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For HAVi to be successful it needed audio/video receivers, DVD, DVR, satellites, cable boxes, and game consoles. I don't know if Mitsubishi or any of the other HAVi members ever sold any other HAVi components in the United States. The Mitsubishi WS-55511 without digital HAVi components is left using traditional analog inputs from the same old analog home entertainment system. One of the big selling points of Mitsubishi's WS-55511 high definition television was its ability to digitally connect to a home entertainment system via the HAVi protocol over a single Fireware (IEEE-1934) cable. Unfortunately, Mitsubishi only produced one HAVi component, a Digital VHS (HS HD2000U) player. In short, no digital input for the MPEG decoder in the WS-55511 to decipher. This HAVi/Firewire connectivity was to eliminate the sea of analog audio and video cables typically used in analog home entertainment systems. What a bust.
i love this thing its everything you could wish for the color,sound everything `s beautiful
It has stereo, and it comes with RCA, coax, and S-video in/out connections, plus something called IEEE 1394 connectors.I originally bought a Mitsubishi HS-339UR videocassette player, back in June of 1986, 20 years ago, when they hadn't invented auto-tracking yet, and the machine was top quality then, and still runs after two decades and refuses to die. The high-speed ff and rewind sounds like a jet turbine. I've replaced one belt, and I kept the ff/rewind working with auto fan belt spray on a q-tip on the rubber wheel, using the book, "How to Keep Your VCR Alive" by Steve Thomas (bought used at amazon for $6).
The quality is on par with the former $1,000 price tag. Video quality finally began to deteriorate very slowly with age, however, and I finally had to throw in the towel on the old Mitsubishi and get a new one. I highly recommend this unit.
Now it's down to $119. A couple of years ago, this machine cost $1000. Two months ago, I paid $175.
No regrets.
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