Okay, hooked up the monster last night, OMFG, I may never leave home to see a movie again. I did a test run with several movies, old, new, blu-ray and netflix streaming. Absolutely fantastic.

The old films, b/w, the clarity was astonishing, the films had incredible depth and looked almost 3D.

Pixar, Ratatouille, was mind-blowing. During the few minutes of Rataouille, Tango sat up, bolt upright and stared at the TV, cocking her head, totally mezmerized. It was hilarious. I should have tried out a Planet Earth DVD to see how she would have reacted.

Turns out I will need a new HDMI cable as the one I have is a little short. Ordering now!

Now you can enter into the grain/no grain discussion with authority when it comes to high definition restorations.

Dear God, no. :D

Thanks to a REALLY good connection, I just ordered up this bad boy, Yamaha RX-A1000 AVENTAGE Series Home Theater Receiver. I am not paying anywhere near the MSRP shown (and the deep discount is the only reason I went so high up this food chain).

I've lived just fine without it, but now that it is a "go", I want it NOW!

And prey tell what speakers will you be powering with this bad boy?

Wimpy little Inifiniti speakers for now - the Big-Ass TV® already takes up too much room in our tiny living room (seriously: why the hell did I get a 65" for an eight foot viewing distance?!? Sure, I justified it by saying we would need it when we moved into a bigger place, but that ain't happening any time soon). Also, living in a condo discourages being able to use much horsepower.

Basically, I was looking for a single point of control for everything and when the opportunity to get this unit so cheap, I decided to splurge.

I'd hope because a 75" physically wouldn't fit. That's the only good reason I can think of.


Technically 8.5 ft is the farthest you can sit from a 65" and still get the full benefit of HD so your 8' room is about right.

Thanks for the tip about Monoprice. Cables ordered and received.

Another rather stupid question. I have an older DVD-R that I still like to use. Silly me, there is not an output for S-video Red/White/Yellow jacks. Is there an adaptor I can use that will plug in the S-video and upconvert it to a HDMI to plug into the television?

Check the manual on your TV. What model did you get? There should be other inputs besides HDMI.
There should be a compatible input for S-video.

Well, there is one, it's got 5 spots, I suppose I can plug it in there?