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  1. Dan Messner

    Problem playing Game of Thrones discs on Panasonic blu-ray player

    Hello Everyone : Two years ago I gave a Panasonic blu-ray player to a friend for Christmas. Three days ago her fiancé updated the players firmware. They performed the update to continue watching the first season of Game of Thrones. I received an e-mail from them last night telling me that the...
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    Game of Thrones and Panasonic blu-ray players

    Hello Everyone : Two years ago I purchased a Panasonic blu-ray player as a gift for a friend and her fiance. I recently loaned them seasons one and two of Game of Thrones. They performed a firmware update to get through season one. They tried playing season two last night and were unable to do...
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    Outdoor roof top antennas

    I am currently residing in the Almaden valley area of San Jose, California. Recently, comcast has started scrambling the basic cable channels we subscribe to. Are there any forum members here in San Jose whom are using roof top antennas instead of comcast? If so, which antennas are best for this...
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    Damaged flat panel glass

    Ladies and Gentlemen : My brother-in-law won a flat panel 50" Samsung T.V. in December. His five year old daughter recently threw a hard object at it, resulting in a broken glass screen. I would like opinions on whether he should try to have the screen replaced or replace the T.V. Thanks...
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    3D 3D glasses

    Hello Everyone : I have a question about 3D glasses. A friend just had an 80" Sharp t.v. and a Samsung BD-E5900 installed in an apartment complex common area. The blu-ray player did not come with glasses. Do Samsung glasses need to be purchased or glasses designed to work with the tv. Thanks...
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    Bad HDMI outputs

    I have an Panasonic EZ28 dvd recorder and an Toshiba HD-A30 that no longer will transfer audio and video from their hdmi outputs. I have tried swapping cables and running cables directly from their outputs to the input on my T.V. The only way I can get video from either unit is to use the...
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    Problem with setup of a Bose Lifestyle home theater system.

    I setup a Bose Lifestyle home theater system for a friend yesterday. I attached the speakers to the bass / music storage unit with the RCA male to plug connectors. I then attached the cat 5 to S-video connector to the " main " input on the dvd / receiver. Sound can be heard from the front...
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    Is Dolby TrueHD and dts HD-MA possible on an Yamaha RX-V2095?

    I have a ten year old Yamaha RX-V2095 receiver. I have been reading about the soon to be released Sony BDP-S550 and it's ability to decode the new surround codecs internally. Does anyone know if the new surround modes could be transferred from the analog output of the S-550 to the analog...
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    Bay Audio Jam Subwoofer

    In my last post I stated the subwoofer I was trying to use was manufactured by SVS. This turned out to not be the case. The manufacturer is Bay Audio and the model is a JAM subwoofer. It is equipped with a 325 watt amp. Anyway, the noise problem remains whether I run it in parallel with the...
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    SVS jam subwoofer

    A friend of mine loaned me an SVS jam subwoofer to try in my system. I am currently using a Yamaha RXV-2095 receiver with NHT Super Ones across the three front channels, NHT Super Zeroes on the front effects and surround channels and a passive Radio Shack 12" subwoofer powered by an Hafler...
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