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  1. William D Cavender

    Nbc Hd Directv

    In the wee hours of this morning channels 82 83 on DIRECTVs HD stations NBC began broadcasting. Getting DIRECTV to turn your receiver on is another issue. If you live in an area that does not receive an NBC broadcast as happens in my case one needs a waiver from the station you can not receive...
  2. William D Cavender

    Toshiba DST 3100 first review

    Toshiba announced its coming about a year ago as COMING SOON. They said how glorious it would be. O.K. I bought one yesterday with the money that I originally spent on a SONY SAT HD 300. I went through several Sony units and Sony did a buy back. When the Sony worked it looked good. The Toshiba...
  3. William D Cavender

    the tragedy of MAROONED

    Gone is the 4 channel soundtrack for a 2 channel mostly monoral track. Also missing are at least four [4] scenes, cutting the time by about 5 minutes plus incomplete closing titles. The story is a true tragedy, an enjoyable to read tragedy... The film is even more tragic in its adaptation to the...
  4. William D Cavender

    Sony SATHD 300 a review

    After 11 days of using this receiver I thought I'd better post my non-professional review. The unit I am reviewing is Serial Number 0000 4721 5405 software version 1.06.00. Setting up is a snatch. It pulled in all local analog and digital broadcaster on the first tuning. Pulling in a...
  5. William D Cavender

    Toshiba DST 3100

    Toshiba announced last May '03 that this HD satellite receiver was to be shipped soon... Now it is almost 6 months later and there is now silence from Toshiba. Anyone out there in Forumland know what is going on at Toshiba?
  6. William D Cavender

    Speaking of ANTS....

    I was getting short intertmittent burst of pink noise from my Meridian 568 and could not figure out what was causing it. So I recaliberated the processor,to no avail, the pink noise still continued. I then checked my connectors and found a colony of ants inside the shell of the RCA pin of a...
  7. William D Cavender

    Fox: To the Shores of Tripoli filmed in Technicolor but DVD release in B&W???

    Leonard Maltin lists this title as in "color"' on the back of the disc case is listed in color and "photographed in Technicolor". The disc menu is in color and Maureen O'Hara's lipstick also is also screaming outloud " IN TECHNICOLOR". So how is it I can only see a black and white picture...
  8. William D Cavender

    War of the Worlds

    It seems that certain people at Paramount must be sniffing VHS tapes again. The image of this film is excessively cropped on all four sides and it is not as sharp as the laser disc.
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