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    carpet strip for my speakers

    hey, haven't posted here in a while. I had a question about cutting up or buying small carpet strips and putting them under my front speakers (def techs) to improve my subwoofer response and clean it up a little. I recently put pergo floors in my room, cause of the dog hair problem, and I knew...
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    Competing HD formats

    Don, There is definitely a difference that most people could here in DD or DTS vs. MLP or DSD. The problem is not that you can't here it, its that you have to have speakers that can really show the difference of the different formats. Ex: If I sat 10 regular people in front of a setup with...
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    Competing HD formats

    This may have been a topic in the past, but ive never seen so here it goes. Technically I know that Blu-ray (blue laser) and HD-DVD are not competing formats, because one is used for recording HD-TV and the other is for pre-recorded bought movies. But my concern is the fact that HD-DVD is...
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    HELP ME - Title of an old Movie!!!!!

    if you could remember any actor in it, that would make it much easier?
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    Will Peter Jackson or anyone else make "The Hobbit"?? (MERGED THREAD)

    quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you honestly think christopher lee did all that lightsaber dueling?? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I believe in college he was a top-ranked...
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    Will Peter Jackson or anyone else make "The Hobbit"?? (MERGED THREAD)

    First of all ill tell you exactly why you can use Ian holm. They use stand ins and digitally replace there faces all the time. Do you honestly think christopher lee did all that lightsaber dueling?? HAH. (and Christopher Lee was 79 when he did Ep II according to the commentary) 2nd of all ive...
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    Directors What Actor or Actress Bothers You?

    not defending bob sagat here, but hes actually nothing liek he plays off in FullHouse and Funniest Videos. If youve seen him in interviews and just talking, he has a dirty mouth, hes made a few jokes that made me laugh.
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    Best use of music in a movie

    LOTR overall is my favorite sound track of a movie, they also mention it is one of the few movies where the entire music was written specifically for the movie. So ya that boy soprano part is actually part of my tests I do for center channel realism and clarity. I just wanted to add, my...
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    ***Official Blu-Ray Discussion Thread***

    anybody know a good website with info about blue laser dvd? I did a web search and came up with a bunch of articles that included info about what its storage capacity will be and thats about it. I know the sony blu-ray can record up to 1080i. But im lookin for info on the formats capabilities...
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    Surrounds high no wall next to ceiling

    dolby suggests 2-3 feet above your head and slightly behind but not in back of listening position. as much those rules can be broken i dont. give it a try, if it sounds bad you know you have a problem, sorry i coudln't be anymore help
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    Any benefit in using Component over S-Video from DVD to Non-HD TV?

    colors is what you will see the most. Sharpness of the picture will probably be almost no different from what ive seen.
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    Sony 16:9 enhanced mode and progressive scan

    i have the 27" Wega with the 16:9 enhanced mode. I have to tell you, the overall picture clarity is the best you can get from a tube tv and also the closest you'll probably get to progessive scan with a non-HD tv. I've seen quite a few cheaper HD tvs that look nowhere near as nice as those Sony...
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    suggested compression on my receiver

    ok, thats what i thought, when I use it, it seems to effect the sound significately. I loose alot of the enviornment noise that I hear without it on. Losing alot of the spaciousness of the mix also
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    New Sony ES digital receivers have high THD!

    did you look at the two ES models that are .05%???? STR-DA4ES STR-DA7ES im not sure why your lookin at the aust. site when we have a nice american site right here.
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