Posts by John Ballentine

I've had my 480 system (AVS purchase) since Dec 2008. It hasn't needed any adjustment what-so-ever. Just an occasional shot of an air duster. And I've probably used the motorized slide 1000 times. I'm extremely pleased w/ the...

Yep. Looks like my old JVC. Optical block. Repair could cost upwards of 3K.

My RS20 (manufactured Dec 2008) has magenta strip running down left side (ceiling mounted). Drove it to JVC repair in Long Beach. Cost $3500. to repair so sitting in my attic right now. Occurred 2 1/2 years after purchase at approx...

My RS20 (Dec 2008) has magenta strip down left side (ceiling mounted). Drove it to JVC repair in Long Beach. Cost $3500. to repair so sitting in my attic right now. Occurred 2 1/2 years after purchase at approx 2500 hours. Recently...

Quote:Originally Posted by AustinJerry Wow, John, that averages out to more than one movie a day! Do you watch movies as a profession?Nope. Just a hobby. Watch about one movie a day (two on the weekends). Watch early (4:00 am)...

Watched 192 movies since installing the Darby on 8/3/12. I've had 5 instances of snow-flash (loss of HDMI handshake). Using 3' cable from Onkyo preamp out to Darby then 35' cable to JVC RS35 projector. Maybe I should swap out the 3'...

Shocking. Hope you didn't just jinx it!

Yep. I put a post it note inside my BD case to remind me to switch to LPCM in case I should ever watch this film again (5-10 years from now )

Even a single non-repeatable audio dropout is unacceptable to me. Especially if you have people over and during the dropout they say "remind me again how much $ you spent on this system"

Lotsa Bitstream audio dropouts on my OPPO 83. Had to switch to LPCM. I'm e-mailing OPPO today to see about a potential corrective firmware release. Haven't tried Nemo yet.