Posts by Jon Hancock

Quote: The only caveat is that the Salk HTS speakers aren't shielded, so the center channel *might* be a problem with a direct-view CRT display. I have an early center channel speaker that I built using the Vifa M18's...

Quote: ok i am bulding a new theater. it will be 16 ft by 30 with 9 ft celing i will be having a 160 in screen and my front seating will be 17 ft back with 2 more rows. i have dual av15 for a sub and it is fine but i want a...

You don't mention what kind of front projection system you have. If you have one that handles 1080i well, my recommendation would be the Zentih DVB318. I bought it to supplement my HTPC, and now I'm using the HTPC very little....

The DVB318 and it's sibling, the 7832, appear to be free of the Chroma bug. BUT, the 480P and 720P output are something a bit less than stellar. OTOH, the 1080i component output is very, very good. This is a great DVD player...

Hi Hank, Lovely work as usual from you! It's not easy finding veneer that nice! Not to gloat, but Hank does sometime share his secret recipe with folks if you ask him real nice... he's that kind of gentleman... Works...

But HTPC's can be equipped with SPDIF outputs also, in fact mine, using the nforce chipsets, encode ALL PC audio to Dolby digital. Best regards, Jon

HTPC's come into their own when you use the VGA output, or VGA transcoded to component, into a HD ready set or front projector set that accepts multiple inputs. Just using it with S-Video output, which is typically not done very...

ThomasW has kept me locked away in the basement and family room, working my fingers to the nubbin (as John Lennon would say, were he with us, "I've got blisters on my fingers!") on the Arvo Part project. Actually, in this dry Colorado...

I tried to get a copy at Borders yesterday, but they still just had an August issue! Hard to believe it was two years ago I started this project! Slow work takes time! Right now, I'm working on the ulitimate illogical extension...

Yes, the Sears 28211 is a "clone" of the BT3000 with the Craftsman name, so you can get a lot of parts that are compatible through Sears- that's how I got my micropositioner, as many HD's don't carry the Ryobi version. Most of the other...