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  1. PaulHeroy

    Win a Pioneer Elite SC-95 Dolby Atmos Receiver

    I've collected a handful of movies on Atmos (plus the one DTS:X title). My 14' vaulted ceiling is crying out for some speakers to fill the void up there with great sounds. I'm saving for an Atmos upgrade but you know how those unexpected expenses crop up, so that SC-95 would be fantastic...
  2. PaulHeroy

    Win a Denon X5200W 9.2 channel Dolby Atmos AVR with a copy of Insurgent on Blu-ray!

    I'm rocking a 7.2 setup right now and the best way to take it to the next level is to add 4 ceiling channel speakers! My multi-use living room has a cathedral ceiling so I'm really looking forward to adding that height dimension. The wife is not happy about me wanting to add to what we have or...
  3. PaulHeroy

    Grimm Season 2

    Ok... after a little more looking it looks like ROF *is* Volcanalis, retitled. That's actually nice, b/c I forgot to remove the ROF recording from my DVR and it wouldn't have recorded the episode with the same title in place, I think.
  4. PaulHeroy

    Grimm Season 2

    What in the world has happened to the episode "Ring of Fire"? I got a new episode "Volcanalis" on the DVR last night. Figured I'd go to nbc.com and try to stream ROF, but it doesn't even show there at all. In fact, the episdoe guide for Grimm doesn't even show it, it has 217 "One Angry...
  5. PaulHeroy

    Arrested Development: Season 4 (Netflix)

    Those episode titles strike me as "working" titles, more than real titles. Hurwitz & crew have more creativity than that, and previous season ep. titles are nothing like that.
  6. PaulHeroy

    Win a copy of The Orchestrion Project on Blu-ray

    Very cool, been looking for more jazz on Blu-ray, Pat has been a great musician from his collaborations with avante gardists like Ornette Coleman and Derek Bailey to his more accessible PGM stuff with Lyle Mays.
  7. PaulHeroy

    Grimm Season One

    I've been watching Grimm from the start and love the tone and emerging mythology, so reminiscent of the Angel/Buffy stuff that I miss. And funny you mentioned that - I just started rewatching Buffy S1 last week (first time to rewatch since it aired) and have such mixed emotions seeing Calendar...
  8. PaulHeroy

    Covert Affairs - USA

    I enjoyed the pilot enough that I'll be checking out coming episodes. Piper Perabo is pretty good as the ingenue, neo-Sydney Bristow. As someone said, she does a very good job with facial expressions already so I expect it to be fun watching her aliases. I never saw Jake 2.0 so I remember Gorham...
  9. PaulHeroy

    V - Season 1

    Definitely a "warmer" lighting in the first screencap. Also, her hair has just a bit more longer wisps (neck, in front of ear) that give it a softer, more feminine look. Finally, the high, closed neck of her uniform looks a bit harsher than the open neck. But I think the lighting and angle is...
  10. PaulHeroy

    Flash Forward - season 1

    I was really looking forward to FF before the season. It started out not too bad, but then what Tony D says above took over. I gave up last week - just seems too much like writers using the show as their therapy session or something. I swear the recent TV season, at least the new "genre" shows...
  11. PaulHeroy

    Now that the Hi-Def transition has happened

    It wasn't an HD transition, it was a *digital* transition. They are not the same thing. You can broadcast SD video digitally. This move is mainly about reclaiming analog broadcast frequencies so they can be used for other purposes.
  12. PaulHeroy

    New Joss Whedon show announced: Dollhouse

    Haven't seen the latest ep yet, but just to throw out something to consider on this point about a "bit for bit" copy of a brain (granting the assumption that such a representation can be done in the first place) being a real clone. Not long ago we would probably have thought the same with...
  13. PaulHeroy

    Britain's Got Talent 2009

    Thanks for posting the Susan Boyle link, Francois. My mom was just telling me about that this evening - neither of us gets or watches BGT, she had heard it on the radio. Pretty stunning. I do find it amusing though that this comes a year or two after the Paul Potts discovery when they were...
  14. PaulHeroy

    Fakey "video" processing of film, or just bad cable signal?

