View Poll Results: do you use your television speakers?

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Thread: do you use your television speakers?

  1. #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by picasso
    TV speakers are always turned off.

    Expensive gear should be used.
    I 2nd that!

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    "Expensive gear should be used."

    I don't have any expensive gear. I bought Ascend's.

    David

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    LOL! I have Ascends and Outlaw......nothing expensive here either!

    Back on topic....I only use the "system" when listening to music(obviously!) or watching DVD's or VHS tapes. My wife prefers the TV only for broadcast shows, and the kid's shows do not need to sound any better. My tv has "Hyper-surround" simulated surround.....works fine for regular cable.
    Ed

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    The speakers on my 51" Sony were immediately turned off and have stayed that way. We have 3 other TV's in the house, but none of them have a system attached, so they are used.
    - EVH III

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    My HT is separate from the den, which gets regular boob-tube duty.

    HT has a plasma with no NTSC tuner or speakers.

    Den has only cable TV and no receiver.

    Rick

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    For me it all depends on what is on the TV...

    "Thomas the Tank Engine" and such is ALWAYS played through the TV speakers, as are my wife's weekly sitcom shows (Raymond and various reality shows)... My shows and movies are always played through the audio system, even late at night...
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    David Fabrikant
    www.ascendacoustics.com

  7. #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by BradJudy
    I guess I'm the odd one out - I always listen using the TV speakers when watching television programming unless there's something special. Naturally, DVDs and CDs go through the system.
    I guess we're the odd ones out, Brad. Most of the time, TV programming just doesn't seem to be worth the trouble of firing up the system.

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    Quote Originally Posted by davef
    For me it all depends on what is on the TV...

    "Thomas the Tank Engine" and such is ALWAYS played through the TV speakers, as are my wife's weekly sitcom shows (Raymond and various reality shows)... My shows and movies are always played through the audio system, even late at night...
    "Tommy Train", as my daughter used to call him. Absolutely. Even late at night, CDs and DVDs go through the system.

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    SpongeBob in DPLIIx is pretty interesting.
    -curtis

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    If I am jsut watching the news or some older shows, No real need to watch Columbo in PLII, I just use the TV speakers. If I am going to watch movies or newer shows, I will usually fire up the system.

    This set up is purely out of necessity. My wife is very technology impared. It is much easier for her to run the TV normally. There is nothing worse than getting that call at work that's starts with "I cannot hear anything coming out of the TV. What do I do to get it to work?"
    Dave Nelms

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