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  1. Oswald Pascual

    UPS Suggestions Please

    Looking for a rack mountable UPS that 1 unit high 6 outlets. Currently running a Cyberpower PR750LCDRM1U. I do like that I can control the shut down schedule thru the Mac Mini Media server but the battery on this has not been stellar and the unit has totally shut down on me for no reason at...
  2. Oswald Pascual

    Red Tint on my PJ ?

    Have a JVC DLA-RS2 that’s been working great but today I turn it on and the entire image has a red ting. Something I can reset or repairs required?
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    Tagging ATV Media Question

    Is there a way to tag an ATV movie with a widescreen wallpaper image that appears in the background when a movie is selected on the new ATV's? Currently I have the standard poster shape image for the movie and if I add a widescreen image instead of poster shape it appears as a small widescreen...
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    Apple TV Home Sharing Limit?

    My understanding is that ATV has a library limit of 2300 movies. What happens when the library exceeds the limit if your home sharing the movies to ATV devices?
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    Digital Copy only in wmv format?

    I have a bunch of my blu-ray with the extra Digital Copy DVD, but when I entered the code it spit out two version of the same movie, different sizes but both in wmv format. I was hoping I count get something I could put on my itouch or iphone. Is this the only format they give you these digital...
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    1080/24 not what I expected.

    I have read a lot of the advantage of 1080/24 and seen this transalate into some beautiful images on blu-ray titles, however when I upscale my standard DVD's to 1080/24 I see flaws. I now upscale my SD-DVD's to 1080/60 and find the image looks much better. On paper it would seem that 1080/24...
  7. Oswald Pascual

    Remote Control For Rope Lights Needed

    Programing a Harmony One for my HT, and I just figure out that the rope lights were RF controlled before via X-10 module, and the Harmony One has no RF outputs. What do you guys suggest for me to control my floor rope lights, since an IR on the rope lights will not be line of sight? Thanks
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    Best Romantic Comedy/Chic Flix for the Holidays.

    Hey I figure since Valentines day is around the corner, maybe we can add a little extra present to cuddle with the love one for the evening. ;) What about a consensus on the top Romance or Romantic Comedies to enjoy? In no particular order I will add; Pillow Talk What Women Want When...
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    Ghost In The Shell VOL 02... Recalled when it came out?

    O.K. Ghost In The Shell VOL 01 Collectors edition had its know problems, and Bandai responded fairly quikly with a correction. Now I was anxiosly waiting for volume 02 this past tuesday and not a thing? The sign for it was up but no DVD. I asked the manager, and he told e he had for in the back...
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    Who remembers Prince Planet?

    Now that "Speed Racer" is out I wonder if anyone else remembers "Prince Planet". These two shows were part of my childhood and it was fun rewatching the recent "Speed Racer" DVD.(Pretty cool slip case too!) I was hoping that a "Prince Planet" DVD would be coming out as well but not luck in me...
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    RUNCO DLP's rebadged?

    I know RUNCO's CRT's were rebadged NEC's with a few modifications. I was wondering if the same goes for there pricey DLP's? I have to say that I did see the VX-100ci and was impressed.
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    T2 Extreme and "ALLMODE.DLL" argh!!!

    O.K. I have windows media player 9 and I have plenty of horse power to run this DVD, I am on a Windows ME and not XP but everything else meets or exceeds the requirements to run the HD portion of this disc. But when the inter-actual player kicks in it gives me error "ALLMODE.DLL" I have...
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    Equipment visible in movie?

    O.K. maybe I am wrong, but after watching "Reloaded" it seems to me that there are too many shots that show lighting equipment reflecting from there sunglasses. It's not just slight but you can just about see the entire lamp! I also noticed in the freeway scene when Morpheus sticks the sword...
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    High Frequency roll off?

    In my new theater room I am building I am ending up with some long speaker cable runs for my fronts and passive subs.(Unavoidable in my room) I am afraid this might end up giving me problems. My acutal run is 60 feet. Is there anything I could do to avoid a problem or do you guys think 60...
  15. Oswald Pascual

    Cable Mess Help needed!

