Does the 1098 have bass management? I just ordered mine and forgot to ask this important question. Hope I didn't make a mistake!
Also, are there more video/vertical line problems?
Also, are there more video/vertical line problems?
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Jimmy yes the 1098 has very good bass management. Its far more flexible then the 1055 and 1066 were in that regard. You might want to read though the owners manual that you can get from the Rotel website since its very well written.
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Jimmy,
Welcome to the forum.
Andrew is correct, this beast has beautiful bass management as well as other speaker adjustments, which makes speaker blending much easier. Acoustically, it's great.
Video issues, you may need to read the Video glitch thread, it seems that they have updated the firmware to 1.1 xxxxx, however I am unsure whether this is merely a firmware upgrade or a firmware/ hardware upgrade, I am currently having my dealer investigate this issue. It seems that this video glitch is applicable to progressive scan issues in the 480p mode ( I think).
I am still puzzled however why Rotel dropped the video band width to 100Mhz on the 1098 as opposed to maintaining the 200MHz bandwith that the newer 1066's have.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this matter?
Currently I am not running progressive scan so this is not issue for me, however I don't want it to be an issue in the future, that's why I'm having my dealer investigate. He stated he would get back to me in the next couple of days. I will report my findings on the forum, unless Andrew can find out first, (any thoughts Andrew?).
Regards,
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Azeke-Originally posted by Azeke
Personally, I'm not too worried. Supposedly you only need 37Mhz of bandwidth to pass a HDTV signal so if you have 100Mhz of bandwidth available, you have a lot of additional headroom available. More than likely it was a cost cutting measure.
My old Denon receiver only had 50Mhz available and I never noticed a problem with it.
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Skipm,
Thanks for the info, I believe that the 100MHz bandwith is the THX minimal requirement. I also thought like you that this was a cost cutting measure to ensure that the 1098 remains below the 3K range.
Regards,
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100 MHz is still plenty for HD so I'm not at all worried about it. From talking to Rotel about the video issues some have seen I was told that they suspect that some of them had a rough flight over from Japan being rushed over to get them to the market as soon as possible. The later ones might not have been rushed and are likely to be ok which is what seems to have happened when you took it back and got another one. If you do have a problem just have your dealer give you another and it should be fine.I am still puzzled however why Rotel dropped the video band width to 100Mhz on the 1098 as opposed to maintaining the 200MHz bandwith that the newer 1066's have.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this matter?
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Andrew,
Thanks for the information. It also seems Rotel has upgraded the firmware to 1.1 xxxxxx. Do you have any information on this?
Regards,
AzekeComment
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How do you check version of firmware on 1098?Comment
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Hold the mute button on the remote down a few seconds.
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I'm working on it.Do you have any information on this?
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Need inputs from owners of RSP-1098
After reading all the posts and pics finally took the plunge and bought the RSP-1098. It is a dream machine - beautiful look, beautiful sound, beautiful LCD.
However I noticed a serious video glitch I don't know if anyone else have noticed.... -
Hi all, I have been lurking in this site for some time since I purchased my RSP-1098 back on February 2003. I received the unit last week and installed it. I used to have an RSX 1065 with very good results. Only problem is that analog inputs were considerable louder than digital ones (optical and coaxial).... -
Since this is the first receiver/processor that I've owned with more than 2 component video inputs I wanted to check with the other 1098 owners in the group to make sure I was reading the setup information correctly. You can connect 5 video sources, labeled Video 1 thru 5. You have 4 component video... -
I have a new 1098 with both DVD and Scientific Atlanta cable box connected with Comp cables and using video switching. Time Warner Cable suggested setting cable box for 1080i output only and when the 1098 was set for progressive output I got horizontal lines and distortion at the top of the screen,... -
I posted this over at Home Theater Forum, but figured this was a better place. Sorry for the redundancy if any of you follow both forums!
I just hooked up my new 1098 over the weekend. I haven't had any time yet to do any calibration and/or tweaking. I can't really comment on the 1098...
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