Home Theater

answer pls...

2007-10-14 02:20:48 · 3 answers · asked by seanorbit_arn 1

Is BluRay better than HDDVD or vice versa?

2007-10-13 15:31:21 · 7 answers · asked by railroad enthusiast 1

2007-10-13 10:30:37 · 7 answers · asked by ms 2

I recently purchased a 40" TV for my bedroom (Samsung M87) and I love it. Problem is, cables make it look bad. I have purchased a couple of wall plates; with Composite Video, Component Video, an RF connection and S-Video connections, I need to know how to wire an S-Video connection (solder it).

Can you help?

2007-10-13 07:20:35 · 2 answers · asked by Jamie B 2

i got a 4-pair 3-way speakers 8 Ohms, 100 watts each. i want to convert them into a 5.1 home theater speakers to connect with my 5.1 Channel A/V receiver.

2007-10-13 03:15:37 · 2 answers · asked by john r 1

2007-10-12 15:50:19 · 3 answers · asked by Masi S 1

i have an Onkyo HT-R550 receiver that was purchased as an HTIB, and have it hooked up via digital optical cable from my dvd player. when i listen to movies in DTS or DD the sound only appears to come from the front speakers. what's a good equalizer setting to utilize the 7.1 speaker setup i have to really get good sound from the side and rear channels and not just louder from the front channels?

2007-10-12 12:26:56 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

right now i own a 100 Watt Subwoofer Amplifier and i want to upgrade to a strong subwoofer with big bass sounds. i want reasonably priced pleaz. thanks

2007-10-12 10:18:46 · 2 answers · asked by hockey_accident77 1

I want to have a quality sound system Speakers and a CD player and anything else I need for that. I don't watch TV and don't care much about TV connectivity. But for a good audio surround/ 5.1 system which brand is best?
I was thinking of getting Harman/Kordon system...any ideas or better configurations?
What else do I need to have a high fiedelity sound system at an affordable price?

2007-10-12 08:48:15 · 4 answers · asked by Noah B 3

I bought a home theater system that has an optical digital audio input and a coaxial digital audio input.

I have my PS3 hooked up to it through the optical input. My cable box or tv do not have a coaxial audio outport (only optical digital) so I have to keep switching the audio cables.

Is there a way I can have both my tv and PS3 connected to the home theater system at the same time so I dont have to keep swtiching cables?

Is there such a thing as an optical digital to coxial digital audio cable (kind of like dvi to hmdi)?

Thanks

2007-10-12 08:35:35 · 2 answers · asked by treew81 2

I know there is and 2.35:1 and 1.85:1 aspect ratios for widescreen dvds. Whats the difference on these and what do they use in theater? Does the picture get distorted or cramped when being transfered to dvd?

2007-10-11 18:49:44 · 6 answers · asked by Coma White 5

that is, without going through all the trouble of getting into pc hd and shrinking it etc.???? do these new dvd recorders have adjustments to lower quality and record slower or something? what is the deal. i have a library to transfer. help?

2007-10-11 15:06:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 5.1 home theatre system in my living room. I have my dvd player hooked up through coaxial audio and my digital cable through optical audio. When I am watching tv, and when set up for dolby digital, sound only comes out through the center speaker and subwoofer on most stations. The other speakers put out some fuzz noise with a little bit of garbled audio. When I change the settings to stereo, all speakers are used. Am I donig something wrong? I spent 30 bucks on those 2 wires and I expected better sound quality. I also hear a slight fuzz in the speakers too. Maybe everything is fine, but I expected more. p.s. my system has a few different dolby digital settings, but they all come out with the same result.

2007-10-11 14:54:05 · 2 answers · asked by bjagd02 1

I own a Tivoli model number TDPS1. I bought this sub several years ago open box from a local Tweeter Store. It was their floor model. My dilema is that i am not 100% satisfied with its performance. So knowing the specs will help me decide whether to use the enclosure to build my own diy sub using parts or buying a new sub to suit my needs. I have done a search using the internet and have not gotten any results. The sub does not have and specs printed anywhere on the enclosure.

2007-10-11 13:39:08 · 6 answers · asked by mad080572 3

We don't need superb quality - it's not video, just a slide show presentation. Can it work at all?

2007-10-11 13:28:53 · 5 answers · asked by mlevy79 2

2007-10-11 08:30:34 · 6 answers · asked by CABLEGUY 1

I'm planning on buying a sony 5.1 home theater system and hooking it up through the optical digital outport of my directv box. Would I then be getting 5.1 surround sound on all channels?

