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News and history on brands and branding. BrandlandUSA™ is the home of America's best-loved legacy brands. Find a forgotten product. Help us save promote and preserve historic brand names at BrandlandUSA com We still are thinking about Radio Shack. We went there over the weekend and bought a science kit toy for a boy's birthday party. Of course it wasn't as extravagant as the Science Fair 150-in-1 kits that were sold in the 1970s but it was pretty good. At right a photo of Radio Shack's line of Flavoradios. We've written a bit about Radio Shack lately and we thought readers would like to read the posts. We've got a new look for BrandlandUSA that debuted August. 2008. All our brand features are on. Have a look and see the most stories on great American brand names. Got a press release? Need a quote for a story? Email BrandlandUSA editor. The most searched item of 2007 on BrandlandUSA is Morton Donuts. Morton Frozen Foods and Morton Honey Buns. Read about our position on the revival of the Morton Frozen Foods brand by clicking on the TV dinner above. (Hint: We want our donuts back!) If there is to be a merger of Delta and Northwest there is a way for both of the brand names to survive. Delta would do well to protect the intellectual property of the Northwest brand and use the name or risk losing it to a startup. And remember Delta that ditching Northwest won't make airline fuel any cheaper! February 15. 2007 post. "." 9. (the most special New York department chain once an adjective ought to live as a boutique or store brand at least). It has been spotted at Stein Mart of late.

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News and history on brands and branding. BrandlandUSA™ is the home of America's best-loved legacy brands. Find a forgotten product. Help us save promote and preserve historic brand names at BrandlandUSA com We still are thinking about Radio Shack. We went there over the weekend and bought a science kit toy for a boy's birthday party. Of course it wasn't as extravagant as the Science Fair 150-in-1 kits that were sold in the 1970s but it was pretty good. At right a photo of Radio Shack's line of Flavoradios. We've written a bit about Radio Shack lately and we thought readers would like to read the posts. We've got a new look for BrandlandUSA that debuted August. 2008. All our brand features are on. Have a look and see the most stories on great American brand names. Got a press release? Need a quote for a story? Email BrandlandUSA editor. The most searched item of 2007 on BrandlandUSA is Morton Donuts. Morton Frozen Foods and Morton Honey Buns. Read about our position on the revival of the Morton Frozen Foods brand by clicking on the TV dinner above. (Hint: We want our donuts back!) If there is to be a merger of Delta and Northwest there is a way for both of the brand names to survive. Delta would do well to protect the intellectual property of the Northwest brand and use the name or risk losing it to a startup. And remember Delta that ditching Northwest won't make airline fuel any cheaper! February 15. 2007 post. "." 9. (the most special New York department chain once an adjective ought to live as a boutique or store brand at least). It has been spotted at Stein Mart of late.

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The Radio Shack Home Security Systems belong to a leading manufacturer of home security systems called Radio Shack.  A large variety of security components are manufactured by them like sirens wireless security systems and various types of sensors and alarms. There is a simple two-piece Radio Shack Home Security System which consists of a wireless motion sensor alarm and a key chain remote.  The whole system is mobile and the user can take it along with him always and also while traveling.  RF signals are used in the sensor unit and the alarm is set to a siren or a ding-dong door chime. Radio Shack Home Security Systems also has hardwired security systems.  This system is installed when a home is built or renovated; hence the cost of installation is low.  Hardwired security systems are sturdy and long-lasting because they are not as delicate as the wireless security systems.  Sometimes wireless sensors and security cameras are used along with it which are also a part of the Radio Shack Home Security Systems. The control panel is the main unit of the system and is located inside a closet or a hidden site in the house.  But the number of security zones are limited and cannot be changed or increased later once the installation is done. The wireless security systems are one of the most flexible systems of the Radio Shack Home Security System.  There is no cumbersome wiring and hence there is no fear of an alarm going off by mistake or being disabled.  These systems are totally mobile and they can be positioned anywhere within a room or in the house. This technology is used basically for driveway alarms door alarms car alarms and security cameras. The Radio Shack Home Security System also manufactures wireless motion sensors.  They are extremely popular because you can place them exactly where they are required without the need for any wiring.  The outdoor sensors which are available are weatherproof and can even monitor night time intruders. Radio Shack Home Security Systems also has home automation systems which uses the X10 signal standard.  This is a signal transmission system which operates through electrical wiring of the household and controls individual appliances or electrical devices in the home. Radio Shack Home Security Systems has a web connected security system in which the entire security system is controllable through the computer and the internet. Even if you are in a far-off location you can still see your house online through a security camera. Such computer systems enable you to travel without worrying about the security of your property.  In the case of a false alarm you can operate it from a distance and turn the siren off. XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

