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  1. How much are letting the REF 50 go for?
  2. I never thought about it this way. That sucks for whoever just bought an analog TV and retail stores should notify consumers that analog TV's will be obsolete! For starters, theres the remarkable fact that Americans are still buying over 20 million analog sets each year, all of which could be obsolete rather quickly. If Detroit was selling cars that used a type of gasoline that would soon no longer be available, consumers would expect to be informed. Thus analog sets clearly need some kind of warning label, and proponents of a date certain say this will make the labels far more meaningful: i.e., This television will no longer receive over-the-air signals after December 31, 2006.
  3. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6448213/did/7593620 More HD channels are obviously coming...I hope!
  4. I am here in San Antonio...I called and they have been sold. I asked her what model they were, but she said she does not know. She said they were bought in 1996 and are "dang gooood speakers." lol
  5. ---------------- On 4/17/2005 11:44:04 PM jacksonbart wrote: caz1604 Sweet pictures, very nice set up. What sub are you using? Does the tile make the sound a bit bright. Nice posting. ---------------- jacksonbart Thanks!!! I am running a RSW-10, which works really well for my room size. Initially it was a bit bright, but the couches and tuning has helped a lot. What page are you on? AUTiger I have failed to mention how classy I think your set-up looks! Carl
  6. ---------------- On 4/17/2005 10:46:05 PM AUTiger wrote: Thats a sweet looking tv. I have the same DVD changer, except not the ES version. I usually post pictures that are no larger than 800x600. Your 1024x768 pictures don't fit on a monitor running 1024x768 because of the formating of the page. Even my 800x600 might be too large for some people's taste. You can resize the photos whereever they are stored and the forum should automatically show them at the new size, as long as you don't change the location and name that is referenced by the IMG tag. David ---------------- Thanks a bunch for all your help...I resized the pics! I love the Title Menu feature of the DVD Player, it makes finding a movie much easier.
  7. I finally got a cable to load my pics. Thanks for the help AuTiger! A couple of dark shots of my tv & rack! I obviously would be much happier with a front projecter and the RF-7 series...but this is what I am working with for now. The surrounds! My movie collection!
  8. Any way you look at, this is the big picture! It all comes down to support from production studios, and HD DVD seems to have cornered the market. For HD DVD: HD DVD entertainment partners stood up to support the HD DVD format Thursday and announced movie and TV series titles that would be available on HD DVD discs by the end of the year. Paramount Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, HBO and New Line Cinema said that about 100 titles, including the "Harry Potter" movies, the "Batman," "Superman," "E.R.," "The West Wing" and "The Sopranos" franchises, would be available on HD DVD discs.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> For Blu-ray: Studio supporters of Blu-ray Disc include Walt Disney Pictures and Television and the entertainment properties of Sony.
  9. AUTiger I want to ask you a dumb question. How do you attach multiple photos on 1 post? I am going to post my updated pics when I get home and I want to attach them like you did yours. Thanks, Carl
  10. AUTiger I want to ask you a dumb question. How do you attach multiple photos on 1 post? I am going to post my updated pics when I get home and I want to attach them like you did yours. Thanks, Carl
  11. ---------------- On 4/13/2005 3:02:16 PM dragonfyr wrote: I wrote the above before the last post! But I suspect the post regarding a compromise might be amiss! As that would indicate a bit of sanity coming remarkable close to making sense! And everyone knows that accorfint to the laws of the universe, that that is strictly forbidden! It would be a wonderful day if such a compromise could be achieved! That is precisely the issue that must be addressed! And Sony recently hiring an American as President may have been just the infusion of the willingness to try some new thinking that was needed. Cross your fingers!!!!! ---------------- I am all for a collaboration too...honestly as long as I can watch movies in HD, it doesn't matter what format it is. I just think from a consumer stand point, 1 format is ideal. I am very excited for what the future has in store for us!
  12. Next-generation DVD formats rally support Published: January 6, 2005, 8:10 PM PST By Richard Shim Staff Writer, CNET News.com TrackBack Print E-mail TalkBack LAS VEGAS--The battle over next-generation DVD formats heated up late Thursday as groups supporting two incompatible and competing technologies introduced new partners and revealed further details of what consumers and manufacturers can expect to see from them in the coming year. Groups representing the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD--both of which are blue laser formats aiming to become the technology to replace DVD--made their announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show here. Both formats offer storage capacities of about 10 times what the DVD format can hold. A DVD disc can store about 4.7GB of data on a single side, while Blu-ray Disc can hold up to 50GB and HD DVD can hold 30GB. The Blu-ray Disc Association introduced game publishers Electronics Arts and Vivendi Universal Games, along with tech companies Sun Microsystems and Texas Instruments, as the newest members of their group. The companies will support the development, promotion and marketing of the Blu-ray Disc format. Executive from the game publishers noted that the high storage capacity of Blu-ray Disc was important for them as they look to high-definition game development. "Gaming is a multibillion-dollar business that is largely being ignored by HD DVD," said Richard Doherty, director of professional AV for Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory. Blu-ray Disc supporters plan to include interactive features and game capabilities to discs that hold high-definition movies. Blu-ray recorders and discs are expected in early 2006. Other companies in the Blu-ray Disc Association include Sony, Hewlett-Packard and Dell, among others. Toshiba, NEC and Sanyo are among the leading electronics makers backing the HD DVD format. Toshiba said at CES earlier this week that HD DVD recorders and notebook drives would be available in the fourth quarter. HD DVD entertainment partners stood up to support the HD DVD format Thursday and announced movie and TV series titles that would be available on HD DVD discs by the end of the year. Paramount Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, HBO and New Line Cinema said that about 100 titles, including the "Harry Potter" movies, the "Batman," "Superman," "E.R.," "The West Wing" and "The Sopranos" franchises, would be available on HD DVD discs. "The real-world benefits (of HD DVD) are apparent and obvious," said Jim Cardwell, president of Warner Home Video. Cardwell added that rapid time-to-market and dependability were significant factors in choosing to go with HD DVD. HD DVD is based on technology similar to that of DVD, which can reduce the time and cost of manufacturing discs and recorders, according to HD DVD supporters. Studio supporters of Blu-ray Disc include Walt Disney Pictures and Television and the entertainment properties of Sony.
