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This is the replacement for the defective Blu-ray set I returned to amazon.com. That set had defects on some of the discs causing playback freeze on at least one of them.

This new DVD set had...

This holds true especially for BD's packaged with extras and commentaries on the same disc as the feature presentation.

I just tried to play my new West Side Story BD (that came in a factory box...

It is a new Blu-ray disc I'm test-watching to check for skips.

The plot is a prime example of human stupidity. It's a prime example of how not to run an island.

1. the buildings in the setting...

Yes, you will get more movie choices on disc. I'm still intrigued by the notion of movies' (of the highest audio/video quality) being sold on some solid-state hard media that plugs into a USB port or...

I just ordered Planet of the Apes "Original Five" in the DVD version from amazon.com. Only about $25 for the whole box new. While I was at it, I got the complete In Search Of Television series...

I still don't trust movie streaming services. Netflix has a monthly subscription fee and there is never any guarantee they have a certain title I want. Unless one's Internet service is stellar,...

It's now apparent to me that Blu-ray discs are more sensitive and less forgiving of surface imperfections than their DVD counterparts. I think offering factory movie titles on solid-state memory...

After my new Beneath the Planet of the Apes, 1970 BD disc failed on the PC, I took the trouble to hook the Panasonic BD player up to the TV and try it there. Same thing. Freezes dead in the same spot...

I tried buying a streamable movie from amazon.com Prime but only once. Wolfen, 1981, $7.99. The damn thing had the last four minutes cut off toward the end. Suffice it to say, I don't trust this...

Defects right out of the factory-sealed box might included contaminated or dirty playing surfaces, scratches and performance issues like skips, audio cutout and/or picture freezes.

My new...

My Panasonic BD player is down now for living room entertainment rack construction. Nowhere to feasibly use it at the moment. I want to test my new BD movies anyway for product defects. The home...

Since making this thread, somebody at another website, Craigslist, told me about the free Leawo player. Works great for me but it will bug me to install something like Java runtime?? each and every...

Why isn't Microsoft Windows 10 Home Blu-ray disc ready out of the box?

Christ, Windows 10 did not even come with a DVD player software out of the box. I had to download and install something like...

I never thought of a stereo receiver as sounding BRIGHT or DARK. I think that is more in the equalizer, bass and/or treble settings. I think the Musicolet player equalizer ROCK setting on my phone...

Mr. Peabody:


Here is how I connect all the components now:

TV to receiver via digital optical cable
Blu-ray player (also plays DVD and music CD) to TV via HDMI cable
PC to TV via HDMI cable...

Here is a link to a video for my exact Marantz model. I don't think there is a feasible or elegant way to put in a center speaker the way my new rack is designed.

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It was just a facitous question with no serious answer expected, but thanks for the answer just the same. It was the helpful thought that counts. Some folks here might be interested in that sort of...

Yes, Big Cat, I'm not really interested in all that. What it means in the context of a casual non-geek human ear's listening to Bach, Dave Brubeck Quartet or James Brown on the home stereo or car...

Pardon me, my memory is short sometimes. I post stuff and forget about it soon. I already have about $1,000 invested into this new damned home stereo gear, including home-customized furniture that...

Mr. Peabody:

My new Marantz Model NR1200 Networking Audio Receiver handles both analog and digital radio reception. The front readout panel has both ANALOG and DIGITAL indicators as well as a...

Sorry, Gruble. It just annoys me that any of my cheap portable AM/FM radios, older and newer, can receive local Des Moines, Iowa FM music stations so well while the long, thin, limp wire antenna that...

I just checked that link out. It looks like a mess to try to read. I think my best bet is to try an antenna from amazon.

If it doesn't perform to my satisfaction, it is easily returnable.


I...

That doesn't answer my questions. I want to know how well YOUR stock home stereo antenna performs. I want to know if YOU have bought any aftermarket INDOOR antennas that YOU like. But I shall read...

Both Sony and Marantz, even, supply a puny spaghetti wire as an "FM antenna" and the reception is not too good where I live, suffice it to say. Why can't they just put in a chrome telescoping...

That is simple enough. Cardboard box material custom-cut and rattle-can spray painted flat black to make back panels for the AV rack. Keeps inside of cabinet dark and ugly rear-panel wires plumb...