Recent content by Steven_MB

More Observations as of 3/5/05 With some more usage, I have some more observations: - Prerecorded DVD's play well through the unit but, - DVD recordings I make seem to have suffer from a low level of video gain or color level, somewhere in the recording process. The blacks tend to gray...

I finally broke down and bought a Liteon 5006. I spent $249.95 from Radio Shack - not a bad price considering no shipping and no 30 day hassle return. Comments thusfar: 1 - Very good and easy to use user interface and remote. 2 - DVD+r's I made if finalized)play on several other old and...

I have been searching for some time now for a DVD recorder that records audio discs also. This summer I found one by Liteon (LVW 5005) that met those specs, and it has now been replaced by the 5006. I notice that Radio Shack now sells the 5006 in the U.S. BUT - This DVD recorder came out in...

Gregory: Thanks for continued input on this widget. I'm going to ask lite-on when a dual layered version is available. One question, based on your comment. Can the CDR audio discs it makes be played on a normal car or home theater CD drive that is not mp3 equipped? Thanks, Steve...

Greg: Thanks for the review! I posted some questions on universal burners like this one a while ago, but it seems to have low very visibility. I've been tracking their company forum looking at q/a. I wanted the CD burner feature since I'd like to archive some of my old LP's. My plan is to...

Thanks - I'm still mighty curious as to why there aren't more of these type of products, or more demand. I envision using this kind of widget as the central burner in my HT, recording things like HBO movies from Sat. onto DVDR to replace my VCR, and my old 33 rpm (analog)records onto CDR for use...

I finally got time to do some intense web searching. Lite-On has a 5005 all burner that claims to do what I want. I saw a review at: http://www.cdrlabs.com/articles/index.php?articleid=29 Has anyone had any experience with this thing or that Co? Thanks, steve

Why are there no (or very, very few) home theater DVD recorders that will also record an audio CDR? In the PC world, the drives that would be used are common. Can you reco any home theater (not PC) combo models. Steve

Thanks for the advice. Yesterday when I went to the local cinema, I saw a large approx 9' wide Lord of the Rings (vinyl-like)plasic poster hanging fairly well from the ceiling. The back was fairly flat white, and I was thinking that it would make a good temporary screen. Has anyone any opinions...

I concur - a real watt is a real watt, hopefully meausured with a dummy load and calorimiter to get around the peak nonsense for non sine-wave signals. Thanks for the clarification on the 5 minute period. It sounds like those high end amps use a standard like CCS = Continuous commercial service...

Ed: Thanks. You seem to confirm what I noticed. I just got a new 200 w replacement from parts express and it seems more substantial. It's too bad they don't let us pull out the electronics in the speaker store to inspect. Steve

Folks: Is there anything different about the way they rate power in SW amps, vs regular amps? I recently did some pathology on the failure of the '350W (RMS)' amp in my JBL PSW D115, and by the size of the heat sink really doubt that this thing could pump out 350w continuous for than a few...

Wise Ones: I am volunteering work on a community room video system that will be used about once/month to show DVDs or VCRs (4:3 and 16:9) to about 50 -75 people in a dark setting. To stay in budget I plan to use a 1K$ projector like the X1 or Z1. We can't paint the wall, so have $100-200...

Folks. Please look at my post yesterday on the (older) JBL PSW D115. Before you buy, see if someone can show you the actual Power Amp. electronics board in a sample. Steve

RE the JBL PSW D115 speaker, mine just failed, after 4 years of light use. I have heard of other similar failures of this unit. Since I am an electronics engineer, I decided to have a look at the sub-woofer electronics to see what I could find. My unit was purchased in 1999, and is serial...