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OMG - that's just SCARY!!!!!

CLOVERFIELD!! CLOVERFIELD!!! CLOVERFIELD!!!!

I wish you had your mouth open to show everybody that one tooth you still have.

Jack looks like a Pterodactyl


sorry sorry, just couldn't resist.

LOL at Ray and Jack.

My first memories of home theater were in college, junior year, late 1988 or early 1989, when dormmate Rudy Pascua got a receiver with Dolby surround. We were amazed that different sounds would come out of the rear speakers. We would watch VHS tapes. I remember looking for the Dolby Surround insignia on the tapes when we would rent them. I learned that "Dolby System" did not equal surround, as sometimes it was equal to "Dolby Stereo".

Senior year, I had my own set-up with a Mitsubishi 20" TV (still works great), Fisher 4-head HiFi VHS, and a Pioneer stereo receiver over Cerwin Vega D1 speakers.

In the early 1990s, living the bachelor life, I got some 4-foot tall KLH speakers (dual 12" woofers, or maybe one was a passive radiator, I think) and a Sherwood receiver with Dolby Pro Logic Surround. I got a Cerwin Vega center and turned the D1s into my surrounds. That was weird, because they actually had better clarity than the brutish KLHs. I listened to a lot of stuff on "Hall" or "Theater" settings.

The KLHs are now my bedroom speakers. The Cerwin Vegas are awaiting installation at my workplace.

Cool thread!

I have a Mitsubishi 20" from 1989 as well, my very first TV purchase. Best TV I have ever owned, never had an ounce of trouble and the picture still looks great.