Recent content by Bob_L

IMO, Crime Story is one of the greatest TV series of all time. Moves from Chicago to '60s Vegas with changing "looks" consistent with the style of its producer Michael Mann. Plus, great OTT performances from Farina, Ted Levine, Andrew "Dice" Clay (!), and many others. A must see!

So the new look of TCM is to put Ben in a swingin' Playboy bachelor pad from the '60s?

Seth. Can't. Act.

Well, I'm preordering two Xbox One X consoles for Day One delivery. Just because I can. :D I figure I get a $250 UHD player and a $250 console x 2.

The perfect theater? My existing Epson and NHT all-around system with this receiver. Plus, a small refrigerator, unlimited snacks, a camp toilet, and a catheter so I'd never have to move. Oh yeah, eyedrops.

Atmos can support up to 64 channels; however, the installations that were made for Brave supported 24 channels (if I remember correctly.) Frankly, I can't imagine a sound mixer wanting to work with 64 channels, but adding some intelligent steering software after the source tracks might take...

Bruce: Last year I up-downgraded from a VERY expensive Denon receiver to the Onkyo 818. I did so primarily because I'm an audio hobbyist and I hadn't "hobbied" for awhile and just wanted to play around with a change in my audio system. I had always been curious about the sound profiles of Onkyo...

Actually, that's how I would describe Apple's corporate attitude toward technology.

What most surprised me about McFarlane was how lightweight he seemed. You might have taken any standup comedian or singer out of a lounge here in Vegas and put them on the stage and they'd do about the same job, IMO. He just didn't have the stature/gravitas to be a proper AMPAS host, which I...

Walter: If you haven't already done so, look here: http://www.projectorreviews.com/1080p-projector/index.php Art writes with authority and expertise. It appears that Epson and Panasonic are carrying the day for this gen of 3D projectors, with BenQ an option if you want to stick with DLP tech.

Subwoofer rumbles scare the crap out of my cat. She just rushes out of the room and takes a position on the staircase while we're watching in the theater.

RE: Which cable to use The video on LaserDisc is stored as composite video, so unless the circuitry related to the SVideo output has some special enhancements, composite is usually the best quality output for LD. (As Steve wrote, SVideo is usually superior but this isn't generally true for LD.)

The new firmware update fixed some of the major compatibility problems that some people were having in their setups related to HDMI handshaking and lipsync. It also seemed to improve the remote response and the SD upscaling quality. My network streaming also seems improved. Watched "Days of...

I haven't done any hacking on this one yet, Ron, but IMO it kicks the heinie of my beloved PS3 for picture quality. Plus, its Netflix streaming quality is also visibly superior. The pre-release firmware is a little screwy, but I suspect they'll get that resolved in the coming weeks. Sound...

Check out this link: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-media-center/get-started/default.aspx You may already have most of what you need to stream from your PC. You might also try using this free Java-based UPnP server software on your PC...