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So, after having my system for a week, thinking my random but frequent problem where my Samsung LN52a650 tv couldn't get a signal from the dvd player it turned out that the culprit was the Samsung AS720 A/V receiver. I fiddled with it for several hours over the past week power cycling each device repeatedly trying to find a path that would always yield a working result but in the end it was futile.

I took it back to Fry's where I purchased it and bought the Onkyo S7100 to take its place. I ended up spending more, since there weren't any acceptable options (S6100 was my original choice)... and in the car it went. I had everything put back together in about an hour with enough time to watch some DTV and part of a movie to see how things worked after I used the "auto setup" feature. It works like a charm! Turn everything on and I am ready for action...

Alright, I almost have everything set up and I am starting to calibrate it for the best experience.  I ran across a post on avsforum.com containing multiple "optimized" calibration settings for the LN52a650.  Here are the urls, I ended up choosing the "ISF calibrated A750" option for now and I am considering trying out the zerog one in the next few days.  Changing these settings make such a huge difference that if you're not calibrating your LCD you're probably missing out on a lot!

zerog
ISF calibrated A750
Gmo0ve
CNET
Evil4Blue

Source: 

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=14602315&postcount=6

I decided to buy a new audio / video system for my bedroom... so far I have purchased the following components:

TV: Samsung LN52a650 LCD
DVD: Panasonic S54K
A/V Receiver: Samsung AS720

The tv and upconverting dvd player completely blows my mind. It makes older dvd movies look unreal (in a good way) using Samsung's Auto Motion Plus 120hz! I had considered putting together a set of speakers and Onkyo receiver but decided against it since my room is only 10 by 15.   The AS720 HTIB (home theater in a box) has worked beautifully for me... I'm very satisfied.  I will post pictures once I have cleaned everything up.

I don't know if I ever posted anything about Tohuvabohu to be honest... just know that I think it is awesome. After repeatedly listening to the Tohuvabohu I set out to purchase the remix album Brimborium. Brimborium is the remix album put together by various artists (Angelspit, 16 Volt, Die Krupps) that still maintains the super heavy beat with their own added flavors. I had read some negative reviews for it but after listening to it 20+ times over since purchasing it from iTunes I definitely haven't been let down. This album is totally worth the buy if you're an avid KMFDM fan!!!

I saw Hancock last night and despite some of the pretty bad reviews I had read over at RottenTomatoes.com I thought the film was really good. The story ended up having an unexpected twist that I found to be a great addition to the story (no, I'm not going to ruin it). Bottom line, this is a good movie to take just about anyone to... I would probably limit little children from being in the audience though since there are quite a few adult themes (cursing, alcoholism, people getting their heads rammed up another guys read end, etc). I'd definitely see it again... screw the critics.