you would be amazed (or maybe not) at the amount of stuff at our house that was not "need to have" :-)
luckily, both wife and I have been working at salaried jobs for a while... -Ben > nice. i wish i had the bucks to upgrade my stuff, but i just split from my > company, and am trying to support myself as an IC. had to cut expenses, and > upgraded monster is NOT on the "need to have" list. :( > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 12:20 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: DVD Players > > > would have to check - want to know the details? > but generally mid- to high-level cables > > Have a MonsterCable splitter and their F cables for > distributing incoming signals. > > speaker wire to subwoofer, center and mains is orig > thick with their gold banana plugs, rear surround the > thinner with gold bent tips. > > have maybe $500 in their cables, plus their cool HTS2500 > Home Theater Power Center. That really cleaned up the > video and audio. > > -Ben > > > which level did you get? i bought the one, since i'm a cheap bugger. :) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 11:42 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: DVD Players > > > > > > I replaced all the connecting cables with Monster Cable, > > and even the wife noticed the difference right away :-) > > > > really worth it IMHO > > > > -Ben > > > > > what make and model of tv do you have? look it up on the company > website, > > > they usually have wiring diagrams. > > > > > > monstercable.com usually has good tuts about wiring as well. i > recommend > > > buying at least their gold upgrade cable kits. the quality improvement > is > > > definately noticible. > > > > > > chris > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Sandy Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 5:24 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: DVD Players > > > > > > > > > I don't know what kind of inputs we have. I looked at the back of the > > > television and am really confused. > > > > > > There is a coax cable output which is used by the cable box, which in > > > turn has the vhs hooked up to it. > > > > > > In addition, there are a number of inputs on the television which are > > > colored. They look like this > > > > > > > > > Y Y > > > W W W > > > R R R > > > > > > > > > Y - Yellow > > > W- White > > > R - Red > > > > > > I can't move the tv to see if they are labeled. But can anyone tell me > > > (from my lamebrained description) what kind of inputs I do have? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Philip Arnold - ASP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 1:40 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: DVD Players > > > > > > > > > >>| Michael and I are thinking about purchasing a DVD player > > > >>| and I know nothing about them. Anyone have recomendations > > > >>| on stuff I should look for, Favorite Models? Must Have > > > >>| Features? Nice to Have Features? Don't worry, you don't > > > >>| even need those features? > > > > > > Sandy, > > > > > > I'm going from the UK market here, but a few pointers; > > > > > > DO NOT buy Sony - you're paying for the name, and the quality is about > > > as good as the "not top" models > > > > > > Toshiba make the best, reasonably priced machines on the market - we > > > have 2 of them, and they're great > > > > > > Concentrate on the Component output only if your TV has component input, > > > otherwise, S-Video is cool > > > > > > Don't go for one with the built-in 5.1/Dobly decode - you tend to get > > > slightly lower quality on all parts - spend a little more and get a > > > decent decoder (if you want one) > > > > > > If you can, get a Multi-Region model - they're not as prevelant in the > > > States as they are in the UK, but it means you can play any DVD from any > > > country - which is cool (most models can be "switched" into multi-region > > > ones, some require a chip) > > > > > > > > > Other considerations; > > > If you don't have a wide-screen TV, most "wide" films will come out in > > > letter-box, which makes the film look smaller - we have 3 wide-screen > > > TVs and all 3 have DVD plays, which makes live easier > > > > > > If you're only going to be a casual watcher, stereo from the TV is > > > enough, but once you've had 5.1, you'll never want to go back > > > > > > It's always better to run it though a digital TV (if you have one), > > > you'll notice the difference > > > > > > > > > All DVD players tend to have the following functions; > > > Chapter Skip > > > Audio choice (from the remote, not just from the menus) Multi-angle CD > > > playing > > > > > > Some of the cheaper ones don't have Title Select - it's nice, but not > > > required for the casual viewer > > > > > > Just one last thing - what you're really looking for is visual quality - > > > if it has loads of bells and whistles, they're generally not worth it > > > > > > >From a magazine I bought yesterday (Stuff, for those who know it), > > > >their > > > top DVD players - these could well be UK only models (I've removed some > > > that I know are UK only) - prices are in UK Sterling; LG DVD-4750 (200) > > > - a good budget DVD player - has built in 5.1 decoder > > > Denon DVD-2800 (800) - Component output, seriously good quality Marantz > > > DV4100OSE (400) - Budget (for Marantz), great audio quality Meridian > > > Reference 800 (9,000) - SERIOUS quality DVD player - amazing performance > > > ($10,000+ cost!) TAG McLaren DVD32R (4,000) - THX certified, great build > > > and output quality, but not cheap Toshiba SD-110EB (140) - budget > > > machine with great quality, although doesn't play CD-R or MP3 Toshiba > > > SD-510E (400) - Excellent quality, about treble the price of the 110EB, > > > but quality close to the ones that cost 3-4 time more Panasonic DVD-RA71 > > > (500) - Well equipped machine with component output, built in DTS > > > surround > > > > > > Personal choice - go for Toshiba's! > > > > > > Hope that all helps > > > > > > Phil > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
