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I don't think there is a night mode. I have the sound bar connected to my TV with earc. I mosrly just watch streaming shows and movies on this TV and I also do Xbox gaming. My TV is a LG Nano 65", last year's model. My Xbox is connected to the TV so I use the TV to switch things around. I can...

I've always had this problem where sometimes i can barely hear what people are saying on a TV show or movie, so I have to crank up the volume, but then explosions and sound effects are super loud, even background music is too loud. Is this a calibration issue? I thought maybe it was my fairly...

We're having a new house built and they have a service that will install home theater speakers or just wiring for you. The speakers they are using are from Origin Acoustics, who I never heard of. I don't have a very large budget, maybe $3000 max, so I was thinking of having them do just the...

I agree with partitioning the space a bit, trying to think of good ways to do it, but at the same time I think it would be cool to be able to see the TV from the back of the room if I'm back there. I'm thinking the TV area is going to be roughly a 18x18' area of the room, but with no back wall...

Cool maybe I'll look into them, I think the RSL ceiling speakers would work good for what I need for sure. Are Monoprice in wall speakers any good? I just found them and they seem pretty inexpensive compared to others. They even have an in wall subwoofer that I didn't even know was a thing. I...

Good point. I just don't think we want big bookshelf surround speakers hanging on the wall, but if we could get something small and white so it blends in more then that should be good. We still have to meet with the guy who does the installation so I'll see what they recommend, I think for the...

oh, interesting. would I be better off just using the same side speakers in the ceiling then? Or is there another good brand that will work better? I kinda like the idea of the round speakers on the ceiling for some reason. I was also thinking of having a second pair farther back in the room for...

My wife and I are getting a new house built and I'm going to be taking over the basement and building a home theater / game room. It's probably going to be used for gaming more than movies to be honest. The room is pretty big, 18x38 feet. I was originally hoping to have side + rear speakers, but...

Cool maybe I’ll look into those Harmony remotes.. are they the ones for Logitech? That came up in a quick googling. Looks like there's a bunch to choose from. So I do a lot of gaming both with an Xbox One and with a PC connected with a long HDMI cable (I’ll probably upgrade to a Xbox One X soon...

Thanks. I'll stick to the receiver for connections. I don't really want to run my cable box through my xbox, and I would have to since the TV has less inputs. If I use the ARC to the tv, will I be able to just hit the power button the receiver remote and it will turn everything on? Or will that...

The main reason for me is I want to play on my sofa, but I want a better-than-console experience. I sit at a desk in front of a PC all day long, I don't want to come home and do the same thing. I’m not a competitive gamer that needs a keyboard and mouse, I’m fine using a controller. I have a...

I’m about to buy a new 4K TV, the Samsung 55” MU6300 (waiting to see if there’s a price drop on Friday). We have the 75” version of this set in the living room and really liked it, so I’m going with the smaller one for my game room / man cave. Right now I have HD Plasma that will be going away...

Thanks for the info. I’m looking to replace everything with a sound bar, I was going to get rid of my old receiver and speakers.. the room I’m in is kind of small so I want to reduce the clutter and I wanted to sell my old stuff to put toward the cost of the sound bar and new TV. I was looking...

I’ve been watching some YouTube reviews of some sound bars with dolby atmos and it seems pretty cool. I’m wondering about a few things... If you’re not a huge audiophile, will it sound just as good or better than an average 5.1 system? Or will separate speakers always still be better than 1...

Thanks, yeah that's what I was thinking, I was just curious if there was anything more monitor-like out there. I saw a youtube review of this tv/monitor from LG http://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-43UD79-B-4k-uhd-led-monitor It's a 43" 4K monitor, seems nice, but I would prefer at least 55" and...

I’m going to be in the market for a new 4K TV soon, but as I’m looking around at them online I’m seeing that many have junk that I just don’t want. I don’t need component video inputs, or RCA, or DVI, or USB or Wifi or fancy screen modes or smart anything, not even speakers. All that I have is...

I don’t know how, or why, but the sound magically started working. I didn’t install anything, change anything, or even reboot my system. I just woke up yesterday morning and when I checked my settings, and it suddenly had options available to select 5.1, 7.1 and Dolby Atmos (what is that?). I...

OK and now here's my next question... how do I get it to have 5.1 or better yet 7.1 sound? Seems to be defaulting to stereo, I don't even have an option for anything else. I go into my Playback Devices menu, click the receiver (says Nvidia High Definition Audio), click configure, and then all...

I got it working! Turns out, for some reason, it was set to 54 Hertz, I went into the monitory properties and changed it to 60 hertz and now it works :) Thanks for the replies :) was driving me crazy

The manual doesn't mention PCs anywhere that I could find. But I assumed if Xbox 1 will work, then the PC should. The reciver has 2 hdmi settings, standard and enhanced. enhanced is supposed to be for 4k. I tried both modes and neither worked. Also I forgot to set my audio so thanks for that...

Good idea, I tried using only the PC connected. I shut down and rebooted and still nothing. My TV has a little warning box bouncing around that says no signal at first, then when the PC gets up and running it says Invalid Format. But again, it works fine if I plug into the tv directly, just not...

Hey folks I have a Sony STR-DH770 receiver. I'm trying to connect my PC to it, so I can play games on my TV. But, when I switch over to the PC, there's no picture or sound. My PC recognizes it and I can set it up as a 2nd monitor like normal. If I plug it just right into the TV, it works fine...

Are you looking for a 50" PC monitor, or a 50" 4K TV to hook up to your PC? If it's the latter, check out this link for reviews of some 4K TVs for PC gaming http://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/best/by-usage/pc-monitor

The thing is I want to be able to play on my tv from my sofa, like a console, but with PC quality games rather than a much lower tech Xbox. PC gaming is fine, but the older I get, the less I like it since I have to sit at a PC all day at work and I just don't want to do that anymore when I get...

Yes I will definitely need a good video card for 4K gaming. To begin with I will be sticking to HD resolutions and I'm hoping a 4K TV will work good for that too. Seems to work good for HD movies and TV. After I get the TV I will start saving up for a powerful video card too.. Who knows by the...

I'm going to be investing in a new high end gaming PC very soon and I'd like to have it connected to a 4K TV to replace my Xbox, rather than a traditional PC with a monitor and all. I'll be looking for a TV in the 60-65" range. I will mostly be using it for gaming, but I will also be watching...

Yep, this was the problem. I did some more googling and found some more info too. I forget what Samsung called it, but it was some setting like that. Once I turned it off, it looked "normal" .. only problem is, She Who Must Be Obeyed got used to the soap opera look and likes it better now :(...

Thanks to Amazon's Prime Day we are the proud new owners of a 75" Samsung 4K TV. We got it sight unseen but it was too good of a deal to pass up. I'm pretty amazed by how crisp and clear everything is, just watching regular 1080p shows on cable TV. But most shows are just TOO clear. The lighter...

Cool that would probably work for me.. thanks :) Looking around on the Monoprice site, I see they also have speaker jacks too, I might want to get some of them for setting up my rear speakers in the TV area.. do I need any kind of special speaker wire for going inside walls? Or is the usual...

thanks, that one looks more like it's for charging. I don't need to charge stuff, I need USB wall outlets/jacks that basically let me run a USB extension cord through the walls