Recent content by Steven Larson

Thanks for the information. I have read that there has been quite a bit of internet chatter about the reliability of Onkyo receivers the last couple of years. My brother-in-law has also been shopping for a receiver for their home, and has heard the same from salespeople at a local a/v store. Any...

It has been a long time since I shopped for home audio equipment. I have had a Harman/Kardon AVR 230 since 2004, and it has been a fine receiver. I currently have a 5.1 speaker setup, with Polk speakers for everything but the sub, which is made by SVS. I use a PS3 for my blu-ray player and...

Hello All, My mom is very hard of hearing, and I will often invite her over to watch movies on the 50" plasma that I bought earlier this year. I have a PS3 as my blu-ray player, and it is hooked up to my Harman Kardon AVR 230 receiver with an optical cable. She has a hard time hearing a lot of...

Thanks for the advice everyone! The DLP certainly has good reviews, and I have not checked out RP since last year when I was looking at the Sony SXRD sets. I am really torn here, as Sears has the extra 10% you can take off the price, so that would bring the 720p down to almost $800. Then I...

I would like to get a 50" tv, and have decided that plasma is the better choice as far as picture quality, though I have seen some very nice LCD's out there! I have thought seriously of the Panasonic TH-50PZ800U, but don't like the idea of spending almost $2000 for a TV. I bought a 34" Sony...

My local Sears has a floor model 60" KDS A3000 rear projection TV for $1099 as a clearance price. If I recall correctly, this was a well thought of TV. I have been waiting to purchase a 50" Panasonic plasma this fall or holiday season, but thought for $1099 that it might be a good deal...

I do watch some TV during the day, and there is a large picture window directly opposite of where my TV goes. Unfortunately, the way the room is laid out, it is pretty much the only configuration available. I have a Sony 34" HD CRT TV that has a good picture, but I get glare on it, and if I am...

Patrick, I was at CC last night, and I looked at the 50PZ77u, and the picture was awesome! They have course had high def content playing on it and it was a beautiful picture. The PZ700U they had mounted higher on a wall, and it was playing a football game....so I couldn't compare apples to...

Thanks for the info, Patrick. I don't think I saw the 77U at the store, so will have to go back and check it out. The more I research this, the more confused I get. Steve

If I read my Sears ad in today's paper correctly, they are going to have this 50" Panasonic plasma on sale on Saturday for $2399, and if you use your Sears card, you can get a 10% rebate, or no interest till January of 2010. Consumer Reports rated this TV very highly, and I have looked at it in...

I will answer my own question...I just read the AVS thread on this, and someone there said he tried a new browser without cookies, and started a new account to get the deal....he had the Amazon Prime (which I am on the trial period for)....and so I setup a new account with a different browser...

Sorry, I don't mean to double post, but this thread is specifically about the A3, and I just posted in the thread about the A2, but I just tried buying this deal at Amazon, and got all the way to the last step before charging it to my card, and it was still totalling $219....it wasn't giving...

I am trying to do this Amazon deal, and I went to the page with the offer, and I click on the box next to the A3, then I pick three movies, and hit add to cart. I go all the way to the last stage before I place the order, and it doesn't give me the discount on the movies, instead, my total for...

Thanks Aaron, I will check out that TV. Andrew, I sent you a PM, but for anyone else, I found it at vanns.com though they don't have the 60" in stock right now. With no sales tax and free shipping, it seems to be a good deal.

I am looking to get a larger TV to replace my Sony 34" CRT HD tv. I am thinking 55" - 60", and my budget is around $2000 or less. I would like 1080p, for playing my Xbox 360, and would like to get either an HD DVD or Blu-Ray DVD player sometime in the future. I was on the verge of buying the...