Re: accessible surround sound receiver?

2010-12-01 Thread Gary Wood
: accessible surround sound receiver? I appreciate the tip on the older accessible receivers. One of my major interests here is netflix streaming, and somewhere I recently read that the streams are in just 2-channel stereo, even if the dvd is encoded with dolby digital 5.1. I tried to confirm

RE: accessible surround sound receiver?

2010-11-30 Thread Hamit Campos
Subject: Re: accessible surround sound receiver? Okay, well I have a 2 fairly old surround-sound receivers all of which are of 5.1 standard, I think they go up to 7.1 now. Both my receivers - whilst they don't have voice or anything like that - are perfectly accessible in that you have buttons

Re: accessible surround sound receiver?

2010-11-30 Thread Mary Otten
I appreciate the tip on the older accessible receivers. One of my major interests here is netflix streaming, and somewhere I recently read that the streams are in just 2-channel stereo, even if the dvd is encoded with dolby digital 5.1. I tried to confirm that by looking at the streaming info for

RE: accessible surround sound receiver?

2010-11-30 Thread Rick Alfaro
, November 30, 2010 10:45 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: accessible surround sound receiver? I appreciate the tip on the older accessible receivers. One of my major interests here is netflix streaming, and somewhere I recently read that the streams are in just 2-channel stereo, even

RE: accessible surround sound receiver?

2010-11-30 Thread Rick Alfaro
it works with VoiceOver. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 12:06 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: accessible surround sound receiver? Okay, well I have a 2 fairly

RE: accessible surround sound receiver?

2010-11-30 Thread Rick Alfaro
Mary, For the most part, the newer receivers are pretty much menu driven with some having dedicated buttons for certain things either on the remote and or the front panel. Once you get them set up however, and memorize some of the more commonly used buttons on the remote, it isn't too bad. The

Re: accessible surround sound receiver?

2010-11-30 Thread Tom Kaufman
-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 12:26 PM Subject: RE: accessible surround sound receiver? Mary, For the most part, the newer receivers are pretty much menu driven with some having dedicated buttons for certain things either on the remote and or the front panel. Once you get

RE: accessible surround sound receiver?

2010-11-30 Thread Dave McElroy WA6BEF
-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 7:46 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: accessible surround sound receiver? I appreciate the tip on the older accessible receivers. One of my major interests here is netflix streaming, and somewhere I recently read

RE: accessible surround sound receiver?

2010-11-30 Thread Tom
Political comments are not permitted on the PC Audio list. And Dave, you know better. Please do not respond to this message. Thank you. Tom ** Message From: Dave McElroy WA6BEF ** You mean all our access problems aren't resolved? Say it isn't so! Why the be all end all for all federal

RE: accessible surround sound receiver?

2010-11-30 Thread Paul Henrichsen
] On Behalf Of Rick Alfaro Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 9:26 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: accessible surround sound receiver? Mary, For the most part, the newer receivers are pretty much menu driven with some having dedicated buttons for certain things either on the remote

RE: accessible surround sound receiver?

2010-11-30 Thread Paul Henrichsen
-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Rick Alfaro Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 9:02 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: accessible surround sound receiver? Hi Mary. Currently, movies that can be streamed via their watch instantly streaming service are all

Re: accessible surround sound receiver?

2010-11-29 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay, well I have a 2 fairly old surround-sound receivers all of which are of 5.1 standard, I think they go up to 7.1 now. Both my receivers - whilst they don't have voice or anything like that - are perfectly accessible in that you have buttons for most functions and they don't need to be