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    Surround Sound Forgotten?

    Life suddenly interrupted my important online existance and kept my attention for a couple of days. Ah yes, the budget... Thank you very much for your true consideration of my specific situation. Yes, I did get the 350 BD player. Correct, I didn't know better. Even so, it ain't horrible...
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    Surround Sound Forgotten?

    OK, I'm just about sold on the Onkyo 606 and y'all have been sooooo helpful, but please indulge me a bit more on the speakers. You offered this set Polk Audio RM6750 as one of your recommendations and the picture looks real nice to me but please share your experience as to why these are better...
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    Surround Sound Forgotten?

    Ok, I know... I got off topic for a sec with the wide eyes over the cheap hdmi cables, but you have to understand, apparently the TV guys seen idiot on my face when I walked in and managed to sell me a hdmi cable( a good one, mind you), for $50.00. The thing ain't made of pure gold though. They...
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    Surround Sound Forgotten?

    OMG! Are my eyes deceiving me? Am I seeing a 6' HDMI cable for <$5.00? Is this real?
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    Surround Sound Forgotten?

    Wow! What a tail spin I'm in, learning this surround sound business. I had a dvd player/vhs vcr with 5.1 output and "thought" I had THE deal. Upgrading is proving to be quite educational. Thank you, KevinW and JayN_J! You've both provided me with AWSOME feedback. Thank you , but no need to be so...
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    Surround Sound Forgotten?

    You're correct. Thank You. However, until the next post by KevinW, I only knew of one receiver, which D*TV provides to "receive" and convert satellite signal to TV signal. As a matter of fact, No, and didn't know there was such a thing. I've now searched and viewed a number of these online...
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    Surround Sound Forgotten?

    Hi, So I've got this brand new HD 52" Sony Bravia and a brand new Sony Blu-Ray player and a brand new HD receiver from D*TV... ...and can't figure out how to hook up surround sound to it. The choice of audio outputs include the hdmi cable or (R) & (L) RCA jacks. The end. No other choice...
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    AIMING A 5 lnb SLIMLINE DISH?

    Hi, I wanted to give credit to this thread and it's contributors. Short story; This thread helped me dial in my Slimline 5 dish. Long story; I recently upgraded my D*TV subscription to HD and got the HR23 DVR receiver and Slimline 5 dish... Because of some inherant curse I seem to have on me...
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    Welcome New Members! (Please Say HI here!)

    Hi! Just bought a new HDTV and upgraded to HD D*TV. Never dreamed the dish might be so difficult. So I found this place in a search. It's another story that I'm still not going 100%, but I am going. So then I said, well, I'll hook up my surround sound... A few minutes of studying the back of...