Sound Advice By Don Lindich Q. I have a second home in South Florida and am considering getting rid of my cable service there to save money, since I am not there all the time. For a long time I thought you had to have cable to get TV anymore and thought rabbit ears went [...]
Q. I recently purchased the Samsung PN42C450 after reading your blog. With my PlayStation 2 hooked up, I get sound with a black-and-white picture. I am using the regular red/white/yellow cable that came with the PS2. What do I need to get a color picture? JIM HONDLIK A. Your TV does not have a composite [...]
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My friend David Radin at Just Between Friends shared this excellent article with me earlier this week. It describes in great detail why a $5 HDMI cable is just as good as a $500 one. (Yes, they have HDMI cables selling for $500, or even much more.) Why all HDMI cables are the same(CNET) Email [...]
I have been singing the praises of Panasonic’s ST30 series of TVs for months now. It was a good deal at the MSRP of $1,099, and at the typical $900 street price, an amazing bargain for such a top-performing, feature-laden TV. You can see what I have to say about the ST30 here and here. [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 13, 2010 Q. We recently purchased a 58-inch Panasonic VT25 series 3D plasma TV. The installer strongly recommended we get it color balanced by a professional service person for $200. Do you think it is worth it? -Anand Kumar, Pleasonton, CA A. I think calibration can be worthwhile for [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 12, 2011 Q: I have a desktop computer I use with powered computer speakers. Nearby I have a vintage stereo receiver with speakers. Is it possible to run the computer audio through my receiver and speakers, and will it work when using Netflix or iTunes? DALE NIELSEN Shoreview, Minn. [...]
Animation and car buff that I am, I recently went to see Disney’s Cars 2 in 2D at a late showing at a local theater. The projected image looked awful… dim, flat, with dull color. I commented to a friend it looked like the theater had the projector at the lowest power setting. If this [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 11, 2011 Q. I have a desktop computer I use with powered computer speakers. Nearby I have a vintage stereo receiver with speakers. Is it possible to run the computer audio through my receiver and speakers, and will it work when using Netflix or iTunes? -Dale Nielsen, Shoreview, MN [...]
I did get some in-flight footage Sunday but not quite what I planned. I’ll have more info in the next few days, along with the videos. Stop back soon and check it out! addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soundadviceblog.com%2Fnewspaper-columns%2Frocket-videos-coming-soon%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Rocket+videos+coming+soon’; addthis_pub = ”;
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 11, 2011 Q. I have a desktop computer I use with powered computer speakers. Nearby I have a vintage stereo receiver with speakers. Is it possible to run the computer audio through my receiver and speakers, and will it work when using Netflix or iTunes? -Dale Nielsen, Shoreview, MN [...]
It is one thing to read specifications, but seeing is a whole new ball game. These pictures go a long way to showing how truly diminutive the Pentax Q is. Courtesy of imaging-resource.com. The sensor may be small but after seeing the picture of the camera attached to the keychain, I want one! Questions? Email [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 10, 2011 Q. I am going to Alaska and want to buy a superzoom camera to get good pictures of the glaciers. My budget is $300 or less. I was looking at the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ40 (24x zoom) for $299, but heard image quality was lower than the older [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 9, 2011 Q. My digital SLR (an Olympus E-520) focuses much slower in live view mode than it does when I use the viewfinder. I really prefer using the live view. Is there a problem with my camera and is there anything I can do to speed it up? [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 8, 2011 Q. I just switched from cable to satellite and no longer get Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound from high-def channels, as I did with Comcast. I have the satellite box connected the same as before, with HDMI to the TV and an optical digital cable to my [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 7, 2011 Q. I am looking for an eReader that will allow me to download eBooks from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh or Ohio Public Library. With Kindle you must buy books through Amazon. With iPad you must buy books through iTunes. (At least that is my understanding. ) Is [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 6, 2011 Q. I know you are a fan of vinyl records fan and I need some help getting a new turntable for my sound system. Besides sound system duty I may want to transfer some of the music to my computer as well. My receiver doesn’t have an [...]
Panasonic TC-P42ST30 Plasma 3D HDTV Regular readers of my column have seen me rave about Panasonic’s amazing TC-P42ST30 plasma 3D HDTV recently. With an MSRP of $1,099 and a street price of around $900 it is simply unbeatable. See what I have to say at the links below: Panasonic TV is affordable, spectacular Plasma TV [...]
If you have a Netflix account and an iPad , iPhone or Android device be sure to download the Netflix app. It’s free at the iTunes Store and Android Market and will let you stream and watch content from Netflix. If you start watching from your TV at home and stop playback it remembers your [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 5, 2011 Q. I have a Kenwood KRV 7040 audio-video receiver. It was purchased in 1992 and I’ve been very pleased with it. I was considering upgrading to one of the $500 digital HDMI receivers you recommend (either the Onkyo or Pioneer, leaning towards the Pioneer) but after reading [...]
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