Recent content by Ian-Fl

I have a evga gt1030 with no fan just a heat sink and I'm playing ripped ultra Blu-ray with MadVR. I'm also playing videos at 4k, 60 hz with HDR and running WCS color profiles. So if anyone tells you that card is not good enough It keeps on performing and isn't dropping any frames.

I don't think it's wrong to upgrade from the center to fronts to surrounds. I remember looking years ago at that Onkyo HTIB but thinking I was dealing with a finished basement 900 Sq. Foot room and I thought floor standing speakers were better. I didn't have a big budget so I bought the entry...

I just bought the Yamaha entry level AVR because my Harmon Kardon died. The reason I went with Yamaha is because I also own a mixer for home recording. The build quality on the mixer is really good. Knobs are tight and inputs/outputs are not loose. I paid a little more for it but I can tell...

The Video Stores all closed in my neighborhood. I used to rent blurays and if it was a keeper I'd rip it with Anydvd. Now that streaming is so popular I barely used the HTPC anymore. Fast forward to today and I just upgraded my projector. The Black levels are beautiful on the screen so now I'm...

There are so many other factors to getting a better picture before using a steel, silver or gold plated cable. There are articles that while some cables are more expensive and they test better on a scope it doesn't translate into a better picture when viewing or listening...

Your computer needs a surround sound card. I have a Chaintech av710 with a optical out. I just plug the optical cable into my receiver from the soundcard. If you just want stereo you need a 3.5mm stereo jack to two RCA connectors. The 3.5 jack plugs into the Aux out of the computer and the...

I bought a Seagate external hard drive a couple of months ago. Plugged it in via the USB and changed it from fat32 to NTSC and it works great for playing HD movies off of it. I was thinking if I bought a internal drive I'd have to upgrade my power supply. Now I see the externals are even...

It is quite possible that for some people they are not into audio as much as they are into video? I have to say that over the last five years I've spent maybe $1200 on audio and six times that amount on video. The majority of my time with my theater is spent tweaking the picture. I know there...

They sound much better than the price you pay. They can't be compared to Paradigm speakers but for watching films they work well. Listening to music they sound good with a warm receiver, but not as good as a set of $2000 speakers do. Still, they sound better than any HTIB set of speakers you'll...

Sorry, I seemed to have gotten messed up there trying to edit a typo. The second to last review from eccoustics was mine. So there's one review that I can vouch for. You can never audition those speakers that's why they and other online speakers can be had for a good price. You can only judge...

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Four years ago this section was buzzing with interest in Fluance speakers. They were the King of budget speakers and the very reason why I signed up to this forum. I suppose people have moved on since then. There's probably another type of budget speaker that's current now...

I assume you're thinking about a 720P projector. This reads like overkill for wiring that's becoming quickly obsolete. S-video will give you a maximum resolution of 480i and component video although still useful today is going to meet it's end when cheaper 1080p projectors start appearing...