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I recently walked into my local Best Buy (Victoria, Canada) and noticed a few things: Basically no AV amplifiers for sale, there might have been 3 Onkyo for sale but nthing else No Home Theater Room - pretty much completely dismantled, no TV, Amps to try, speakers etc. No movies to buy except...

Hi, I own a Yamaha RxV1083. Terrific Receiver. I am mystified by one thing though. How do I know if I am receiving an ATMOS signal? Back in the old days a little icon would light up on my receiver to tell me it was receiving DTS or Dolby Digital 5.1 etc.. I run the majority of my home...

Reviewing my local BB and Wal-mart Black Friday flyer i was shocked to see absolutely no ads for Bluray titles (DVD, UHD etc too), not one. I live in western Canada and I remember even last year there was at least a page of deals but this weeks flyer, NOTHING. Are other areas seeing this as...

Hi, Recently purchased an older M&K sub for my home theater. Has worked flawless until recently when it has developed a thump, like a heart beat. IT comes and goes. I haven't done a lot of experimenting but I have the following facts: 1) when I unplug the RCA connect to the sub, noise goes...

Hi all, I am looking for some great stand out Dolby Atmos scenes that show off Dolby Atmos. I am looking for scenes where the sound is substantially different or enhanced from the typical DTS-HD or DD Master Audio track. I recently picked up a copy (good god how many versions of this film...

Hi, I am trying to understand how my Yamaha routes sound in my current configuration and I am also curious about the speaker set up itself. I currently have a 7.1 setup which I think is a 5.1 set up with 2 "presence" speakers in Yamaha parlance. Which is to say that I have a traditional 5.1...

Hi, I currently run an Onkyo TX SR806 with a Bryston 4b 2 channel amp and a Bryston 3b mono amp for Paradigm reference 100 V5 mains and a Paradigm reference center V2. I also have a less powerful amp for the rears to run the Paradigm Dipoles. Basically the Onkyo operates as a preamp and video...

Hi all, I am sure this is being discussed elsewhere, so mod please feel free to me me, but where is the blu ray business going?? the reason I ask this is that I was at my local Best Buy here in Victoria, BC on the weekend end, looking for the newest Disney short release for my daughter -...

Hi, I have a Samsung Blu ray player that stopped playing the picture recently. I checked the hdmi cable by hooking up another source and it reproduced picture and sound no problem so it is not the cable. It isn't the TV - which is also a Samsung LED. Is there a setting or situation where a...

Hi, I recently purchased Modern Family season 5 on DVD and either there is a problem with the disks or there is a problem with the authoring or something. When I watch these on my Sony blu ray player via hdmi on my projector, they are blurry and by blurry, I mean they are not clear, almost...

"Get good service and you tell your friends, get bad service and you tell everyone" So true! And before I begin, let me say, I don't really like Sony and have never purchased a Sony product before... However, I wanted to relate a story told to me last night by a very good friend, Charles...

HI, I am curious if any forum members have wrestled with this dilemma (if you can call it that). I am currently running my 806 in bi amp mode and bi amping my Paradigm Studio 100 v5's. For information purposes, I have the Paradigm studio center v2 and paradigm studio dipoles for surrounds in a...

HI, I have netflix and i want to be able to stream it wirelessly from my pc to my tv (samsung LED about 2 years old). The TV does not have wireless and is a long way away from the pc. I can bring the laptop to the tv and conect it via hdmi but i would prefer to stream it wirelesssly if...

Hi, I purchased a Samsung 46' LED LCD TV about 7 months ago and while I think the picture on it is suberb, the TV has begun to "leak" light. I don't know how else to describe it. When the screen should be completely black, there are areas of the screen, around the edge but moving into the...

WEll I finally broke down and entered the Blu ray camp with the purchase of a Samsung BD-P1600 My initial impression is that I think the machine is great. I tried the streaming netflix last night for the first time and it was a good experience (Watched Heroes SEason 2 episode 1). There were a...

HI, OK, I purchased a Samsung Blu ray player over the weekend to augment my aging and obsolete HD DVD player. I set up the blu ray vai HDMI (2) on the Onkyo on the AUX setting, so now the video runs via the HDMI out to my TV. That is, the HD DVD is connected to the Onkyo via HDMI (1) and uses...

SO I need to find a cable provider in my area (houston) and I really only want to get HD channels. anyone know of a service that offers only HD. Seems pointless to me to pay for digital cable etc and pay for a service that I really have no interest in. Why pay for a 100 digital low...

HI, I recently purchased second hand an Onkyo (which I needed to have serviced - the entire left chanel was blown or something but that is another story, although related to this question). I am currently running an HD DVD player updated to the 2.0 upgrade and I have it connected to the...

Hi, I recently moved and am in the process of hooking up my surround system. I purchased a pair of Paradigm ADP590's and am not sure whether to place them high up on the wall or where exactly... The wall they will be hanging on is 14' by 10' and the couch sits flush against that wall in...

HI, Haven't been around in a while and recently moved to Texas and I find myself in need of a new TV. The only retailer I know in the area is Best Buy so will most likely purchase from them unless other Houstontoniens (sp) have other options... I am considering Amazon as there would be no...

HI, I have owned a Samsung 720P/1080i DLP (HL-N61W I think) for the last 4 years or so. It is connected via HDMI/DVI to my HD DVD player and the picture can be quite stunning at times. That is my only HD content at this time but I may consider Blu ray or HDTV at some point. The build...

HI, Just wanted to relate an HD experience I had last night... Usually, I sit about 2.5 screen widths away from my 61" Samsung DLP. I find this to be a decent viewing distance that also allows me to set up my living room for living and movie viewing. Last night though, after reading a...

Hey, I was watching the "HUD' in the Transformer HD DVD and the audio comes up fine but the picture in picture does not come up. That is, a box pops up where the PIP should be and the audio plays but no picture in the box. I am running an HD A1 updated to 2.0 on a Samsung DLP (HLN61)...

Hi, I recently purchased an HD antenna (cool looking thing) more for curiosity than anything else because I really don't know how it works. I have two HD capable TVs but I am unsure whether either has an HD tuner in it. How do I check that? I kind of think they don't but not sure. One TV...

HI, I have a chance to pick up an XA1 for $300. Apparently the door that hides the tray no longer closes on its own (his kid broke it) but it will still close manually. I already have an A1 but thought the XA1 might be a good addition for my bedroom TV (although the TV has only component in...

Hi, I was over at some friends place this weekend. They recently bought a Panasonic Plasma 720P TV. I don't have a model number. They had been watching it in "Vivid" mode since they got it about 3 weeks ago. I used the Spyder Colorometer to help calibrate the TV. However, I noticed when...

HI, I recently purchased a Spyder Colorimeter for measuring and tweaking the picture on my Samsung DLP. (if you don't own one of these and can afford the $200 purchase price, I highly recommend it) The results were pretty decent, better than I have ever managed to get using the Avia...

Hi, Here in the wilds of Bermuda, I do not have the option of shopping for HD DVD other than on line. However, I am making a trip off the rock in a couple of weeks and can take advantage of Best Buy or Target. I am on the Amazon 10% discount list and that is how I have shopped for HD DVD's...

Hi, I recently purchased the colorvision spyder hoping to get a better TV calibration than I was getting using AVIA. For the most part I think the Spyder did a good job but I have a few questions: 1) Is there any anomolies specific to the Samsung DLP (i have an older HLN 61) that the...

HI, Watched this last night. Being a big fan of the Need for Speed series of video games for x-box, I found that I really enjoyed the racing sequences in this film. Drifting is a very different style of racing and this film did an excellent job of recreating the look and feel of drift...