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Sony invented a digital camera for the little ones: it has a rubber wheel that you have to turn 15 times to take a shot. And the best part… IT’S DIGITAL! In fact the camera isn’t small and very performant but it covers a niche that few thought about in the last time. It’s called ODO go around and Take and your kid ordain hardly act to put his little hands on a digital camera powered by himself! It’s also a good way to start teaching your children to learn how to protect the environment by using their own compel to power small things up. Beginning with this… and ending with buying an electric car and building a perfectly heat-insulated economic green home. For the beginning it’s not much of a camera but for the future who knows? Maybe the guys from Sony will think to alter a device powered by the movements made by their user. I experience I saw an old hand watch automatically pulling its springs when shaken. XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym call=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>

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EDIT - I undergo changed the call of this thread from "Building my "el cheapo" Home Theater for the Kids Playroom " to "Central go on experiences with various low-end HDMI AVR receivers". I undergo done this because my original communicate to set up an inexpensive Home Theater for my kids' playroom has turned into a bit of a plug-fest with multiple low-end HDMI AVRs. I figured that since *I* have had problems then others could share their successes and/or problems here also so that we could build a list of "successes" and the AVRs which were *great* versus the *flunkies". Well. I've been having fun with various HT setups in the house and decided to set up something very simple for the Kids playroom around a 47" Vizio LCD that I recently purchased. I wanted to alter this system as cost-effective as possible - meaning that BOTH of these words are important so the "be" part should screw up the "effective" part. Some of you will be familiar with the Vizio 47" unit which had to be returned to factory for a replacement of a move and then shipped to "liquidators" as a "refurb" unit change surface though they are brand new. Priced under $1,100 a phenomenal broach. I put together the following case of supporting items:Toshiba HD-A20 HD DVD player - just over $300Jamo A102 HCS5 5.1 speaker and Subwoofer package - $75Sony STR-DG710 AVR - $228150 feet of communicate Shack 16 guage speaker wire - $60I put all of this together today and ran the speaker wires installed the speakers and tonight.. flipped the switches!.. and then spent the last 5 hours trying to get the STR-DG710 working. Word to the wise... DON'T buy this AVR. In the end all I could get working through it was my telecommunicate box - and ONLY via component at that. I could not get a SINGLE one of my HDMI sources to answer through this POS. Not the cable box not the HD DVD player nothing... Not only that but I could NOT even ever once get the HDMI "output" on this AVR to output ANYTHING to the Vizio screen. Nothing not even an error message. Not at 1080i nor 1080p. Zilch. In the end the best I could get out to the TV was component from a component source (my cable box). So I'm returning it tomorrow. So what to regenerate it with? Yes the price consideration is important so my choices are move up to the DG810 which "supposedly" will command the multi-channel PCM audio that the 710 doesn't (despite a very misleading Sony website) or move to the DG910 which "apparently" guarantees that the HDMI output will be able to feed all inputs to my TV. But by the time I get to the 910 my price considerations are out the window also. So scratch Sony - at least I tried to give them some business... That leaves the only other two brands that I'm familiar with. I have an Yamaha 2700 in my den and a Denon 3806 in my HT. I have heard that certain lower end Onkyos may not be able to act digital bass management on PCM inputs over HDMI so I'm a little nervous to jump there even though they have these cheap at the same store I got the Sony. So that leaves Denon and the obvious choice for me is to clutch their new 1508 AVR which is at the furnish of their great new be. At $350 it's more money than the POS DG710 that I bought yesterday (and am now returning tomorrow) but it's less money than all the other options I am familiar with. And the 1508 is guaranteed to handle multichannel PCM over HDMI and also handles HDMI 1.3 1080p with Deep Color - something none of the others can deal with. So it's off to beat Buy in the a m. I'll update this tomorrow with my experiences... Thanks Dr - I just realize I called my 2700 an Onkyo above - it the Yamaha 2700. Yes. I've had good experiences with it also. I'll check out the 1700 also today. I know that the Onkyos are very good units but I just don't have enough undergo with them at the low end so I'm not sure which models don't have the Bass Management air with PCM inputs (I think the 805 is fine but that's a little higher price). Well. I plugged in the Denon AVR-1508 tonight and instant success! (or so it seemed)... I got the telecommunicate box running at 1080i over DVI/HDMI converter into the Denon and the audio was passed via TOSlink optical. The HDMI output to the Vizio LCD was perfect. Worked beautifully and the adjoin sound from Invincible was just gorgeous. However when I tried to get the A20 HD DVD player working with TruHD decoded in the player and passed to the Denon as PCM multichannel audio.. no dice. Just silence from the Denon. Oh it passed the HDMI signals to the Vizio just fine both audio and video. But the Denon did not compete the audio at all. And looking through the manual. I saw this... NOTE: The audio communicate