Info and forum posts by 'Hot Honda'

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Joined on: Tuesday, 26th December 2000, 02:22, Last used: Tuesday, 26th December 2000, 02:22

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About this user: Owner of DVD 750S.
Business Mgr for Transnational Industrial Automation Corporation.

Addicted to real Hi-fi and both technically and practically qualified to engineer status. Now a qualified MBA with heaps of interests & pursuits.

Love music - especially vinyl - which to even the inaided ear, outperforms £1000 CD comprehensively.

This user has posted a total of 32 messages. On average, since joining, this user has posted 0 messages a day, or 0.03 messages a week. In the last 30 days, this user has posted 0 messages, which is on average 0 messages a day.

Recent Messages Posted:

RE: 10,000 Hit`s Barrier Smashed at The Hitachi Syndicate:)

Hey Hitachi man...ref your comment:-

Would like to thank everyone who contibuted in anyway to the success of The Hitachi Syndicate, it took nearly 4 months but the barrier has been tonked:P

Now for the big 25,000!

I thought you were clever ? - the term "hit" is / was discredited well over 3 yrs ago as having any sort of value on the amount of people actually visiting a site. So, try asking your clever ISP how many page views or unique page impressions or even unique sessions they are capturing on that egotistical venture (sorry web site)

Probably (actually) MUCH MUCH less.

2/10 - must try much much harder old man

RE: AIWA 370, Factually accurate review from what Hi-Fi etc etc

Aahhhh...ain`t it sad. That NASTY magazine said some horrid words about my DVD player.......altogether now :-

"Aaaaaahhhhh"


Q...I wonder if you would have panned the report if it said the 370 was the best DVD on the mkt under £500 ? mmmm....think about it.

Trouble (really) is, that the impartiality of your opinion (and from others) vanished to near zero the very second you handed over the cash for your toy ! (((What person normally invests money in an item and then agrees with a review that says it`s " no good" etc... ??)))

People are very easy to read ! - I happened to think the article was factually 100% correct.

Who is right ?
Who really cares ?
Which particular aspect of the DVD experience is enriched with the "my DVD is better than yours ? approach" ?

I didn`t know so many people were paid shareholders of Aiwa - they must be with the amount of promotion that this run-of-the-mill Japanese organisation is getting.

RE: Hitachi 505 ROCKS! Here`s the proof fun-boys. . Oh no!.

Casual observer - high priority interupt.

What IS all this "XXX Rocks", or the "Hitachi 123" is the best picture ever ? - from any angle it matters not - we`re all dead in 50 yrs, so it`sll be scrap long before then.

So WHAT if the DVD you`re using is the best ?
Do we all drive the same car ?
Do we all have the same taste in women ?
Food ?
Music. ?
Books ?

Of course not. If I came around your house, and stood in front of your TV I might find 10 things that made me think it was a poor picture. I might even run to suggest that the carpet in MY lounge had a lower distraction ratio, allowing a more restricted pupil diameter incresing the F ratio of the eye, therefore increasing the depth of field and therefore focus.

Frankly, all this egotism leaves me more and more puzzled. I think the organisers need a new forum, for all the children to play on. In this new area, you can safely swear at each other, massage each others ego`s about the technical wizzardry you doubtless posess, or just compare bit rates and nyquist plots of your ESS chipsets.

I thought it was called Hardware forum, not "let me force my personal preferences upon the less than knowledgeable passer by, and intimidate them by suggesting that there is a club that they`re not members

Now look - I`m even doing it myself.!

RE: 5.1 surround - what do I need?

Hi Londonbabe

you asked

""Is that a thing that just brings phono level up to line level for plugging into another input? I`ll do that if I need to, but if I can avoid it (too many things in the stage can cause feedback problems with some decks) then I will"

You`re right ! - the XLP has been a real improvement over the onboard Phone stage of my (wait for it) £1000 pre-amp.... So, in terms of adding to an AV reciever, it would be just the ticket (as would the cheaper QED unit).....I

Good luck.

RE: 5.1 surround - what do I need?

Aint vinyl great ? - at risk of turning this into a "analogue is best" forum, I`d advise you get yourself down to "the Hi-fi trading co." in Peterborough, and buy a s/h Musical Fidelity X-LP + outboard PSU, and run this into whatever you decide to use as 5.1

BTW, the easy way is to buy a DTS / Dolby Digital reciever from Richer Sounds (or other) - £200~£250 ish. Then purchase s single interconnect and connect up the "Dolby Digital out" from your DVD right in to the beating heart of your new reciever.

