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I had a Vizio for a couple of years, no issue. My son now has it and it is still humming..for about a year now.

It's too similar to what was discussed at http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6130_102-0.html?forumID=7&threadID=21941&start=0&tag=forums06%3bposts

there is also a setting in the receiver for 'double bass'. this can be set only if your l/r fronts are set to 'full band'. basically this lets you have you full band w/out sacrificing the sub. i tried it last nite, but wasn't too impressed -- watched music on palladia. the double bass w/ full band on fronts was less crisp than 80hz fronts and sub. john

FWIW, I programmed a 30 sec skip key function into my Comcast Motorola DVR remote. That might suffice. -Pedro

I have a Sony Trinitron XBR tube tv in a guest bedroom, and it's a great TV (not a 40" though), but my family room, which is the main TV room, is quite large, and a 40" TV looks like a postage stamp from where the seating is located. So the trade-off is a properly sized TV vs some possible image issues. The problem to with that logic is that my Sony flat-screen, which is the SXRD model, just looks so great and I personally like...

Irving TX and it was their display model. It's gone now, though. Rusty

Jost, ever thought about getting the Onkyo iPod dock for your Onkyo 805? I have it for my 803 and it works really well. It is nice that the Onkyo remote can stop/play/pause/skip tracks too instead of using a different remote.

Amazon (mostly) for electronics... I already got my mother a BluRay player... I got my self a New Canon 450D DSLR, got my telescope fixed & next month a Ipod touch & (maybe) another BluRay player depending on prices (to replace that crapy samsung bd-p1200)

need for the selector box as the receiver itself provides all the audio power to seven channels plus a sub-woofer. The old receiver gave you 15 years of service. However, I feel consensus would say to update. The extra channels will easily take care of surround sound. In addition, there is no law making you use all the channels of a receiver. I do not really understand exactly how many rooms you are extending sound to, however, many current...