    Can't say for sure, but: 1) You might want to post this in the display forum with your specific model # 2) Samsung has in the past had processing that couldn't be turned off, I have no idea about your set but it sounds suspiciously like that 3) Your test with old Sony CRT seems to confirm...
  15. PaulHeroy

    Merlin US Premiere announced

    Nice to see Anthony Head there; haven't seen him over here since Buffy ended so I'll at least take a look.
  16. PaulHeroy

    New Joss Whedon show announced: Dollhouse

    I have to admit, I'm a pretty big fan of everything Whedon has previously produced on TV and was greatly anticipating this show, but add me to the list of folks who were underwhelmed by the pilot. I'm certainly going to give it at least several more episodes to see how it goes because Joss has...
  17. PaulHeroy

    Pushing Daisies - Season 2

    +1 to the list of folks deeply saddened by news of PD's demise. It's literally been a bright spot in the TV schedule. Even though I've become more jaded due to the obvious trend over the last decade of so many quality shows being killed early, PD charmed me so much I hoped for an exception.
  18. PaulHeroy

    Legend of the Seeker - premiere this weekend

    I tried to watch, but I guess I'm spoiled... was really disappointed by the fact that my local station (WLFL in Raleigh & Durham NC market) is showing this in SD, not HD. The listings in the guide show an HD symbol so I called the station to ask what is going on, and found that they won't be...
  19. PaulHeroy

    Annoying storytelling device

    I agree that this device has become way overused. The thing is, as several people have given examples of, when done well it can be a really interesting and fun hook into a story. But it's become a template now, and used so much that the impact has really gotten watered down. It's similar to time...
  20. PaulHeroy

    TNT-HD now available on Directv...

    I could not agree more, and totally sympathize with your feeling. I have been watching some of the NBA playoffs on TNT-HD, and have been pretty pleased with the picture in general though it could be a little better. But as a result I noticed that TNT-HD was listing reruns of Angel, listed in...
  21. PaulHeroy

    Dish Network, DirecTV or Comcast?

    You might want to head over to TivoCommunity.com and check out threads on the HD-Tivo, DirecTV is apparently blowing them out cheap because their deal with Tivo is ending. Their new DVRs will be out sometime in the next several months with the ability to use the new MPEG4 sats, which the Tivos...
  22. PaulHeroy

    24 Season 4 on DVD

    (Sorry if this has been discussed, I tried searching and couldn't find any relevant hits. Of course, "24" is too short to search and find reasonable hits most of the time.) Does anyone know when 24 S4 is due on DVD in the US? All the references I have found to 24 Season 4 on DVD only seem to...
  23. PaulHeroy

    Help please with FP

    I would suggest reading up on FP in a few places. Websites with reviews and also some general articles on FP: Secrets of Hi Fi & Home Theater Audioholics Projector Central Ultimate AV Mag Projector Reviews There's also a huge amount of discussion and info at the AVS FPs over...
  24. PaulHeroy

    Should I wait for HD-DVD?

    Receivers would certainly be affected by the new audio formats, which likely won't be available on current interfaces. Probably HDMI for the new audio formats? Do any current receivers even accept audio over HDMI? (Is the spec even final?) Back to the original question.... it may take 2-3...
  25. PaulHeroy

    Alright--I want to hear the TRUTH about Bose!

    Bose seems to do two things really well: marketing and system setup/interface. They appeal to people who aren't into the gear and want a sleek unobtrusive package that's easy to just setup and use. Most don't trust themselves to really look into systems and speakers, and do their own research...
  26. PaulHeroy

    Htd?????

    I'm seriously considering trying the new Level Three with the ribbon tweeter for my office system. Since they're new and not in display rooms there is only a small trickle of feedback at the moment. The previous non-ribbon models were pretty well thought of, and the one or two comments I've seen...
  27. PaulHeroy

    'Firefly' added to Sci-Fi

    I do hope this gives a boost to Firefly in general, DVD sales and especially to the upcoming movie, Serenity. Since I have the DVD set and have watched it through a couple of times, I won't be watching SciFi's showings. If anyone likes Joss's work I'd recommend at least renting the DVDs, or...
  28. PaulHeroy

    Outlaw 990.... First Look.....

    Bobby T, looking at the chart on page 13 of the 990 manual confirms it can overlay DTS with PLIIx.
  29. PaulHeroy

    Outlaw 990.... First Look.....

    As a current owner of a Lexicon MC-1 (purchased used, I can't afford their stuff new), who has been holding out on SACD and DVD-A until I can upgrade to something offering compatibility without sacrificing much of what the MC-1 does... the 990 sure looks tempting. So Steve's comments, coming...
  30. PaulHeroy

    Lost Season 1 ongoing thread (merged)

    One thing I haven't seen mentioned about the finale, which struck me with respect to Arzt: I got the feeling that one aspect of his character was to symbolically represent the knowitalls on internet forums who nitpick and hypercriticize shows. Then Abrams blows him up... heh. I thought that was...
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