Then add 5 speakers (or 3 if you have a decent front pair (`scuse the pun)

Then add DVD of choice

Bake until a golden crisp

DONE !

RE: IF ANYONE HAS NEW HACKS FOR Wharfedale 750s & JMB 3000.

On this site, you`ll find the Region Hack for the DVD 750S (located under the section marked INFO)- all types. I just followed instuctions, and presto - satisfaction.

Rgds

RE: Wharefedale 750S hacked, but American DVD`s seem to

Mmmmm- Processing your question.

Try - SETUP.

Set it to PAL60

check your TV - if it can, set it to PAL 60.

I`m running R1 stuff on my 3 week old player, and all is fine, but my TV (although old...) switches to just about any old crap - Pal, (about 4 types) secam, german stuff, two types of NTSC and more.....) - so It might be that sorts out stuff like you`re getting

Anyhow I`m not having your issues, so doubt if I can help too much more (of course assume you`re in AV1 / RGB with good SCART)

Rgds

RE: Jimbo = Man of the moment

Intersting Venture (in prospect). I`m sure many wish U well, as indeed do I. I`ve worked (still work) in International Service operational Management, supplying Industrial value added services (with heaps of products inside).

Let`s say its my job to know how to do, what you`re attempting. The simple fact is that product fades away quite quickly - what is left is Brand and Service. In your case, you need to spend some time defining your "brand deliverable" namely "why you ?" - certainly the product can brought elsewhere (Dabs ?) so this needs real thought.

I`d write it down if I were you. Furthermore I`d package your offering into layers. Bronze = player only, and your on your own. Silver = post installation phone call + 3 hur of telephone tech support. Gold = As above Plus access to secure area of web sit where you can serve up other value etc. - of course, these can be @ different commercials.

Regarding the service - it`s not only about "fixing things" but all the rest.

As i mentioned I`m steering a MultiBN $ operation and spend my waking hours getting the sort of growth rates to rival the best

The customer is never more than one click from your competitor - refreshingly raw isn`t it !

Rgds

RE: DON`T READ - unless you have a DVD 750S.

Thanks Bounce - it looks like we are the only 2 people on the forum to have the DVD 750S.

BTW - have you tried to defeat the Macrovision ? - there is (supposedly ) a code to do this...I haven`t tried

Rgds

DON`T READ - unless you have a DVD 750S.

Hello ! Welcome to a friendly area of the Forum, and it`s one where nobody will tell you "yur player is crap" - celebrate the fact that you`re in good company, and didn`t buy anything else @ the price.

This is for you ! If you`re machine is multi- region, and you`re watching your player tonight, I`d appreciate a little test please.

Switch on the player
Don`t load the disc.
Go to the menu settings on the 750S, and turn your RGB off.

Q. Does your screen go black and White ?

Q. Is the picture changing in clarity between the 2 settings

Sorry, but this is the equivalent of "phoning a Friend" so all the Aiwa "370Rocks" people aren`t qualified to answer...

THANKS

RE: I`ve reached the limit of Excellence on this BB - or have I ?

Mmmmmm...interesting proposal. Haven`t (as far as I`m aware) changed any regional settings.

The real point of the Question was one of morbid curiosity. I tried changing the VDV`s o/p from composite to RGB, in an attempt to see the difference, and therefore confirm I`m watching the plyer @ it`s best.

Trouble is when i swtch to "RGB = OFF" then it goes. B/W.

I`ll post another q on the forum and ask the owners on 750S to reply

Thanks anyhow

RE: The Tescos 750s DVD Player is fineas long as you have the 750s player

Permission to agree - as mentioned, the only 750 to get, is the "S" version which has some nice little implementations...

Tesco`s in MK stock the S.

BTW, I saw a guy walking down the high st the other day with brand new 750 and he had never even heard about the "S" model.....

RE: How to waste hours and time

Where better to buy R1 discs ? - well from USA direct of course - and working for a US based operation, and commuting regularly has certain benefits....(like $19 for Gladiator R1).

Share and enjoy

RE: I`ve reached the limit of Excellence on this BB - or have I ?

Most of the infromation is contained in a post i made on this BB on 3rd Jan entitled - CHALLENGE - Black and White on DVD 750S..

