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Maybe you should start a "I have a defective-Toshiba TV" thread on Facebook ;-) Good luck fixing yours!

I have a Mitsubishi WD-60C9. I bought it new and I have had it almost exactly 2 years. I changed the lamp for the first time last month. Now, I have noticed several white dots on my screen. I did a quick Google and I see that this has happened to a lot of people. There is even a Facebook...

Gene, I went ahead and purchased the Onkyo you posted. So I need HDMI 1.3a cables, correct? This store is not far from me, would these be fine? http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=180-680 Thanks!

I agree that that does not make sense. Maybe I will ask them theire reasoning. BTW how has your Mitsi DLP holding up? I am thinking about getting one of their current ones.

I just spent some time on a BDP S-300 forum. It seems like everyone is confused over this whole audio thing. Their questions were exactly like mine. From what I read, I am basicly stuck with the decoding that is on the player. I also read that TrueHD is only available through HDMI, and not...

So just to clarify, you think the RC 160 would be my best bang for the buck, correct? Also, in regards to setting my set to bitstream, is 24p what I want? That looks like my only option video wise. My 5 main speakers are Athena Point 5 MKII. I got these for $159 brand new from amazon.com a...

Gene, So if you had ~$300 to spend on a new receiver, would you pick this one. Any concerns about the factory refurb? How well do the automatic setting adjustments work with the microphone and Audessy (sp)? So if my BD player does not decode DTS-HD MA but the receiver does, it will still work...

Gene, Thanks for the site for those cables. I will be getting some of those. Those seem like a steal at that price. One other question. Several times in this thread, it has talked about adjusting bass/treble in the receiver. I have went through the options on my receiver, using optical in...

Thanks. You are correct about the downmix, I changed them back. Also, I just went and got the manual. I read the manual and there are no settings I can adjust (distance, crossover etc.), just how many speakers there are. That kind of sucks...

That was my next question :-) If my BR player has most of those decodings, I could just use the analog outs for everything. Even though it may be a little better in certain circumstances to use the optical out, that probably would not be worth the extra hassel. Here are my options for the...

I did not even know I could adjust the BD player for audio. So other things I have set like PLIIx and Neo 6 do not apply when using analog. So this also means I cannot have 7.1 which I have set up now, only 5.1. I don't know how much the two rear ones are used anyway. They dont' match my new...

I guess I am a little confused on the 5.1 analog outputs. For example, how does it differ from the optical and how do they give me HD Audio. So using the 5.1 analog, the decoding is done on the BD player, while using the digital optical cable, the decoding is done on the receiver, correct...

Ed, First of all, thanks for all of the great information. This is very helpful. Second, I think my receiver may have the inputs you are talking about. I looked at the back of the receiver and it has RCA jacks for "front, surround, center, and woofer". Are these them? So these are better...

Steve, I was just wondering why the current I have is so much better quality wise? Were they just made better? Also, am I not missing a lot with 1080i component vs 1080p HDMI?

I don't think I do...I have a Sony BDP - S300 and an Onkyo TXSR503. I am thinking about getting a new TV as my 8 year old 53" RPTV sort died last week (as opposed to fixing this one). My current one does not have HDMI. Is it worth getting a new receiver as well? When I tried to run the...

Probably a dumb question...But can I run HDMI to the television and optical to a receiver (which has no HDMI) from a bluray player?

Steve, You mentioned parts express earlier. They are actually only about 7 mile from me. I have been there several times. What would I ask for if I went there? I searched their site for the IC's, but nothing came up.

I am still going back and fourth. Did you have to do any adjustments after you fixed it? I have been kind of itching for a new set, if you know what I mean. I have a blue ray player, but this TV does not have HDMI. What did you do with your set once you got rid of it?

Steve, Is the board I am looking at on the upper right hand or flat on the bottom of the TV?

Steve, I am assuming a kit purchased from one of the companies you list would not have instructions for replacement, correct? I probably could not do it without instructions. What would you do if you were me? Should I even bother? I was contemplating the purchase of a Mitsubishi 60" DLP for...

Thanks Steve. My model is 53uwx10ba. One place that sells the kit is tvrepairkits.com Would this be an ok place to purchase it from? Does a sponsor here sell the kit as well? I have done a little soldering in the past. Is desoldering where you heat up the old solder and use one of those...

Hello all, This weekend, my 8 year old Hitachi 53" rear projection TV developed an issue where everything looks weired (like 3D with no glasses) and things on the TV are duplicated. It also has many red swoosh lines running across the top of the screen. From the research I have done, this...

Well, it was mainly for convenience and so my fiancé would be able to use it more easily.

I knew(and was afraid) that some one would say that. I had have plenty of connections on the TV but I have grown to like the one touch switch. This is actually the third one I have had in 2 weeks. The first 2 were JVC’s. I called JVC and they told me to turn it off for an hour and if that did...

I recently purchased a new ONKYO receiver. In certain spots in several movies I can see interference in the form of fuzzy lines that zap across the screen. It kind of looks like a UPC bar code. When I run the DVD player straight to the TV everything is fine. I have 3 different component...

So my Sony DAVC700 Home Theater in a box, DVD player somehow got all messed up. It still works, but the picture is all messed up. I decided to purchase a new DVD player, and use the Sony as a receiver. So I get a JVC progressive scan player. I then go to Circuit City to get an optical cable...

Thanks for the info! It's a pleasure to be here... b.t.w., what do you mean by "current generation"? Thanks again, Mike

I have a Sony Dream System DAVC700 It is one of the older ones so it is not progressive scan. I have a Hitachi 53UWX10BA projection. It has a deinterlacer built in. I have read that if your TV has a built in deinterlacer, you don't need a progressive scan dvd player. I have also read that this...