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I bought a Samsung LN52B750 last summer, and for a while I thought it was a great TV. Then I moved into my new apartment and started noticing that the corners of the tv were bright during dark scenes or when just flipping channels etc. I then did some research and found that this apparently is...

I moved about a week ago, and I've noticed since the move that the blacks on my Samsung LN52B750 on the sides appear greyish and what I think may be clouding - last night I was watching something and the screen went all black and it definitely looked like clouding or pictures I've seen online...

My last TV I had for close to 8 years (old 65" Pioneer Elite) so I've been reading up on the newer technologies, and although LCD looks much better than it used to (PQ and pricewise), I still want to go slim DLP, and these are my top two choices right now. Basically what I've come down to is...

Thanks everyone!:)

My roommate was playing with my receiver the other night (Denon AVR-3803), and did something so that now the display does not stay lit up. When you turn on the receiver, it stays lit for about 15 seconds, and then the display turns itself off. The receiver is still functioning fine, and the...

Thanks Marc! Actually there's a Radio Shack on my way home, I think I might just pick one up and see if it works for me, since it's so inexpensive.

From that Panamax link you provided: "The unit also has 2 female F connectors to protect a coax line. The unit contains a shielded SignalPerfect circuit, ensuring a clean, clear connection, and is HDTV ready. A coax cable is included. Clamping level is 0.7V, and insertion loss is

Hi, I bought a TrippLite surge protector for my main HT surge protector, where I run my TV, cable box, coax, etc. through. However, this particular surge protector has the undesirable effect of filtering out HD channels (I have an HD box from my cable company), and certain digital Pay Per View...

OK, as long as this sounds somewhat normal for a RPTV, then I can deal with it, I just wanted to make sure there was nothing major going on. Thanks Jack!

Hi, I have a 64 in Pioneer Elite 710 HD, and I noticed something a few weeks ago that I've never seen before. When watching "Tears from the Sun", during a scene where the screen was "very" dark/black, on the left edge of the screen there appeared to be some kind of discoloration that was...

Thanks again Armand, I'll play with it over the weekend and see how it works out.

Ah ok, thanks! Actually these subwoofers are not the same brand, so I'll try setting them up similar to what you mentioned.:)

Don't have an SPL meter. I have the AVIA calibration disc.

If I wanted to add another subwoofer for the heck of it(I have two, one's just sitting around right now), what would be the best way to do it. My receiver is a Denon AVR-3803 and on the back there are white (L) and red (R) outputs for all the speakers - front, surround, etc. For the subwoofer...

I have a Pioneer Elite 710HD and when I first moved into my current house the analog cable was completely 100% UNWATCHABLE. I have long since switched to digital cable which is nice, but they screwed up by not replacing the splitters in my basement. Digital cable requires 1000 MHz splitters, so...

The surge protector was after the cable box. On my old roommate's setup it worked fine, of course he had his own surge protector. And I just checked, if I plug the coax "in" back into the surge protector, the "ground" light comes back on. Hmmmm. Edit: OK, now I just unplugged both coaxs (the...

Oops, I should also add that the "grounded" light does not shine when I took the coax out of the "cable in" port. That does worry me.

As part of my new HT I bought a $50 Tripplite surge protector to run my HT through. Well, after installing it we could no longer receive our HBO HD feed from our local cable company. After a lot of troubleshooting, the cable guy unplugged the coax from my surge protector and plugged it directly...

Thanks Glenn! :D

I was wondering if anybody here has used the Columbia House DVD club to purchase DVD's? The offer sounds like a decent deal, and I plan to build a rather large DVD collection over the next year or two. I was just wondering if anyone has done this, and if so is the selection wide enough, do they...

Thanks Roger, I'll check it out!

I rented two DVD's from Blockbuster last night, both said "Widescreen" but only one of them was anamorphic, the other I had to watch in "Zoom" mode which distorts the picture tremendously. How can I tell if a DVD is anamorphic BEFORE I choose to rent and/or buy it? Also, am I being overly...

Thanks everybody!:)

I just got my new Panasonic XP 30 and realized that I made one mistake: I bought my digital coax (and opened it) before the player arrived. Well, on arrival I notice the only digital output for my DVD player is an optical output, the other audio is the standard L/R analog output. Is there any...

Thanks a lot, I think I will give it a try!:)

I was told by a guy working at a local HT store that it is possible to make your own biwire. He showed me this cable which looked sort of like typical CAT-5 only it contained 4 strands rather than 4 twisted pairs of cables inside. He told me that if you twisted one end to make 2 pairs out of the...

Hey, thanks a bunch. I kinda thought I was missing something obvious there, thanks again Mike!:D

Ok, complete newbie here so please bear with me. I just finished setting up my speakers to my brand new 3803, and am now going through the manual trying to "set up" the receiver (I have my video components connected directly to the TV and would rather not run them through the receiver). Well...

Why does it seem like all the Panasonic DVD players don't support SVCD? They list support for VCD, but not SVCD? I was thinking of picking up the RP82, but as I'm sure most of you know it's been discontinued. So now it's a toss up between the XP30 and XP50, but I'll probably go with the XP30...

Thanks Allan, that cleared it up for me!:)