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I just recently purchased a 32' flat Toshiba (32Af42) and I keep noticing very obvious problems of color seepage where there should be none. It is very blatant, and the best way I could describe the color pattern is to say it looks like a rainbow. It usually is only minor, but it is driving me...

I was watching the Avia guide to home theater and I noticed that when they talked about speaker settings they recommended that you usually should set your speaker settings to small even if you have floorstanding speakers. They recommended this because they said that 8inch woofers or less were...

I am pretty much done with the basic setup of my HTS, except I have not plugged in the power cords as of yet. The problem is that where I positioned the equipment, there is no 3-pronged outlet, so I need 30ft of extension cord that I can then plug into my surge suprressor to reach the equipment...

I have finished all my wiring basically, and I have hidden my 12 gauge cables underneath my carpet. However, I am paranoid that stepping on them repeatedly will damage their performance, etc. Is there any truth to my worry? Would it be better to put them in plain sight so that they are not...

I am almost completely done setting up my home theater system but I am having trouble with my wiring. I have never hooked up speakers before, and I only have spools of wire, not pre-terminated cables. I just bought a wire stripper, but I am having problems using it;it can only fit one wire a...

I am assembling my HTS at the moment and I wanted to use S-video connections for my vcr but realized it only has composite. I have been through a buyers guide for A/V equipment and very few VCRs seem to have S-video; almost all that do are S-VHS recorders. I don't need an S-VHS since I am not...

I am having a problem deciding on how far away I should sit from my tv. THX recommends a minimum of a 26 degree (or is it percent) viewing angle. Which means (according to a calculator for viewing distances) I should sit 4-5 ft away from my 32 inch 4:3 aspect ratio direct view TV. However, my...

I purchased a 5.1 system, with the L/R fronts being floorstanding speakers that start at 35hz. I also have a subwoofer that is full range. I have heard some people claim that this is too much bass, and it would be better to either have satellites and a sub, or floorstanding and no subwoofer. I...

I was hoping to get Athena audition speakers, but I am not sure if my room is big enough for so much sound. My room is only 15Lx12Wx8H, and it seems like it could easily be overkill. I also have recently read that you should try to put your speakers about five feet away from the wall, and this...

The room that I am using for my home theater setup is 15x12x8, and I just recently read in Practical Home Theater (Robert Harley) that viewing distance from the TV should be 5x the height of the tv. Is this true? I was hoping to put a 36inch in my room, but according to this setup I would have...

I have been looking at home theatre setups and recently decided to buy an Aperion audio setup until I stumbled over a few specials at onecall.com It seems like the deals they offer are way below retail price, and I was wondering if anyone had bought any of these specials? One that I was...

I am looking for a tv to go with my home theater system, and though I have a 27 inch I am looking for something bigger. Could anyone recommend what they consider to be the best you can get on an analog 32-36' for 700? Thanks for any comments.

I was looking for a receiver to go with Aperion audio 5.1 speakers, and they sell their packages with Onkyo, which, though I don't know too much about specifically, is supposed to be good. So could I go wrong with buying a TS-R600? It retails for 500 but they are selling it with the speakers for...

I have a huge Cd-R collection of tv shows, movies, etc, and I don't know the difference between a VCD and a CD-R burned video,etc. Is a VCD a subset of a Cd-R or are they two fundamentally different things. I know this is not too important since most DVD players play both, but wouldn't it affect...

If you watch a lot of tv with your HTS system is it important to have both DPL and DPLII? I am just asking because I am not clear on whether tapes that were encoded in DPL will play DPLII? Or is it only the new tapes that have been encoded with DPLII the ones that can play that format? So then I...

I have been trying to find a good speaker system of late and at the moment I am trying to compare Aperion audio Intimus 5.1 (12'sub-250 watts) with Home theater Direct's level three 5.1 system (150-watts). Though both systems are the same price Home theater direct will give you 4 towers plus...

I have a huge CD-R collection (700) and I have never been able to test how a normal sized CD-R plays on a Dvd player. I have heard that the quality is horrible since the normal computer monitor is 15 inches while a normal HTS tv is at least 27-32 inches, and the quality stays the same while...

I was wondering how Aperion audio speakers were? I have read a few reviews on them and they were all very flattering but I was hoping I could get some personal info from some of the members on here. They sell a 5.1 system with (12' subwoofer) for 1300, is that a reasonable price compared to...