If the answer is no, would upgrading my directv equipment to HD (which I eventually plan on doing) result in getting all channels in 5.1?

Thanks.

2007-10-11 07:30:26 · 3 answers · asked by treew81 2

2007-10-11 06:55:06 · 3 answers · asked by bud_marcum2000 1

I just got a pair of SHURE E2C headphones and I thought they sounded great at first. I then started to notice that on the right side speaker I could hear the vocals louder than on the left side. Is this normal? I know that the Shure's are supposed to be good at seperating sounds and let you listen to what the artist truly intendo, so im not sure. I use a 30 gig Ipod with apple lossless with either no EQ or on Rock EQ. I use my Bose IE headphones and the sound is equal on both sounds but then again they have a muddier sound than the shures. Plaese Help, thanks.

2007-10-11 05:36:24 · 2 answers · asked by JAM O 2

Many DVD movies appear as a small letterbox on my already 16:9 aspect ratio screen which is annoying after watching previews, FBI warnings and studio credits that all fill the screen and seem to be formatted perfectly. When the actual movie starts and the image shrinks to a postage stamp. I have tried changing the format to fill the screen but it never quite fills it properly.

2007-10-11 03:56:59 · 5 answers · asked by Steve S 1

I recently received a Mikomi 5.1 surround sound system as a gift but cannot get it working! The manual has this an image of a DVD player, which clearly has 6 outputs especially for a 5.1 system: http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff208/baldylocks999/speakers.jpg

But i can't find a DVD player anywhere with these outputs. Mine looks like this:
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff208/baldylocks999/dvd.jpg

...which is clearly not the same, lol. please help! thanks in advance

2007-10-11 03:52:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-10 17:59:22 · 3 answers · asked by sb 1

I'm looking at some Vandersteens.

2007-10-10 14:53:35 · 6 answers · asked by Didgeridude 4

I have a 720p projector that projects onto an 84" screen.

I keep seeing these people buying 720p and now 1080p TVs that are under 50". Quite frankly I don't see why.

I am using an upconverting DVD and the images look great to me. My brother has a 62" 1080i DLP witha PS3 and some blue ray. There is a difference with the blu-rays, but not enough for me to jump to a new standard, pay $300 for a player, twice as much for discs and have hardly any content available.

It seems like most people I know still are using sub 36" TVS.

I keep on reading about this format war, but it doesn't seem like anyone is really buying the product.

I am wondering if Blu-Ray and HD DVD will be like the old large laser discs that became a niche until DVD finally replaced the VHS.

I think the biggest hurdle to HD is the bandwidth necessary to donwload them. I have begun watching DVDs online through netflix and love it. I can't imagine waiting to download an HD mpeg-4 video...

2007-10-10 12:16:07 · 6 answers · asked by Colonel Chaos 2

I am trying to build a low budget home theature. I bought a cheap receiver that came with speakers that have wires hardwired to the speakers which of course are not long enough. I have miles of telephone cable left over from an old tivo. I want to cut the telephone cable up, merge it with the too short speaker cable using a few twists and electrical tape, and run it to my cheap receiver. Will this kill my already flat sound quality?

2007-10-10 04:42:56 · 11 answers · asked by Question Man 2

I am a HT enthusiast who just upgraded to a receiver than will let me hook them up either way. It would just be a whole lot easier with banana plugs. As the layout of the speaker inputs is almost impossible to hook up all 7.1 speakers with raw wire. So bad that I am running 2.1 for the time being. (and some what enjoying it in a nostalgic way, almost thinking of going back to it due to IMO a lot of poorly mixed 5.1/7.1 tracks) Any info?

2007-10-09 20:18:54 · 9 answers · asked by Kyle M 2

2007-10-09 15:47:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

required to repair audio amplifier

2007-10-09 08:14:00 · 1 answers · asked by Wesley R 1

what are the plusses and minuses of each. And some examples...

2007-10-09 07:23:46 · 1 answers · asked by ? 1

I just hooked up my dvd player (to my yamaha 5.1 receiver via digital coaxial cable) and my directv hd dvr receiver (to my yamaha 5.1 receiver via digital optical cable). When I use the dvd player I get sound from all speakers (front r, l rear r, l center and subwoofer. When I use my directv receiver I only get sound from the front 2 speakers. Is this because there aren't many broadcasts on television broadcasting in 5.1 or am I missing something with my settings? There doesn't seem to be anything on the directv receiver settings that would allow or disallow 5.1. The only setting is dolby on or off. I have tried it both ways. Many thanks!

2007-10-08 17:51:01 · 3 answers · asked by davidgherron 1