  13. Thomson to support both HD-DVD, Blu-ray Disc formats Spencer Chin EE Times (12/10/2004 9:07 AM EST) MANHASSET, N.Y. Thomson announced Friday (Dec. 10) that it would manufacture both HD DVD and Blu-ray discs through its Technicolor business and provide consumer HD DVD players through its own name and RCA brands. By supporting HD DVD, Thomson joins a number of consumer electronics, information technology and content companies that will comply with the format, the latest being Hollywood studios Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros. Studios. Thomson expects to launch HD DVD discs and players in late 2005. Thomson, which is also a founding member of the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), will continue to participate and support the development and production of the Blu-ray Disc format. The BDA has over 70 member companies, the latest being The Walt Disney Company, which announced its support for Blu-ray Disc earlier this week.
  14. March 24, 2005 6:25 am ET MacCentral Top Sony exec hints at Blu-ray, HD-DVD detente By Paul Kallender, IDG News Service After more than a year of touting Blu-ray as the best technology to replace DVD for storing high-definition video and winning proponents including Apple, a top executive at Sony Corp., one of Blu-ray's major backers, has opened the door to the possibility of unifying the format with its arch rival, HD-DVD. "Listening to the voice of the consumers, having two rival formats is disappointing and we haven't totally given up on the possibility of integration or compromise," Ryoji Chubachi, Sony's president-elect, said at a news conference Thursday in which he discussed the company's performance and future strategy. The statement may surprise backers of the rival camps, who have assembled consortiums of major electronics companies, disc makers and Hollywood studios to promote the formats in a battle that echoes one fought a quarter of a century ago between Betamax and VHS. HD-DVD backers, which include NEC Corp. and Toshiba Corp., say HD-DVDs can be produced for about the same price as DVDs and are backward-compatible with DVDs and CDs, making the format more convenient for both consumers and the industry. HD-DVD movie titles, PC drives and players are all due out by the end of the year. Sony has steadfastly promoted Blu-ray as a technology that has greater capacity, saying this makes the format more useful because more content can be stored on a disc. The technology also has wider support in the technology industry, although release dates for movie titles have not yet been announced. Chubachi's comments mark the second time that a Sony executive has signalled the possibility of a compromise between the two camps. In January, Ken Kutaragi, executive deputy president of Sony, said a format war was not in the public interest and that Sony had not ruled out the possibility of uniting the formats. As Sony's future president, Chubachi's remarks Tuesday may carry more weight. Currently head of Sony's electronic components and manufacturing businesses, he will replace Kunitake Ando as Sony president on June 22 following the recent shake-up of Sony's top management. That shake-up saw Kutaragi step down from Sony's board, although he still heads its important gaming business. Kutaragi also admitted in January that Sony, by supporting its proprietary audio encoding system and not the widely-supported MP3 format, had lost ground to competitors such as Apple Computer Inc. in the portable music player market, which Sony had once dominated with the Walkman. While Sony's technological and engineering base is sound, the company must ensure that its products are aligned with the wants of consumers, Chubachi said on Tuesday. Sony's engineers have traditionally been regarded within the company as heroes and the creators of new markets, but recently their ideas have not always led to products that matched consumers' needs, he said.
  15. ---------------- On 4/13/2005 2:10:30 PM damonrpayne wrote: BluRay seems to be the superior format though. Maybe I can use the Playstation3 as a BluRay player ---------------- I would agree, but if your product is not supported by studios other than Sony Pictures...it's basically useless. I hope they nip it in the butt though, because I personally support BluRay as well. I guess I just like Sony, so I am bias! Only time will tell...
  16. From what I have been hearing...Toshiba's HD DVD is getting the majority of backing from the production studios. They are saying Sony is really having trouble getting support for Blu-Ray DVD. I personally don't think there should be two formats, and feel Sony and Toshiba need to collaborate. Toshiba & Sony have said their players will be backward compatible, so that is a major plus for us who have a monster DVD collection!
