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    New 'secrets' benchmark up!

    Your picture is either centered or not centered. If your overscan is 4%, it's 4%. If it's 5%, it's 5%. One of the first things I did after hooking up the LG/Zenith player to my RPTV, was center the image and adjust overscan to my liking, which is about 4.5%. The player could crop 0 or 20 pixels...
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    Zenith DVB 318 & LG 7832 DVD Player merged thread

    With the Zenith player, if you want to watch the occasional 4:3 dvds (like some tv episode box sets) on a 16:9 display that locks in Full mode with 1080i, in the proper aspect ratio, without any color bleeding, then you just need to use the Zenith SV output, and switch to the respective input on...
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    Widescreen or not?

    Ditto what Rick said. I've been there, and what no one has mentioned so far is that you get used to watching regular tv fill the screen of your 4:3 36" set. Nice big picture in the beginning compared to your old 27" or whatever, but after a while it just seems normal size. Then you pop in a...
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    SONY KP65WV700 or TOSH 65HDX82????

    They're both new models. Maybe somebody has one at home, but not both. If somebody saw both, they saw one or both in a store only. You can't trust what you see in a store, only what you see at home after adjusting the settings properly using an HT guide like Avia. The brand most RPTV owners...
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    SONY KP65WV700 or TOSH 65HDX82????

    Not that I think the Toshiba is any better, but $4,200 CDN for the 65HDX82 is a major bargain. I've seen it for $6,000. Run and buy it.
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    Need Opinions on Sony DVD player

    Why should someone be so surprised that depending on the circumstances, the Sony 715 yields a better picture than the RP91? The chroma bug on the Sony players is not as evident as it is on some other players. Reviews so far by owners of the 715 indicate that the chroma bug is there but hard to...
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    RPTV I can get into my basement

    Are you using the manufacturer specs, and did you take a close look at the tvs in the store? I only mention it because these tvs are not cubes. I don't know about the Tosh, but the Sony 51" has a spec of almost 25" deep, but most of it is only 23", the "lip" along the very bottom at the front...
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    RPTV I can get into my basement

    Just checking.... you do realize that the tv can be tilted and flipped any way necessary to get it down the stairs?
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    Anamorphic & 51HW40. Please Help!

    16/9=1.78 Your 51" screen is 44.5" wide. A 1.85 dvd with no overscan should be 44.5"/1.85=24" tall, but your screen is 25" tall, so that means 1/2" bars on top and bottom. If you see no bars with a 1.85 dvd, that means your overscan is at least 4%. You do see bars, so your overscan is less than...
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    How big of a difference...

    Why are the scan lines less visible on an analog set that does the squeeze?
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    What player is best for watching PAL DVDs on NTSC TV?

    x-y scaling can also be used to reduce overscan. Reportedly, it's normal for rptvs to have 6% to 10% overscan out of the box. Skilled tweaking of the convergence might reduce it to 5%, any lower and you start to have geometry and convergence problems. x-y scaling on the player makes adjusting...
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    Why many Canadians shop American

    Well, it depends. I have noticed the street price for higher end Sony products, like the 900v and the ES line is higher in Canada. The full list price is usually similar though. I know that for a while, in Dec '01, their HW40 line was cheaper in Canada because Sony lowered the list price in...
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    What does "Lock into Full" mean and is it good or bad?

    The Sonys will not be a problem. You liklely won't have to do anything at all whether you watch an anamorpic dvd or a non-a dvd. Check if the model you want has what Sony calls "auto ID1 detection". Sets so equipped will do the squeeze when it senses an anamorphic signal, and will not do the...
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    Progressive scan component inputs

    I'm sorry, but this is a common misconception. I'm sure others will confirm that there are many non-HD, non-progressive scan sets out there, that have component inputs. Right now I have a dvd player connected to my Sony Wega 36FV26 via component, it's not a progressive playeer or a progressive...
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