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Joelc: ( 70.52.168.162 ) at 6:53 AM EST Friday, July 3, 2009 Good morning gang...happy July 4th to all my American friends, hope you guys have a great day! Tiny C: Canada is not as well organized as the US as our nation's birthday is July 1st which means that this year we had Wednesday as a holiday instead of a Monday/Friday...very very stupid in my opinion... Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 10:21 PM EST Thursday, July 2, 2009 Oppo full review - finally! K: Tahnks for posting the review. I'm getting one. If you see any deals, let me know. Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 10:20 PM EST Thursday, July 2, 2009 Just got home from a fishing trip up Nordt (That's North in Minnesotan, eh). One of those trips were we'll laugh next year. BUT!!! I planned to leave last Friday right? But what happens? MJ has to die. I'm sorry. But had he waited 24 hours I would have been gone. As it was, I was on the phone all of Thursday night with customers wanting to know when they could have product. Then Friday up till 2PM. That's when I just had to leave and say sorry, talk to someone else. I was going to log on tonight and check emails, but I'm still on vacation and frankly don't give a damn. Happy Birthday to BC and Wayen. And a great holiday weekend to all (except Joel). But actually, I think CA has a holiday this week as well. So I take that back. You too, Joel. Later. BIG AL ( 75.57.220.248 ) at 11:37 AM EST Thursday, July 2, 2009 Happy Birthday Wayne !!! BC ( 166.50.66.214 ) at 9:13 AM EST Thursday, July 2, 2009 Thanks for the b-day wishes. I only put in a 12 hour day since it was my b-day. ;) Planning on having the family over this weekend for food, beer and swimming. Happy Birthday Wayne! Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 3:02 AM EST Thursday, July 2, 2009 Wayne, Happy Birthday Good Buddy! It's been a long time... Hope someday you post again... Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 11:54 PM EST Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Happy Birthday BC!! Have a Great Day Pal !! Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 11:15 PM EST Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Happy B-Day BC!!! If anyone hasn't seen the movie "The Hangover" Highly recommended !! Very funny movie even the second time around. Joelc: ( 76.64.15.245 ) at 10:25 PM EST Wednesday, July 1, 2009 BC: Happy birthday...hope you had a great day!! BIG AL ( 75.57.220.248 ) at 5:51 PM EST Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Happy Birthday BC !!! Joe ( 24.247.169.134 ) at 3:04 PM EST Wednesday, July 1, 2009 OH and have a big Texas Birthday Joe ( 24.247.169.134 ) at 3:04 PM EST Wednesday, July 1, 2009 BC:I think it rapes your E-mail accounts. Gasser  ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 2:53 PM EST Wednesday, July 1, 2009Happy Birthday BC  Have a great HT day!! 
BC ( 166.50.66.214 ) at 11:04 AM EST Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Thanks guys. Weirdest thing just happened. I logged on to my facebook page and to the right was a friend suggestion to add Curtis. How in the world did facebook know to suggest Curtis as a friend? As far as I know, we don't have any common friends, don't live anywhere near each other, aren't members of any similiar groups on facebook.....odd. Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 9:33 AM EST Wednesday, July 1, 2009 HAPPY BIRTHDAY BC!!! BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.56 ) at 8:34 AM EST Wednesday, July 1, 2009 B'Day BC, Have a great one! Scott "popcorn" ( 76.192.125.44 ) at 3:40 AM EST Wednesday, July 1, 2009 did I break the forum this time? I thought that was someone else's job... Scott "popcorn" ( 76.192.125.44 ) at 10:21 PM EST Monday, June 29, 2009 New Amp..... Gar: Wow... but don't you need to use a battery that has gold-plated plates, and special hook-up battery cables? CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 5:41 PM EST Monday, June 29, 2009 http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/13-year-old-trades-ipod-for-walkman-reports-on-mysterious-ancie/ This is great. BIG AL ( 75.57.220.248 ) at 3:59 PM EST Monday, June 29, 2009 New Amp..... Gar: For a grand they could've used a nicer piece of wood. A slice of Cherry wood might have given a sweeter midrange, yet tangy highs. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 2:02 PM EST Monday, June 29, 2009 New Amp..... The $1000 price tag says it all.... LOL http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?intatran&1251428916&/Battery-Operated-altmann-byob Joelc: ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 11:17 AM EST Monday, June 29, 2009 Good morning gang... Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 5:35 PM EST Sunday, June 28, 2009 Jeez...first Ed Mcmahon, then Farrah, then Michael Jackson...and now a real blow to the entertainment industry! http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/28/mays.death/index.html Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 10:31 AM EST Sunday, June 28, 2009 Mulally: Ford boosting production to meet demand CajunMike: It's nice to see the CEO from Ford knows what he is doing... I can tell you the new Ford Escape Hybrid I had for 3 months before my company car came, which is a Jeep. The Escape got much better gas milage of course, it was larger and rode better. I know what my next car will be if I get a chance to pick it out. :) Joelc: Good Morning, nice here as well... 70's no humidity anymore and sunny with a slight breeze! Joelc: ( 70.52.236.112 ) at 8:22 AM EST Sunday, June 28, 2009 Good morning gang, beautiful weekend weather here in the "great white north", am hoping that everyone is enjoying it as well... CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 1:48 AM EST Sunday, June 28, 2009 Mulally: Ford boosting production to meet demand http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/27/mulally-ford-boosting-production-to-meet-demand/ Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 1:43 PM EST Saturday, June 27, 2009 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/GEs-CEO-calls-for-American-apf-220407613.html? Well, our American business leaders and politicians should have been thinking about this years ago! Start paying teachers more, and have them have a strict certification, and I think we could be on to some thing.. Joelc: ( 70.52.169.18 ) at 6:49 AM EST Saturday, June 27, 2009 Good morning gang...hope that everyone has a good weeekend.... Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 8:35 PM EST Friday, June 26, 2009 R.I.P. K: Very well put, I wasn't a fan either but the guy had some talent that got lost with his demons that is for sure. Thanks for posting the Oppo review, as one of my local dealers will be carrying Oppo now, so I finally have a chance to compare it to some other BD players I have. K ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 5:06 PM EST Friday, June 26, 2009 "main" should be "man" K ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 5:06 PM EST Friday, June 26, 2009 R.I.P. Show me an entertainer even half as talented and iconic as MJ who WASN'T (or isn't) a nutcase. Elvis, Lenon, Cobain, one could go on and on... they all had their demons/issues. I was never a huge fan of his music, even back in the day. But no one can say, regardless of how weird/crazy he was, that he wasn't one of the most gifted, talented, amazing performers ever to walk the Earth (or the moon... lol). The main could PERFORM. If you ever saw him live, it wouldn't matter if you liked his songs or hated them, you would be impressed and entertained. 'nuff said. K ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 12:33 PM EST Friday, June 26, 2009 Oppo full review - finally! http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/blu-ray-players/647-oppo-bdp-83-blu-ray-player.html Joelc: ( 70.54.140.59 ) at 8:55 AM EST Friday, June 26, 2009 Good morning gang... Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 2:01 AM EST Friday, June 26, 2009 Pioneer Kuro Projector A Local dealer in town just got about 8 of these from a distributor that went out of business he is selling them new for $3800. http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/07/pioneer-gets-really-official-with-9-000-elite-kuro-projector/ Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 1:50 AM EST Friday, June 26, 2009 R.I.P. BAGMAN: Out of respect for the Dead, hence the RIP. Doesn't matter if he was or wasn't a mental case, as I am sure it didn't help that he had pretty crappy parents. Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 12:25 AM EST Friday, June 26, 2009 N. Korea No Chance,...Bush is gone... Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 12:22 AM EST Friday, June 26, 2009 Hey Good Buddy, When i expressed my dislike for Radio Shack i was not reffering to unknowledgable employees or local store mgr's ect. I was reffering to the top,way upstairs...Truly they don't deserve you.... BIG AL ( 75.57.220.248 ) at 11:41 PM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 Chris L; My list is long because I've been putting things off for so long. My deck needs work too. I had my house re-stained a couple years back, and the guys threw in the deck for free. Unfortunately, they didn't prep good enough and it's all peeling off the floor. Too hot to do it now. Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 8:08 PM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 N. Korea Fuck 'em....nuke 'em first. Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 8:06 PM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 BIG AL:I have a list too. Maybe not as long as yours but it should keep me busy all summer. First off is deck repair. The moron who built it (father in law's buddy) didn't leave spaces between the boards for the water to drain so there are a few soft spots and a couple of holes. Worst part is is that we used mahogany for the decking instead of plain old PT. BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.38 ) at 7:50 PM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 R.I.P. Gar: Why? He didn't live in peace, he was a freakin mental case. BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.56 ) at 7:47 PM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 BIG AL: I am amazed at N. Korea's sack ! They have to be nuts. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 7:20 PM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 R.I.P. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/pop-star-michael-jackson-was-rushed-to-a-hospital-this-afternoon-by-los-angeles-fire-department-paramedics--capt-steve-ruda.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529080,00.html Big Al: Yikes, and then reading about N. Korea is very scary... I wish the Chinese would step in but there the ones that helped create that lovely little country. ;) BIG AL ( 75.57.220.248 ) at 7:03 PM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 Being jobless doesn't scare me half as much as all the news about N. Korea! BIG AL ( 75.57.220.248 ) at 7:02 PM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 Rich; Oh sure. I've been at Rat Shack for 10 years, and this is the first I hear of it! You've been secretly hating the Shack behind my back!  I don't know anyone that knows anything about electronics that doesn't hate the Shack. Mine was different because at least one guy knew what he was talking about (most of the time), and nobody gave customers the hard sell. I HATE that...now the new manager....she's an idiot, and she'll badger you the entire time your in there. She calls a surround sound system a "surround around". Not to mention she's missing all her lower front teeth, and she's from Kentucky.
BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.56 ) at 6:59 PM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 BIG AL & Chris L , Best of luck to you. I too, think stuff happens for a reason ! BIG AL ( 75.57.220.248 ) at 6:50 PM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 Thanks everyone, but I'm actually getting things done. New exhaust on the wife's car, cleaned and overhauled the air conditioner, started cleaning up my computer room, and made a list of everything I want to get done on the house, car, bike, computer, and HT. The list is so long, it took me 2 days to write it up. I'm guessing it'll be done around 2012. Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 5:02 PM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009Best of Luck Guys Chris L, Big Al, and also Joe, Gar and Tony C. Good luck to all of you. Hang in there. I too believe that things happen for a reason, and what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. It's amazing that so many of our small community are being affected by this crummy situation. I'll keep all of you in my thoughts. Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 11:47 AM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 Panasonic DMP-BD80K Gar/BC: Thanx Guys! BC ( 76.236.208.252 ) at 11:10 AM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 Panasonic DMP-BD80K Rich: I haven't used the bd80 but have put in 3 or 4 of the bd60. No issues so far. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 9:52 AM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 Panasonic DMP-BD80K Rich: Very good player, the BD60K is good as well. If you know anyone that wants a Panasonic BD-30K let me know as I am selling this one. Great player for the money, and it has the newest firmware updates and frankly now I can't tell the difference between this unit and my BD-35K on Blu-Ray or DVD Playback. I have too many players.. LOL $175.00 shipped and not used much. Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 1:11 AM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 Panasonic DMP-BD80K Anyone own this player? It's got good specs and it looks really nice. I've got a Best Buy gift card that i could put towards it and the customer reviews were very positive except a couple of people mentioned they had some HDMI hand shake issues and that has me on pause 
BC ( 76.236.208.252 ) at 12:52 AM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 Best of luck Chris L and Big Al (and Joe and Gar and Tony C). Joelc: ( 76.64.12.243 ) at 12:48 AM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 Chris L and BIG AL: Horrible news, I feel for you guys and hope that, for each of you, something better is just around the corner... Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 12:29 AM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 CajunMike: Here you go this movie is far worse that Terminator Salvation which I actually liked, if you go onto IMDB the ratings are decent now. But this new MB movie sounds pretty bad....... http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_revenge_of_the_fallen/?page=3&critic=approved&sortby=date&name_order=asc&view=#contentReviews Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 12:24 AM EST Thursday, June 25, 2009 Big Al/Chris L, I wish you Guys the Very Very Best! i never liked Radio Shack... I didn't like them 20yrs ago and i don't like them now... Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 11:04 PM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Well sorry for not proof reading that one!  
Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 10:53 PM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009 BIG AL: Sorry to hear that, but I bet it felt damn good to say that to him! I have been basically told the same thing since Jan. I had a good paying job calling on the ER/OR and took a risk and went with a start up Biotech company. Well for the first time in my life it is the biggest mistake I have ever made as far as jobs go. Weekly or boss tells us on one had we are doing a good job, and then threatens us that we will loose our jobs if we don't get our sales up. I have an interview next week and I would love to tell him to stick it as well, but with 3 small kids and my income being the main source I have to suck it up and deal with his BS, hopefully not for too long. Stress is the worst I have ever experienced in my life and hopefully my stress never comes over too strongly on here as I am sure I have been set off by things that would never bother me, so sorry for that. Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 10:29 PM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Chris, Al: Best of luck in finding employment that makes you happy. I am currently talking to a career councelor, trying to figure out what I'm good at and what I would like to do. So far, it's more like talking to a shrink than it is finding me a career. As I have said before, after 30 years in the record business, all I'm qualified for is armed robbery. But the health plan sucks. Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 10:26 PM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Chicago Joe: And a street named after him. Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 7:01 PM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Chris L.: Good luck to you, too! Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 7:01 PM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Oh.... and your taxes aren't safe in my case.
Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 7:00 PM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009 BIG AL: Well, I'll surely miss all your stories about the crazies who frequented your store. Good luck! Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 6:59 PM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009 BIG AL: I'm with ya buddy, my job is over as of 6/30. My boss has slowly been getting rid of all the employees one by one. Although he denies any "hidden agendas", we all can see that there's nothing "hidden" about it. He came into the company 6 years ago and never really got along with us all that well. So....as of next wednesday I'm out on the streets, so to speak. A 1 year old and a 4 year old at home. Only upside is that, like you, I have a ton of stuff that needs to be done at home (deck repair,painting,etc) that I never had time for before. And you're right..it can be a good thing. My wife keeps telling me that everything happens for a reason and understands that this is not my fault. Hang in there, buddy! BIG AL ( 75.57.220.248 ) at 5:14 PM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009 I guess I can tell you guys finally that I'm unemployed. I'm not on unemployment so your taxes are safe. The boss cancelled my Christmas bonus 3 years ago, 2 years ago he stopped paying holidays, this year he took away my 3 weeks paid vacation, and he was talking about not paying commission. That put my salary around my 1978 income. When I complained he basically said he could do what he wants because the economy is so bad I'll never get a job anywhere else. The stress level was more than my salary, so I laughed in his face, and told him to stick his pathetic job up his ass. The wife agreed, so I'm "temporarily retired" until my back feels better. I'm just trying do all the jobs around the house that have been waiting. No sympathy for me, it's a good thing. (I hope)
CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 5:06 PM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009 BIG AL: Yep and it will be a lesson learned. it sounds great though they way they tried to sell it. "You and I are shareholders as tax payers". If they were to become profitable would we get a dividend check? It's just a matter of time before they are right back to needing another 50 to 100 billion or it's over and we will wish we could go back to the fall of 2008 and made a different decision on the first bailout. Bush gave them 30 billion so he could kick that can down the road to the new administration. BIG AL ( 75.57.220.248 ) at 4:58 PM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009 CajunMike; If nobody is buying their cars, they won't be able to buy back shares, and I doubt you'll see anyone else buying their shares either. I heard Ford is trying a different tact overseas, and now here. http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-bailout-free-but-still-begging/ I'm not arguing your point. You may very well be right, just throwing out another possibility. I've never bought a new car in my life, and doubt I ever will, so I'm just looking out for my taxes. I DEFINATELY don't agree with how the government is handling things. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 3:07 PM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009 BIG AL: When they sell their shares back to GM or on the open market. I'm not buying anything from a business that politicians are pulling the levers on behind the scenes. That is not capitalism, that's socialism. Russians are mocking us right now. There was a story on Pravda a month or so ago where a Russian historian and columnist was stating that we were descending into Marxism at a faster pace than the old Soviet Union did. Firing CEO's, naming a car czar who is only 30 years old, no experience in the auto industry and hasn't finished law school yet but he was active with Obama's campaign. First debtors bullied by the Obama administration and illegally pushed to back of the line, UAW getting close to 20 percent of ownership. No thanks, I'm not participating with my wallet even though there are more than a few GM models that I really like. I just finished my first year of a three year lease on my Infiniti and I think I'm going to scale down on my next lease. I enjoy my vehicle immensely but I've got higher priorities coming up. I will likely lease a Ford or Lincoln next time. BIG AL ( 75.57.220.248 ) at 1:47 PM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009 BC; It's not that I'm optimistic, just trying to figure out how this could possibly work. I can look at it as an investor, or I can look at it like I've been robbed. Either way I'm screwed, but as an investor there's a chance. So how do we make the best of that investment? BIG AL ( 75.57.220.248 ) at 1:43 PM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009 CajunMike; "until that 50-percent government ownership is no more" and how will that happen? CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 1:24 PM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009 BIG AL: I guess the same arguement can be made if you make sure you take every tax deduction available to you every year. Go read autoblog and the responses to the almost daily posts about GM and bailouts. Most people are saying they won't hesitate to buy a Ford product but they won't consider buying GM until that 50-percent government ownership is no more. It's not simply a republican stance either. Gallup posted a survey result a few weeks ago that showed that people who considered themselves to be "conservative" was the nation's largest self identifying group at 40%. That 40% consisted of many who are registered democrat. My voice was not heard on the bailouts, it wasn't heard on letting businesses fail (which is a good thing and the normal evolution of a capitalistic system). My voice wasnt heard on busting the unions up and it wasn't heard on TARP and that baloney stimulus that hasnt stimulated anything because less than 10 percent of it has been spent so far. Where I can be heard is with my own wallet and my own spending and that's how many Americans are letting their voices heard. If politicians want home sales to increase, if they want Americans to quit hording their money and start spending again, etc.. Then they better get out of that Washington D.C. bubble and start listening to folks. Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 1:17 PM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009BYork: Nice. I really like the San Luis Obispo area. BC ( 166.50.66.214 ) at 11:57 AM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009 BIG AL: You are more optimistic than me. I don't think it will matter, the gubrment will screw it up regardless. And the tax payers will take it in the arse in the end. BIG AL ( 75.57.220.248 ) at 11:49 AM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009 CajunMike; By boycotting GM, are we punishing the government, or the taxpayers that support the government? If nobody buys GM, then is the government going to continue to pump taxpayer's money into it, or let it collapse waisting all that money? Aren't we better off if everyone buys from GM, puts it back on it's feet, so GM can "buy" itself back from the government, and pay back the taxpayers?  BYork ( 151.151.98.237 ) at 11:08 AM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2009Gasser: We stayed in the Kona Rock Room on my birthday, then the Romance Room the next night. My wife decided she wanted to stay a 2nd night...but the Kona Room is one of the ones that books the quickest(all the rock rooms do), so we couldn't get it for a 2nd night. I have a ton of digital pics of both rooms and the restaurant. They'll eventually be up on my photobucket site. ( My Photobucket Site) Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 11:22 PM EST Tuesday, June 23, 2009 CajunMike: A lot of this started taking place before Obama came into office, the first bailout money started with Bush and then it got even worse with Obama so the idiots are on both sides of the fence on this. The huge problem if GM would have went down, is the economy would have been in a huge world of hurt, far worse than it is now. Almost every company lately is using the Fear tactic. My current boss uses that shit daily with us, and right now it works because people are afraid of loosing there jobs. I agree with you, bankruptcy should have been the only option. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 7:37 PM EST Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Joe: Political issues are not your fault, but there was tons of foolishness leading up to all of this. The cars are fine and I totally agree with everything Lutz was saying. I follow Autoblog and I know what GM has coming down the pike. From my side of the political aisle, I believe bankruptcy should have been the first and only option. Had that taken place, I think things would be much more positive. All of the fear tactics of suppliers going out of business if GM were to file bankrupt was just that. Lies and fear tactics. The American people are pissed about their money being squandered. I stated on this board early last fall that it was stupid (republicans voted for it too) and that the money would get burned through fast and GM/Chrysler would be back asking for more.. Sure enough, those billions were gone within several months. Now you have a state run car company which is unacceptable. Now you have unions being paid and rewarded ahead of bond holders who were pushed illegally to the back of the line. When Rush Limbaugh goes on the air and tells people to boycott GM because by buying a GM product is supporting Obama's socialist policy, he's just reiterating what a lot of people were already feeling, myself being one of them. I'm not rewarding the idiots in Washington for their foolish decision. Those politicians are going to have to answer to history and the voters over this one. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 7:28 PM EST Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Paramount launches Sapphire Series line of premium Blu-ray releases Promising the finest Corinthian Leather picture and sound, Paramount is launching its Sapphire Series, two disc high definition releases of some of its greatest films, starting with Gladiator and Braveheart September 1 followed by Forrest Gump in November. That means a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio track for Braveheart and DTS-HD MA for Gladiator, while both will have a slew of exclusive new extras. For Gladiator that includes the ability to tag elements while watching the main disc, which will then automatically queue up more information once the second supplemental disc is loaded into the player, while Braveheart's extras focus mostly on the history of the Scottish Rebellion with 3D models and interactive timelines. Paramount didn't mention how much viewers would be paying for these new feature packed editions but they both show a $39.99 MSRP / $27.99 preorder price on Amazon. The press release runs down the extras, though we suspect you'll have to be a pretty big fan (of which there should be plenty for these multiple Oscar winning flicks) to pay the premium over typical catalog releases instead of waiting for them to hit the bargain bin. Joe ( 24.247.168.126 ) at 7:27 PM EST Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Tony In front of the Tribune, a guy on a horse with some Indians. He is Kinzie and is one of the founding fathers of Chicago Joe ( 24.247.168.126 ) at 7:25 PM EST Tuesday, June 23, 2009 CajunMike: We have worked so hard since the shit from the 80's to improve our quality. Still not perfect, but tons better. I just don't know what to say anymore Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 6:24 PM EST Tuesday, June 23, 2009 This was nice to see.... http://www.ussnewyork.com/ Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 