  17. ---------------- On 4/6/2005 5:09:42 PM SteelerFan wrote: ---------------- On 4/5/2005 3:56:24 PM caz1604 wrote: Have yall been keeping up w/ the show? It is one of my favorites lately! I was hoping Brent would tear up Anthony, but I think Ishe is eventually going to do that! ---------------- You know I think Anthony had every right to have a say in who his opponent was...having said that, I can't respect the way he went about it. He should have been up front with his plan. But remember, Ishe came within a nat's eye lash of doing the same thing. ---------------- I agree...you should choose your own destiny, but don't be shady about it. Ishe wasn't ready to fight, but he was never shady or showed any want to fight anybody other than Ahmed.
  18. Have yall been keeping up w/ the show? It is one of my favorites lately! I was hoping Brent would tear up Anthony, but I think Ishe is eventually going to do that! Anyway you look at it though, the drama is heating up. For the record, the rounds are not 1-minute rounds as previously stated...they are the traditional 3-minutes.
  19. I know it says R8, but it is a RW8! Your not going crazy...lol
  20. According to the Klipsch News Center, it is a RW-8. See below. Watch it on www.vw.com Volkswagen's new, more refined Jetta is all grownup in looks, but still has a fun-loving heart. In a new national television spot titled Independence Day, Volkswagen uses Klipsch speakers to show that some grownup choices can lead to freedom and more pleasure in life. This clever commercial gives our RW-8 subwoofer and RVX-54 plasma solution speakers great play. Watch the commercial by visiting www.vw.com/jetta. You'll need to click on Meet the new Jetta and then select Watch the new Jetta spots.
  21. ---------------- On 3/31/2005 1:14:18 PM modestm wrote: Thank you for the people who replied. I sent you guys back each a message, so if you didn't get a reply from me... please contact me again. I don't see the option of finding out if the messages were sent, so I'm not too sure if it went out or not. Caz1604 – Congrats on the impressive deal you got on your new refs! Did that price mentioned included the cost of tax and/or shipping (if it applied), or was bought from an authorized dealer? ---------------- I bought my RF-35's from a local authorized dealer, so no shipping was required, with tax they came out to $807.26. From my understanding, there are no online authorized dealers, so shipping would not be a factor for a Klipsch sale...unless youre buying them with NO warranty. I guess people factor in their gas if they have to drive to another city to purchase Klipsch. I guess my point is, for speakers that are a year and a half old, there is depreciation in value any way you look at it. So I personally would rather pay 100 150 extra dollars for new product with a warranty. Just my opinion though...if you sell them for $675.00 with NO warranty, then more power to you. In case you did not know, the warranty is terminated if your product is sold to another party.
  22. ---------------- On 3/31/2005 12:11:33 AM modestm wrote: Anyone in the Chicago land area interested in purchasing these? My friend will be auditioning it over the weekend, but I want to see if there is anyone else interested in it if he decides not purchase it. (2)Black RF-35s. They are 1.5 years young, lightly used, and in perfect condition. The speakers were bought from an authorized dealer. I still have the original receipt. My location: Park Ridge 60068 (20min NW from Chicago) asking for: $675 flat~ or best offer ---------------- I paid $748 for my pair new...so you might want to adjust your pricing if you want them to move.
  23. ---------------- On 3/30/2005 11:48:15 AM No NHL ! ?? wrote: Klipsch states in the reference literature that it may improve overall system performance if it is set to small? How, why do you think, what are the pros and cons? I know the base will go to the sub when sound reaches the set cross-over point. Reading on how the RC-35 functions, voice tones should stay the same because only one of the woofers is used to make mid-range tones? If I set it to small am I just missing out on background base noises from the center? The RC-35 should be able to handle anything thrown at it shouldn't it? My ear is not as trained as most of yours, but logic tells me because my mains and center are so different, I should stick with leaving the RC-35 set as large? Otherwise, the discrepancy between the two will be even more significant? Thanks for your opinions. ---------------- When my system was installed, the installers mentioned that Dolby suggests that your center and rears be set to small to redirect the bass to your sub. We even did a demo with the mains set to small and I felt it sounded better! I would suggest for you to demo your system with different combinations of speaker settings and see what sounds better in your room.
  24. ---------------- On 3/25/2005 1:06:59 PM gcoker wrote: ---------------- On 3/25/2005 11:59:42 AM teagster wrote: Thanks. BY the way it seems that even if you use the DVI input and a HD-931 DVD player although up-converted to 1080 the TV down converts to play at 720. ---------------- I don't think there is any difference between 1080i and 720p. ---------------- There is difference between the two formats. I honestly can only tell the difference when I watch football. I prefer the CBS HD (1080i) broadcast over the ABC or Fox HD(720p) broadcast when I watch football. IMO, it's apples to oranges though, everyone pretty much has their own opinion. Kind of like TV formats, LCD, Plasma, DLP, they all have pros and cons. I'm sure someone else will chime in though and explain in detail why one is better than the other.
  25. I found it, but what is the best scene/chapter to demo?
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