Recent content by Clifford Manuel

I would love the opportunity to try this Onkyo 9.2 Dolby Atmos receiver. While I am a HT enthusiast, it's never easy to dedicate funds to getting the latest and greatest technology when you also have so many other financial obligations. I had a dedicated 7.2 HT in my home, but was forced to...

We've had our Z1 for almost 3 months now and no problems. How can you find out how many hours you've logged on your projector?

Well, it looks like I'm saving $$ for a new receiver, unfortunately.

John, I didn't even realize that you could get an AVR for under $100. Wow!!! Thanks for the info.

He just needs a receiver and speakers. He already has a prog scan DVD player and HDTV. I know that there are a lot of HTiB nowadays with the DVD player included. I'll look at some of the options already thrown out. Thanks.

Is there a way to find out how many hours you have logged into your Z1? Thanks.

I know, I know. $300 isn't very much in the way of Home Theater, but I finally convinced a friend to get surround sound. And his limit is $300. There are a lot of Home Theater in a Box sets out there. I'm looking for the best bang for the buck under $300. Thanks.

I know that there are several receivers out there that do video upconversion where all input signals, composite, s-video and component are all output via component. (Denon 3803, Yamaha V2400 to name a few). However, I am looking to do upconversion without purchasing a brand new receiver. I read...

Bobby, The room is approx 15x13. The projector lens is sitting at about 9 feet. The first row of seating is at 10.5 and the back row is at 14 feet. i'm projecting just onto the wall right now, framed with some MDF trim painted black. at our housewarming party, everyone was fooled. they all...

Tony, Actually the sconces are from Home Depot. It was only after we chose all of our light fixtures in our home that we happened to go to Ikea. Oh well, we saved a bunch of money buying from Home Depot rather than those lighting speciality stores. Funny story on the couches...We had a...

Erik, Yeah, that's on my neverending "to do" list. Right now it's angled up to the seating area. It's not optimally set, but I'll get to it sooner or later. Thanks for all of your help. I think our next big project will be to make our backyard look like a real backyard, with grass and stuff.

Thanks to everyone here on HTF for all your wealth of information and advice. I made a lot of decisions on the HT based on information that I got here on this forum. A buddy and me ran the wires before the sheetrock went up. I prewired for a 7.2 system, so I could easily add 2 more surround...

Are there any HK receivers that do upconversion? If not, which ones out there do?

Here is what I am looking to do. I have a Sanyo Z1 currently connected to my DVD player via component cables. I have 1 set of component cables from my equipment rack in the closet to the projector in the ceiling. (cables were run in-wall before sheetrock went up) I want to get a new HK receiver...

Mike, This is the sort of thing that I was looking to do. I found the A/V baluns for sale ($120 for a pair) and I thought that would be the way to go. If I can just do audio through the CAT5, I have a run of coax I can use for the video. I'm looking to send the DVD audio/video signal from the...