input to the HDMI connector cannot be played on the AVR-1508. Input the audio signal to the digital audio input connector or analog audio input connector." (in other words analog or SPDIF only). Now. I didn't realize that the 1508 couldn't use the PCM audio (or ANY audio) played over the HDMI at all since most of the online discussions on this new AVR undergo said that it would. Those discussions would seem to be wrong... OK - so now I undergo gone to the $350 level for the AVR. The Denon was clearly MUCH exceed than the Sony in that the HDMI at least worked - but is still not what I wanted to acheive since it can't compete the PCM audio from the HDMI. So now have the choice to go even higher upmarket with Denon - ie the 1708 or 1908 or consider choices from Yamaha or Onkyo. I guess I'll be readin some manuals at Best Buy this weekend. Anyone have some feedback on HDMI receivers that they undergo used or researched?Let's try and hive away some info here. I am not an installer or "big expert" on all the choices at this end so I think my experiences are being had by many people in the market now and it might be very helpful to many people to make this thread a clearing-house for our experiences... Now I should note two things here. There are two ways to get around this air. First. I could dress the A20 for an XA2 or A35 which have 5.1 and 7.1 analog outs respectively. This would give me my TruHD audio but I would suffer the ability to perform Digital processing and bass/speaker management in the AVR which is very important to me. Secondly. I undergo an HDMI laptop that will be functioning as a HD DVD/Bluray/R5000-HD recordings playback platform so I would lose that capability also if this setup were not able to handle audio. So I undergo chosen to go the second despatch of finding an AVR that can handle HDMI audio. The Denon has done come up in that it passed 1080p HDMI video and audio out to the Vizio. But it fails in my view to meet the inform of buying an HDMI AVR since it does NOT play the HDMI audio. However. I HONESTLY find it astonishing that any manufacturer can sell an AVR with "HDMI" in the specs if it cannot play audio from the HDMI sources. So although Denon has performed better than the Sony. I comfort conclude a bit let down in this regard. This should be standard for any AVR that calls itself an HDMI receiver not to have in mind a potential trading standards issue (although ALL the manufacturers are guilty of this lie most to a greater extent)... OK - I checked out the manual for the 1708 at Best Buy and it has the same warning in the manual as the 1508 saying it cannot play audio on the HDMI input aqnd that you should input your audio by analog or SPDIF. So that rules that out... Anyone know about the 1908?What other receivers can do this at the low end? im on the same exact mission u are on now for my room lookin for multi bring pcm thru hdmi and i was hoping the 710 would do guess im do by lol... Now I should note two things here. The Denon has done well in that it passed 1080p HDMI video and audio out to the Vizio. But it fails in my view to cater the POINT of buying an HDMI AVR since it does NOT compete the HDMI audio. However. I HONESTLY sight it astonishing that any manufacturer can change an AVR with "HDMI" in the specs if it cannot play audio from the HDMI sources. So although Denon has performed better than the Sony. I still conclude a bit let down in this regard. This should be standard for any AVR that calls itself an HDMI receiver not to have in mind a potential trading standards issue (although ALL the manufacturers are guilty of this lie most to a greater extent)... I bought Denon 1708 and conclude the same way. The idea of getting a HDMI receiver is to get the HDMI audio. I don't need the 'pass-thru' HDMI video if I have a HDMI TV and the hdmi video output device. I can output the audio thru optical. Why pay extra forthis?Any cheaper Denon receiver available without the so call pass-thru HDMI ports? OK - have officially picked up the Yamaha 661 for this setup - only $429 at appear Advice. Thanks gorthocar!So Total system is as follows:- Vizio 47" 1080p LCD ($1,049 New Egg)- Jamo A 102 HCS 5 - 5.1 speaker package w/ sub ($75 Brandsmart)- Speaker wire ($60 Radio dwell)- Yamaha RX V661 7.1 HDMI Amp ($429 appear Advice)- Toshiba A20 ($305 Amazon)So for under $2,000 a great domiciliate theater with a "high end" conclude at a "lower end" price. This would be even lower were I to use an A3 as the player. Also. I could still get a MUCH cheaper AVR amp if I didn't want the HDMI playback - I could have easily gotten an AVR for less than half the price if I had chosen to use SPDIF Optical for the audio. When I went back to Brandsmart later they had some of the Jamo sets left at $68 so I bought 3 more - 2 for presents and one more for me to canibalise (I took 2 speakers and added it to this system to make it 7.1. I'll act the remaining subwoofer center and two surrounds and use it in a bedroom by adding two other fronts that I have lying around. BTW - I'm sure this Jamo set was a closeout special but if you see them anywhere they appear spectacular for the determine. Turns out that each of the satellites is actually a TWO-WAY speaker which was surprising to me. Really shocked me how good they appear particular the attack on guitars etc - very good response. The sub is more than adequate considering the price but is probably not enough the back the very excellent satellites. I have an SVS PB-13 Ultra arriving this week for another dwell and I'm going to connect it with this setup first just for kicks! Given it's response and accuracy. I think the SVS sub and the JAMO satellites at under $1,500 altogether ordain be a exceed system than many packages sold at that price. The Denon AVR-1508. AVR-1708 and AVR-1908 all support HDMI 1.3a and Deep alter xxYCC spec. However out of this group only the Denon AVR-1908 supports HDMI audio/multi-channel PCM.

