Posts by jpurkey

Does the Philips (or other in-production brands) recorder let you do fast playback with audio? My current DVD recorder (a Panasonic E75V VCR/DVDrec, no hard drive), is starting to fail and eventually I'll need to get a replacement. I'd...

Quote: Originally Posted by jcoconnor I'm considered the neighborhood geek so I was asked to help with this problem: My neighbor just bought a new DVD recorder to record movies from Encore's Western cable channel. When he tries to...

Quote: Originally Posted by a2gti Good question..i'm not sure if it's HD. It is a 24 hour news channel which in my opinion is the best International news channel ever! I believe they carry documentaries as well that are related to...

Quote: Originally Posted by JeffStickney I have Cox cable, Motorola DCT6416, and every day when I watch TV I find that the dynamic range in the audio settings has been reset to "narrow". I reset it to "wide" and it is fine- until the...

If you subscribe to any premium services like HBO, Starz, etc. OnDemand is nice to have. Most of the movies I've watched on Starz have been OnDemand. - I can watch movies when I want without recording first. Stop and resume later. - ...

I read half this thread before realizing it was from 18 months ago. I have no interest in HD picture quality because of my vision. But a channel that showed sci-fi movies and programs unedited (as someone up-topic mentioned) would be...

Comedy: I Love Lucy Sci-Fi: The Twilight Zone (original)

Quote: Originally Posted by epsilon The single most annoying experience in watching this were the mini-previews of the next segment before commercial breaks. I had to scramble for the remote to skip them. I hope this is...

Quote: Originally Posted by kenglish Since audio doesn't have "almost identical" frames, it is compressed differently, taking in to account certain pscho-acoustical "quirks" of human hearing. But, it...

Even a perfect cable won't do anything about the motion artifacts on DirecTV. But the amount of artifacts will vary depending on the channel. PPV and premium movie channels have the least. And certain sports and local channels probably...