Originally Posted by Andrewcrawford23 (Post 34847080)

why not do it on the channel? you can set thing to record on the guide on screen

Originally Posted by akki007 (Post 34847067)

No. I don't accept that. TV is TV, house size doesn't matter, you don't buy a big TV and sit 50 foot away do you! You buy a TV and sit 8-12 foot away regardless of screen size.

Originally Posted by royaltiger (Post 34847075)

My 50" pioneer plasma takes up less space than my old 36" tv, It only sticks out 3" off the wall where the tv was about 60" in depth, If size made no differance we'd still have 12" portable's, Go for it and get one you'll never look back .:)

Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle (Post 34847094)

:rolleyes: No, house size definitely does matter. The sofa goes along one wall and the TV goes along the wall opposite. So, if you have a big living room, you need a big TV screen to be able to see it at that distance (or use binoculars). Conversely, in a standard sized living room, sitting too close to a huge screen would be like sitting six rows in front of the first row at the cinema. You'd strain your neck scanning from left to right and up and down and still miss some of the action. :rolleyes:

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Ah! More apples and pears!

We're talking about screen dimensions here, the diagonal or viewable area, not the depth, which is the difference between having a CRT and a flat panel display. In your case that's almost 60 inches - five feet - are you sure your old set was that deep?

Of course a flat panel will be a bit further away if it's mounted on the wall so a slightly bigger screen might be of benefit. If you go for a projector screen then you can save on several rolls of wallpaper too! :)

Originally Posted by royaltiger (Post 34846985)

Dolby Digital, or AC-3, is the common version containing up to six discrete channels of sound. The most elaborate mode in common usage involves five channels for normal-range speakers (20 Hz – 20,000 Hz) (right front, center, left front, right rear and left rear) and one channel (20 Hz – 120 Hz allotted audio) for the subwoofer driven low-frequency effects.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_D...#Dolby_Digital

My point was you should be listening to Dolby Digital as it was made for and that is a 6:1 sound system, and not in stereo which is what we are getting

Originally Posted by zantarous (Post 34847154)

No Dolby Digital can have any configurtion between 1.0 - 7.1. YOu are using Pro logic two on your amp which which will take any two channel source and do a better hob of making a 5.1 signal then old pro logic.

My amp does not have pro logic two so reports the raw signal and it is Dolby Digital 2.0. Only the non HD channels show up as pro logic. Pro logic and Pro logic II are just sound mixing formats.

Originally Posted by royaltiger (Post 34847122)

It was huge took two to lift, i shall try and remember model, all I remember was how deep it was from front to back, also could not get it in the car

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This was the model, got my inches and centimetres mixed up it was 58 cm not inches
http://guildford.gumtree.com/guildford/39/40539139.html

Originally Posted by musicbravo (Post 34847179)

isnt broadcasted Dolby Digital usually 5.1?

Originally Posted by zantarous (Post 34847203)

That is because you are using Pro Logic II which will take a stereo source and upconvert it. My amp clearly shows the Dolby Digital light lighting up. DD can be any one of the following 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 4.0, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1 and 7.1

Keep in mind that "Dolby Digital" does not necessarily equate to "Dolby Digital 5.1 DD is just an encoding system.

Originally Posted by zantarous (Post 34847203)

That is because you are using Pro Logic II which will take a stereo source and upconvert it. My amp clearly shows the Dolby Digital light lighting up. DD can be any one of the following 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 4.0, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1 and 7.1

Keep in mind that "Dolby Digital" does not necessarily equate to "Dolby Digital 5.1 DD is just an encoding system.

Originally Posted by TMLeafs (Post 34847208)

Mines saying DD and its changing from 5.1 or 2.1. MTV is on 5.1 the most with all the live sets

Originally Posted by royaltiger (Post 34847176)

My amp is picking up its raw signal and its not Dolby Digital, its Pro Logic II, the only time it changes is on the HD channels where it then recieves a Dolby Digital 6:1 signal, That is what I was saying that its a stereo signal converted to Pro logic II

Originally Posted by musicbravo (Post 34847210)

Exactimondo :D