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I recently purchased an Onkyo HT-RC430 to replace my old RCA system. I love the system, but I didn't read the fine print when I purchased it. It uses a powered subwoofer, and my old system had a passive sub. I was dismayed to learn that even the cheapest powered subs cost almost as much as...

I never could get everything to sync up. Even running composite through the surround amp to the TV. I finally gave up and found an Onkyo HT-RC430 on sale for $148 through Amazon with free shipping. I've read good reviews on this device, and it has an Audio Return Channel HDMI Port so it...

Thanks for all the ideas and help. I'll continue to tinker around and see what I can do. The system worked perfect with my old analog tv. I have a sneaking suspicion that if I turn off all the processing features on the tv in user mode, I may reduce the delay enough to compensate for the...

I held off on trying this because the video inputs/outputs on the surround are composite only, but when I tried it I got the same result. The audio from the surround speakers are about a half second ahead of the video. The video processing must take a really long time on this TV.

I really thought that running component outputs to the TV and TOSlink to the surround would work, but it has the same video delay as before. Apparently, regardless of whether I use HDMI, component, or composite I still get the video delay and the audio is out of sync too much for my surround...

Sorry, I misread the instruction manual. What I was referring to was an HDMI port with an audio return channel. I don't think it will work with this device. I'll try the component and optical approach above to see what happens.

After digging some more I think that I may have a $40 solution. ViewHD makes a HDMI to HDMI + SPDIF(PCM 5.1) converter/extractor. Since the HDMI out on the back of the TV should have the Video and Audio in sync, I should be able to split this with the converter and run it to the input on the...

Last year I got a new Aquos 55 inch HDTV to replace my old set. At the time I didn't have room to reconnect my RCA RT2360 surround amplifier. This year I got a new media cabinet, and I decided to reconnect my surround system. I was dismayed that the TOSLink output on the TV only outputs Pro...

I am one of those unfortunate people that can't get OTA (or not much). Thanks to the folks on the OTA forum I was able to get one local CBS channel (although it isn't one of my Dish Locals) that is about 19 miles away with no subchannels. It took a whopper of a VHF antenna and a good pre-amp...

Does anyone know (or care to make a guess) as to whether Dish will ever offer sub-channels for customer's locals? The reason I ask is that we recently got one CW sub channel through Dish. I am too far away from my local providers to get any OTA reception, and I still don't get any MyTV...

You guys were exactly right. The day after my last post the LNB went kaput. I hooked my cables into an old Dish 500 dish that I previously had so I could have some TV, and called my local installer. They said that with the storms it would be about a week before they could come out (we just...

I have straight runs to both receivers - no switches. I did a test on both receivers. The 722 status was "Good". The 222 said "LNB Drift Detected" - 0x1c, 0xa4, 72(e-13). I unplugged/replugged both systems and ran check switch. The status of both receivers was the same as before with the...

Thanks! I found the test you were talking about. It does indeed say that I have LNB Drift. What exactly does that mean?

Are you talking about the switch test? I'll check it when I get home from work.

I do; and I experienced this problem earlier on, and learned to switch between two satellite channels to fix the problem. This problem is very similar, but it happens when switching between satellite channels; usually 61.5 and 72. No I haven't tested the system since it seems to work...

I have a Dish 722k receiver and a 222k receiver. Everything works fine on the 722k, but the 222k keeps giving me an error message saying Complete Signal Loss every time I change channels. If I hit the cancel button, the channel comes up and plays fine. I've checked all the cabling, and when I...

Penmanship (if you can call it that) is atrocious. I know that they no longer teach cursive writing around here, and what students do scratch on a piece of paper can hardly be called print. I knew we had hit rock bottom when a student asked what language the Declaration of Independence was...

We all make careless mistakes when talking or writing, but I have been a high school teacher for twenty five years, and I have noticed a decline in overall verbal and mathematical skills for some time now. While I attribute some portion of this problem to society in general, I am in a unique...

I know. I really like the setup I have now, but I really like some of the AMC shows. Short of switching to Direct, does anyone know of other options I may have for watching AMC? Local cable carriers don't carry AMC, and I don't qualify for U-verse or other similar options.

Well, I've been test driving my Roku for a few days now. So far the things I like best are Crackle and Amazon streaming movies. I signed up for the Netflix free trial, and while it offers some pretty good movies and TV shows, there are very few recent hit movies. I considered the DVDs by...

PlayOn looks pretty cool. Do they have live streaming channels, or are they all on-demand?

I just got my new Roku a couple days ago, and so far I really like it. The Amazon streaming rocks. I've tried a couple others like Crackle and Popcorn Flix, and they are pretty good too. I'm a little disappointed, though, that regular Hulu isn't available. Does anyone have any...

I do find that I have more time to get things done, because I never have to (or get to) make any decisions anymore. Unless something goes wrong... Then it was my idea.

No more Monty Python either.

If you've never watched Caveman, watch it now. After you're married you'll get that "you're not seriously going to watch that" look.