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RE: UKHA meet pics...


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  • Subject: RE: UKHA meet pics...
  • From: "Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 15:00:49 +0100
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Do you have the AX1 then? Is the AX1 much of an improvement on the A1
(which
I have)? Is there any sort of programming or interface spec given for the
serial port on the back of the A1X?

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennethwatt@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 27 May 2001 14:41
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] UKHA meet pics...
>
>
> I concur with Phil and Mark, if I really, really have to see a movie
then
> I'll go to the cinema, but not if I can help it!
>
> In the house I have better sound out a DSP-A1 and a set of M&K
> speakers than
> the local Odeon that was only put up two years ago! I can stop the
movie
> when I like, get a coffee, have a drink etc., it's great and I
> don't think I
> could live without it now, also I get full 6.1 Dolby Digital and 6.1
DTS,
> show me the cinema with those options.
>
> K.
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent:	26 May 2001 13:00
> To:	ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject:	RE: [ukha_d] UKHA meet pics...
>
>
>
> > As a question for you projector'ed guys... Do you still go the
pictures?
>
> No ... we have a five year old who cannot sit through a film without
> constantly querying everything that happens. This tends to annoy
> cinemagoers.
>
> > The sound was flat and uninspired. The speakers were the same
> JBLs that my
> > mate has in his living room, and the screen had poor contrast.
the video
> > jumped and had *horrible* quality problems of floating dust
etc...
> >
> > It's reaching the stage where I find the "big screen"
> experience terrible,
> > anywhere except "screen 1"
> >
> > Can you guys sit through a movie at the cinema without screaming?
>
> I'm 6'3" tall and probably about 220lbs ... cinema seats are not
made for
> people my size. I hate sticky carpets, sweets stuck to seats and
> people who
> think it's OK to chat away while the film is on or decide that it's a
hoot
> to throw popcorn at each other.
>
> At home I have a 72inch wide screen, I can watch what I want,
> when I want. I
> could have a beer while I watch, can stop the movie part way through
if I
> want a pee/drink/snack. It even sounds better than my local fleapit!
>
> Phil
>
>
>
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