Recent content by Alan Wild

That Mits deal got me and my friends to crack and start TV shopping. Myself and one other friend ended up ordering from Amazon however to get the free TV stand (my current stand that I use for a 46" Mits CRT would have fit the TV, but my center channel sets on top of the TV... that's a no-go on...

This happened to me just last week. As it turns out it was due to a "reorganization" of the Guide Data for Time Warner here in the Houston area. I ended up having to repeat the Guided Setup. After it was done the guide data resumed. Unfortunately, some of the channels are wrong in the new...

Great News! I gambled and picked this up at the same time I got my XBox two weeks ago. I figured somebody would put it on sale within 30 days. Since Fry's will match any competitor's advertised price for 30 days I'm golden! -Alan

I have Studio 100's and a Studio CC up front and use 2 pairs of Studio 20's for the surrounds (one pair is for Surround Back L/R). I often wonder if I should have gone with ADP's for the Left/Right surrounds and left of the 20's for the Surround back channel. Depending on how you wire...

I have an old pic of my setup from a year ago. It's a little out-of-date (pre-gamecube and xbox). Since that pic was taken: The PS2 has moved a slot over to the left.A Sony SACD player has taken the empty place left by the PS2.An XBOX has replaced the N64 game rack on the lower left.A...

Nope. People get confused because receiver manufactorer's claim things like 7.1 when they mean their receivers have seven channels of amplification and a pre-out for the subwoofer. There is no 7.1 audio format. DTS:ES Discrete is the ONLY true 6.1 format. DTS:ES Matrix and DD EX (or THX...

If you can handle installing a hard drive in a PC then one can do TiVo upgrades. The ease it which I can upgrade a TiVo is why I will always stick with them. I've had a 14 hour unit since August of 2000 and it's still going strong. In hindsight I probably should have bought the lifetime...

IMHO, I think almost any standalone player will function better than a game system. I'm sure there are exceptions (incredibly cheap players, aging players, etc.). Given that, I generally only recommened players from Pioneer, Panasonic, Sony and Toshiba (at least in the low-price range). I...

That's a great price but has anyone seen any deals on the "collectors edition" with the DVD and whatnot. IMHO, I would rather buy that one if I could get it for about $50 or $55, but I've only ever seen it for about $70 or so. -Alan

My N64 (yes, still hooked up) is connected to a JVC Video switch which, in turn, is plugged into my receiver. The Gamecube is using the component video cables and is plugged into the Receivers TV/Sat component input. The PS2 is also using component video and it too is plugged into the...

I also have Studio 100 v2's. Refer to my post In this thread for more info -Alan

Really we are getting offtopic for "Audio/Video sources" if we continue to talk about TVs. I don't want to start a cables debate. I personally do feel that cables matter so I would say get the cables first. However, the amount of difference a cable can make is on the whole small so it doesn't...

[list=1]Get a copy of Avia to callibrate your brightness/contrast/color etc.Follow some of the tips at the spot for doing a manual focus, electrostatic focus, adjusting overscan, etc.[/list=1] The second one technically will void your warranty and some of the tweaks can be a bit...

I personally would still go with a "Pro" over the Plus. Some of the posts I've read at "The Spot" indicate that their is (albiet minor) performance improvements in the Pro over the Plus. Besides, you might find yourself one day with a Playstation 2, DSS box, or some other kind of set-top box...

The TV will always display the text "480i" if you are using a composite/F/S-video connector because that's what the input signal is. However, the line doubler is still converting the image to 480p before displaying. Actually, if you look in the menus there is a setting in the set to tell the...