Posts by Chris Friesen

My avr-1713 is saying there's a new firmware available--anyone know what this addresses?

I picked up an NTV300 (not the 300sl) on sale primarily for use as a Netflix box. For this purpose the time to start up the Netflix app was longer than I was willing to accept. This device takes maybe 35 seconds to actually start up the...

So I got a buddy to compare against the Sony 590 blu-ray player and it was somewhat faster than the Netgear box. I then picked up a Roku and the difference is huge. It's just way smoother and more responsive. The Netgear box is...

I just picked up a Netgear NTV300 on sale for use playing Netflix (I wanted something that would do 1080p and DD+). This device takes maybe 35 seconds to actually start up the Netflix app from the main menu. It takes a further 15-20...

Quote:Originally Posted by ricc0chet Yes, but every other device, connecting the source directly through that same cabling infrastructure to the projector works fine. The old AVR-887 works fine. its just this projector that has...

Quote: Originally Posted by Colm Even gigabit ethernet does not have the bandwidth to handle the fastest bit rates permitted by HDMI True...but you could run several gigE cables for much less than the cost of a long HDMI cable. And...

Quote: Originally Posted by Toe_Cutter Wondering aloud, what would a device leveraging the use of the master key look like? The simplest would be an HDMI(female) -> HDMI(male) adapter that would simply terminate the HDCP connection...

I suspect that there are a few reasons why they didn't go with HD-SDI: 1) No support for copy protection. 2) No compatibility with existing DVI equipment. DVI was originally intended as a computer monitor interface, so likely they...