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  1. Bob Maged

    Sony Blue-Ray BDP-S300

    The units sold by ecost are refurbished -- the sonystyle.com store has the refurbished BDP-S300 for $261 after coupon (AFFB10) with free shipping. A much better deal in my opinion; if you buy a refurb, better to buy directly from the manufacturer.
  2. Bob Maged

    HD DVD owners manual

    Here are the HD-A35 and HD-A2 links for manuals: http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/tacpasse...HDA35_OM_E.pdf http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/tacpasse.../HD-A2KU_E.pdf There is no link at the Toshiba site for an HD-A3 (or HD-A3) manual, but these two should be all you need.
  3. Bob Maged

    Panasonic PT-AX200U much better than PT-AE900U?

    This has been discussed at avsforum.com in the FP
  4. Bob Maged

    Need something to do? Help me fix my A1! =)

    I have an HD-A2. Assuming the A1 is similar, try clearing (deleting) all used blocks of persistent memory. My brand new copy of 2001 refused to load (error message reported "not a DVD"). After cleaning out the persistent memory it worked fine.
  5. Bob Maged

    42" Plasma's

    Don't you need 1920 x 1080 to get true 1080 HD resolution?!
  6. Bob Maged

    What is the best projector for going with a 16ft wide screen?

    You do realize, of course, that a 16-foot-wide screen will be 6 feet 9 inches tall at 2.35:1 or 9 feet tall at 16:9 -- you must have some really high ceilings in that basement of yours!
  7. Bob Maged

    ae700 vs ae900 difference in PQ ?

    Polarizer degradation is not a given. I have over 4100 hours (all with the original bulb) on my PT-L200U and there is little, if any, sign of polarizer degradation. I did notice watching the Stanley Cup finals some times when the rink ice did not look perfectly white (slightly yellowish around...
  8. Bob Maged

    Panny AE-700 image size question

    Those "1.78:1" movies to which you refer are probably really 1.85:1, hence the thin black bars.
  9. Bob Maged

    Viewing Comfort

    Conventional wisdom says your eyes should align approximately one-third of the screen height up from the bottom of the screen. Placing your screen significantly higher or lower can lead to neck strain from looking up or down too much. Check out the following site for lots of good information...
  10. Bob Maged

    panisonic projector problem

    How big and what shape is the "glowing" area? What model PJ and how many hours of use? It could be a dust blob on one of the LCD panels, which is relatively easy to remove if you are comfortable opening the PJ.
  11. Bob Maged

    General Projector questions

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  12. Bob Maged

    CRT RPTV Went Dark Last Night!

    My guess is that the spider worked its way down to the crt guns and caused an arc which fried the spider along with some circuitry (or the green gun itself), and the little puff of spider smoke set off the detector.
  13. Bob Maged

    Would I be crazy to try to move RPTV to upstairs apt?

    Funniest HTF thread ever -- http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...2726&highlight
  14. Bob Maged

    Sanyo 15" LCD TV at Wal-Mart

    It sounds like this model: 15" EDTV The 30 msec response time is pretty slow. At 15" diag. you probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference betwen HDTV and EDTV. It is a 4:3 screen so HD sources will be even smaller. I have seen 20" Sharps and Panasonics for about $150 more.
  15. Bob Maged

    When Is It Big Enough?

    http://www.myhometheater.homestead.c...alculator.html
  16. Bob Maged

    Best BIGG screen

    I know, but how can anyone justify spending megabucks for a huge TV when FP is a viable alternative? If daytime lighting is uncontrollable, then use a smaller (~50 inch) RPTV and bring the FP out at night. With ~50 inch LCD or DLP RPTVs going for
  17. Bob Maged

    Best BIGG screen

    My $120 92" front projection screen laughs at your puny $100,000 82" TV
  18. Bob Maged

    What exactly makes those projector bulbs worth $500

    Check out the price for a Sony Qualia bulb -- if you can afford $25000 for the PJ, what is another $4000 for the bulb?!?
  19. Bob Maged

    I finally got a projector!!!! Panny 500!

    Here is a link to a good article on the subject of ground loops: click here. The upshot is that it is the cable company's responsiblity to ensure that the cable, as it enters your home, is properly grounded.
  20. Bob Maged

    I finally got a projector!!!! Panny 500!

    The vertically scrolling horizontal bar you describe is ground loop interference. The easiest way to get rid of it is to have the display device (your PJ) and source device (your X-Box) plugged into the same outlet.
  21. Bob Maged

    I finally got a projector!!!! Panny 500!

    That is 2000 hours in full lamp mode -- in economy mode the internal counter runs slower, so you will be good for 5000 hours. Also, you can simply re-set the counter, as you would if you actually replaced the bulb. The self-check screen displays, among other things, actual lamp hours, economy...
  22. Bob Maged

    Help Please on Projectors and Screens

    There are many choices now for affordable hometheater front projectors that fit your proposed budget. Your first stop in researching FP should be projectorcentral.com.
  23. Bob Maged

    Basic questions about projectors and screens

    White walls + white ceiling + bright PJ + matte white screen = one very washed out picture.
  24. Bob Maged

    DIY screen vs mass production screen

    Try painting your DIY screen first. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...hreadid=320794 http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...hreadid=298684 http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...hreadid=390146
  25. Bob Maged

    How to dispose of a broken RPTV?

    Your RPTV is mostly an empty box big enough to hold the mirror and screen. Why don't you open it up and pull out the electronics and CRTs? Then you can leave the gutted RPTV at the curb guilt-free, and dispose of the innards some other time.
  26. Bob Maged

    Info On Picture Size Using The Focus

    :angry: THE GENERAL RULE IS TO ZOOM IN ON THE SMALLEST POSSIBLE SIZE FOR A GIVEN DISTANCE SO THAT YOU USE ONLY THE CENTER OF THE LENS, BUT I DO NOT THINK IT REALLY MAKES THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE
  27. Bob Maged

    CRT or Rear Projection

    It is the "old fashioned" kind of RPTV, like this one:
  28. Bob Maged

    Buying my First Used Projector - $500 spending limit

    Today's new sub $1K projectors are much better than anything you could pick up used on ebay for $500 (even though they cost several thousand dollars a few years ago when THEY were new). With the InFocus X1 and Benq 6100 both around $900, I would suggest saving up the extra $400 and buying a new...
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