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Samsung HT Z320 Home Theater System

Discover the advanced home theater experience offered by Samsung’s HT-Z320. First, using its HDMI output, the single-disc DVD player upscales DVD video to near-HD 1080p levels, optimizing video for your HDTV. While a 5.1-channel speaker configuration combines with Dolby and dts decoding to deliver full surround sound audio, the included iPod dock lets you enjoy your portable music library right in your living room.

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Optoma BL FP200C Replacement Lamp for HD70 Home Theater Projector

This BLFP200C projector lamp is a replacement lamp for the Optoma Technology HD70 Multimedia projector.

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Eforcity Black 6FT 2 Meter HDMI Male to DVI Male Cable

Cable built with matching impedance, PVC jacket, molded ends and inner hood soldered 360 degrees to the connector to achieve a complete end to end shielding. – Eliminate unnecessary signal conversions. – 24 bit/pixel, 165 MHz max clock frequency. – 5 Gbps bandwidth, 55% spared for future expansion. – Connectors: HDMI Male to DVI Male. – Color: Black – Cord Length: 6 ft / 2 m – Accessory ONLY

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5 Stars works
my computer to the tv. and i was able to watch a movie as soon as possible. the vga component died so this piece made up and used one of the 3 hdmi and was happy with it. picture is 3x better than vga. shipping was slow

5 Stars Works, well made
This cable works flawlessly, as advertised. Shipped quick, and you can’t beat the price. Don’t pay store prices for cables, you’re getting ripped off. You don’t need heavy shielding on an HDMI or DVI cable, or thick gauge wire on short lengths, don’t let them fool you. AV experts don’t use $100 cables, neither should you.

I could make this cable myself, but for this price why bother?

5 Stars Great Cable, Great Price
I use this cable on my Mac for presentations on a 52″ flat screen. I’ve been using it for about a year now and it works great so far.

5 Stars Works Great
I bought this product to connect my PS3 to my Samsung 2233sw Monitor. I just received this product and it works as it should. So far no problems. I don’t see any reason to spend an outrageous amount for a HDMI to DVI cable when this one was 79 cents.

4 Stars Good Value
Works well to hook a computer DVI output up to a HDTV HDMI input. To get sound you will need a separate cable from the sound card. Wish I got one a little longer though. Good Value, the big boxes really rip you off on high priced cables.

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Yamaha RX V863BL 735 Watt 7 1 Channel Home Theater Receiver

105 watts x 7 into 8 ohms (20-20,000 Hz) at 0.06% THD * Dolby?True HD, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby?Digital Plus, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, Dolby?Digital EX, DTS-ES, Pro Logic?IIx, and DTS Neo:6 decoding * improved YPAO sound optimization for more precise automatic speaker setup (microphone included) * SIRIUS satellite radio capable (requires SIRIUS subscription and optional SiriusConnect home tuner kit) * iPod integration (requires optional Yamaha YDS-11) * dual-room/dual-source audio (powered and line-level stereo audio output for 2nd room) *

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5 Stars Great bang for the buck
I bought this along with the Yamaha 3900. I put the 3900 in my family room and the 863 in the bedroom. Personally, I like the 863 better.

Just as some background, I have a Sony 550 Blu Ray and a Directv HD receiver hooked up to it. It has outputs to a 5.1 speaker system in Zone 1 and a simple 2 speaker system in Zone 2 (in our bathroom so we can listen to the radio in the morning). Video is thru a Samsung 7 series 52″ LCD TV.

Great sound. The upscaling of DVDs is tremendous. It can turn a DVD into (almost) a Blu Ray. Easily does 2 zones. It has 3 HDMI inputs and 1 output. Can handle 2 subs. If you don’t do HDMI, has tons of other inputs which can easily be seen on the pictures. It also has all the capabilities of more expensive receivers. HD Radio, Sirius, XM, ipod dock and all the acronyms.

So, why would you pay more (for the 3900 for example)? The 3900 is a network receiver, which the 863 is not. The 3900 has 4 HDMI inputs and 2 HDMI outputs (vs 3/1 for the 863). The 3900 is a little more powerful (140W/channel vs 105 for the 863).

