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  1. Bill_Weinreich

    Optical phenomenon with LED's?

    Maybe its just me, but does anyone else see this? Whenever I see an LED sign, stop light, tail lights etc, and I turn my head fairly rapidly not really focusing on the light source, the light tends to flicker. Another thing I would note that it tends to happen most while blinking. This seems to...
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    I think I've made up my mind but.......

    I figured I'd ask around here first. OK first things first.... I must say I am fairly dissatisfied with any of the digital display technologies out there right now, but i need an upgrade. I want to update my aging 61" phillips RPTV with something HD. After LOTS of looking at RPTVs (LCD, DLP...
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    sub woes... advice? opinions?

    First off the basics.. my room is 14x16x7 with two fair size openings to other rooms. I have a Pioneer elite vsx-45tx, klipsch reference (RF-3, RC-3, RS3) and a KSW-12sub. Now the trouble. The sub apparently went too low, too loud, one too many times. Feeling it was a bad driver, I purchased a...
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    Still somewhat unimpressed...

    Well it's been a while for me on this forum, but I felt the need to see if it's just me, or are there others who are not completely impressed with the digital technologies? Let me start off with my first experience with HD. I was in a high end a/v store and they were running a loop of some of...
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    Pioneer Customer Service

    Finally a story with a happy ending! ( well, it will be tomorrow) About 2 1/2 years ago I purchased a VSX-26tx. It was as close to high end as I thought I was ever going to get. Everything was great for about a year and then it happened ...... SILENCE!!! I fell victim to the infamous audio...
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    Twisted Tunes

    Grew up listening to this guy on 98 Rock in Baltimore. He just keeps getting funnier. Check out Twisted Tunes .
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    HDTV noise

    Just curious. I was at a job site recently and the customer had an RCA widescreen HDTV (CRT) with built in sat receiver. The customer wasnt home so I wasn't able to ask him (second home) but the set made an awful constant hissing noise. Anyone else have similar problems? Sidebar: It was a...
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    ren fest coming soon

    That time of year again! Any one else gearing up? Plan on attended both the Md and Pa fests this year myself. Bill
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    Not so flexi-rack

    Months ago I started this project. Had a week off so I finally finished: Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed Original plan was to use real marble for the shelves. Glad I didnt, this thing weighs a ton as it is! 3/4" MDF, 2" solid aluminum posts, its plenty sturdy. Getting ready to...
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    Connection difference (Not a cable brand war)

    Occasionally the question comes up as to which connection is best: Composite, S-video, or Component. Most of us by experience know it to be component but some may not. I thought I'd show some results of the differences. After calibrating my TV(Convergence and with VE) I decided to take some...
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    What's going on up there in Canada?

    Living in Delaware, I'm used to the smells, but something was different today. It smelled like something burning and it was foggy out. Come to find out it's smoke from a fire in Canada! Whats on fire and from where?
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    New DIY speaker wires

    I cant seem to upload to my web page but here are some photos of my new cables. I haven't tried them out yet, let alone break them in. I wanted to try a braided design while bi-wiring. I used 8 individual 16 guage stands woven together (yields approx 13g). Found some AR bananas at Lowes...
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    LOTR at a hotel near you?

    Just had a stay at a Marriott in NJ and on ther pay per view list was The Fellowship of the Rings. I'm not a frequent guest at hotels and was wondering if it is odd that they would get the rights prior to its release to the public. At $11.95 though, I figured I would save it for the DVD release...
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    Got home last night ....

    My entire living room was REARRANGED:angry: :angry: :angry: My fiance "Wanted a change" so she decided to disconnect my HT and move all the furniture. Said all I hade to do was hook it back up. Every wire was removed, speaker grill busted, and reciever left on without speakers. I was livid...
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    Artifacts in film

    Watched Behind Enemy Lines tonight and just though I'd ask. On those fast action scenes (usually things blowing up with a lot of debris), things look less film like. I've also noticed this on other films including Gladiator(Fight sequences). Does this have to do with the frame rate these scenes...
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    missed simpsons!!

    Living in Delaware (I know, spare the pitty:) ),my cable co. is a Philla. affiliate. Last night after the Eagles got whooped (woohoo!), I had to listen to reporters go on for almost an hour about how thet lost. When will these people learn? Just venting.
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