Recent content by Scotty Parish

Stephen, Good points. Yeah, we know about the $5/mo fee on DTV and when we talked about the lifetime option, that was for cable only. The good thing is that I'm not in a big hurry. I would like to decide within 2 or 3 months, however. I am on Comcast's email list for DVR availability...

OK, I'm going to look into that a little deeper. Folks around here seem to like the Dish Network better. I'll check that out as well. Thanks for all the info. I'll probably have additional questions after a little more research. OK, if I email you if I do?

Robert, Thanks for the quick reply. That is close to what I pay now for cable. Therefore, I don't see an economic incentive to change. The initial costs for installation and equipment (according to the DirecTV website) would offset the costs of a TiVo box ($100) and lifetime subscription ($300).

Robert, I may give DirecTV another look. I have compared it to Comcast digital a couple of times, in the past, and opted not to switch. Internet is not an issue, I have DSL. Do you know what the monthly cost would be to have DirectTivo and 8 HBO and 8 Cinemax channels plus HBO and Cinemax...

Well, Robert, you make a good point. I don't want to give up my digital cable, but I may wait for Comcast to offer DVRs here. I understand it will be soon.

Seems like a deal to me. A progressive scan DVD player/burner with 80-hr TiVo series 2 HDD. Best Buy has it for $200 before the TiVo $100 mail-in rebate. Is this a good deal?

Do a search on this forum and you will get some feedback. BTW, Circuit City web site has it for $360 now.

Does the 985 have a provision for just playing a single DVD like a rental or do you have to put it any vacant slot and select that slot? Thanks

Joe, I guess it is still too new for feedback. I am looking at this as well, but so far I can't find it locally. It isn't even on BB or CC websites yet. I have one of the 400-CD megachangers and was considering another one when I found this. I think I will apply what I was going to pay for...

The "anti-skating thing" is to control the lateral movement of the tone-arm. The -2 to +2 ring, on the rear of the tone-arm, is for balancing the tone-arm front to back to reduce the pressure placed on the vinyl by the stylus. The only way to adjust that, that I know of, is to have a tone-arm...

TanD, That does seem to be case. Bummer. The volumne level display, on the 3803 itself, is very hard to read from normal TV viewing distance. That's the only complaint I have about the 3803 however. I upgraded from the 3300 and it was worth it. Thanks for all of your replies.

Arthur,

Robb, OK, I'll give that a shot when I get home tonight. Thanks

Robb, Thanks for the reply. Yes, I saw that in the manual and promptly changed from "component" to "auto", but this did not fix the problem. Are you thinking that if there is an s-video cable connected to the s-video monitor out, that the 3803 may be sending the volume display this route...

Chuck, That sure seems to be the case, but I don't understand why it is. I only have component connections. Prior to the HDTV box, I had an s-video connection to the regular digital cable box and the volume displayed fine over the componenet connection between the 3803 and my monitor. If...