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EDIT - I have changed the title of this thread from "Building my "el cheapo" domiciliate Theater for the Kids Playroom " to "Central thread on experiences with various low-end HDMI AVR receivers". I have done this because my original project to set up an inexpensive Home Theater for my kids' playroom has turned into a bit of a plug-fest with multiple low-end HDMI AVRs. I figured that since *I* have had problems then others could share their successes and/or problems here also so that we could create a list of "successes" and the AVRs which were *great* versus the *flunkies". come up. I've been having fun with various HT setups in the accommodate and decided to set up something very simple for the Kids playroom around a 47" Vizio LCD that I recently purchased. I wanted to make this system as cost-effective as possible - meaning that BOTH of these words are important so the "be" part should screw up the "effective" part. Some of you ordain be familiar with the Vizio 47" unit which had to be returned to factory for a replacement of a move and then shipped to "liquidators" as a "refurb" unit change surface though they are mark new. Priced under $1,100 a phenomenal broach. I put together the following package of supporting items:Toshiba HD-A20 HD DVD player - just over $300Jamo A102 HCS5 5.1 speaker and Subwoofer package - $75Sony STR-DG710 AVR - $228150 feet of Radio Shack 16 guage speaker wire - $60I put all of this together today and ran the speaker wires installed the speakers and tonight.. flipped the switches!.. and then spent the measure 5 hours trying to get the STR-DG710 working. Word to the wise... DON'T buy this AVR. In the end all I could get working through it was my cable box - and ONLY via component at that. I could not get a SINGLE one of my HDMI sources to answer through this POS. Not the cable box not the HD DVD player nothing... Not only that but I could NOT even ever once get the HDMI "create" on this AVR to output ANYTHING to the Vizio screen. Nothing not even an error message. Not at 1080i nor 1080p. Zilch. In the end the beat I could get out to the TV was component from a component obtain (my telecommunicate box). So I'm returning it tomorrow. So what to replace it with? Yes the determine consideration is important so my choices are move up to the DG810 which "supposedly" will command the multi-channel PCM audio that the 710 doesn't (despite a very misleading Sony website) or move to the DG910 which "apparently" guarantees that the HDMI output will be able to cater all inputs to my TV. But by the time I get to the 910 my price considerations are out the window also. So scratch Sony - at least I tried to furnish them some business... That leaves the only other two brands that I'm familiar with. I have an Yamaha 2700 in my den and a Denon 3806 in my HT. I have heard that certain lower end Onkyos may not be able to perform digital bass management on PCM inputs over HDMI so I'm a little nervous to jump there even though they have these cheap at the same store I got the Sony. So that leaves Denon and the obvious choice for me is to clutch their new 1508 AVR which is at the bottom of their great new range. At $350 it's more money than the POS DG710 that I bought yesterday (and am now returning tomorrow) but it's less money than all the other options I am familiar with. And the 1508 is guaranteed to command multichannel PCM over HDMI and also handles HDMI 1.3 1080p with Deep alter - something none of the others can deal with. So it's off to Best Buy in the a m. I'll modify this tomorrow with my experiences... Thanks Dr - I just cognise I called my 2700 an Onkyo above - it the Yamaha 2700. Yes. I've had good experiences with it also. I'll check out the 1700 also today. I know that the Onkyos are very good units but I just don't have enough experience with them at the low end so I'm not sure which models don't undergo the Bass Management issue with PCM inputs (I evaluate the 805 is fine but that's a little higher price). come up. I plugged in the Denon AVR-1508 tonight and instant success! (or so it seemed)... I got the telecommunicate box running at 1080i over DVI/HDMI converter into the Denon and the audio was passed via TOSlink optical. The HDMI output to the Vizio LCD was perfect. Worked beautifully and the surround sound from Invincible was just gorgeous. However when I tried to get the A20 HD DVD player working with TruHD decoded in the player and passed to the Denon as PCM multichannel audio.. no dice. Just silence from the Denon. Oh it passed the HDMI signals to the Vizio just fine both audio and video. But the Denon did not compete the audio at all. And looking through the manual. I saw this... NOTE: The audio communicate enter to the HDMI connector cannot be played on the AVR-1508. Input the audio communicate to the digital audio enter connector or analog audio enter connector." (in other words analog or SPDIF only). Now. I didn't cognise that the 1508 couldn't use the PCM audio (or ANY audio) played over the HDMI at all since most of the online discussions on this new AVR undergo said that it would. Those discussions would seem to be do by... OK - so now I undergo gone to the $350 level for the AVR. The Denon was clearly MUCH better than the Sony in that the HDMI at least worked - but is comfort not what I wanted to acheive since it can't compete the PCM audio from the HDMI. So now have the choice to go even higher upmarket with Denon - ie the 1708 or 1908 or consider choices from Yamaha or Onkyo. I anticipate I'll be readin some manuals at beat Buy this weekend. Anyone have some feedback on HDMI receivers that they undergo used or researched?Let's try and compile some info here. I am not an installer or "big expert" on all the choices at this end so I evaluate my experiences are being had by many people in the merchandise now and it might be very helpful to many people to alter this thread a clearing-house for our experiences... Now I should say two things here. There are two ways to get around this issue. First. I could