Posts by Tinman

Monoprice sells better cables for MUCH less money. Monster is overrated, imo. Just look at the reviews on that cable versus some cheaper one's. My guess is that the cable's shielding isn't very good and it's picking up something in...

Quote:Originally Posted by Muse I used to clean the filter of my Sanyo PLV-Z2 720p LCD PJ whenever I got sick of the dust bunnies. Of course, cleaning the filter did nothing to the dust bunny problem, that required blowing gas in...

Yep, that's caused by one of the light path elements moving out of alignment. But hey.... Epson's 2 year warranty covers it for now.

Quote:Originally Posted by engelba I have had my 8700UB for about 1.5 years now and I am having a problem with it... 1st off I should mention, the bulb is toast at 800 hours. Got REALLY dim and unable to calibrate it....... called...

Many people blow out the filter every 300 hours, and replace it with a new lamp. Well, so far I am VERY pleased with my 8700UB. I had a LOT of apprehension purchasing it since I'm jaded by a high performance CRT projector, but hey, the...

General guidelines are about 100 hours where the bulb settles down. I can also calibrate using the HTPC, where it creates a color profile automatically. This wouldn't actually calibrate the projector, but the output of the graphics...

I wanted to share my good experience here, since these threads mostly post about problems. Honestly, it was a true nail biter to buy this projector after reading about all the issues people have had. But I remind myself that Epson...

Quote: Originally Posted by NemoZorro Wow, never heard of this one. Is there a way to do a master reset with this player? Never mind; I found it from page 47 Resetting the player Use this procedure to reset all the player's...

Quote: Originally Posted by BasementBob Turn it off. To the bottom right of the disk drawer is a 1mm hole. Push a paper clip into it -- that should eject the tray. Thank you for taking the time to respond. I tried that, but I am...

Since the search function didn't help, I thought I'd post for help. I have aquired a used Pioneer BDP-HD1 player. It works fine if I manually put a disc into it, but if I push the open/close button the player says LOCK. It's not...