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You can find many sets of component cables for anywhere from $10 - $30. Radioshack has Gold Series cables and I believe Best Buy has AR. Many sites carry Monster Cable. I got my cables (Python 6' for $9.95 & shipping) at http://www.comcatusa.com/comcat/higdefrgbvid.html The price/benefit...

Let me see if I got this right (I can be exceptionally dense sometimes). I just got a Sony 32FV27 which will automatically do the squeeze. If I set my DVD player to 16:9 and put in one of my daughter's "cheap" DVD's (e.g. Mary-Kate & Ashley) which is obviously not anomorphic, the TV will...

Excellent thread! I just got a 32FV27 and will be getting a "real" DVD player in March (my current player is a playstation2) and will be able to investigate the squeeze more thoroughly at that time. Does anyone know whether Video Essentials has a corresponding anomorphic test pattern? I got...

My new 4:3 Sony 32FV27 will automatically detect and do "the squeeze" on anamorphic DVDs. My only DVD player currently available is a playstation2 (I know.....ugh!) and I would like to know which setting to use on it in order to generate the squeeze. My choices: 4:3 Letterbox (the default)...

I've been looking at some 36" Direct View sets (RPTV not really an option due to excessive viewing angles). A local store had: Panasonic CT36X31 (flat screen) $1600 Hitachi 36UDX10S (curved screen but 1080i compatible) $1700 Sony 36FV27 (flat screen) $1800 Any opinions?

Hmmm.....one would think that a Wega group would be more helpful than a HS10 group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sony-wega

As I understand it, "torch mode" is the setting where contrast is turned all the way up to the highest level. Supposedly, this will make the set stand out on a dealer's floor compared to others and is the default setting on many brands when they come from the factory. I guess this is also a...

At the risk of sounding too touchy-feely, I wanted to thank all of those who contribute to this forum. When I recently started visiting (as a neophyte), I learned about the default “torch mode” and have subsequently reduced the contrast (and made other adjustments) on my older 27” Panasonic...

Richard - Man, you really hit home with your comments. I've been looking for a 36" direct view for a couple of months now and I feel the same; initially thought about a WEGA permutation but read much about uneven brightness, geometry, etc. (and the expense is another story), then thinking...

In my previous life (when I was seriously into high fidelity stereo systems) I used to subscribe to The Absolute Sound (from whence the magazine The Perfect Vision is related) and Harry Pearson (the editor) used to talk about The Rule of Thirds; i.e. place your speakers a third of the total...

I've also been looking very hard at this set. When I looked at Sears last week, the color of the set was silver (actually sort of a silver-brown). Unfortunately they didn't have the matching stand (does anyone know where you can get one?). BTW, Sears has this set on sale for $759.99 until...

I've been agonizing over a 36" direct view set and reading many forums. Two brands I've been looking at (Sony, Toshiba) have reportedly "marginal" (to say the least) manufacturer product support. Is any brand known for good product support?

I've been researching 36" direct view sets; had narrowed down my choices to a couple of Sony models but with my wife and I primarily watching analog cable I couldn't justify the price hit. I've now been looking at different brands; one that has caught my eye has been the Toshiba 36A50...

I'm new to this and pretty clueless so any opinions would be most appreciated. I apologize for the long post to follow. My wife and I saw (briefly) a friend's new 36" Sony (KV36FV16) and was very impressed with it (especially the flat screen). I'm lusting after a large screen TV (with 36"...