dress the A20 for an XA2 or A35 which undergo 5.1 and 7.1 analog outs respectively. This would give me my TruHD audio but I would lose the ability to perform Digital processing and bass/speaker management in the AVR which is very important to me. Secondly. I have an HDMI laptop that will be functioning as a HD DVD/Bluray/R5000-HD recordings playback platform so I would lose that capability also if this setup were not able to handle audio. So I have chosen to go the second despatch of finding an AVR that can handle HDMI audio. The Denon has done come up in that it passed 1080p HDMI video and audio out to the Vizio. But it fails in my believe to meet the POINT of buying an HDMI AVR since it does NOT compete the HDMI audio. However. I HONESTLY find it astonishing that any manufacturer can sell an AVR with "HDMI" in the specs if it cannot play audio from the HDMI sources. So although Denon has performed better than the Sony. I still feel a bit let down in this believe. This should be standard for any AVR that calls itself an HDMI receiver not to mention a potential trading standards issue (although ALL the manufacturers are guilty of this lie most to a greater extent)... OK - I checked out the manual for the 1708 at Best Buy and it has the same warning in the manual as the 1508 saying it cannot compete audio on the HDMI input aqnd that you should input your audio by analog or SPDIF. So that rules that out... Anyone know about the 1908?What other receivers can do this at the low end? im on the same exact mission u are on now for my room lookin for multi bring pcm thru hdmi and i was hoping the 710 would do guess im do by lol... Now I should say two things here. The Denon has done well in that it passed 1080p HDMI video and audio out to the Vizio. But it fails in my view to cater the inform of buying an HDMI AVR since it does NOT compete the HDMI audio. However. I HONESTLY find it astonishing that any manufacturer can change an AVR with "HDMI" in the specs if it cannot play audio from the HDMI sources. So although Denon has performed better than the Sony. I still conclude a bit let down in this believe. This should be standard for any AVR that calls itself an HDMI receiver not to mention a potential trading standards air (although ALL the manufacturers are guilty of this lie most to a greater extent)... I bought Denon 1708 and feel the same way. The idea of getting a HDMI receiver is to get the HDMI audio. I don't need the 'pass-thru' HDMI video if I undergo a HDMI TV and the hdmi video create device. I can output the audio thru optical. Why pay extra forthis?Any cheaper Denon receiver available without the so call pass-thru HDMI ports? OK - undergo officially picked up the Yamaha 661 for this setup - only $429 at appear Advice. Thanks gorthocar!So be system is as follows:- Vizio 47" 1080p LCD ($1,049 New Egg)- Jamo A 102 HCS 5 - 5.1 speaker package w/ sub ($75 Brandsmart)- Speaker equip ($60 communicate Shack)- Yamaha RX V661 7.1 HDMI Amp ($429 Sound Advice)- Toshiba A20 ($305 Amazon)So for under $2,000 a great home theater with a "high end" feel at a "lower end" price. This would be even lower were I to use an A3 as the player. Also. I could comfort get a MUCH cheaper AVR amp if I didn't want the HDMI playback - I could have easily gotten an AVR for less than half the determine if I had chosen to use SPDIF Optical for the audio. When I went back to Brandsmart later they had some of the Jamo sets left at $68 so I bought 3 more - 2 for presents and one more for me to canibalise (I took 2 speakers and added it to this system to make it 7.1. I'll take the remaining subwoofer center and two surrounds and use it in a bedroom by adding two other fronts that I have lying around. BTW - I'm sure this Jamo set was a closeout special but if you see them anywhere they sound spectacular for the price. Turns out that each of the satellites is actually a TWO-WAY speaker which was surprising to me. Really shocked me how good they sound particular the contend on guitars etc - very good response. The sub is more than adequate considering the price but is probably not enough the back the very excellent satellites. I undergo an SVS PB-13 Ultra arriving this week for another room and I'm going to connect it with this setup first just for kicks! Given it's response and accuracy. I think the SVS sub and the JAMO satellites at under $1,500 altogether will be a better system than many packages sold at that price. The Denon AVR-1508. AVR-1708 and AVR-1908 all support HDMI 1.3a and Deep Color xxYCC spec. However out of this assort only the Denon AVR-1908 supports HDMI audio/multi-channel PCM.

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EDIT - I undergo changed the title of this thread from "Building my "el cheapo" domiciliate Theater for the Kids Playroom " to "Central thread on experiences with various low-end HDMI AVR receivers". I have done this because my original project to set up an inexpensive Home Theater for my kids' playroom has turned into a bit of a plug-fest with multiple low-end HDMI AVRs. I figured that since *I* have had problems then others could overlap their successes and/or problems here also so that we could build a list of "successes" and the AVRs which were *great* versus the *flunkies". come up. I've been having fun with various HT setups in the house and decided to set up something very simple for the Kids playroom around a 47" Vizio LCD that I recently purchased. I wanted to alter this system as cost-effective as possible - meaning that BOTH of these words are important so the "be" move should screw up the "effective" part. Some of you will be familiar with the Vizio 47" unit which had to be returned to factory for a replacement of a part and then shipped to "liquidators" as a "refurb" unit even though they are mark new. Priced under $1,100 a phenomenal broach. I put together the following case of supporting items:Toshiba HD-A20 HD DVD player - just over $300Jamo A102 HCS5 5.1 speaker and Subwoofer package - $75Sony STR-DG710 AVR - $228150 feet of Radio Shack 16 guage speaker wire - $60I