Recent content by Theogenes

Or you could look at a DLP set. I have a Toshiba 52HM95 and I absolutely love it. I am a bit of a noob to the HT culture, but my mom's side of the family have all been building televisions for many years. My granddad was actually VP for Philips some years back. I talked with ll of them and they...

LanceJ: I have 2 of them, they are not ported, and they appear to have 2 8-inch subs in each and 2 smaller speakers (tweeters?) in each. I'm also wondering if there's any way to find out if they're shielded and whether they'd cause interference with my Toshiba DLP television. Hope this helps...

So you couldn't use it to scale sources like cable boxes? That pretty much kills it for me. That was the primary reason I was considering one. If Vista will be able to scale cable, that might work. Will be able to scale coax only, or component, etc? Any idea how good the scaling will be? And how...

Don't know if anyone is still reading this, but I've read over this thread a time or two, and I was wondering what the general consensus is on HTPCs. I have been trying to research and learn more about video upscalers and have been pretty impressed with DVDO and Lumagen so far, but I've (very...

My speakers are finally in the process of shipping now (don't ask), so they should be here within the week. And of course, less than 2 days after absolute confirmation of my order, I did in fact get the speakers my granddad had for me. They are Philips FB565X BK01 models, which I haven't had a...

Not that I'm aware of. But I'm pretty unschooled with the audio end of things (at the moment, anyway). Sorry.

What do you think would be the best standalone scaler under $1000? (Preferably waaaaaay under, but I don't see that happening). I'd really like to have a DVDO VP30 (like Adam was suggesting earlier), but if I bought one, they'd never find my remains...

If anyone is interested, I've been using the Oppo 971H for a couple weeks and I've been simply amazed at the difference it's made compared to my Philips 642. There are some good forums here and at AVS Forums about it if you want more info. $200, Faroudja deinterlacing, INSANE customer support...

And if I can possibly find a way to get the ol' ball and chain addicted to home theater at all, I'll throw everything I've got into it!!

Lol! I knew I couldn't be the only one. I actually have cable and have all the HD channels they provide. 'All,' in this case, being a whopping 5 channels. I do absolutely LOVE the PQ on it, especially on ESPN HD. I would like to do something along the Dish Network lines, but I live in an...

Will do! I have been looking at DVDO scalers (which is actually what I meant to type above when I said, "I looked for DCDi scalers and they were god-awful expensive." I should sleep more...), and the iScan HD+ seems like a pretty good fit, and it's somewhat less horrendous price-wise than other...

Separate scaler, huh? Sounds good. I'll check out the CEDIA forums and try to learn something. At one point (several weeks back, when I knew even less than I do now) I looked for DCDi scalers and they were god-awful expensive. I'll check it out. Thanks so much for the help!

Anybody?

Hello! I've been crawling around the web for a day or two now, and digging through the forums here, trying to solve a problem. (I came tantalizingly close to finding the answer in a couple threads started by JGiampa and one by JustinJB, but no banana). Here's the situation: I have a Toshiba...

Well, I did it. Finally pulled the trigger on a pair of Onix X-LS speakers. Found some on AV123's website that were discounted $45 for minor cosmetic problems. As soon as I get these puppies in and set up, I'll let y'all know how they are. After reading the insane reviews (the saliva practically...