Home Theater

I recently installed a home theater system. I have a nice 50" plasma on the wall. All the wiring is hidden. I have 5 infinity speakers all wall mounted. I have a Denon AVR receiver, and I utilize Cable TV through Comcast.

No matter what I try, there's still a constant buzzzzzz or some might call it a hummmmmmm coming through my speakers. Most of the time you don't hear it because there's programming coming through on the TV. But if the TV gets quiet, it's there.

I have maximized the settings. I have the TV sound all the way down. The Comcast Cable Box sound all the way down. And I use the AVR sound as my main sound and that helps a lot, but the buzz is still there in the background. I've been told it's because I'm using Comcast Cable and there's nothing that can be done about it, but surely there's some kind of electronic silencer I can use to take that buzz out.

2007-12-19 01:43:51 · 6 answers · asked by Matt R 1

i am considering buying a blu-ray disc player. the sony blu-ray disc player is $300 while the PS3 is $400. which is a better deal? i don't think i will be playing too many video games...but i hear blu-ray has updates and that it is convenient to get them directly through the internet with the PS3's wireless connection. any suggestions?? also the PS3 has a 40 GB hard drive. does the regular player have a hard drive?

2007-12-19 01:04:59 · 10 answers · asked by Brian D 1

But I'm unsure about whether I should get an HD-DVD or a Blue-Ray. I've heard that they're coming out with players that do both, but I can just imagine what the cost is going to be. My plan is to upgrade the TV, soon, to a 1080p but the DVD player will come first.
I've done a little research and here's what I know so far.
- They are both available at the 1080p
- Some companies (i.e. Disney) will only release their movies on one or the other.

What else do I need to know?

2007-12-18 16:28:48 · 8 answers · asked by Maestro1999 2

what would yall recommend. A nice home theater pacage like a bose or something. OR a high quality set of speakers like polk and mtx.

ps : my budget is 5 and (a lot of music, AND movies

2007-12-18 14:17:22 · 7 answers · asked by pc p 1

Does anyone know how to fix this problem
The sub woofer works but the bass out of it is weak.

2007-12-18 09:20:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

REL R205 and Velodyne SPL-1000R, which one should i go for? I'm more of a movie person and into really punchy deep bass. my setup is as follow: RX-V559 Receiver,225 PMD Series (NS-225F,NS-M225,NS-C225), YST-SW515 Sub, all Yamaha. thanks for any advices~! :)

2007-12-18 03:48:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-18 03:01:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

my subwoofer has the R, L/LFE connections while my receiver has the single sub-out connection - how much of a difference is there between connecting using a 'Y' cable to input to both the R and L connections on the sub as opposed to connecting only to the L/LFE connection?

2007-12-17 18:08:33 · 4 answers · asked by zoso 1

Ihave regular speaker wire that is spilt into two wires which twist the end , than squeeze the wire jacks on the reciver and put the wire in the holes.
The recievers come now with wire connection except for the SUB WoOfeR which has a RCA plug in on athae back of the Reciever. How can I modify regular speaker wire to a RCA plug on the end?

2007-12-17 17:03:49 · 3 answers · asked by ROBERT M 1

I have a harmon/kardon AVR-146. Here is what the manual reads:

Continuous Average Power (FTC) ...

30 Watts per channel
@<0.07% THD, 20Hz - 20kHz into 8 ohms

Also, the reciever takes 235W through a 120V / 60Hz power supply. Is this an indicator of anything?

I know that most companies are dishonest about their reciever's power output. I just want to know if 30W is a realistic power output for a 5.1 channel reciever.

Thanks in advance!

2007-12-17 16:41:41 · 2 answers · asked by Carefree Alpaca! 4

2007-12-17 14:49:41 · 2 answers · asked by cpmarie1217 1

Its for a home theater setup for my basement either the an 73 inch or 65 inch. I really don't know if thier good or not.

2007-12-17 12:42:02 · 6 answers · asked by Deej 1

I live on the northside of Indianapolis. Need the wiring with 3-4 days. Thanks!!

