Recent content by Allan Jayne

It is unknown whether the noise (you can call it snow) is in the source or was created in your equipment. If the noise is in the source, you can't fix it, only possibly make it less obtrusive. You will have to try a few things, one after another. 1. Try turning down the contrast. The...

For speaker cables, Romex cable works just as well as Monster cable (assuming the same gauge with or without oxygenation) although Romex doesn't look as nice. For video cables, bandwidth can pose a limitation. If the el-cheapo cable works fine at 480p and not so well at 720p, or if the...

Does it have an HDMI input? Does it have native input, for example if it is 1080 it accepts 1080p? If not then consider it a giveaway.

Flat as opposed to glossy Not flat as opposed to curved Have to make a new post instead of edit my previous post because the edit button did not do anything.

White flat surfaces have a "screen gain" roughly equal to one. But the bed sheet has a gain less than one because a lot of light is lost behind it. Alas the classroom projection screen or the home slide projector screen from days gone by is obsolete because it is square as opposed to "wide".

You may not connect two sets of amplifier terminals to one set of speaker terminals. Generally you may use the 7.1 receiver with the 5.1 speaker set leaving two sets of amplifier terminals unconnected. In a few cases you have to turn the volume for those two channels all the way down. Check the...

How old is the receiver. Many older models provide on screen menus only in standard definition. Just the green cable going from a single video out or monitor out yellow or green jack to the TV green component input jack will display menus not requiring colors quite well.

No, you may not connect more than one set of amplifier terminals to one set of speaker terminals. There may be enough blending of the sound tracks as mastered so connecting just left front and right front outputs to the respective two speakers gives correct stereo (2.0) sound, or with a...

Verify that the tweeter and midrange are working properly by putting your ear up to the front of speaker unit. Adjust the brilliance (tweeter level) and presence (midrange level) controls, if any, in back. >>> the kids play their games, etc. Do they turn the sound up really loud? Could they have...

Given the size constraints and in turn the constraints on high definition viewing, this may well turn into a matter of price and weight. THe 720p models cost less all other things being equal. CRT's weigh a lot compared with the newer technologies. If use as a computer monitor is planned check...

I do not recommend buying the TV using eBay. EBay is a means of selling secondhand goods. There is no guarantee it will be working when it gets to you. Quality of packaging depends on how well the seller packed it. Somehow I do not trust even the original box it came in to survive a trip that...

The outer layer (lenticular lens), with the vertical ribs, will probably work well on any TV. The finer the ribs the better. Note that the horizontal resolution is limited by the rib pitch. The inner layer (fresnel lens) with the circular ribs may or may not work out well. If it did not work...

Can you go into more detail? How thick, how many, etc. Posting a picture would help.

(copied from another post) The same paint will behave the same way whether put directly on a wall or put on a cloth surface. If you buy paint from "an ordinary paint store" you will want to be sure it is pure white or neutral gray, as opposed to off-white or otherwise having a bluish...

The same paint will work the same way on the wall or on cloth you stretched over a frame or on a "real" screen that is now too shabby to use as-is or whose color/texture you wish to change. When you use a wall for your screen, you may notice that the surface is not as good as it first looked...