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    Comcast DirecTV Lawsuit Settled

    I work for a telephone/ISP/TV cable company with FTTH service. Our bandwidth on HD channels go up to about 19 meg. We've checked Dish HD bandwidths (thanks to some Scientific Atlanta techs and their equipment helping us install our head end) and found most of their HD channels have about a...
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    Bose Lifestyle V20 Home Theater System

    Earlier tonight my uncle told me his wife gave him a new surround sound system for Christmas. "It's a Bose and only needs two speakers for a whole surround sound system! Can you come over sometime and hook it up for me?" he said to me. My heart sank at that moment and I did not give any...
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    Who here has Toshiba HD-A3?

    I bought my A3 from Best Buy for $199. Circuit City had the same price. Bourne Identity and 300 are packaged in the box. I haven't tried audio CDs but regular DVDs play fine. My A3 played HD DVDs fine out of the box but I updated the firmware anyway. I've had no problems with my A3 except...
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    HD Channel Stupidity

    Dolby Digital 5.1 is the audio standard for HDTV. Although many broadcasts are not 5.1 they still use the Dolby Digital format. All of Dolby's sound formats are lower in volume and use less dynamic compression to give a wider dynamic range (the difference between the quietest sound and the...
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    HD Channel Stupidity

    Same with CBS news also. The national news programs are mostly watched by the older demographic (people above 50 years old) that on the most part don't own HDTVs or pay for HD cable or satellite service. I work for a local telephone/ISP/cable company that is doing FTTH service to about 3500...
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    Dept. of Justice sides with RIAA in MP3 File-Sharing Lawsuit

    I work for a telephone/ISP/TV cable company that has about 15000 customers. While I mostly work in the outside plant engineering dept I talk with the guys in the ISP dept almost everyday. The RIAA and MPAA has sent us letters wanting to know the identity of our customers with certain IPs. We...
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    BD 1080i via Component?

    All the BD movies I have (only 4 to date though) have played 1080i through the component cables to my 3805. The BD-P1400 does have the option of selecting the output resolution from 480i, 720p, or 1080i when using component in the video setup menu. When using HDMI the 1080p option is...
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    BD 1080i via Component?

    I bought a Sammy BD-P1400 instead of the S300 because I liked it better. I have it running component video and coax audio to my 3805 and like it extremely well. I also bought an Toshiba HD-A3 the same day and have it running component into the 3805 as well. So far I am very happy with 1080i...
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    Superbad

    I got the BD unrated 2 disk for $30 from Wal-Mart
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    Superbad

    Ditto for me. I liked it but it didn't live up to the hype.
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    Another one taking the plunge - Toshiba HD-A3??

    I bought an A3 two weeks ago at BB for $199 and really love it. I don't have HDMI or 1080p on my RP-HDTV but the 1080i signal from component looks incredible. After upgrading the firmware I have had no troubles except for one scene in Knocked Up that the screen froze for two seconds and the...
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    Price Slash! Xbox HD-DVD Player now $129.99

    Thanks to digital rights management (DRM) 1080p can only be sent digitally over HDMI. Component cables can handle 1080p but since they are analog they can't carry the DRM signal.
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    To all of you guys sneaking gear when the wife is away...

    This past weekend my fiancé did not say anything about my newly bought Toshiba A3 HD DVD and Samsung BD-P1400 Blu-Ray players sitting in my equipment rack when we watched a movie Saturday night. :D:D:D She knew I was wanting them but did not know I had already bought them. However that may...
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    10 Weeks for HD-DVDs

    A woman I work with is still waiting for her five HD-DVDs after she bought her husband an A2 about 12 weeks ago. :( Two weeks ago she called Toshiba and they said they had her order and they would get it out quickly. I bought an A3 on black Friday but none of the movies on the free list I...
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    Help needed: Newbie question on Toshiba HD A3

    I bought an A3 last Friday and like others above have said, it does not upconvert 480i to 1080i through the component outputs. However the video quality looks great, just as good as my previous progressive scan 480p DVD player. The only quirk I have found is the 1080i still lights up on the...
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    Batman fans

    The new Joker from The Dark Night. Credit comingsoon.net for the picture edit: If you can't see it: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=39622
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    Oh, it's so worth it.

    On black Friday I bought a Toshiba HD-A3 and a Samsung BD-P1400. So far I have got six HD DVDs and two Blu-Rays. I live in a rural area with the nearest BB or CC about 75 miles away, so Wal-Mart is my closest store to buy movies from. They have a limited selection but so far they carry more...
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    What movies use surrounds most effectively

    I watched Ratatouille on Blu-Ray this weekend and loved the way the surrounds were used. It made me feel I that was in the space shown on the screen.
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    Crutchfield

    I've bought from them maybe 10-12 times. Slightly higher prices than other places on the net but their customer service makes up for it. They have never gotten an order wrong. Even when I ordered a new receiver a few years ago and it came in damaged by UPS, they overnighted me a replacement...
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    bose

    He might be thinking of the Bose Cinemate speakers, which look like the ones in the 3-2-1 systems. They are item number 018CINEMAT at Crutchfield and are priced at $499. I work for a local cable provider and I hooked up a Scientific Atlanta 8300HD cable box and a Samsung 50" LCD with the Bose...
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