Recent content by michaelmoravian

Has anyone seen this TV in action? The specs seem great - it even has Dolby Vision - but how does the picture compare to similarly priced Samsung, Sony and Panasonic TVs?

You're probably right. And by then there will be more 4K material around to make it worth upgrading. Thanks.

As the Samsung UE48H6400 is neither HDR nor 4K I am afraid it doesn't fit the bill.

I have a 2011 Panasonic plasma TV, the 42UT30. While far from top of the range, it has served me well for 5 years and still has a great HD picture (I generally use the [Cinema] setting with [IFC] on minimum). However with the recent advances - UHD and HDR - I am wondering if it is time to go for...

I've had my Mordaunt Short MS20i Pearl Edition speakers for about 20 years, and am looking at something to replace them. Would the Q Acoustic 2020i speakers do the job, or should I look to spend a bit more?

As my receiver is 5.1 it works okay but I would rather the receiver did the processing. The biggest pain for me is having to go into the settings to change the output from 5.1 to 2.0 for stereo videos so that the receiver knows to apply ProLogic.

It would make sense that DACs have improved in the last 15 years or so since I bought the Yamaha so it might be worth seeing what I can get on a budget. Thanks.

Thanks for all the advice. I think I shall stick with the Yamaha for now. And I think I would also struggle to get better speakers without spending a lot either.

Surely they are only transparent if outputting digital signal. Won't the analogue output be affected by things like the internal DAC?

I have an old Yamaha CDX396 1-bit Natural Sound CD player and am looking to upgrade but I can't afford to spend a lot. As I have the Sansui WLD201 Network Player/Radio it seems to make sense to get the Sansui CDD201 which uses the same remote and can be got for around £100. But is it going to be...

Thanks. I'll give the Xbox a go. I have a basic Yamaha 5.1 surround amp and speakers which the Xbox will connect to with HDMI. The only thing about the Xbox One is that it doesn't bitstream HD audio and so I have to set it to do the decoding itself and output PCM.

I have a Panasonic bdt130 blu ray player, but now also have an Xbox One. Now that the Xbox One has had a number of software updates so that it does 3D and deep colour, is it going to give a picture and sound to match the Panasonic? It would be good to use just one box but I have space for both...