Here`s the opening detail

Again - thanks for help

==============

I`ll try and be succint.
1) Brand new DVD 750s (V4).

2) 8year old Mitusbishi CT29B4 STX TV - This has 2 types of NTSC, PAL, PAL 60R & Secam inputs (it does everything) -

3) Connections are Gold 21 wire scart.

4) Input AV1 is described as compsite & RGB. (AV2 is described as compostite only

So, here`s my question. I`m watching the DVD thinking "wonder what the difference between composite and RGB looks like ?" - so i pick up my remote to the DVD and in the set-up, turn RGB off. What i expected was a worse picture.

What happened, is that the picture went Black and white - confused.

5) I`ve tried every combination of R1 / R2 disc, had the DVD set up as PAL / PAL60 / NTSC and likewise have adjusted the tv in the same way.

The only way I get colour is to have the DVD set to RGB.

So, is this normal, or am I subtly misunderstanding how my DVD works (it could of course be my TV not really being RGB, but the manual is v. specific)

THANKS if you can shed light on this !

RE: I WANT A NEW PLAYER, BUT WHICH ONE?

why return the DVD 750 ? - if it`s "non S" model then I understand, but if it is then I`m intruiged.

Is it the macrovision bit ?

RE: A thought on the opinions on DVD players in this forum

I`ve just completed a thorough review of BB`s / Web sites / Chip manufacturers / architectures / players, / Red book / black books and conclude that:-

Most visions of "quality" are subjective.

I hold an v. senior position in a large Multi-national electronics manufacturer (name withheld) - you wouldn`t believe what most people will believe if it has the right brand name on it !

Most people are incredibly lacking in qualifications to offer anything other than an opinion - and indeed on most subjects (outside my profession) I`m in the same category - as we all are.

Few people on these forums know more than a passing 5% on what it takes o make a DVD player tick.

And therefore when I see things like " Aiwa 370 .... or the Sony 12345 is the...." then I just think to the material cost / s/w amortisation R&D budget and then remember to trust what I know from what I see..

Enjoy the forum, but don` be drawn into badge ego trips - life is both too short and frankly irrelavent. (But ain`t it fun !)

PS - in any case my DVD came out best under £5,000 when recently auditioned by my wife !

RE: How can I improve the Picture? Please Help!

Look v. deeply into the manual for the TV - sometimes hidden in the fine detail is a little feature called "noise reduction" - they don`t mean sound in this case, but vision, and all they do is curtail the Freq response of the Video signal....

If you can find it - try turning it off ( My TV was factory preset "on") - but it wasn`t Sony.

I`ve reached the limit of Excellence on this BB - or have I ?

I recently posted a "challenge" about my DVD 750S playing in Black and white (see list below) situation, and with the exception of one response, have had nothing back.

Do you (as in you reading this) know of any other Forum`s where h/w issues like mine can be resolved ???

I`d be obliged and v. grateful !

Many thanks

RE: What on earth is that all about ?

Well Monga-meister, the reason I`m trying to fix it is:-
1) I`d like to watch it
2) I`m sure the chimp in the shop will say "oh..." when I return it reporting the issue...
3) I`m v. curious !

Any positive inputs ?

RE: What on earth is that all about ?

Thks for the Advice Mr Monga.

I forgot to mention it was a hired disk (not that that makes a difference). The surface still ooks pukka, but it plays a lot smoother than b4.

BTW - is this normal ? i.e. a seemingly perfect disk that freezes ? - have to admit to being somewhat taken a back ( I can only assume corrupted data outside of error correction range, as the transport was making a sound to die for when it was frozen)

RE: What on earth is that all about ?

Sounds like a sketch from Derek & Clive....

RE: Challenge - Black and White picture on my DVD 750S

No Hatfield was a commute from home town in sunny Rushden (where that ? he asks)....

No sweat & thanks for staying awake. Time to sleep, and hope that other people rise to the "challenge" with your enthusiasm.

RE: Challenge - Black and White picture on my DVD 750S

You may have hit a rich seam - except....

* there is no way for me to "turn of" the RGB input to my AV1 input.

And, all i suppose I was asking when experimenting was "Am i now watching DVD with an RGB input in all it`s glory" - It`s huge curiosity. Frankly, I suspect that the Mitsubisi may have a quasi RGB input ( I used to work for them for 8 years but not in TV`s) so I guess that all i need to do is get on the blower to the R&D chaps in Hatfield and pop them the question about the state of my TV to accept RGB

Wouldn`t it be a shame if it wasn`t RGB, and I was forced to go out and by a spanking new widescreen plasma......