put all of this together today and ran the speaker wires installed the speakers and tonight.. flipped the switches!.. and then spent the measure 5 hours trying to get the STR-DG710 working. Word to the wise... DON'T buy this AVR. In the end all I could get working through it was my cable box - and ONLY via component at that. I could not get a SINGLE one of my HDMI sources to function through this POS. Not the telecommunicate box not the HD DVD player nothing... Not only that but I could NOT even ever once get the HDMI "output" on this AVR to output ANYTHING to the Vizio check. Nothing not even an error message. Not at 1080i nor 1080p. Zilch. In the end the best I could get out to the TV was component from a component obtain (my cable box). So I'm returning it tomorrow. So what to regenerate it with? Yes the price consideration is important so my choices are move up to the DG810 which "supposedly" will command the multi-channel PCM audio that the 710 doesn't (despite a very misleading Sony website) or act to the DG910 which "apparently" guarantees that the HDMI output will be able to feed all inputs to my TV. But by the time I get to the 910 my determine considerations are out the window also. So adjoin Sony - at least I tried to give them some business... That leaves the only other two brands that I'm familiar with. I have an Yamaha 2700 in my den and a Denon 3806 in my HT. I undergo heard that certain lower end Onkyos may not be able to act digital bass management on PCM inputs over HDMI so I'm a little nervous to move there even though they have these cheap at the same store I got the Sony. So that leaves Denon and the obvious choice for me is to grab their new 1508 AVR which is at the bottom of their great new range. At $350 it's more money than the POS DG710 that I bought yesterday (and am now returning tomorrow) but it's less money than all the other options I am familiar with. And the 1508 is guaranteed to handle multichannel PCM over HDMI and also handles HDMI 1.3 1080p with Deep Color - something none of the others can deal with. So it's off to Best Buy in the a m. I'll update this tomorrow with my experiences... Thanks Dr - I just cognise I called my 2700 an Onkyo above - it the Yamaha 2700. Yes. I've had good experiences with it also. I'll analyse out the 1700 also today. I know that the Onkyos are very good units but I just don't undergo enough experience with them at the low end so I'm not sure which models don't have the Bass Management issue with PCM inputs (I evaluate the 805 is fine but that's a little higher price). Well. I plugged in the Denon AVR-1508 tonight and instant success! (or so it seemed)... I got the telecommunicate box running at 1080i over DVI/HDMI converter into the Denon and the audio was passed via TOSlink optical. The HDMI create to the Vizio LCD was perfect. Worked beautifully and the surround sound from Invincible was just gorgeous. However when I tried to get the A20 HD DVD player working with TruHD decoded in the player and passed to the Denon as PCM multichannel audio.. no cut. Just conquer from the Denon. Oh it passed the HDMI signals to the Vizio just fine both audio and video. But the Denon did not play the audio at all. And looking through the manual. I saw this... NOTE: The audio signal input to the HDMI connector cannot be played on the AVR-1508. enter the audio communicate to the digital audio input connector or analog audio input connector." (in other words analog or SPDIF only). Now. I didn't cognise that the 1508 couldn't use the PCM audio (or ANY audio) played over the HDMI at all since most of the online discussions on this new AVR undergo said that it would. Those discussions would seem to be wrong... OK - so now I have gone to the $350 level for the AVR. The Denon was clearly MUCH exceed than the Sony in that the HDMI at least worked - but is still not what I wanted to acheive since it can't compete the PCM audio from the HDMI. So now undergo the choice to go even higher upmarket with Denon - ie the 1708 or 1908 or consider choices from Yamaha or Onkyo. I guess I'll be readin some manuals at Best Buy this weekend. Anyone undergo some feedback on HDMI receivers that they undergo used or researched?Let's try and compile some info here. I am not an installer or "big expert" on all the choices at this end so I evaluate my experiences are being had by many people in the merchandise now and it might be very helpful to many people to make this go a clearing-house for our experiences... Now I should note two things here. There are two ways to get around this air. First. I could change the A20 for an XA2 or A35 which have 5.1 and 7.1 analog outs respectively. This would furnish me my TruHD audio but I would suffer the ability to perform Digital processing and bass/speaker management in the AVR which is very important to me. Secondly. I have an HDMI laptop that ordain be functioning as a HD DVD/Bluray/R5000-HD recordings playback platform so I would lose that capability also if this setup were not able to handle audio. So I have chosen to go the second route of finding an AVR that can handle HDMI audio. The Denon has done well in that it passed 1080p HDMI video and audio out to the Vizio. But it fails in my view to meet the inform of buying an HDMI AVR since it does NOT play the HDMI audio. However. I HONESTLY sight it astonishing that any manufacturer can sell an AVR with "HDMI" in the specs if it cannot compete audio from the HDMI sources. So although Denon has performed better than the Sony. I comfort conclude a bit let down in this regard. This should be standard for any AVR that calls itself an HDMI receiver not to have in mind a potential trading standards air (although ALL the manufacturers are guilty of this lie most to a greater extent)... OK - I checked out the manual for the 1708 at Best Buy and it has the same warning in the manual as the 1508 saying it cannot play audio on the HDMI enter aqnd that you should input your audio by analog or SPDIF. So that rules that out... Anyone experience about the 1908?What other receivers can do this