Posts by Ryan Spaight

This just appeared. No word on the official site yet as to what it does... Ryan

Quote: Originally Posted by Greg Kettell I haven't tried this, but these instructions should also work with a CD-R: http://www.us.playstation.com/ps3/ne...html#update_PC Just put the firmware file in a folder named...

Thanks. I've indeed got all the zoom options in all resolutions. Here's a handy guide (all HDMI): 1080i 4x3 letterbox from Dish ViP622: "Zoom" mode works correctly 1080i 4x3 fullscreen from Dish ViP622: Windowboxed in "Wide"...

Yes, it's set to 16x9. I discovered there's a "squeeze mode" in the player settings that forces the image into a "windowboxed" mode (4x3 image inside 16x9 frame), which seems to work better. However, it's a manual setting that is...

It's been eons since I posted here, but the arrival of a new Sony KDS-50A2000 TV has thrown my previously well-ordered home theater into disarray. I've pretty much licked most of the issues, but there's one thing left that's vexing me....

I'd rather pay $100 (or $70 from Amazon) for 13 episodes of The Wire than pay $10 for 26 episodes of most other shows being sold on DVD. Ryan

Rights issues, I believe. Ryan

Quote: Well, I must be older school because I remember when it was called "Zoom", just before/after DVD itself was launched, Winter CES 1997. Yeah, I've got an old special issue of Stereophile Guide To Home...

Gadzooks. I'm having flashbacks to the E-Town forums. Say it with me now... FOX IS IN!!!!! Good days, good days. How far we've come. Ryan

These kids these days with their 2-disc DVD special editions and box sets of DVD TV shows. They don't remember sweating bullets watching player sales slowly slog through the six-figure bracket and reading Circuit City press releases...