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I have a two year old Pioneer VSX-520 audio receiver that has started clicking off during louder parts of both DVDs and Blu-Rays. I've determined that the problem is sound, not picture, as I was running both via HDMI through the receiver, but in troubleshooting, switched the blu-ray player's...

The other night, our venerable Panasonic PT47WX49 RPTV crapped out on me. Basically, I can't get it to turn on for more than 10 seconds before it shuts itself down again. No blinking codes or anything from the power light indicator. Nothing. After 9 years (2-3 hrs of use per day on average), it...

I'm going to be doing a lecture on Early Soviet Cinema (the Potemkin era), and am having a hard time finding material on DVD. I have the 2-disc Kino Battleship Potemkin, but nothing else. Any recommendations for good R1 Early Soviet Cinema films on DVD? Also, any good historical docs on the...

"The Chaplin Revue" is the only MK2 Chaplin I've acquired so far (the reported PAL-to-NTSC issues have scared me away). Tonight I tried to watch it on my 47" 16x9 DTV, and it was blown up way too big (for lack of a better description). My JVC DVD player ordinarily does a great job of scaling...

I'm teaching a film history class, and have had good luck using documentaries and DVD extras about various film genres and film movements. But I've got the topic of German Expressionism (Lang, Murnau, etc.) coming up, and I don't know of any video material I could use. I'm looking for...

Although I've already mentioned this in the context of another thread, I'm hoping that I may get an answer here. Over the weekend, I picked up a Panasonic BD35 blu-ray player. Connecting it to my Panasonic RPTV (PT_47WX49, purchased in 2001) via component cables results in decent blu-ray and...

My brother has had a 36" Sony TV for about 8 years or so, and it has been generally reliable. That is, until last week, when his wife sat down to watch "Grey's Anatomy", and the audio was inexplicably in French! It wasn't in French at my house, and no other channles were in French at the same...

According to digital bits, Brian De Palma's early film "Hi, Mom!" starring young Robert De Niro is hitting disc 12/07. Yay! I know "The Untouchalbes" SE is on the way, but does anyone know if there's any chance of decent DVD releases of "Greetings", "Murder a la Mod", "Get to Know Your...

On the 2nd disc of the Queen "Freddie Mercury Tribute" DVD set, in the "Freddie" section, my player freezes up at the end of each of the segments. The only way out is to completely power down. I have a JVC SA70 player. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this with this title. Thanks...

I'm looking for a good region free player for under $130, if such a thing exists. Sorry if this is covered elsewhere, but I tried "search", and did some reading, but I found nothing this specific. I know some people seem keen on the Cyberhome 500 model, but that's a brand I've never heard...

I'm wondering how Kino's new versions of "Birth of a Nation" and "Intolorance" compare with previous DVD versions. I've not seen the other feature films in the Masterworks box set, so I'm also wondering if they justify purchasing the box set. Thanks, JiM T

Hopefully this will make sense and sound familiar to someone out there... While watching DVDs, a loud, sudden popping sound will occur. It never does it at the same point in a DVD twice, so I can never really replay the scene to tell which speaker it's coming from. I'm not much of a techie...

I've recently purchased the JVC SA75GD player, which I love, except for the problem that has been discovered with the missing auto subtitles on the "Star Wars - Episode I: The Phantom Menace" DVD. The fact that many JVC players will not generate the fading subtitles for the alien dialogue (and...

I just gave my old Sony S300 DVD player to my brother, who wanted a DVD player, but isn't interested in buying a reciever, speakers, and whatever else right now. So we hooked it up directly to his stereo TV, threw in "Phantom Menace", and discovered that even in 2.0 Stereo mode, the center...

I just picked up an RP56 for use on my 47" Panasonic HDTV, replacing my non-progressive Sony S300. The picture looks great, but already I'm missing a few things that the Sony did, but apparently this one does not. 1) Holding it's place when stopped. I like to be able to press stop, power-down...

There's a screener copy of a very recent FOX DVD at a local shop for a pretty cheap price, but I'm wondering if it has annoying "SCREENER!!!" banners floating throughout the frame, or what. Or does the movie run normally like the non-screener version? I'm hesitant to say what the title is or...

I'm supposed to be going over to my friend's mother's house tonight to tweak her new Hitachi 43UWX10B, but I'm not familiar with it. I told them I'd try to search the forums for service menu info & known issues with this set, but with the search function being as erratic as it is this morning...

Just wondering if anyone knows whether the 2-sided Jackie Chan DVDs (original version one side, American recut on the other) being offered at HKFlix.com are decent in quality. Thanks, JiM T

(Sorry for the repost, but I've gotten no answers where I originally posted this here, so I'm openning a thread...) I got the new Panasonic 47", and I've tweaked it as stated on this site & HTS posts. So far, I love it, although I'm a bit concerned that the settings I wound up with (using VE)...

I just got my first widescreen HD RPTV, a 47" Panasonic. I've tweaked it using tips from here and around the net, and it looks great so far - except, I'm a bit confused about whether or not I'm seeing DVDs in their OAR. 16x9 equals 1.78:1, correct? 1.85:1 DVDs completely fill the screen...

I want to voice my opinion that "Apocalypse Now Redux" be presented in it's original theatrical 2.35:1 aspect radio when released to DVD. I just saw the film in the theater, and it is a breath-taking achivement. I also own the previous Paramount DVD, and feel that the cropping of the picture...

I think Clinton was still president when I pre-ordered this one from buy.com. Seems like I've been waiting forever. It had a street date of 04/10/01, but that obviously wasn't to be. For a while, I figured that maybe it was actually out, and buy.com was simply getting sucky. But I checked...