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Hi everybody, I just purchased this 32" Samsung today from Best Buy and so far I'm very impressed, and I haven't even watched any HD content yet on it!! I'm going to pop in DVE sometime this week, but I noteiced that the contrast is set to 100 out of the box, is that what you guys usually run...

I've been doing a lot of research into the realm of picture resolution and scan rates of TV's (probably not enough!) Now, I've been a computer geek for a long time and I've read alot of discussion about progressive scan and it still confuses me somewhat. Ok, is comparing 480p to 480i like...

I know this has been discussed here before, but has anyone found this device online anywhere? I've heard people have found it at Gamestop stores but I cannot find it anywhere!! I'm wondering if I should just go get a $20 radio shack RCA selector. Thanks for any help, Andy

Does anyone know if there are any other "HDTV" dvd players coming out other than the Bravo or the Samsung HD931? I wasn't impressed that much with the Samsung and am taking it back and I was wondering if Sony or Pioneer or anyone for that matter had one coming out. I also would love to see more...

I've got a Panasonic 47wx53 that is almost a month old and I've been waiting to try any convergence with the service menu for at least a month(I've been doing ALOT of research on the forums), BUT I wrote down all of my service menu settings and then played with the horizontal width and...

I just got a HDTV box from my local cable company and it seems that my VCR won't work at all with just hooking up video and audio cable. But it will work if I run the cable in to the vcr and out to the HDTV box. I'm wondering if there is any loss of signal or quality (especially since its...

I have a Panasonic 47wx53 and I was wondering if anyone else has encountered this when entering service mode. It seems that when I get in the service mode and switch to my DVD player (which happens to be the Samsung HD931) I can only change 4 color settings, the rest of the menu options are...

Ok, I bought my Panasonic 47wx53 from Best Buy 2 weeks ago for 1399. The guy told me I had 30 days for the price match thing, and I could pick up any free offers that I missed too. Now, the deal at BB this week is a free recliner and they have extended the financing from 18 months to 24 months...

Hey everyone, I have a Sony receiver that was part of a home theater package (HT-DDW830) that I've had for about 2 years now. Now this receiver has 2 optical-digital inputs and 1 coaxial input. The coaxil can only be used for the DVD/LD input but the 2 opticals are labeled TV/SAT and then...

I just noticed something when I'm trying to do calibrations on my Tv with this DVD, it seems like the sides are cropped off and that was confirmed when I played the DVD on my computer and there was more on the sides than what was on my tv. Now I have a Panasonic 47wx53 and I'm using the Samsung...

Hey everyone, I just got my Panasonic yesterday and I noticed something. When I use Directv images such as Headline news or any thing on the bottom of the screen isn't shown right. It is easy to see that the image is shifted higher on the right side of the screen when I watch shows such as...

Ok, the Best Buy guys are coming over tommorow morning and delivering my new set, and I have a decision to make and I was hoping someone here could help me make it. I have an O'Sullivan entertainment center that I took the top part of off because I would like to keep that as a stand for this tv...

Ok, I should be getting my Panny 47wx53 tommorow, my Samsung HD91 $300 DVD player (with DVI output) tommorow and my local cable company is bringing a HD receiver out next week that they told me has a DVI output. Now lets say for instance that I watch DVD's half the time and will watch HDTV the...

I just purchased the new Samsung HD931 DVD player online and it should be arriving Wednesday with my new Panasonic 47" that I got at Best Buy yesterday. At $1400 I couldn't pass it up, it sounds like it is becoming very popular...I'm going to hook up my dvd player via DVI cable because it has an...

Hey everyone, I posted a thread about getting a new tv in the display/projector site and I haven't gotten a response yet, so I decided to ask one simple "newbie" question here. I've noticed that most of the widescreen rpt's I've been looking at don't seem to be 720p capable but there are a few...

Hello all, I'm still somewhat a newbie but I think I'm ready to take the HD plunge! I was hoping some of you could give me a few tips. Here is what I am looking for in a High-Def TV. 1) somewhere in the 1500-1600 range 2) no larger than 46 inch, but must be a tabletop. The reason for this is...

Hi everyone, I have a Sony AV receiver that I got with an all-in-one package about 2 years ago. I can't seem to find the model number right now, but it was Best Buys standard all in one $300 system. The receiver has Dolby Digital and DTS capabilites. The problem I DID have was that when I was...

Hi everyone, I have been searching for a good 20 inch TV and wondered if anyone knows of any good deals...I am looking for 1) no more than $250 2) Svideo a must (2 would be awesome) 3) componet won't be used 4) flat screen would be nice, but not necessary 5) actually it could be 24 or...

Hi all, I'm going to be moving into an apartment that allows dishes in a couple of weeks but they only allow them to be placed on tripods. Where do I get these mounts and are they made specifically for satellites? Also, I am going with Direct TV (mainly because of the MLB extra...

Hi all, I've been reading through threads trying to decide if I should get an Xbox to compliment my Ps2 and I've been seeing a lot of PS2 DVD complaints. I've heard that it is anywhere from bad to horrible, but not much detail on what exactly is bad. So what is the HTF peoples opinion...

After reading Mike Knapp's "Squeezing the most out of home video part 2" I noticed that one of the recommendations was to try to sit twice the diagonal distance. I measured last night (32" Toshiba) and found that my couch, where I do my most watching, sits about 9 feet away from the TV. Is...

Hi everybody, this is my first post on the Home Theater Forum! After seeing what some of you all have as your home theater I don't know if I qualify anymore!! Anyway, on with the stupid questions. I have a 32 inch Toshiba with componet input and 3-line dig.comb filter (non-digital) a DD,Dts...