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    Seattle Tacoma Movie night

    Hey guys I'm still around though a career change has me working 6 nights a week, only night I have off is Sundays right now which I know doesn't work I can always try to take a night off though.
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    Attention Washingtonians

    Just added some updates.
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    Attention Washingtonians

    Just made some updates to the above post, also everyone in Snohomish County (except Edmonds) should now have Video On Demand. All HD box's were updated to firmware 7.07 this last week enabling both the DVI and Firewire ports on the boxs. And lastly if you have high speed internet by Comcast and...
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    How long will HD signals be considered a premium service?

    Theres no extra charge here in Seattle for HD channels just $5 a month for the convertor through Comcast. The one thing to think about is the FCC has mandated Digital TV conversion not HDTV conversion. So truely HD will probably be considered "premium" for quite some time. Jeremy
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    15.1 surround sound

    The additional speakers you are seeing in that diagram are due to the size of the room, Multiple speakers play the same exact channel. So even though a dubbing studio and even your local cineplex may have 15 or more speakers there still only utilizing 5.1 6.1 or in rare cases 8.1 channels of audio.
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    Attention Washingtonians

    Sorry for not updating my top post recently but I did so tonight.
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    "forcing" a Dolby Digital input/optical vs. wire?

    You cannot take an analog output and input it into a digital input this just simply wont work if I'm following what you are trying to say correctly. If I'm to understand you correctly you want to take the red/white "L&R" audio cables from your X-Box hook them up to a "y" cable making them...
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    Seattle Tacoma Movie night

    ok I wanted my weekends back so now I'm back to standard M-F working 2:15 to 11pm. Let me know if there is going to be a meet or I can even try to get one started if you'd like.
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    Comcast HDTV and no STB box for OTA?

    Ok You still wont be able to get the locals through cable if you're local cableco does not have carriage agreements to carry the HD feed's. Just because your local cableco carry's the locals does not mean they carry the HD feed's as well. For instance there are 14 locals in HD in my...
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    Comcast HDTV and no STB box for OTA?

    I'm sorry to say that whoever posted that was completely wrong. HDTV is sent out using QAM 64 or QAM 256 depending on the cable system, most Comcast systems use QAM256 due to its increased bandwidth capabilities over QAM 64 and 8-VSB. 8-VSB can only send 19.4Mbps per 6Mhz channel where as QAM...
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    If I return my Panasonic S35 - What should I get?

    I feel your pain, I bought an S55S for the DVD-Audio capabilities to replace my Toshiba SD-2815 5 Disc changer, needless to say even my wife complains about the quality difference in the 2 I'm going back to my Toshiba but unfortunately its too late to return my Panasonic by about 2 weeks. So I...
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    Soo, what do you all think of this idea to wire my surrounds?

    Greg I feel your pain I'm an apartment dweller myself. Here's a little trick I found when I was a teenager growing up in an apartment. A great way to hard wire without seing the wire or majority of it is to hide the wires between the molding and carpet (this of course is assuming you have...
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    strange trouble with dish/cable together

    I would say that its probably best to leave one unplugged while using the other with it affecting the picture like that I cant imagine it being good, I finally gave up after I figured out what it was and used one or the other but never left both plugged in. Jeremy
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    yamaha receivers

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    strange trouble with dish/cable together

    You're getting a groundloop between your cable and satellite, it may be that the previous cable outlet you were connected to was grounded differently, I have the same problem if I try to hook my computer up at the same time my cable box is hooked up. I have yet to find a way to correct this but...
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    “Snow” on my JVC multi-disc DVD player…

    The only time I've seen interference like that it has been produced by 2 things 1.) a computer near by. 2.) a microwave in use. Though admitadtly this is when watching something through the TV's tuner. Sorry this doesn't help but it could be some type of RF or EM interference. Jeremy
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    If not Bose, then what?

    I'll vote for the Energy's as well I've got the Take 5+1's and my wife completely loves them, I have been quite happy with them in the performance for dollar/size criteria. They are very impressive speakers and really around the same size as the Acoustimass speakers. I've got them setup in a...
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    Comcast HDTV!

    Glenn: what it comes down to is the edges are controlled by the station supplying the feed the bars are added before transmission so what is taking place is that they are not putting clean edge's in the image whether it just be the particular equipment said station is using for upconversion or...
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    Comcast HDTV!

    Craig I'm sorry if I generalized too much I suppose it really goes both ways there are awesome techs both Comcast & Contractor and then there are truely horrible techs both Comcast & Contractors. Here in Washington it seems that many of the Contractors fit in the truely horrible section vs the...
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    Comcast HDTV!

    Tim I understand exactly what your getting and and trying to explain and you do bring up a valid point as to the edges of a 4:3 image being broadcast "windowboxed" in a 16:9 frame. The black sidebars are broadcast as part of the picture. The flickering is what seems to me be out of band data in...
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    Comcast HDTV!

    Training is not the problem unfortunately what becomes the problem is 1.) if the tech cares or listens to the training, 2.) is the tech a Comcast employee or a contracted installer. Unforutnately if he is a contracted installer he prolly could give a you know what as long as he can come and go...
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    Comcast HDTV!

    Not a prob.
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    Comcast HDTV!

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    Espn-hd

    You have to turn the box off then press the menu button this will bring up the output/closed captioning set-up screen in here you find aspect control, output rez and 4:3 override.
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    Attn: Washington State HDTV/Home Theater Enthusiasts!

    Well due to popular demand from many members on AVS forum I put up a website just for us. I think you guys will like it. I'm hosting what little is up right now through my Comcast account but it will probably be moving here in about 2 weeks to a more permanent home and full domain name...
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    Espn-hd

    Actually you can put the DCT-5100 in 4:3 Pan & Scan which will eliminate the bars. Though to be most effective you should probably switch output to 480P as well.
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    Panasonic S55S Review

    Well I just picked up the new Panasonic S55S today. I must say quite impressed for a $129.99 street price DVD player. It plays DVD-V,DVD-A,DVD-RAM,DVD-RW,MP3,WMA,JPG,VCD,SVCD,HighMat. Menu's and Setup screens are very intuitive and give lots of options features. Setup was quite easy...
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