Posts by Chronoptimist

Quote:Originally Posted by Steve Bruzonsky So I loaded all the music back onto the Dell 8500 hard drive. And the "magic" was back, sounded really nice! I prayed on this one. ... I really don't get it??? I have JRiver setup to play...

Argue objective vs subjective with CE devices if you like, but with PC-based playback to an external DAC, it is either outputting bit-perfect, or it's not. Fancy cables or power supplies won't do a thing.

Quote:Originally Posted by edorr The upgraded powersupply allegedly turns the good Oppo 93 into a stellar digital transpart (Compli Blu). Users must all be smoking crack, and the engineers that come up with these ideas are all...

Guys, if you are not using the PC itself as the analog audio source, the power supply or other components are going to have zero effect on audio. The only thing that will affect audio quality is whatever device you are using as the DAC....

Quote:Originally Posted by Roussi I run my P50C490 (1366 native) through an HDMI input labeled "DVI/PC" from an HD5450 at 1360 "Basic desktop" resolution at 1:1 pixel mapping (with 3 dark pixels on each side). The tv reports 1080p60...

The TV is the problem here, not the graphics card. 1366x768 is an awkward resolution that some older HDTVs ended up on, and was before PC compatibility was much of a concern. Older displays or graphics cards used to only like inputs...

Quote:Originally Posted by Nightlord ...and their performance when asking them to do something viewable with old VHS-tapes. Analog tv-signals and VHS looks like crap on every LCD I've every tried. (And yes, I will be needing that...

It's funny to read all these comments from people stating that “this is not a true representation of the Kuro”—because thatʼs exactly what people were saying about their own TVs when photographic comparisons were being done between them...

Just don't put noise reduction and sharpening controls on the TV, don't make it easier for people to use them. Make dummy controls if you have to, that go from 0-1000000 but do nothing.

Quote:Originally Posted by tgm1024 And further, "power savings mode" or "Eco friendly mode", or whateverTF you want to call it is pointless and stupid. There are other ways of tuning down the brightness, and if you're not...