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I am planning to replace my current JVC i'art 27FA44 with a big screen. My first inclination is to go with a CRT rear projection model because the the low cost. However I am worried that the poor gemoetry typical of direct view sets will tranfer over to a CRT porjector, is this a legitmimate...

and what can I expect to pay?

Just curious about the question in the subject line. also would like opinions on what are the best 42-46 inch rear projection models on the market. Anf finally, curious if anyone has any info on the pors and cons of LCD projection versus CRT porjection TVS.

I have just started at Best Buy. We are in the process of setting up the store, and a collegue and I were touring what will soon be out home thatre department. He was poiting at various products and making totally ignorant assertions of their value. Pointed at a few Samsung LCD's sand said...

When I first got my home theatre my goal was to get a complete system all at once. I didn't have a lot to spend but I was not willing sacrifice upgradabilty buy buying a HTIAB. I ended up with a very nice Panasonic 6.1 all digital reciever (SAXR25), and a Panasonic F65 DVD player. Both of...

You may or may not be aware that Pizza huts in Canada (or in BC at least?) are offering one of three DVDs with two medium pizzas. Choices are Weekend at Bernies, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or Lost in Space. The movies are published by Alliance Atlantis I do not know if these are identical...

Am I the only ones who feel like throwing my arms up in despair over such a development?

Gees. What kind of Morons are making the decisions at columbia Tri-Star these days? They certainly are vying for the worst studio honours... First Annie.... Now we get this ridiculously overpriced single disc release with barely any extras mascarading as a "collector's edition"...

I have long belived that only about 20% of the world populaion is intelligent. Many people have accused me of exaggeration. I on the other hand am starting to believe I have been to generous with that 20% figure. I have just come across what is perhaps one of the most hilarious, most...

I just recieved my copies of the Malaysion Star Wars Trilogy VCDs. I was expecting the quality to be bad, and it is, it's awful really, but since my VCR broke months ago, they are nice to have until the DVDs finally come out, and after that they will make fine novelties. Anyway, to the point...

I am interested in testing the dynamic range of a few of my cds. Basically I want to see the waveform so that I can see how much of the available dynamic range my my recordings are actually taking advanatge of. I want to do this because I have a feeling that much of the current...

Disclaimer: This is not a scientific experiment, and likely only applies to video games, movies are a different animal. I recently hooked up my new Xbox using both a Optical audio cable, for Dolby Digital surround, as well as standard analog cables for use with Pro Logic 2. The results...

I was just considering how bizzarre the world can seem at time. Actually one particular thought has struck me as humerous, so I've decided to share. The licensing issues between MGM and Warner are, as most people know, complex. But there is one particular issue that I find more than a little...

Just picked up this set. Comes in a very nice box (aside from the french scribbled all over it). Unfortunately it appears as though there is a problem with the audio. At least the first two chapters of the movie, in both DD and DTS, have no dialog. The music plays, and ambient sound plays, but...

Does anyone know if there is a Special Edition of Chicago planned? I have been holding off on buying this excellent movies because of the bare bones release, since it seems a shoe in for a special edition. But alas I have yet yo hear anything...

Of course I have heard that VSM is bad, and evidently even JVC knows this, since the "theatre" mode on my 27" I'art automatically turns it off (and incidently provides to my eye very accurate colour, contrast and brightness). But what exactly does it do? I turnd my tv into "standard" mode...

Well, I have been slowley accumulating my home theatre components, thanks to a great contract that pays well, if slowly. Had the new TV a few weeks, and yesterday I went out and got my reciever and speakers. Today I have been playing with it, and having a blast, and as expected the DTS-ES 6.1...

well i got my brand new tv, and i love it. the picute was awesome, sharp, clear. nothing to complain about. so of course, like an idiot i had to go an screw it up by playing with the service menu. now i have completely screwed up the geometry and cannot even get it close to how it was. I feel...

I realize, of course, that pal has higher vertical resolution than NTSC, so in thoery, pal disc of equal quality should have a better picture than thier NTSC counterparts. However, everytime I have seen full size screen caps of a pal disc next to the ntsc version, the picture look identical...

Everytime I think about buying an HDTV I keep coming back to the same issue. Every single HDTV on the market right now is a transitional product with only a partial feature set. None support 1080p signals, which for now is ok, as no 1080p sources yet exist. But few nativley support 720p, and the...

*sigh*. This is probably an innapropriate thread, but these thoughts have been brewing ever since I started reading HTF. I can'r resist, so please bare with me. I see so many posts that mention the wife accpetance factor, so sweetly abreviated as WTF. And everytime I see these posts I...

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...LBS=fs%2Dweb2# Any opinions?

(Accidently posted this in what is likely the wrong forum before, so apologies dor duplicating it here.) I would like some opinions on my speaker setup in my bedroom. It is a small room, about 11' by 9'. The theatre is set up with the tv and mains on one of the short walls. This is really the...

I would like some opinions on my speaker setup in my bedroom. It is a small room, about 11' by 9'. The theatre is set up with the tv and mains on one of the short walls. This is really the only way it can work, as in addition to it being a small room, it is also a loft with a low, sloped...

Will DVD-Audio or SACD ever take off? I mean, will either ever replace standard CD's as the format of choice? At this point, My guess is no. Firstly very few people are chomping at the bit for a new audio format, since CD already sounds very decent, and with Dolby Pro Logic II music mode, you...

I was just wondering. Do you think the standad for HD DVD will be 720p or 1080i? Obviously both have pros and cons. I really don't undersatdn why 1080p was not part of the HDTV spec.

I came across this accidently just now, and I am most amused at the downright stupid things people have said about DVD over the years.... http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/talk...ack_58606.html

I am trying to put together a modest home theatre system (still). I am limited by budget and space to a regular old 27 inch tv. I insist on only a flat screen and a 16:9 squeeze mode. The TV is primarily for DVD wathcing and video games. Regular cable TV will be watched, but I dont give a damn...

Sometimes I feel like technology is moving far too fast these days. HDTV is here, and while I can not say it is ready for prime time, I certainly can't afford a HDTV set, and if I could, could not yet justify it do to the limited programming thus far. So while at this point it is a toy for those...

I want to connect my GameCube to my TV using component input. My TV does not have S-video input, but it does have component inputs. Two problems with this: the first is that those inputs are already being used for my DVD player/reciever Second, they are labeled "DVD input" and I am...