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  1. JohnSch

    Kenwood HTB - 205 vs 206?

    I'll second Mike - I have owned the 205 for more than a year, and have been very satisfied with its performance. It's no audiophile system, but does give you far more than the built-in speakers of your TV would. If your room is fairly small and you're not an audiophile, and it's your first 5.1...
  2. JohnSch

    PT47WX52 - Panasonic RPTV

    Sorry - it's just that that site has info on the "evil pop" which can cause a sudden shift in the color reproduction of that model of panny. The answer is to do something with the greyscale, so Michael is right - if you have been putting off a professional calibration, now might be time...
  3. JohnSch

    HDTV help...newbie

    start with antennaweb.org and/or titantv.com - both will tell you what you can get over the air (OTA) with what kind of antenna. I got a 80" radio shack antenna $45, stuck it in my attic (backwards!) and got a few stations - moved it to the roof on a 10' pole and pointed it the right way and got...
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    PT47WX52 - Panasonic RPTV

    visit panny.tv, lots of stuff there specific to your model.
  5. JohnSch

    Hi Definition signal question.

    The cable box does it - for example the comcast FAQ on their cable box says:
  6. JohnSch

    42-47" RPTVs, down to 3 models

    Can you go up to 53"? Physically, the 53wx53 isn't all that much bigger than the 47" (width and hight wise) but does give you a noticably bigger picture. Cost difference is only a couple hundred dollars - pennies a day over the life of the set! My wife actually talked me into going up to the 53...
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    42-47" RPTVs, down to 3 models

    all the wx53s have it. the wx49s do not, and I believe the wx52s lack the dvi port. Make sure you are getting a wx53 and you are all set (I have the big brother 53wx53)
  8. JohnSch

    For Panny PT47 (53) WX42 (52) owners or similar - a quick question

    The settings are stored for the three PIC MODES under Picture (Vivid, Standard, Cinema) - and the set remembers which PIC Mode you set for each input. So, you set a different Pic Mode for each input (after making sure they're more or less identical) and then tweak each pic mode as needed for...
  9. JohnSch

    Thank you HTF, from a first time poster!

    Hi Mike - I have your set's big brother (53") and mine is a whopping 2 weeks old. Don't forget you need to converge (setup) on each input - you will want to go ahead and do the user mode converge right out of the box (afer a few times it hardly takes more than a minute or two) for whatever...
  10. JohnSch

    Is it time for HD yet?

    It's all about what you watch. For under $400 (under $300 if you have a decent antenna on your roof already) *if* you live where you can get HD/DTV over the air (see www.titantv.com and/or www.antennaweb.org) you may be able to get fox/abc/cbs/nbc, plus Smallville on WB and the PBS HD demo loop...
  11. JohnSch

    Coaxial or Optical ??

    I had optical between my old dvd player & amp for over a year - works fine, sounds good. New progressive DVD player only had coax digital connect, amp has both - plugged in a digital cable (nothing fancy - $20 or so) works fine, sounds good :D I'll be able to reuse the optical when my HDTV...
  12. JohnSch

    MASTER BURN-IN THREAD: READ THIS FIRST! (And ask follow-ups here.)

    I've got the 53wx53 - had it a week now, I'm pretty comfortable with the whole burn in issue. We watch in Just mode for 4:3 material, and the set is turned down to a reasonable contrast/brightness on ALL the inputs. One thing I did get (by accident, I didn't select it for this feature) is a...
  13. JohnSch

    Finally pulled the trigger on Panny PT53WX53!

    I got the same panny (53wx53) on Tuesday... and I've only just now had a chance to view a widescreen DVD via a progressive player on it. WOW. Monsters Inc. It was like watching a movie I'd never seen before. Colors I'd never seen, amazing detail, widescreen. Nice. We were having fun reading...
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