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  1. MattDur

    Win a Denon X5200W 9.2 channel Dolby Atmos AVR with a copy of Mad Max Fury Road!

    I just moved into a smaller space, and with the sale of my house had to say goodbye to my home theatre. For the past 1.5 years I've had to make do with my projector on a primered wall, with sound only from a single speaker. No receiver, no Blu-ray, just my laptop as a source. Anything would be...
  2. MattDur

    Win an Onkyo TX-NR1030 9.2 channel Dolby Atmos AV Receiver

    I just renovated a completely unfinished basement to create our apartme--wait, I'm trying to avoid that term... our HOME, and am currently in the AV shopping phase. I would like an Atmos receiver so I can get some HEIGHT to my audio sound stage.
  3. MattDur

    Win a copy of American Sniper on Blu-ray

    Every Which Way but Loose. I'm probably the only one.
  4. MattDur

    Whaddya mean "HDTV **receiver** "? A rec'r is for SOUND only, right?

    Chu said "I think the 1400 has a slightly higher bandwidth (down 3dB@60MHz) while the 5660 is down 3dB@30MHz ... one generally wants a bandwidth for the device to be ~3x the bandwidth of the signal you're pushing through it in order to avoid noticeable degradation. Regular DVD is 6.75 MHz...
  5. MattDur

    Best picture in a ~US$200 DVD player

    Thanks very much for the info Wilson. I'm wondering if the Denon DVD 1200 has this capability [supports 1080i/720p via component video]. ?? Or the Denon DVD 1600 maybe? --Matt
  6. MattDur

    Whaddya mean "HDTV **receiver** "? A rec'r is for SOUND only, right?

    Jack said " You could run only your audio through the receiver and route the video directly to your TV/Projector etc. and in fact many people do this, especially with receivers that don't pass HiDef through very well." Hmm, I suppose then this would negate the HD issue as far as the rec'r is...
  7. MattDur

    Whaddya mean "HDTV **receiver** "? A rec'r is for SOUND only, right?

    "... They will also be able to handle things like HDTV signals and progressive scanning and such.... " I just want to know what concrete difference there'd be if you put a HD signal into both the 1400 and the 5660, and ouputted this to a HD TV, or to my 1/2 HD Boxlight. Would the 5660 kind of...
  8. MattDur

    Whaddya mean "HDTV **receiver** "? A rec'r is for SOUND only, right?

    Here I am ready to order the Yamaha 5660 receiver (basically like the 640) and someone else in this group mentions (in a different topic) that they suggest the more expensive 1400 "for its HDTV capability". Excuse me? Isn't a receiver for *sound*? Why the mention of how a 1400 is HDTV-ready...
  9. MattDur

    Best picture in a ~US$200 DVD player

    I have a Boxlight 1HD – same as a Sanyo Z1 – projector. I’m in search of a DVD payer, with about C$300 [US$200 ?] to spend. I want to get the best quality picture for the money. I’m a little upset by the 1HD’s strange breaking up or funny quilt-like pattern I see during panning scenes over...
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