll sound the same either way.

Try the "Audio Out" setting on the HDMI menu. There are two possible values: "AMP" and "TV+AMP." The "AMP" setting will not pass audio through to the display device while the "TV+AMP" setting will. If you want to hear only the TV,...

The 720 does 7.1 PCM, but not the newer DD and DTS formats. If your BD player decodes the newer formats and spits out PCM you'll be just fine. However, if you expect the Reciever to do the work, you'll need to look at the the 820 or...

In November 1997 I bought a Toshiba DVD player for about $400. I don't remember the model #, but I DO remember it being finicky as heck. It came with 5 movies. I remember Absolute Power was one of them and I think maybe Blazing...

I went through the whole 606 or 820 thing recently. I went with the 820, replacing an Outlaw Audio 1050 (audiophiles, please don't string me up!). I was all set to buy a 606, as I wanted a budget HDMI receiver that could decode the...

I recent purchased a Mitsubishi WS-48515 and while it functions fine, is the right price and perfect size for my living room, it has an annoying green tint to the picture that I simply have been unable to eliminate. It is particularly...

Immortal Beloved. That darned movie that gets me every time - and I've seen it several times. Also, and this one is a bit embarassing to admit, the first time I saw The Truman Show, I got teary eyed.

Well, basically there are two options; 1) Screw the neighbors, or 2) Get used to lower listening levels. I've chosen the latter; my poor Energy sub had never been turned higher than 3. Additionally, after 10pm I use earphones.

Hand down it's gotta be Sam L. No one can mutha$@%^!@ like him! As an aside: The worst use of "mutha------" was in Die Hard (first installment, I think) when the villian says it mockingly to Bruce Willis' character.

Joe: If you want tons of fun, get ahold of a fire engine or a big rig and go on a rampage. Of course, if that proves too tough, you can always run around and beat up hookers... ;-)