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Hi All! :) I've not been here in a while - now in retirement and taking frequent short road trips - stay at nice hotels that all have Wi-Fi in the room and usually flat screen HDTVs. I own about 700 optical discs (just over half are now BDs). I would like to take some when we are 'on the road'...

Just completed upgrading my TV home entertainment center - added a HDTV (LGLV5500) & a new Sony Blu-ray player - I love to burn DVDs of public domain movies off the TCM channel (and could consider other options) - for a number of years I had the Sony unit shown below - this was a stand alone...

Well Guys - I really LOVE these posts to either get rid of my new equipment (HDTV in this case) and/or replace virtually all of my stereo equipment - really not reasonable and helpful - I'm 65 y/o and don't know how much more time I have on this planet, so should be a consideration in making...

Well, returned home a few hours ago, and I was able to re-test the headphone output of the LG TV - had the TV's volume up all of the way and still did NOT get a more powerful signal into my stereo; so I would probably need some type of amplifying converter for that connection? Again when I...

Hi Guys - thanks for the additional responses and the explanations. At the moment I'm out of town for a few days so cannot do anymore testing until Monday. But I may have not had the LG TV volume adjusted correctly when I attached to my stereo via the analog outs from the headphone jack -...

Hi Adam - thanks! I'll have to check the manual that came w/ this TV but not sure that was even mentioned (downloaded the online guide which seems to have more info) - BUT, I just took a look and indeed there is the headphone jack present (and barely visible) - plugged in a set of phones and...

Thanks all for your responses - the LG model was given in my OP (i.e. 42LV5500) - the only audio output seems to be the digital optical one mentioned, i.e. a Toslink connection. Now in the package were two adapters w/ mini connections, i.e. one for component video & the other for composite...

Hi all - don't visit that often unless I'm updating and have questions - just belong to so many forums that it is hard to keep up; so sorry if this question may have been answered? :) But I just upgraded from my old 32" CRT SDTV to a new LG 42" HDTV (LV5500) - really enjoying, but had a...

Just returning to this thread after a little break - the rather aggressive suggestion to convert my CD collection to digital was an absolute turnoff for me, and I appreciate the comments of several posters (such as the one quoted above) to let one appreciate their music in whatever manner they...

Well, I'm 65 y/o (good age to retire for me!) - and I also enjoy the experience of having the physical media in hand and reading the liner notes (so do I need to also scan all of those into PDF files for viewing?); and love looking at all of those plastic boxes sitting on their shelves. I...

Well, I can't disagree w/ the statement I've put in bold above - plastic heaven! :( But, I'm listening to a 5-disc box of Marin Marais's Viol Pieces at the moment, and it is irritating having to now get up after each CD to put a new disc into my DVD player - :D

Well, I've thought of that too, but most of these discs are classical music and dealing w/ ID3 tagging can be a grueling and time consuming nightmare - and then to contemplate that many discs - :eek: Not that I cannot do it - I've ripped plenty of CDs over the years to either MP3 or FLAC, and...

Hi all - been away for a while and seem to come back when my equipment is giving me a problem. I've been collecting CDs since 1984 and now have nearly 4000; my first CD player was purchased at that time and I've owned many over the years changing a long time ago to a 5-disc carousel (I've...

Well, just one reply in a month! :eek: I guess this technology is not impressing the members in the forum - for myself, I've been looking at reviews, which have been quite mixed on this technology and the performance of the radios. The Sangean HDT-1X seems to have received some excellent...

Hello all - I live in Winston-Salem, NC and listen to the standard NPR station WFDD (Wake Forest University) - this is mainly a 'news-based' format which I do enjoy but music receives less emphasis. Now w/ digital radio, two other options are being offered, i.e. classical & world/americana...

Well, I'm 'wired' at the moment except for some headphones (which work reasonably well), so cannot really give you any specific advice on brands/models or pricing; but, the last issue of Sound & Vision had an article on the 'future' of 'wireless entertainment' in the home environment - might...

Well, I'd probably look in the 'yellow pages' and visit some audio installation stores/services and at least get an estimate(s) about replacing the in wall speaker units; patching just a couple of 'holes' in the walls can be a chore and challenging unless you have done this job before; and after...

Well, there are plenty of options - I use an old PDA and keep my MP3 files on large capacity SD cards - works fine for me; but there are plenty of different models out there - my son & DIL swear by their iPods and iTunes (check out the site to see if their format suits you & your wife); also...

Rick - thanks for your response and frequent support in this thread of mine - probably should have just 'pulled the trigger' and bought something new, but hey the repaired ones sound great, not much of an investment, and if in a year or two I want to go to multi-channel (mainly for surround...

Dougg - well, I'm planning on a flat screen HDTV (LCD vs. plasma) in the 42"-46" size to fit the space of the current TV - YES, I've thought of putting a TV higher in front of the bookcases, but that is precious space, i.e. I'm more interested in my CD storage than the TV (just me - to each his...