Just about to retire my old CRT TV - Toshiba flatscreen 32" 100hz. Currently alreadly have a DLP projector that supports HD 1080i so I use that for my films, I have a budget of 700 quid and would like some recommendations for a TFT or Plasma screen, whatever is better. I will be using media center...

Can any one pls tell me , is it possible to change the hard drive of the amada with large 500Gb drive. The drives are too small.

I'm looking at buying a LCD TV . Price and lookswise the SAMSUNG LE-40F71B is looking quite good because it's 1080p. As a source I use sky+ only, which I will upgrade to sky+ HD, but the HD content I will watch is only likely to be sport and the odd movie, which is only about 20% of my...

All the good glass stands i keep seeing recommended on ebuyer etc are all designed for tv's and too big for my needs. Anyone know the cheapest place to get a thin rack for my dvd player, amp etc?

my 3 year old 42" philips plasma has died would like to use the reciever box (philips FTR 9965) that came with this with a replacement plasma as this has numerous inputs, picture in picture etc. it connects via what looks like a standard monitor cable - is this likely to work with plasma tv's...

I've just returned from the Smart Home Show (22-25 March 2007) and in this, its third incarnation at the NEC in Birmingham, the public was treated to the best show yet! In a first for Automated Home, we have videos from the show... http://youtube.com/automatedhome ....which should give a good...

Hi all, I'm about to give my old Tosh 57WH36 a new home. As such I'm trying to find out if spares for the bulbs/lamps are available so the new owner has somewhere to look if things go pop! The usual googling offers nothing obvious and an email to Tosh has just bounced back for some odd reason...

I have a Sony-KLV-27HR3S-27 inch LCD I am looking to sell and would appreciate some input as to the selling price of the telly. It's 18 month old and in as new condition. Any advice will be appreciated. Its the same as this model...

Can anyone help with an aspect ratio problem I am having with a newly purchased Panasonic DMR-EX95 DVD recorder? On my Bush TV monitor, which is correctly set to 4:3 ratio, and on which normal TV programmes appear in 4:3, certain Region 1 DVDs played on the Panasonic appear in widescreen with...

(Alos posted at AVForums.com, but thought I'd try here as well) Hi folks, Just bought a Sharp LC46XD1E 46 inch Aquos. Connected both my PC and laptop to it and... nothing. The TV is working with normal SCART input, and I've also made sure to extend my desktop, and the TV is showing as a...

I bought a 50" panny plasma from these guys. It went like this Day 1: ordered with 'buy now/pay later'. Printed off finance deal and posted it off signed etc Day 2: finance approved by email at 12:30 and digital point called 10 mins later me and asked if I would like it on day 3 (which of course...

Don't suppose anyone knows how to get into the service menu for a Sony KDS-70R2000? I need to reduce the amount of overscan for use with a PC. -- Alex "I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away" www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk

I'm sure this has been debated to death, but is there any consensus yet on which is a better technology? (In terms of sets being produced today) I'm looking at a Samsung 50" plasma which has a great price, compared to even just a few months ago, but a friend is adamant that I'm wasting my money...

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Hi My X1 bulb exploded on Thursday night (at about only 1500 hours, grrr) which meant a weekend with no big-TV (there aren't any local suppliers around here). I spent a bit of time searching online and found (apart from a load of places with no stock) a couple of places with the bulb, one was...

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Hi folks, I've got one of them old fashioned (!) CRT tellys; a 36" Sony KV-36FS70 to be precise and I'm idly wondering whether it would be possible to hook it up to HD source ie SKY HD or an HD-DVD / Blu-Ray player and if I could would there be any point? That is, would the picture I get from this...

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Hello, I have a TLP MT1 LCD projector that I've had from new back in 2000. It no longer seems to project the video image but DOES still manage to project the menu. Are these different mechanisms? I assume the lamp has come to the end of it's 2000-hour life - it's done very well at about six...