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What is your go-to online place to buy physical medium of music? And why?
I use half.com mostly, with Amazon.com coming in second 
Do you need full-range speakers with great subs?
A few things. " taking advantage of the HD Audio formats" has nothing to do with 7.1.Secondly, to take advantage of any HT audio format, you really want to match your center to your mains as far as driver types and sizes. It sounds like you have f... 
Newbie needs help
1. There are actually equations that can be used for distance calculations but in essence, what the other posters are saying is correct; its hard to get channel separation with 4.5 feet for three speakers.2. In general a larger cabinet/drivers all... 
Brother, can you spare some time for HT advice?
For an HT set up I'd recommend plasma technology over LCD. 
Pioneer stop Plasma production.......
I read this as there is a money making problem in their current business model and are emphasizing other more profitable areas of the company like car audio and car electronics. ( the car audio/electronics market is HUGELY profitable for sure)In 2... 
Pioneer stop Plasma production.......
I predicted this in some of my past posts at the time of the Fujitsu demise. There just is no place for essentially overpriced plasmas. 
OPPO vs BR HD?
Interesting comparison post Johnyb53--Thanks 
HD-DVD Officially Dead
BD Players have ben problematic from day one for so many reasons. It is important for all of us to keep em honest so that we actually have a decent product to choose from in a couple of years when Blu Ray catches up to where Hd-DVD already was.The... 
The rout is on for Blu-Ray
At CES every practically every room that was demoing home theater that tried to use a Blu Ray player froze up. The ones demoing Transformers for instance on HD-DVD worked flawlessly. 
HD-DVD Officially Dead
The better format did not win this time. Let's all keep Blu Ray honest as far as progressing the quality of their offerings. 
What's the best HD DVD player under $1,500
The Toshiba XA2 is the best upscaling available in a DVD player for your budget and is better than OPPO offerings for upscaling. This is due to the use of the REON video scaling chipsets made by Silicon Optix.After that I'd pick an OPPO. Blu Ray p... 
Some Questions about Plasma Screens
After image retention ( transient) and burn in ( permanent) result from uneven phosphor wear. Plasmas are most sensitive to this in the first 100 or so hours of use historically ( I cannot tell you why this is true). Keep in mind you can use a rev... 
Video Question: Plazma or LCD???
The 800/850 series Panasonic plasmas increase brightness to LCD levels and are right on with DCI ( digital Cinema initiative Color Specs)--when these become available, they would be great choices.For a real whopper of a display, check out the OLED... 
Warner and Blu ray?
The report the previous poster is referring to has been retracted due to flawed data, quite an embarrassment for the organization that employs the person responsible.That data doesn't include online sales ( like Amazon) as well as Walmart, which d... 
Warner and Blu ray?
Hey all- just back from CES and spent quite a bit of time with HD-DVD and Blu ray, including studios, COmoputer manufactures, media writers etc. Certainly picked up quite a bit of info. Anyway, just a couple of things for now; the Warner deal does...