For dvd movies only, how is the picture quality? Is it compatible with the old rca/av cables? Has anybody taken it up to the 300" advertised limit? Noise during operation? Thank you.
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It has killer picture quality, I`ve had it at 200 in., great picture. To get 300 you would have to be back 30feet or so. It has RCA inputs on it, if you run it in high altitude mode, it is a little loud, but mine is 2 feet from my head. In normal mode, it is barely audible.
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I don't use it for movirs. I use it for PowerPoint and instructional videos. The quality is good. The noise from the projector is not a problem. This projector has a VGA plug. Newer computers use hdmi. I would get the slightly more expensive view sonic that has hdmi. I think that is the 5134
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Picture quality is impressive. Yes it does work with av cables. Just go ahead and buy. It will definitely surpass your estimation.
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Can you please explain this? I have been using a tv from 1995 and use a co-axial cable to hook it up. I am not familiar with HDMI cable, so if this is the only type that plugs into the tv, how can I hook the other end up to my cable box and DVD player? The cable box is newer so may be compatible, but the DVD player is fairly old as well. I don't want to buy a tv that I can't use my DVD player with. Thank you!
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I don't know. I'm not very much up on these terminalogies. I use my RCA wide screen strictly for DVD movies and all the movies I have played are showing well. The only problem I have had is sometimes the sound is not very loud and it is like watching a silent movie, but most are alright. The volume adjustment is hard to set right and the instruction manual is to brief to be of much help, but then as I said in the beginning my knowledge of these things is sorely lacking. Sorry I can't be more helpful.
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Anybody?....we have tried everything. There is supposed to be an option for av out in the quality video settings. However the options in quality are the same as in panel quality. Very dissapointed right now. How do I get them both to play video as well as hearing the movie?
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Thanks! The only real gripe that I remember is that a DVD is a little slow to load when you put it in. When I get around to buying one myself though, I probably won't use it as my main DVD player anyway, but I'll write up a full review.
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I just picked one up from BB today, and the included manual isn't much more helpful. According to the manual, it is going to be up to the individual production of discs as far as what you'll be able to get from components. IF the protection is enabled, without HDMI you will only be able to view 480i or 480p. 720p or 1080i, either through HD DVD or upconverted SD DVD would/could be blocked. Hope this helps. Like I said, I have the unit and I'm watching it now with SD DVDs until tomorrow, and the upconversion is MUCH better than my previous Toshiba DVD upconversion player. Star Wars III was absolutely fantastic (picture wise. Unfortunately this unit cannot yet "upconvert" poor scripts, but I digress). If anyone wants to ask anymore questions, I'll be picking up a couple HD DVDs tomorrow (Tuesday 4/18) as well as getting some from Netflix, so I'll have plenty of review material.
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I have a dvd vcr player combo and it only had the standard rca connections. I hooked it up and it worked great. Even with a hdmi coupler between hdmi cables. I switched between the 720 and 1080 settings but couldn't tell a big difference but they both worked. It's definitely worth a shot.
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Hi ajs,This TV is a fantastic choice for DVD viewing. Setup is really intuitive and the picture is great even if you just use the out-of-the-box settings, though I'd recommend changing them for the best picture.
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It has 2 RGB inputs which carry the component signal. All you need is a RGB to component cable, you can get them on Amazon for like 4 bucks. Most DVD players have component out. By the way Component is capable of carring a full HD signal in analog format, you won't notice any difference in picture quality verses HDMI. RGB does not carry any audio signal. So you would have to hook up audio seperately.
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David, This would normally be an easy question to answer, as yes, according to the Sony website, one should see improvements with audio as well as video with this particular upconverting dvd player. Yet what you wrote leaves me with some questions as to your home set-up. Could you please elaborate on how you are connecting your dvd player, receiver, and television together? I only ask because my experience with standard DVD quality audio has always been phenomenal, and not once have I ever felt it was "simple stereo", save for when I watch older movies not encoded in DTS 5.1 or Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
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I never got mine to work properly, It says you need a tv out capable video card, one that supports lower resolutions. however I was able to get it to send video from a dvd player to an old crt.
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Thanks BlueDemon.I have actually been following the thread on AVSForum since it began. While there are some reports of loose HDMI connectors, muting, etc; it really isn't much (actual content-wise vs. wishing/hoping-wise). Amazon had a yellow note on their HT-CT500 page for a while saying that no orders were being taken because of Amazon customer-reported issues. I was curious to see what the actual issues were (causing a suspension of sales), in case any of those customers returned here.Thanks~Bill
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Not sure. Didn't care. Never seen a TV below 32" that had speakers worth a crap and anything above that size they are only half worth a crap. I'll say that you can certainly hear it and it has 3 sound modes. Custom movie and standard. I use custom. It has a headphone out jack and when I am really watching something I plug in some cheap computer speakers and it sounds fantastic and the volume controls with the remote. Can't ask for much more. But I don't think you will really hear it well in a noisy environment. Just opt for external speakers or sound bar plugged into the headphone stereo out jack.
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One of the posters talks about the picture quality while using non-HDTV. I think he said he has it in a trailer, so no HDTV. Also, this unit doesn't have an S-Video connection, which is what is needed to get the best quality standard def. picture (at least that's my understanding). Which tells me that this unit is really not intended mainly for standard def viewing. Vizio, Sharp, and Philips make some units still with S-video connections. Maybe some others do, too, but so far I've found only those three brands. And if I had to guess, I would guess that eventually they'll all stop putting in S-Video connections, as more and more people start subscribing to HDTV.
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Allan, Thanks for the input. Could you clarify which TV you bought?Did you try utilizing the DLNA to connect to a PC and play movies off the PC?What are your views on the quality of the TV's picture/sound/color...etc?
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I don't experience the video dropout when viewing the same scenes via a recording of the same movie via DVD player. Only using the satellite receiver hooked to the 806 with composite video and then uploaded to the TV via HDMI cable. I think it has something to do with the quality of the satellite video and/or inability of the receiver to "keep up" with extreme video changes.Secondly, as to the "S" at the end of the serial number, doesn't that stand for "silver".....whereas the black receiver doesn't have the "s".
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Sorry, but I can't recommend another one as I have no other experience. I bought this unit for business purposes. Do you want to ceiling mount it? If you want it to be portable (move it from room to room, or use at work for movies) it would be fine with external speakers. In your research, just look for one with built in DVD. On the other hand, if you have a DVD player in your home theater system, and you'll only be playing it in your home theater room, then you don't really need built-in DVD. The unit you inquired about is best if you need it to be portable.