However, after buying both, I wish I had just bought 2 863s. In fact for the cost of the 3900, I could have.

Great receiver. Great price. Incredible value.

4 Stars Yamaha RX-V863 Review
I have been using this receiver for the past three weeks, and although it takes some time to properly customise at the end I am very impress with the sound Quality and overall performance of this unit

4 Stars Nice Receiver
This is my 3rd Yamaha receiver I like to up grade. This one has the hd radio and hdmi hook ups that my old one didn’t. I do wish they would have impoved the remote control. I like my old one better with the lcd screen on it.

4 Stars Formerly owned the venerable RXV-659…
Got this receiver when I got the Panasonic Blu-ray player. Easy setup, many soundfields, a few changes from the RXV-659. I really wanted this unit for its analog video upconversion and ability to perform lossless PCM and the upgraded Dolby and DTS audio from Blu-rays.

Only gripe: relatively expensive, although I got mine (new in box!)from a clearance sale.

I’ve always enjoyed listening to music on Yamaha receivers, and with this unit’s ability to play my DVD-Audio discs, I am pretty pleased.

4 Stars Yamaha RX-V863
I’ve been a long time Onkyo listener. I went with Yamaha this time for it’s price and loyal customers. Plus I heard the competing Onkyo unit had a video issue in 1080P. I am very pleased with the Yamaha, it delivers very clean sound, plenty of HDMI hook ups, and an easy to set up interface. Prior Onkyo users will not like the rear hookups for anything other than HDMI. They are split up by type of input unlike the Onkyo where you could define what input the different video modes used. This somewhat constrains you in hooking up VCR’s, Wii’s, Ipod (without the onkyo dock). Overall though this is a great unit and I recommend it to anyone.

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Panasonic VIERA G10 Series TC P50G10 50 Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV

49.9″ screen (measured diagonally) * widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio * built-in digital (ATSC) and analog (NTSC) tuners for over-the-air TV broadcasts (antenna required) *

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Everything Nice
Bought this back in April. It arrived 3 days after order. I could not believe it. My first HDTV but I’ve watched many from friends homes and sports bars. This is the best one I’ve ever seen. For a plasma, the glare reduction is the best ever, no one else comes close. I don’t know how they did it.

Only problem, I can’t stand watching my old 32 inch CRT tube in the bedroom. Gonna have to upgrade that one soon I suppose.

5 Stars Excellent Picture at Excellent Price
The images are crisp, clear and life like. The picture colors are vibrant, the sound quality is excellent. The set-up only took few minutes, and hookups were easy and clearly defind.

The TV arrived when promised and in excellent shape.

5 Stars Unbelievable Picture!
I was late to the HD plasma party and now I can’t believe I waited this long. Watching the French Open tennis tournament on this thing is almost as good as being there live. The picture quality is superb and the price was right. Highly recommended.

5 Stars Great TV, remarkable delivery!!!!!
I have to comment on the amazing delivery service provided by Amazon.

I ordered this TV Wednesday 5/27, in the afternoon. The delivery service, Pilot, called on Thursday 5/28, to set up a delivery date. I was watching the TV on Friday 5/29 by 2:00 PM. The delivery service was very professional, in that they unpacked the set, assembled the base, placed it in position, checked that all was working properly, and took out all the trash.

I still cannot comment very much about the TV, since I only have been watching it for a few hours. So far it is everything I expected and more.

5 Stars First HDTV
This is my first HDTV, coming from a 26″ Sony CRT. I must say that the set looks amazing, even compared to my father and friends’ HDTVs. I think the colors and darks and details look great, especially watching blu-ray movies. HD cable is better than I thought it would be, while standard def is getting harder and harder to watch. My few minor cons are that THX mode does look pretty dark, I’ve mostly noticed it in some games. Also the speakers aren pretty mediocre; I’ll be looking to get a surround sound system. I haven’t noticed any phosphor trails in games or otherwise.

For the price and quality, I would highly recommend this to complete the visual element of a high definition theater system.

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