    O.K. guys I need your opinions or suggestions. I finally have all the wires in place for my HT and in house Niles IR repeaters. I now end up with a HUGE mess of cables in my little eqiupment corner. About; 10 Speaker Cables 5 CAT-5 Cables 10 Video cables 6 RG-6 Cables Now my questiion...
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    Fs: Stewart Filmscreen 16x9 100"

    For Sale Stewart Studio Tek 130 with VeLux material border and 1.3 Gain. Still have original box for shipping with manual, and all hardware needed for mounting. SIZE = 87" x 49" (16:9) 100" screen. Price = $800.00 includes shipping in the U.S. Oswald Pascual Lakeville, MN...
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    Questions on splitting a VHF/UHF signal ? Help!

    I have a VHF/UHF antenna in the attic. I wish to split the video feed from that antenna in order to feed two sat boxes. My questions are: 1)Should I split the feed as close to the source(antenna)as possible or does it matter where I split it? 2)Would I benifit from amplifying the signal...
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    720P/1080i Straight out of the DVD player!

    Is this the only unit doing this? Have not read much about it, would love to see how it compares to todays higher end DVD players.
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    Planet Earth DVD's

    Has anyone tried these Planet Earth DVD's yet? I was thinking of getting one if it has a real nice Hi Resolution to use as a CRT warmer while I figure out what to watch. I think they come in DTS also, but have not seen any user comments yet. I did a search on the forum, but the search engine was...
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    Audio Problems with Glengarry GlenRoss?

    Well I could not wait to pop this DVD in when I got home so I plugged it in to my laptop, only to find the audio cuts in and out at will! It seems that it took a bit longer to load. Then the audio starts to play normal then all of a sudden its like the mute button was it. It all goes quiet and...
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    Higher End DVD player suggestions. Please.

    Well lets see I had a Pioneer DV-09, which had a fantastic sound that I was extremly pleased with. The image was pretty good to considering it was not progressive scan However the Lip Sync problem was a major plague that I just could not live with. Next I went to the Toshiba SD-6200, which I...
  22. Oswald Pascual

    CRT Lens Cleaning. Help!

    I have a Sony FPTV, and the CRT lens have sometype of optic coating. Well I gave it a small finger smudge and now I do not know of safe way to clean the lens without messing up the coating. Help.
  23. Oswald Pascual

    Are you in or out? (Oceans 11) not closet

    Are you in or out? (Oceans 11 line) not closet. ;) Safe Cracker Entrance Good Luck! Any lucky safe cracking winners?
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    "You've Got Mail" Aspect Ratio question...

    Just played "You've Got Mail" on my System yesterday and it appeared to me that it has an aspect Ratio of 1.78:1 on the DVD, but all the places I look say it's 1.85:1. Is my overscan off a bit or are the DVD reviews simply based on what the box claims?
  25. Oswald Pascual

    Pronto Question: Serial Port Coupler?

    My Sony VIAO Laptop does not mate properly with the Pronto TSU-1000 cable. I think the PRONTO is using an RS-232 cable for communications. Both the Pronto cable and my laptop inputs are female! If I get a coupler will this work with my laptop, or is there another option. possible using my USB...
  26. Oswald Pascual

    Any scalable DVD players or better out there yet?

    I have been away from the hardware section a long time. Been busy catching up and enjoying my batch of DVD's. I currently own a Toshiba SD-6200 and love it. But I have been wondering has anything new in the image improvment area come around yet? I know there was talks about scalable DVD players...
  27. Oswald Pascual

    Coincidence or Rip Off?

    Just noticed the poster for "Count Of Monte Cristo" and thought I have seen this before. What do you folks think? and
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    How do we get rid of these ^%@&ng pop up advertisements?

    Does anyone have a clue if we have an option of turning off these pop up windows that come up when we surf the web? I mean if its not some X-10 cametra it's some online casino or some flashy credit card. I spend more time closing these things then surfing sometimes. If someone has a cure please...
  29. Oswald Pascual

    Spec's for "Run Silent Run Deep"?

    Does anyone have the Video specs for "Run Silent Run Deep" DVD? Aspect Ratio on DVD? Anamorphic or not? Video Transfer Quality? I did a search on the web and came up with difffernt aspect ratios on three different websites! aaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
  30. Oswald Pascual

    "The Fifth Element" Superbit missing dialogue?

    Just watched "The Fifth Element" on the new Superbit DVD, and unless my mind mistakes me I think Chapter 13 is miss something. This is the scene were Gary Oldman is doing a demo of the gun he was using for payment. He shows off the replay button, net launcher, explosive darts, and then he...
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