By Richard Fisher • 3 hours ago
Ah, flat screen TV … just what so many were waiting for to put on the wall, mostly inspired by Hollywood and television programs over the decades.
Yep, putting that flat screen on your wall is the Buck Rogers thing to do for so many of us.
What most people don’t know is that by doing so you have made yourself responsible for additional services and charges if the product fails.
All service programs...
By Richard Fisher • Oct 8, 4:39pm
This story actually starts with a DVD Audio player! DVD Audio is a defunct HD audio format from 2001 (along with SACD) that brings the master recording to your home.
Unfortunately the DVD forum and mastering houses failed in execution of this new standard making many of the titles auto play for multi-channel only, not stereo; an irritating premise for a 2 channel audiophile minimalist requiring a video monitor to navigate the menus to the stereo tracks.
Indeed, DVD Audio listening time was few and far between due to this hassle.
What my DVD Audio world needed was an inexpensive, small LCD display with quick and convenient disconnects...
By Richard Fisher • Aug 7, 3:51pm
If you suspect lamp failure the first step is to check your owner's manual, which will tell you how to read/interpret the indicator lights on the front of your TV or on your front projector.
If you do not have the owners manual, odds are very high you can find it on the internet and download it.
Manufacturers often times provide these manuals on their web sites.
A lamp timer...
By Richard Fisher • Jul 27, 3:10pm
This is an exciting time for home theater and one for which I have been waiting; the ability to properly display CinemaScope content in its native aspect ratio, duplicating the experience of your local film theater where CinemaScope content is larger, growing left to right as the side curtains are pulled back to reveal more screen for a larger image.
Check the A/V and videophile magazines for this year.
Odds are quite high that they had advertising for cinemascope screens, lenses or compatible projectors.
A new term has appeared in front projection reviews and specs called "Panamorph lens compatible/capable", which was also supported by...
By Richard Fisher • Mar 19, 4:06pm
This portion of the review details how the Mitsubishi LT-46148 LCD HDTV performed on the test bench.
Please read the Mitsubishi LT-46148 LCD HDTV Review Essentials, if you have not already.
RGB 0-255 can't pass below black because black is 0.
Unfortunately the same goes for YPbPr 16-235 yet with that video signal black is 16 so it could if designed to do so.
Bottom line, no below black signals will pass.
While not a severe error, it is one that Videophiles should take note of since some small portion of consumer video content will exceed 16 or 235 by a few notches and an ISF calibration would setup a display to account for that anomaly.
This one...
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