"Chris Hornbeck" <chrishornbeckremovethis@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 4 May 2008 23:40:10 -0400, "Soundhaspriority"
> <nowhere@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>No, wired would be nice. What is it?
>
> Within the hardwired world, Niles and Xantech are the
> conventional players, but some others are nipping at
> their heels. Perhaps if you could expand on your requirements
> ....
>
> Much thanks, as always,
>
Hi, Chris,
After living without a TV in my HT setup, I broke down and bought a
flat panel Philips. The Yamaha RXV1 is left and slightly behind my viewing
chair. There are a lot of problems to knock down:
1. The Philips sits on the floor, and the IR eye has a rather narrow angle
of acceptance. I use a Sony MX-3000 touchscreen remote, which has a
passive
matrix LCD display. To read the screen, I'm inclined to tilt the remote up
and miss the Philips.
2. The Yamaha is out of the sightline.
3. An open-angle IR emitter within range of the Yamaha would very likely
cause feedback in the IR extender's receiver.
4. The Philips, like many flat panels, interferes with IR repeaters in an
amazing way. In an experiment with an X-10 transmitter pyramid placed
behind
and above the Philips, the Philips somehow caused the transmitter to
oscillate, even when there were no X-10 receivers plugged in!
The obvious solution would be a Pronto. But that little gadget, in
combination with the RF repeater, would cost more than the whole TV!
Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511
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