Wes Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Work the clearance rack. I got a really good 5.1 set for 1200, and I can get a couple more surrounds for a hundred easy, just no point it takes up a good bit of space and I don't know where I'm going to stay next. But yeah good speakers will last forever and now really great receivers are $500 new, you can do better with effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marimba Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Sure, Onkyo 605 (on clearance as the new models are now out) Sony PS3 and whatever Paradigm speakers fit your budget (http://www.paradigm.com/) HDMI cables from monoprice.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uxi Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Told you guys the sales were coming. There have been a couple every few weeks. Not to the frequency they are in the Christmas shopping season, but I'd call that one a no-brainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugimon Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Wow... samsung's customer support sucks. So my tv, an ln-t4665F started having problems resolving the right border of the screen. It took me 2 seperate calls to arrange for a service technician to come out and fix the issue. And the service took two tries. The first time they didn't bring the right part and the second time, they replaced the whole screen. Now, I have a new problem, the NEW screen has a brown line of dead pixels running from top to bottom down the middle of the screen. The service company didnt' want to service the TV again so I had to wait nearly 2 weeks while they submitted an exchange request to Samsung. At the end of last month, I was told that they didn't have my model in stock and they were going to replace it with this year's model ln-46a550. Great, new TV, better specs ... I was miffed this new TV cost about 800 bucks less than what I paid for mine last year and I asked samsung to give me an equivalently PRICED tv.. no go, but that was fine, I was still getting a new TV. The exchange department told me 2-3 weeks on April 30th... so here we are, 3 weeks later, I call back trying to find out where my TV is... oh, now I get to wait till June 6th for them to even have it in stock. So I asked the guy why I wasn't told of the scheduling change... and he tells me, "well, we're really busy." Update... still no TV, but samsung upgraded my replacement TV to the 52" at no cost to me. suddenly, I love samsung again.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit29 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Blade Runner on Blu-ray for 14.95 at Amazon here I am Legend Blu-ray @ 13.95 here Some other good sales going on at Amazon too...finally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Blade Runner's $19.95 now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaijin Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Blade Runner's $19.95 now... I still see it listed as $14.95 even when I add it to my cart... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Just tried again 30 secs ago---$19.95 on the main screen, and $19.95 when in cart. Clicking from the link in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oihan Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 (edited) Well, I finally pulled the trigger. I now have a Panasonic TC-32LZ800 on the way. Here's hoping! Edit: Well my TC-32LZ800 arrived today! Zero dead/stuck pixels! There's no buzzing coming from the TV either. (It's been reported that there may be some buzzing) Regarding the sound coming from the speakers. The speakers aren't the greatest, but they aren't bad either. I can hear conversations just fine at 1/4 the max. volume. The blacks are very impressive in my opinion and look ink black. Out of the box the colors look fantastic and the skin tones look realistic/life-like. I cannot wait to further calibrate it! My only problems with the set thus far are as follows. There does seem to be a little CCFL bleed at the bottom right corner of the screen...but it's hard to notice. Then there's the standard definition. As expected on any HDTV...SD looks terrible in comparison to HD. Other than that though, I'm very happy with the set. Think I should send the set and get that little bleed taken care of? It's only noticeable when the screen is black in that area...and even then it's hard to notice it some of the time. Edit #2: The CCFL bleed at the bottom right corner has disappeared. Edited July 22, 2008 by Oihan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit29 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Kill Bill 1 & 2 due in Sept...I wonder which cut we get? http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1400 Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has revealed via their retailer site that they will be bring 'Kill Bill Part 1' and 'Kill Bill Part 2' to Blu-ray on September 9th. Its way too early to talk about specs or special features - we'll have to wait for the press release for that - but the fact that these highly anticipated films are finally coming to Blu-ray should make many fans smile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uxi Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Hopefully it will be the "Whole Bloody Affair" maybe with seamless branching between teh two seperate movies. Looks like another deal at Amazon (Buy 2, get 1 free) and the major retailers are all doing cheap prices on select titles (mostly older catalog stuff, of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruskiiVFaussie Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 (edited) Kill Bill 1 & 2 due in Sept...I wonder which cut we get? http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1400 Yeha this will be interesting. I bought the Jap KIllBill1 premium box set edition ages back and it's like my holy grail. (coz of the blood an gore extras!) http://www.therewindforums.co.uk/forums/vi...pic.php?t=10759 and this is the second premium release which i didn't bother about (coz there was no real extras) - http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code...pid-1003612251/ They better include the uncut stuff! Maybe Quinten will do something special?? Edited June 16, 2008 by ruskiiVFaussie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruskiiVFaussie Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 (edited) Guys, about the Playstation 3, can I - 1 surf the internet with my adsl connection? 2 If so, is there a way i can print stuff with some sought of printer cable connection from the PS3 to my printer? 