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| Blockbuster goes Blu-ray, HD DVD=beta?, Playstation 3 is the only Playstation that can be a Blu-ray player. Wii is outselling PS3 right now by 4 to 1. Xbox 360 is the Xbox that you can add an external HD-DVD player to. Research firm Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) revealed that there ... | |
| Blockbuster goes Blu-ray, HD DVD=beta?, Unlike, Beta v VHS there will be universal players that do both formats. Walmart's percentage of the market is huge. As for Walmart's customers not being market makers just remember Joe Six Pack chose VHS over the higher picture quality Beta. Don'... | |
| 5.1 Speaker Packages....Any Worthwhile.... "Forgot to mention that I looked at the Ascend site awhile back and was put off that their flagship monitors, at $800 a pair, have but a 30 DAY warranty. Yikes."The 30 days is Ascends satisfaction guarantee/in-home trail period. The Sierra 1 has a... | |
| 5.1 Speaker Packages....Any Worthwhile.... Look at the internet direct companies like; Ascend Acoustics, AV123, and SVS. | |
| Best Cheap Speakers - New or Old Ascend Acoustics 170SE for $350 new. | |
| SONY TRINITRON ON 11 YEARS My mom still has the 19" we brought for the '80 Winter Olympics still going as her main TV. The tube has lost some color but when I think about that I watched the Mircle on Ice on it I get sentimental and don't say anything to her about it. | |
| Help Please recommend a 5ch amp around $2000 "Way below your stated budget, but someone told me that the Panasonic SA-XR70 is quite good."Talking to speaker builders at CES they said the digital pannys have issues handling speakers with strong impedence swings. | |
| HDMI and Component HDMI is sending 1s and 0s so it doesn't make a difference. monoprice.com is the top choice over on avsforum these days. | |
| CES / THE Show Escalante Design was my favorite at THE. Very balanced and one of the most natural sounding speakers I've heard. | |
| Calibration DVD Oops! That should have been use Avia for geometry and coloration and DVE for grayscale. | |
| Calibration DVD DVE is terrible for navigating! On CRT RPTVs use Avia for color and DVE for geometry.As for the filters there should have been small gels(colored plastic pieces) in the Avia disc case that are the filters you look through. | |
| a good $1500 home theater speaker/integrated 2ch. Pick up a used Audio Refinement(YBA's budget line) integrated and you'd have ~1K for speakers. | |
| What is the best HT 5.1 system 2k Look at Ascend Acoustics in your price range. The lead at Ascend is a former M&K designeer/engineer. | |
| Bookshelf speakers for HDTV Ascend Acoustics 340SE. The lead at Ascend is a former M&K designer/engineer. | |
| The proverbial "giant killer" Swans use Hi-Vi drivers, are they the same company? I don't think much of the Swans x-over.Some of the internet direct companies are great values and others aren't. Just like in brick and mortar stores. |