So perhaps it`s the TV after all

BTW, for my job, I recently oversaw the re-building of our co. demo room and in amongst the ££££££ i spent, I found a space in the budget for a brand new 50" Pioneer plasma It`s marvellous - but the bracket to transport it costs £450 !...

RE: What on earth is that all about ?

Follow up.

The "Frozen Images" occured in another part of the disc, a little later, but not to serious. So, being a thug, and somewhat of a student of physics, I took my spotlessly clean mirror like DVD and applied....T-Cut (yes you read correctly) to the surface.

Lot`s of vigourous polishing, and it definately plays better. (but still freezes from time to time)

Bloody Technology is too posh for it`s own good ....I don`t know, in my day etc etc.....

RE: Challenge - Black and White picture on my DVD 750S

Thks 4 speedy reply - however, it`s simpler than perhaps I explained..

* The DVD has only one option in it`s set-up. "RGB on / off"
* My TV`s AV1 input is (according to the manual) RGB compatible.
* I can`t (via the remote) change the input of the TV, only the signal type (NTSC / PAL / SECAM etc).

So just to refresh. Everything on "AUTO", with R1 / R2, then FINE. When I set "RGB = OFF" on the DVD, then it all goes B/W no matter what I do.

I have a sneaky feeling .......

What on earth is that all about ?

So there I am watching "End of Days" (R2) on my DVD 750S...All`s well, and then the picture stops dead 9but sound continues. Then After 30S or so, the sound disappears and the leaves the picture advancing VERY slowly....

by careful use of skip, I discover a section of the disc I can`t play (about 5 minutes)

Player fault ?
Disc fault ?
One of those things ?

It`s the first time I`ve been treated like this by my beloved system, and I`m feeling hurt !

Any clues most welcome

PS -I removed the disc, and it was spotless (yes 101% spotless).

Challenge - Black and White picture on my DVD 750S

I`ll try and be succint.
1) Brand new DVD 750s (V4).

2) 8year old Mitusbishi CT29B4 STX TV - This has 2 types of NTSC, PAL, PAL 60R & Secam inputs (it does everything) -

3) Connections are Gold 21 wire scart.

4) Input AV1 is described as compsite & RGB. (AV2 is described as compostite only

So, here`s my question. I`m watching the DVD thinking "wonder what the difference between composite and RGB looks like ?" - so i pick up my remote to the DVD and in the set-up, turn RGB off. What i expected was a worse picture.

What happened, is that the picture went Black and white - confused.

5) I`ve tried every combination of R1 / R2 disc, had the DVD set up as PAL / PAL60 / NTSC and likewise have adjusted the tv in the same way.

The only way I get colour is to have the DVD set to RGB.

So, is this normal, or am I subtly misunderstanding how my DVD works (it could of course be my TV not really being RGB, but the manual is v. specific)

THANKS if you can shed light on this !

How to waste hours and time

I`m literate, very PC capable, and follow best advise wherever possible.

Thinking "Oh, the Web MUST be the place to get low cost DVD`s.." I busily spend due time searching for the bargains that justify the internet`s lightning growth....

Alternatively, I just walk into my local Our Price, and pick up the oustanding "Contact" for a tenner along with whole ton of worthy others at.....yes a Tenner (best price seen on the web is £17.99)

Aha...the scam is revealed...The only people having fun on the internet are the phone companies.

I think it needed saying.

Steve

RE: Wharfedale 750 - should I keep it?

FYI - I`m always in the US on business (oh joy..) R1 gladiator cost me $19.....(aren`t we being ripped off !!)
Steve

RE: Wharfedale 750S - Hack appears not to work

Strange....

Hi Grinder - only just picked up your post, so missed th msg

Picked up 750S on Sat evening....hacked(no problems) - plays all R1`s I`ve got (with no problems)....did a comparison of MANY DVD`s for one month pre ordering, and guess what......the Wharfedale is extemely well value engineered - with some neat cct implementations and harware (vanishingly low jitter / high s/n ratio etc etc (I`m in the AV business and have been for 15+ yrs).

Glad you`re aiwa is working well, (if I remember they cut their teath on fine sounding tape decks but the rest of the kit was average) and thanks for the intentions, but it appears that life is treating me well ! -see you around