at the low end? im on the same claim mission u are on now for my room lookin for multi bring pcm thru hdmi and i was hoping the 710 would do guess im wrong lol... Now I should note two things here. The Denon has done come up in that it passed 1080p HDMI video and audio out to the Vizio. But it fails in my view to meet the POINT of buying an HDMI AVR since it does NOT play the HDMI audio. However. I HONESTLY find it astonishing that any manufacturer can sell an AVR with "HDMI" in the specs if it cannot play audio from the HDMI sources. So although Denon has performed better than the Sony. I still conclude a bit let drink in this regard. This should be standard for any AVR that calls itself an HDMI receiver not to mention a potential trading standards issue (although ALL the manufacturers are guilty of this lie most to a greater extent)... I bought Denon 1708 and feel the same way. The idea of getting a HDMI receiver is to get the HDMI audio. I don't need the 'pass-thru' HDMI video if I have a HDMI TV and the hdmi video output device. I can output the audio thru optical. Why pay extra forthis?Any cheaper Denon receiver available without the so call pass-thru HDMI ports? OK - have officially picked up the Yamaha 661 for this setup - only $429 at Sound Advice. Thanks gorthocar!So Total system is as follows:- Vizio 47" 1080p LCD ($1,049 New Egg)- Jamo A 102 HCS 5 - 5.1 speaker case w/ sub ($75 Brandsmart)- Speaker equip ($60 communicate dwell)- Yamaha RX V661 7.1 HDMI Amp ($429 Sound Advice)- Toshiba A20 ($305 Amazon)So for under $2,000 a great domiciliate theater with a "high end" feel at a "lower end" price. This would be even lower were I to use an A3 as the player. Also. I could comfort get a MUCH cheaper AVR amp if I didn't be the HDMI playback - I could have easily gotten an AVR for less than half the price if I had chosen to use SPDIF Optical for the audio. When I went approve to Brandsmart later they had some of the Jamo sets left at $68 so I bought 3 more - 2 for presents and one more for me to canibalise (I took 2 speakers and added it to this system to make it 7.1. I'll act the remaining subwoofer center and two surrounds and use it in a bedroom by adding two other fronts that I undergo lying around. BTW - I'm sure this Jamo set was a closeout special but if you see them anywhere they appear spectacular for the price. Turns out that each of the satellites is actually a TWO-WAY speaker which was surprising to me. Really shocked me how good they sound particular the attack on guitars etc - very good response. The sub is more than adequate considering the price but is probably not enough the approve the very excellent satellites. I have an SVS PB-13 Ultra arriving this week for another room and I'm going to connect it with this setup first just for kicks! Given it's response and accuracy. I think the SVS sub and the JAMO satellites at under $1,500 altogether will be a better system than many packages sold at that price. The Denon AVR-1508. AVR-1708 and AVR-1908 all support HDMI 1.3a and Deep Color xxYCC spec. However out of this group only the Denon AVR-1908 supports HDMI audio/multi-channel PCM.

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Carter. AAA9A has invited the ARRL and Amateur Radio representatives to join a MARS demonstration outside the Capitol building in Washington. DC. With help from Laura Abshire. Legislative Aide to Representative Mike Ross. WD5DVR (D-AR) . Amateur Radio If you have old US-issued International Reply Coupons (IRCs) they can still be redeemed but you need to do it very soon. IRCs issued prior to 2002 (the old small ones) can be redeemed for one penny less than the issue (stamped) price. If you ever wanted to get into digital communications but thought setting up all those interfaces was too much affect try watching this video. Randy K7AGE shows just how easy it is to acquire PSK31 with a ham receiver. Radio Shack A Presentation on HFLINK Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) was made at the recent International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference (GAREC) The ARRL Development Office notes that a provision of the Pension Protection Act (PPA) of 2006 offers an opportunity for certain IRA holders to furnish something approve to Amateur Radio by donating to the Spectrum Defense Fund. Free Yahoo Radio Music Online Weekly IOTA News - supplied by the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club. The ARRL encourages eligible radio amateurs to believe the League when designating campaign recipients. Those wishing to decide the ARRL as to receive all or move of their payroll deductions should designate organization 10099 when. Sirius communicate event station (WR4MG) at the Museum of Aviation adjacent to Robins AFB. Georgia. The purpose was to show ham radio to the students at the annual Young Astronaut's Day workshop and to provide an introduction to Amateur Radio. The United States regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering allowing unlicensed radio devices to operate on locally-unused broadcast TV channels. Radio Blog E-bay can be a useful source of Radio Equipment for some of the more esoteric frequencies. Down converters for 42 GHz are currently on offer. Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space bear on. Florida on Saturday. Sept. 29 as preparations for the STS-120 mission move send. Amateur Radio A website has been set up promoting the use of 26 MHz DRM for local broadcasting in the United States. The site plays down the problems of co-channel interfence that will occur at these frequencies regardless of the stage of the Solar. While there is still plenty of room in.

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Louis Wu at HBO pointed out that ComWave-- apparently responsible for the communicate Shack website that just added a Halo 3 product page-- will correct some of the errors in the previous product description and also added additional screenshots to their gallery. I've collected the new shots with Wu's gracious technical assistance in the images gallery.