2007-12-17 12:10:41 · 4 answers · asked by Home Guy 1

2007-12-17 12:03:43 · 6 answers · asked by Uncle Pennybags 7

If ever, when do you think?

And YES I already know about the porn industry, so dont give me any answer related to it

2007-12-17 11:56:34 · 19 answers · asked by clarix 3

2007-12-17 11:35:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anyone else have this problem? When playing movies the actor's voices are sometimes barely audible so I turn the volume up. then suddenly the special effects are heard and the loud noise is unbearable. is that the way Home theaters are supposed to work?

2007-12-17 06:14:04 · 9 answers · asked by rick d 4

I just got given an older stereo system. I have more stuff to input than inputs, and i know that the PHONO jacks are dedicated to turntables, but i wanted to know if i could plug other things into the PHONO inputs. I'm pretty much clueless about the detailed aspects of audio equipment so any help would be much appreciated.

2007-12-16 22:52:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a little confused about certain "dvd upconverters". Can they really upconvert a DVD to 1080p? If that's so, wouldn't that mean it would be the same quality as a blu ray or hd dvd? I'm guessing not cause if that was so there would be no need to upgrade to blu ray or hd-dvd, everyone would just get a dvd upconverter.

2007-12-16 17:17:10 · 4 answers · asked by davideus85 2

Hi,

My brother has a large screen hdtv with component input but no hdmi port. Is there a way to convert from HDMI (output) to component (input)? So for instance, to be able to plug an HDMI enabled DVD Player to his Component (only) enabled tv.


Thanks in advance!

2007-12-16 16:45:18 · 2 answers · asked by James W 1

I want to know much it costs, the different pieces, and any extra cables needed.

2007-12-16 16:43:43 · 2 answers · asked by xk 2

My speakers have the binding posts that you stick the wire through and tighten the knob down on. Do banana plugs work on all binding post? Is there another better option than connecting the bare wire to the posts?

2007-12-16 15:42:38 · 4 answers · asked by zoso 1

I have been looking at home speaker specs... does the amount of tweeters and woofers matter -- as well as the size of each? Why or why not?

Thanks for the help!

2007-12-16 11:39:07 · 5 answers · asked by Rachel C 2

I recently won in a competition, a pair of Bowers & Wilkins Loudspeakers. I haven't unpacked them yet as i'll probably sell them, but was wondering if i could connect them to my Hi-Fi or TV? Also, is this a good make? Thanks.

2007-12-16 05:58:23 · 4 answers · asked by . 7

Or does anybody know where I can find them?

2007-12-16 04:20:59 · 2 answers · asked by ineedanswers 3

I have a brand new HDTV and surround sound system for my living room. I have one HDMI cable that I bought yesterday. I get my cable feed straight from the wall, with no cable box. How can I, if posible, use the HDMI cables to watch my cable tv programming while getting my sound from the surround system. In a sense, what I am asking is, can I use the HDMI cable to pump the audio through the system, while not using the HDMI cable for video. I hope this question makes sense ...any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

2007-12-16 04:16:49 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-16 04:06:12 · 7 answers · asked by LOSTINSPACE 2

I am trying to hook up my iPod to my TV and don't know what the difference is b/w the two types of A/V cables.

2007-12-16 03:46:29 · 3 answers · asked by Young Chea 1

I have a pair of 4-way JBL E90 speakers that say their power handling is 225W @ 8ohms. I just got a Carver AV-806X amp that is 135WX6 at 8ohms. That amp is bridgeable. Should I under power the speakers on a single channel or over power them by bridging two channels together?

2007-12-16 03:45:38 · 1 answers · asked by SGt Helm 1

my stereo:
pioneer vsxd411 pioneer reciever, 500w
5 Bose double cube speakers (200w 6ohm each)
a standard dvd player i use to play cds
vcr
jack for my ipod
velodyne (150w ?) subwoofer

i hooked up everything (im pretty sure) as im supposed to. but the speakers just arent as loud as they should be, cause ive heard them in other ppls house. i realllly have to crank the reciever to get lound sound. what are the different things that could go wrong that causes this decrease in preformance to happen?

2007-12-16 03:22:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous