Re: Comcast HD service


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Glenn Greenstein <glen.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Have you checked if there is any signal loss from your TV outputs.
Most of the time when you use a device for pass through like you are with
the TV for the audio, there is some loss.

Dunno. If its audio degredation though, I'm 99.9% likely to not notice.
Too many years of very loud music leads to tinitus, always saying
"WHAT?!?",
and not being able to discern what a lot of people talk about in terms of
finer granularities.

Another thing is, are you running 5.1.

I just have a dual speaker set up for now. Most of my whole set up is
pretty old, I'm just replacing the oldest component of the bunch (my
TV) at the moment. Next up will be dvd - the one I have now doesn't even
have progressive scan (its that old).
I'll give you a tip on the DVD.
If you just want an upconverting DVD player, you can get the Pioneer DV-400
for under $100 at best buy. Be sure to show them the pio website that has a
lower price than they do and they will price match it.
The DV-400 uses the Media Tek chipset that has less Macro Blocking (Large
clusters of black with defined edges in dark scenes like outerspace or night
time) than the Farogia <sp> that you see in a lot of upconverting players.
Samsung I think has come out with an HD DVD player for under $400. That is
about the least expensive there is for now.
The only problem is, HD DVD seems to be losing the format war.
There are going to be tons more Blu Ray discs out there due to Sony
agressivly marketing with partners like Target who will only carry Blu Ray
discs and players.
Sony lost the Betamax war to VHS. They are not going to lose this one.
As far as 5.1. You can get a 5.1 receiver on Amazon for about $150, and some
suround speakers for about $50 each. The center should be the same size as
your left and right so you have balanced sound coming from the fronts. If
you get a smaller C, your left and right will drown out the dialog of the
movie in noisy scenes, and if you get one that is larger, your left and
right won't be sufficent.
C's can be a bit expensive, so you need to make the choice if you can afford
one.
About $300 is average price for a good one.
You haven't experienced home theater if you don't have surrond.
A sub is also important, but you can wait on those unless you are dying for
your whole room to shake during the opening battle scene in "Master and
Commander" :)
Subs can be very expensive though. $600 or $700 is not uncommon for the
large ones.
If you have a small room, you can get away with a small one, but once you
have a sub, you only buy bigger ones from that point.



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