Rychster

Offer expired? What does that mean? They don't upgrade the model anymore for any price?

Get satelite if you have a choice. Just remember that DirecTV and I would gather the rest of the satelite companies compress the video signal pretty high these days to cram all those channels they offer in a package deal. I have the HDTV package and love it. You also have to decide whether sports packages are important since not all cable companies carry all sports packages and DirecTV at the moment has the NFL rights. Another thing to understand is that DirecTV optimizes their broadcast signal (because of all the new channels to cram in their frequency range) to look the best on a 30 inch or smaller TV. So if you have a huge TV in the house, be mindful you will see annoying artifacts on occasion with most normal (non-HD) channels. It is a fact of life until they broadcast with less compression. Not sure when that will be??

Hello, I have owned the ACT-3 (old version) for many years with flawless service. I bought it used for 1K over 6 years ago but want to upgrade the abm. However, I do not know how to go about doing that. I am also concerned of the price. Is it really about half the price of the retail cost? That seems pretty darn high. In any case, I have a question for anyone that could help me. First my system: ACT-3 Rotel amps (1-Center, 1-Fronts, 1-rears) Klipsch Sub (12in) Vandersteen 2Ce fronts, Vandersteen VCC-1 center M&K rears (550s) I noticed that the bass settings of my ACT-3 are not exactly as described in the manual. I think the number 3 and 4 modes are swapped. Anyway, With this setup, I get the best bass for my HT experience with the setting on 1. Mode 3 or 4 does not give me what I think I should hear from the sub. Is this a good idea? Any thoughts on the the old ACT-3 bass settings? Thanks in advance. Bob