3 I want the 80 gig version that apparently has reverse capability that the smaller gig versions don't. (to play PS2 games) Any aussie here knows what i'm asking? Any help guys would be awesome! Cheers. Edited June 16, 2008 by ruskiiVFaussie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Guys, about the Playstation 3, can I - 1 surf the internet with my adsl connection? 2 If so, is there a way i can print stuff with some sought of printer cable connection from the PS3 to my printer? 3 I want the 80 gig version that apparently has reverse capability that the smaller gig versions don't. (to play PS2 games) Any aussie here knows what i'm asking? Any help guys would be awesome! Cheers. 1. just have a wireless router or connect it with ethernet thru the back, though the standard browser sucks. don't know if there's another one 2. it's not capable of many formats, like excel, but if your printer might be able to do something thru usb but I have many doubts. 3. i got another MGS4 bundle coming thru the mail(ordered online thinking I wouldn't get one locally, but I got the last one at my WM) though I don't think I can get the 10 bucks shipping, you want a region 1 system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruskiiVFaussie Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 (edited) 1. just have a wireless router or connect it with ethernet thru the back, though the standard browser sucks. don't know if there's another one 2. it's not capable of many formats, like excel, but if your printer might be able to do something thru usb but I have many doubts. 3. i got another MGS4 bundle coming thru the mail(ordered online thinking I wouldn't get one locally, but I got the last one at my WM) though I don't think I can get the 10 bucks shipping, you want a region 1 system? Thanks Wes for your help! I talked to one of my local shops and they said this and that about what i asked here, aparently the 80 gig was all but sold out now, but they did tell me it can use an external hardrive which is cool enough. Well with the printer i've got a lexmark and it connects thr to y laptop via USB but i don't know why else it wouldn't work. Region 1? what size gig? i'd probably not even worry about teh reverse capability to play ps2 games now anyways. Also seein that the blue-ray M/Frontier don't have subtitles then i wo't bother wanting the Reg 1 or worry about converting it with a mod. If i find a nice reduced price in Brisbane this week while i'm about i might grab one! Can it play AVI or MPEG? They said I could even program windows into it, not that i would if the standard browser is good enough. Oh and one last thing i thought was a bonus is that the blue-ray can download updates to keep it up-to-date with whats being handed out. Who else thinks this is cool? Edited June 16, 2008 by ruskiiVFaussie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruskiiVFaussie Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 What about getting viruses on your PS3 from the web? Is there a possibility? is there an Anti-Virus precaution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I hardly read this thread so forgive me if it's been posted, but I found this article that was posted today at Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/toshiba...while-brushing/ For the attentive in attendance, you likely noticed that none of Toshiba's newly announced laptops (yes, even the absurdly powerful Qosmio rigs) have built-in Blu-ray drives. Like, there's not even an option. When questioned about the obvious oversight (ahem), Tosh's Europe CEO Alan Thompson noted that "Blu-ray was just one of the many ways that you can get HD content and is not required for accessing HD content." Furthermore, it seems as if the outfit is continuing on in its pursuit to develop the best DVD upconverting technology in the whole wide world, as it explained to the press in London that its forthcoming technology would "fill in the gaps" and "add resolution." Company representatives even remarked that "Blu-ray was only a storage medium," and reiterated that BD "wasn't the only way to view high-def content." It's one thing to bow out gracefully, pick up the pieces and get on with life. It's another thing to douse yourself in ignorance and pretend that Blu-ray (let alone HD DVD) never happened. haha. I went to Fry's yesterday and they still have a shelf full of HD-DVDs and up top there was a big sign that said.... "Say Hello to HD-DVD!" Hello? more like Laters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uxi Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 What about getting viruses on your PS3 from the web? Is there a possibility? is there an Anti-Virus precaution? No homebrew aps or anything so nothing to worry about. Yet. Realistically it's difficult to see anything malicious going for the forseeable future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruskiiVFaussie Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 No homebrew aps or anything so nothing to worry about. Yet. Realistically it's difficult to see anything malicious going for the forseeable future. Thanks Uxi for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugimon Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 yay! new TV delivered, no problems to report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruskiiVFaussie Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Well i went shopping and scouted prices but i gotta say the PS3 is fugly at best seeing it in the flesh. I'll wait till they come down in price if at all i still want one by that time. Just ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Well i went shopping and scouted prices but i gotta say the PS3 is fugly at best seeing it in the flesh. I'll wait till they come down in price if at all i still want one by that time. Just ugly. Well if you using it right you're only staring at the TV. Sorry but that was too tempting. It's too shiney and apparently they want nothing to rest on top of it so they made that huge curve. But hey it does the job. I hear it plays games too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruskiiVFaussie Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 wtf? no sh^t wes. Soul Calibur 4 is coming, plus the streetfighter 4 no long after, another reason i want one. But for the price they are asking it ain't worth it. (at the moment) Yes, it's an ugly piece of sh^t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Roy Focker Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 I'm having some sort of HDTV program. I decided to cut cable. Unplugged cable and Tested what HDTV channels I would get with an old broken antenna. Then later a new one. Got all the correct local analog and HD channels. I