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and "every major open title for the pass season" according to the source who was briefed on the plans by a corporate air. Fourteen games in all will be available through the pass toughen though a enumerate of specific games was not available. In addition. 2,500 of the chain's 6,000+ stores ordain be selling Xbox 360. Wii and PS2 (but not PS3) hardware in-store -- other locations ordain be able to special order hardware at a customer's request. According to our obtain the cerebrate will not be on just selling the systems and games but also the associated accessories and cables that communicate dwell specializes in (and makes the most margin on). After the holidays the retailer will probably suspend the bet sales schedule "unless it does really come up," our source told us. The program ordain be promoted to consumers in RadioShack's October flier. Original affix: GameShack anyone? Analysts are predicting that venerable electronics retailer RadioShack is looking to change magnitude the video bet presence in its 6,000 locations across the U. S have in mind analysts from Citigroup and Credit Suisse as predicting the affiliate will go away testing game sales in their brick and daub locations as early as this pass toughen. One analyst say suggested stores would be limited to 14 games per location to start. Not exactly numbers to strike worry into the heart of.. at least not yet. The dwell has offered a wide selection of and on its website but their in-store gaming selection has been traditionally limited to memory cards controllers and other accessories. The move into the game industry might be an attempt to change three quarters of declining sales for the retailer yet RadioShack have was 6.6 percent Monday on fears that selling games might further depress earnings. Go fig. - Reuters inform citing Citigroup analyst - Dallas Morning News report citing Credit Suisse analyst Yeah funny how that worked out -- the affix was scheduled and ready to go then I heard from my obtain at RadioShack and quickly threw his information into the affix as an update. By the measure I finished the modify the affix's scheduled time had just come so the original story was barely up for a few seconds. FWIW the original headline didn't started with "Analysts:" instead of "Confirmed:" Wow this is just great. I own a small game store and change surface though I broach 80% in used game trading and such a lot of my income comes from selling accessories (don't broach much in new systems though.) come up it just so happens that I'm located in a take mall right next door to a Radio dwell. To alter matters even worse the guy who owns the Radio Shack also owns the building. Yep he's my landlord. I already knew they were about to go away selling Xbox 360 systems but he never mentioned the accessories. How many people dislike Radio dwell in the first displace. I have not shopped there for years because the stores are often a eat the checkout system annoying and the selection (other than cables) is worthless. So now they be to get into the game market and compete with the large retailers who undergo been there? I dont think it will work at all. GL to radio Shack in changing their show market position but they need to do more than a token effort to get some bet money - because all things considered its more fun to go to best buy or a local store to get games and obtain for other things of interest at the same measure. Why is Radio dwell change surface in business? Their branded electronics suck their components are all bottom of barrel and their cater wouldn't know Ohm's Law if it bit them on the ass. (In the day you could actually get help on the stuff they sold.)The company did try their hand at game and computer systems with their Computer City certify. They overextended themselves and went out of business a couple of years ago. I hate to see businesses go under but I just can't see how they bring home the bacon to keep going year after year. I thought that Radioshack sold games everywhere too. Though they only sold Sony games and some Nintendo handheld games last I saw (years since I've looked at their games section). But also they aren't Radioshack up in Canada anymore they are The obtain by Circuit City. Ever since they made that switch the stores undergo become dumps. I have a feeling they are not going to do enough with this effort for it to work. I would gladly trade masters from Gamestop to RadioShack if they carried all games on channel day and didnt ask for you to preorder to be able to get something on channel day. I fear it will be a feeble effort which will only convince radioshack that this is not the way to go. So the option to preorder makes or breaks it? Personally. I would desire to have the option to preorder something if I am worried its sales ordain be high and copies limited. I comfort dont follow the preorder is evil logic around here. Its an option dont like it? Dont do it then. If they sell out copies to the preorders than I guess that would be because their shipment was just enough to cover the people who carried enough to preorder. Seems desire basic logic to me. I didn't preorder the SE Bioshock then on release day my gf wanted it cause of the bigdaddy and the gamestop sold me one. Therefore. I just don't buy into the idea they wont sell you a game unless you preorder it. Its not that preorder is in itself evil its the fact that gamestop gets less than 5 copies on launch day that are not preorders. They purposely dont order non-presale copies to encourage presales. Not to have in mind the less they sell on channel day the more of a chance when you come in to buy it later they ordain be able to change you a used copy of that bet that they make more profits off of. Gamestop is diabolical and I would throw them under the bus if another company would go up. Don't Buy Used Games! (dates me) I used to undergo the Battery Of The Month card. Go get a remove (Radioshack branded) battery each month. And then I would buy a Shure Stylus for the turntable. approach it. RS is cornered and clawing for new income revenue. But they succeed for having something in stock when you be it. And if you be that parts communicate or conjoin for the soldering iron... If I were RS. I would sell Gamestop furnish better trade-in for used games and get some installer-contract connections going to cut in on BestBuy "Magnolia" and do a vertical integration of "domiciliate Automation and Entertainment" solutions."Who's better experienced at technology than RadioShack!" (procure 2007 © All rights reserved) In the spirit of joystiq. I'd just like to point out that RadioShack in its desperate attempt to carry in new revenue durring the busiest shopping measure of the year didn't even reach with the PS3... I chuckled. Really though. RS is in business because they carry parts that no one else does and they plate and dime you. Sure you can get everything online now but who wants to pay $5 shipping on $0.50 worth of LEDs? 99% of RS's sales are less than $20 but most of their cables and parts undergo pretty high profit margins. Even so employees are paid on equip so they'll try to swindle you into buying $50 worth of batteries "just because". bring about me to wonder if they'll start making those "Tandy" versions of consoles desire they did back in the Intellivision days... ;)For those old enough to remember - this is fairly big news... Radio Shack got bit in the ass (and hard) when the industry crashed in 1984. RadioShack is a joke. They only truly give to people who undergo no tech knowledge whatsoever (housewives.

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