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  1. Dick N

    DVD Recorder with HDTV recording?

    Thanks Stephen, how close to the North American market are the "AOD" spec machines? What does "AOD" stand for?
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    DVD Recorder with HDTV recording?

    Which begs the question "If not, why not? Damn it" Is it a technical issue or copywrite fears?
  3. Dick N

    Philips DVDR75 Recorder Problems: Please help

    Have you upgraded your firmware? I noticed there is one on there web page this often fixes bugs like this if they are well known. By the way can you record HDTV signals from a component video input.
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    Ordering HK from Etronics.com to Canada?

    Panagioti, one thing to remember if you go down to NY State and buy in person you will be dinged for State Tax on the US price. I believe it is somewhere around 5-6%. Some Provinces collect PST at the border others do not ie BC. So if you make a one day trip you will have to pay GST and...
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    Voltage regulators fact or fiction?

    Garrett-Wallace, good comments from folks so far. The need is going to be based on where you are, such as if you live in an area that has brown outs or has power failures, usually more rural in nature. Who else is in your neighborhood, is there a lot of (heavy) industry in the area? Even in...
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    What's the difference between surge protector and line conditioner?

    I kinda got off the original intent of your question. So I'll add this to the top. Line conditioners typically produce a none standard sine wave which is adequate for many electronic devices but some don't like it. Look for something like "true sine wave" in the documentation. It sounds...
  7. Dick N

    Anyone heard GR Research Speakers?

    Any chance the AV1+'s demo pair can come for a vacation up North, sure look pretty, like to hear them though?
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    Did I get baited and switched??

    Just out of curiosity could you name the dealer? Since I live up here in Vancouver.
  9. Dick N

    all-digital Harman Kardon DPR 1001 ?

    Here is a press release with some more information on the DPR-1001 http://www.dba-pr.com/clients/harman...es/dpr1001.htm My question is don't receivers/pre-amps that have digital inputs already have a digital path to the amplifier section? Dick
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    Disappointed with Toshiba 65H82

    Tim Ok, I'm changing the subject a here but I'm not sure how to weave this into a new thread. You said "and have used both the DCT5100 and the seperate Motorola sidecar for the DCT2000 on it." I own a DCT2000 and my cable company has just started offering the DCT5100HD but at $600 CDN or...
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    Sony KV34XBR800 Reliabilty and Warranties

    Hi, I'm rather upset that Sony thinks Canadians are less worthy, one year warranty (KV34XBR800) than our American friends, two year warranty. However my question regards extended warrenty coverage that the electronic stores sell. Is it worth it (Keep the above in mind)? In your experience how...
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    "Digital" cable box

    Barry, It's not just the inability to watch one digital channel while taping another which is a major, major disadvantage. But the fact that the DCT2000 doesn't have channel changing programing built in like the Explorer 2000. For example if you go away for the weekend and want to tape two...
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    Identifying DVD player MPEG Decoder Chipset

    Thanks Ted. I tried removing the daughter card but its screwed down so tight I can't remove it.
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    "Digital" cable box

    My 2 cents worth from the West Coast. Had the Explorer 2000 when we were Roger's Cable but was forced to return it when Shaw Cable took over. I opted to buy the Motorola DCT 2000 box $200 CDN (about $130 U.S.) which paid for itself in a year. Unit can be purchased in retail stores here. Has...
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    Identifying DVD player MPEG Decoder Chipset

    I recently purchased a Panasonic RP-56 which according to hometheaterhifi.com contains the Sage/Faroudja FLI2200. There is no mention that this is the case in the user manual specs or on the Panasonic web page and there is no DCDi logo on the player. I opened up the case and found a...
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