returned my cable box and on a whim hooked the tv set to the cable outlet. Figured I would watch cable TV until it was actually shut off. Decided time to use the auto-program. Cable and Antenna search. Every channel was in the correct location. When cable was turned off I ran auto program again. I didn't want a bunch of static channels. Now my TV on antenna setting can't find some local HDTV channels that I had before during my earlier tests. If I switched it from antenna to cable it gets really strange. I have maybe 6 different sets of local channels in HDTV plus some channels with what I think random ondemand movies. With either antenna or cable setting I have all the TV shows I should have but I can't find anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit29 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Double dipping bastards.. New Blu-ray Release of 300 Confirmed Posted June 26, 2008 08:06 AM by Josh Warner Bros. At the Saturn Awards earlier this week, Collider.com managed to get an interview with producer Mark Canton, who worked as the producer on '300'. During that interview, he confirmed that they were working on a new Blu-ray release for the film. Given past information from Warner, we expect this release to be called '300: Limited Collector's Edition' and to be released later this year. When the film was initially released for Blu-ray, it lacked some picture-in-picture functionality that the HD DVD release had. We expect that this new release will restore that functionality as well as introduce new special features. Even around the time of the initial release, Deborah Snyder, wife of '300' director Zack Snyder, mentioned that a new Blu-ray release was forth-coming. No technical specs or special features were revealed at this time, but expect to see more soon. http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1452 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaijin Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Firefly on BD soon: FIREFLY BLU-RAY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugimon Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Yeah, old news. Jewel Staite had mentioned a while back that she had got called in to record some new commentary tracks for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Focker Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 How about Serenity on Blu-Ray? I can watch Firefly all the time on Hulu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaijin Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 (edited) Yeah, old news. Jewel Staite had mentioned a while back that she had got called in to record some new commentary tracks for this. Yeah, but we didn't really know what time frame we were looking at. Serenity is scheduled for the latter half of this year. Edited June 28, 2008 by Gaijin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruskiiVFaussie Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 (edited) Would i be able to download Frontier onto my PSP? Like actually use the PSP browser and download and use? Anyone else watching frontier on their PSP? Edited July 2, 2008 by ruskiiVFaussie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeszekely Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Quick heads up, guys. I was at Best Buy today, and while BB was advertising the Batman Begins Blu-ray at $24.99, every copy was tagged at $18.00. The stickers were Best Buy stickers, and clearly read "BD - Batman Begin" with the BB sku 8880044. The cashier seemed surprised and he had to get a supervisor to approve the price override, since it was ringing up for $24.99, but they were quick to honor the sticker price. So if you haven't added Batman Begins and, like me, you wanted to watch it in HD before you go see the new one, $18 at Best Buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poonman Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Well i went shopping and scouted prices but i gotta say the PS3 is fugly at best seeing it in the flesh. I'll wait till they come down in price if at all i still want one by that time. Just ugly. you're crazy. ever since I replaced my Xbox360 with a 40gig PS3 my entertainment center has been looking 100% better. my 360 used to look like a dang toy sitting down there all my home theater components are Pioneer and the red standby light and blue "disk in" light on the PS3 match my Pioneers red and blue LEDs perfectly. also the 40gig PS3 has the silver metallic paint on the front and not the chrome and the paint matches my silver Pioneer media receiver for my plasma TV perfectly. between my silver satellite box, silver & black plasma media receiver, silver & black PS3 and black audio receiver my entertainment center looks top-notch! on a side note and something that you all might appreciate I recently got my new Pioneer audio receiver that supports the +P feature on my Pioneer plasma. I plugged a three pin mini-stereo cable in my audio receiver and plasma media receiver and now one remote runs it all. one nice feature is when I volume up and down on my audio receiver the volume slider shows up on-screen! theres also an on-screen set-up menu just for the audio receiver for changing speaker frequencies and running the MCACC setup etc. I'm not sure how other companies do it but Pioneer sure gives you an incentive to only buy their products! its also nice having one-touch input channel switching.. one button switches over my audio and video between my TV and PS3. I used to have to switch the audio input on my receiver's remote then my video input on my TV's remote when I wanted to go back and forth between game and TV input channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oihan Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Question for you all. I believe that I know the answer...but I'm not entirely positive. My HDTV will not accept a 1080p signal over component; the best it will do over component is 1080i. My question is in regards to my Xbox 360. Since I have a first generation Xbox 360...HDMI is out of the picture. So, my question is: will I get better results setting my 360's display to 720p rather than 1080i? Or would I get better results setting it to 1080i? I should add that my HDTV is a 1080p LCD. I'm thinking that it would better for my TV to upscale a progressive signal rather than deal with an interlaced signal. Am I right in my assumption? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Focker Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Tommorrow the American DVD release of Spaced comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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