6:08 PM EST Tuesday, June 23, 2009BYork:Fun place. Which room did you stay in? CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 5:59 PM EST Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Not good. I know many people who are not far right in their political thinking who say they will not buy another GM product due to the government taking them over. Many want to send a message to Washington D.C. POLL: 54% of Americans against Cash for Clunkers, 59% expect GM quality to dip under gov't. ownership by Chris Paukert on Jun 23rd 2009 at 2:29PM America's "Cash for Clunkers" bill is on the cusp of being signed by President Obama, but according to a new survey by Rasmussen Reports, a majority of U.S. citizens aren't in favor of the plan. According to the telephone survey, fully 54% of those queried are against the measure, while 35% are in favor and 12% aren't sure how they feel about it. That's up from a similar survey done last month, in which just 34% were against consumer vouchers for trading in older, less efficient cars and trucks. In fairness, Rasmussen Reports indicates that the change could have been influenced by a change in the wording of the respective surveys (the initial survey did not indicate how much the program might cost the government). While that news may not perk up the spirits of Capitol Hill, the survey's findings that 17% of those asked say they are "very likely" to purchase a new vehicle this year because of the program (and a further 18% admit they are somewhat likely) ought to cheer up a few members of Congress. Perhaps most interesting of all is news that many Americans would appear to have little faith in the ability of the government to help General Motors improve its fortunes, with 41% expecting for GM's quality to deteriorate under federal ownership. (Presumably, this leaves 59% of those surveyed that feel otherwise or are undecided). Perhaps more damaging is that the study's findings say that fully 57% of those questioned believe that the government is likely to pass laws and regulations that give Chrysler and General Motors unfair advantages over other automakers that did not receive bailout funds. Oddly, Rasmussen Reports' findings to not disclose the number of people it surveyed, or any +/- accuracy estimates. Perhaps one has to have a 'premium membership' to get access to that data. In any case, check out the link for more of the study's findings. Joelc: ( 76.64.15.201 ) at 5:32 PM EST Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Afternoon gang...been away a few days so thought I would drop in and say hello... BYork ( 151.151.98.238 ) at 4:56 PM EST Tuesday, June 23, 2009All - Thanks for the birthday wishes. I had a fun one. My wife took me to the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo(California). The Madonna Inn Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 11:39 AM EST Tuesday, June 23, 2009Happy Belated Birthday Brian BYork: I've been out of town, and my computer is in the hospital, so missed the big day. Hopefully, you had a wonderful birthday. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 2:47 AM EST Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Blue ray player owners Gar: I'm doing the same as you. I'm not as buy-crazy with Blu-Ray movies as I was when I started my DVD collection. So far I have only replaced two movies that I own a DVD copy of and that's "Batman Begins" and "Seabiscuit". In the winter they will release the Lord of the Rings trilogy on Blu-ray but it's the theatrical cuts only. No way am I buying that, whereas I double-dipped with that series on DVD. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 1:12 AM EST Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Blue ray player owners BAGMAN: I am replacing certain DVD in my collection, and certain series on Blu-Ray. I only buy if there is a decent sale, otherwise I play the waiting game. The cool thing is there starting to include DVD/Blu-Ray and a digital copy on some movies, which makes it worth the extra cost some times. BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.38 ) at 6:56 PM EST Monday, June 22, 2009 Blue ray player owners Thanks. That's what I thought. Seems like std dvd prices are going down kind of fast but... there are not too many current BD discs that I really want to see, at the going rate. BIG AL ( 75.57.221.103 ) at 4:57 PM EST Monday, June 22, 2009 It's amazing how much space the new OSs uses. My sister-in-law's laptop had a bad hard drive, and I had a spare 20GB laying around. Popped it in and had 4gb extra space after loading XP. SP3 loaded with updates, and it had 256mb left. Had to uninstall SP3 so it had space for a paging file. If you put in a partition to dual boot or whatever, be sure to leave space for the sevice packs! BIG AL ( 75.57.221.103 ) at 4:52 PM EST Monday, June 22, 2009 "The updated requirements have changed little since the Windows 7 beta, and they are almost identical to those of Windows Vista." 1 GHz processor (32- or 64-bit) 1 GB of RAM (32-bit); 2 GB of RAM (64-bit) 16 GB of available disk space (32-bit); 20 GB of available disk space (64-bit) DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 1:10 PM EST Monday, June 22, 2009 Windows 7 Gar: Not sure what the minimum requirments are but i do know they're much lower than Vista. I have visited a lot of Netbook blogs and from what i've read Win7 is running fine with the Intel Atom and just one gig ram. Although a few have said xp seems to be a little quicker. Next fall netbooks will ship with Win7 installed (probably a lite version). I've upgraded my netbook to 2gig so i shouldn't have a problem. All you guys will be proud of me cuz i have the only netbook thats HT certified LOL just kidding there's no such certification but it comes close. the following short video is a must, this is the one i got for Fathers Day LOL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsVwz7nlYJM&NR=1 Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 12:02 PM EST Monday, June 22, 2009 Windows 7 Tony C:: Just curious what the minimum requirements are for memory etc are. I would love to upgrade to W7, but I have an older machine and I am afraid that if I do this once again none of the software I have on it will ever work again. Hopefully this won't be the case as it was with Windows Vista. Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 10:50 PM EST Sunday, June 21, 2009 Blue ray player owners CajunMike: Best Buy had great prices on some old catalog BDs. I spent a ton there today. But I got 36 mos to pay for it so I don't feel too guilty. Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 10:48 PM EST Sunday, June 21, 2009 Windows 7 Rich: I'm thinking the same way. I want to switch to Win7 so I can use more of the Media Center stuff. So a couple older machines that don't have the space to dual boot, will most likely move to win7. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 5:08 PM EST Sunday, June 21, 2009 Blue ray player owners BAGMAN: I quit buying DVD discs a whole year before I purchased a Blu-Ray player. I only buy Blu-Ray discs now. Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 5:02 PM EST Sunday, June 21, 2009 Happy Father's Day to all you fathers (and a few of you mothers) out there. My father-in-law just bought a new Sony Bravia 37" LCD so I bought him an HDMI cable to hook up his DVD player and calibrated his TV using Digital VE. He was pretty happy about the outcome. He still had it at the default settings. Ew! He only bought a new one because he was tired of everyone being green on the old set....and he had been doing that for 2 weeks! Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 2:56 PM EST Sunday, June 21, 2009 Windows 7 I've read a lot of positive reviews about win7rc and earlier beta releases. From what i've read yes it borrows a lot from vista in fact if you download win7 and you can't find a correct driver or your having an incompatable driver problem almost 100% of vista's drivers are fully compatable with win7. Again from what i've read on the blogs win7 appears to be more stable and much less of a resource hog. And it is for that reason that Netbooks are pre loaded with XP or Linux. Most Netbooks including the Samsung i just purchased are running the Intel Atom processer wich is suprisingly quick although i did pop out the 1gig ram stick and installed 2gig (crucial). Although i like and i'm very familure with xp i would like to load win7 in Oct when it's officially released. What i need to decide is whether to replace xp or create a partition and dual boot. Right now i'm leaning towards a dual boot, i have plenty of room on my HD... Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 2:19 PM EST Sunday, June 21, 2009 Happy Fathers Day Guys! Cheers! Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 11:36 AM EST Sunday, June 21, 2009 Joelc:: Ditto to everyone! Good morning all and happy "Fathers Day" to all as well. I guess today I get a free pass without being yelled at by the wife.... LOL ;) Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 11:29 AM EST Sunday, June 21, 2009 Let me echo Joel by wishing everyone a happy father's day. Hope it's relaxing to all. So far, I've been cleaning up the backroom to the HT. Just after Benjamin Button, as the credit's were rolling, we hear a crach back there. A shelf gave way and the 19" TV I had back there for viewing while working fell off it's shelf. Believe it or not, no damage except for the old and replaceable TV. Wow, I was very lucky. Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 11:26 AM EST Sunday, June 21, 2009 Gar Joe: would be happy to meet you, if I'm in town. The Tribune building is on Michigan Ave. The Sun Times is along the river and visible from the Mich Ave bridge. The only statue I recall across the street from the Tribune building and in front of WGN studios is Jack Brickhouse. But of course there could be others. Joelc: ( 70.52.168.54 ) at 8:49 AM EST Sunday, June 21, 2009 Good morning gang... Happy father's day to all the fathers our there... Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 6:52 AM EST Sunday, June 21, 2009 Joe: Plenty of cold beer waiting for you if you should ever stop by. Plenty of places to run/bike and swim etc.... :) Joe ( 24.247.168.126 ) at 7:32 PM EST Saturday, June 20, 2009 Gar Gar: I told my wife we ned to make a road trip though Chicago. There is a statue across from the Sun Times(?) on Michigan(?) that is her grandfather or great grandfather or something. Then we could call Tony and have beers with him. Then head north though Cheeseconsin and stop and see Gar. She is like what the hell are you talking about. I said hey they are like us, not knowing what the next day will bring. That's the thing about having all this time, half the money. But I'm not crying there are alot more people wondering what they are eating tonight. Joelc: ( 99.231.158.214 ) at 1:44 PM EST Saturday, June 20, 2009 Afternoon all... Bagman: I have only been purchasing blu-rays but have NOT been upgrading my DVDs collection as I rarely watch movies twice...so why buy discs at all, because I almost only ever buy used blu-rays from Blockbuster for only a couple / few dollars more than renting them but WITHOUT the hassle of returning them...the other bonus is that you can return the bad ones to them for 50% of what I paid...all in all I think, thebst way to go... Joe: Happy to hear that you are hanging in... Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 9:29 AM EST Saturday, June 20, 2009 Joe: Thats good to hear for you, not of course for some of the others you know. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 9:28 AM EST Saturday, June 20, 2009 Blue ray player owners Chris L.: /Bagman: I have been doing the same as ChirsL, basically upgrading some of my DVDs to Blu-Ray, depends on the movie of course. I even took my BSG DVDs in and sold them because I heard it will be released on Blu-Ray this summer. Joe: Good to hear, I am hoping I make it through summer. The Medical/Pharmaceutical industries are almost as bad, and they are not getting any bailout money so most of the layoffs are final. :( Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 5:16 AM EST Saturday, June 20, 2009 Blue ray player owners BAGMAN:Not usually. When I bought my BR player, I sold all of my standard DVDs that weren't available on BR. As new BR movies come out I've been giving the stragglers to friends. Joe ( 24.247.168.126 ) at 9:53 PM EST Friday, June 19, 2009 I was out on my ride today and stopped by a coworkers house. I usally don't stop, but something was nagging at me. Well he got the call that his job is gone. Then he told me four others that are my peers that are gone. I had mixed feelings, sad he lost his job, however he was planning on retirement soon. Then at the same time I was sorta relieved that at least I did not get the call. Had a good ride though Joe ( 24.247.168.126 ) at 9:50 PM EST Friday, June 19, 2009 BC:really, if you want to put in perspective. If you are in the NFl you can kill a person and it only cost 30 days in jail. BC ( 166.50.66.214 ) at 5:29 PM EST Friday, June 19, 2009 BIG AL: Ah, I didn't realize it was for sharing. But still, just stupid. BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.56 ) at 4:53 PM EST Friday, June 19, 2009 Blue ray player owners Do you still buy standard dvd discs, providing it is a good deal? BIG AL ( 75.57.215.202 ) at 3:37 PM EST Friday, June 19, 2009 BC; To be fair, it's for sharing the files online, not downloaded, but no less ridiculous. Especially when you see the very small list of songs. Even their settlement offer of $9250 per song was ridiculous. The RIAA would be a much more respectable entity if they went with small fines and jail time. It just seems like they're padding lawyer fees. BC ( 166.50.66.214 ) at 2:13 PM EST Friday, June 19, 2009 So what do you guys think about the girl getting fined $80,000 per illegally downloaded song? I think it's totally asinine. I'm basing that on the value/dollar amount of what was stolen (a .99 song) relative to the penalty. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 3:00 AM EST Friday, June 19, 2009 This looks like a fun movie. I really like Woody Harrelson and of course some old Van Halen used as music for the trailer probably has me biased a bit. ;) http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/zombieland/ Joe ( 24.247.168.126 ) at 11:55 PM EST Thursday, June 18, 2009 Hey Law guys What does this mean? Does it mean guys are getting fired for asking the wrong questions? http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-tc-nw-inspectors-0617-0618jun18,0,5718990.story BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.58 ) at 11:09 PM EST Thursday, June 18, 2009 T-Man: I've been informed that we are a couple of hours away from Charlotte. I know that H. Depot sends our people there for seminars and it's no big deal. I've gone to Columbia, for training, never been to Charlotte. Why do you ask? GEO.: ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 9:08 PM EST Thursday, June 18, 2009 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRIAN. HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT DAY!! BIG AL ( 75.57.215.202 ) at 5:08 PM EST Thursday, June 18, 2009 Happy Birthday BYork !!! Scott "popcorn" ( 70.137.6.235 ) at 2:10 PM EST Thursday, June 18, 2009 Happy Birthday Brian! (and all the other recents I've missed) T-Man ( 68.166.112.31 ) at 1:55 PM EST Thursday, June 18, 2009 BAGMAN: Hey Bagman, how far are you from Charlotte? BC ( 166.50.66.214 ) at 10:44 AM EST Thursday, June 18, 2009 Happy Birthday Brian! BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.38 ) at 8:35 AM EST Thursday, June 18, 2009 BYork Happy B'Day ! Joelc: ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 8:27 AM EST Thursday, June 18, 2009 BYork: Happy birthday, hope you have a great day... Joelc: ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 8:25 AM EST Thursday, June 18, 2009 Good morning gang, hope that everyone has a good one... Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 3:27 AM EST Thursday, June 18, 2009 Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday Brian!! 
Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 10:01 PM EST Wednesday, June 17, 2009 your thoughts? Robert: Just to confirm it is him just take a look at John Hora webpage the pic on the right is the most recent picture the last time I saw it here on the HTOC. http://www.johnhora.com/Where%20Are%20They%20Now.htm Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 9:10 PM EST Wednesday, June 17, 2009 your thoughts? Robert: That be Curtis, I hope he is doing ok..... BYork ( 151.151.98.237 ) at 6:23 PM EST Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Happy belated Birthday, Wild Bill and JoelC! Happy Birthday Carlos!
Robert ( 64.122.142.234 ) at 5:47 PM EST Wednesday, June 17, 2009 your thoughts? I was going through my contacts today, saw curtis' name, decided to google him and came up with this. Kinda looks like him. What do you think? http://www.johnhora.com/Curtis%20Cade%20Gallery.htm Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 2:12 PM EST Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Happy Birthday Joel!! It's ok if i'm a day late because with all you traveling you probably haven't been home yet to blow out the candles lol Have a Great Day!!! BIG AL ( 75.57.215.202 ) at 11:38 AM EST Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Happy Birthday Carlos !!! Joelc: ( 70.52.171.238 ) at 8:18 AM EST Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Good morning gangs...thanks to all for the kind birthday wishes, they are / were greatly appreciated... Gasser ( 71.106.229.156 ) at 12:38 AM EST Wednesday, June 17, 2009Happy Birthday JoelC It didn't show up on my screen, so hopefully I'm not just following the crowd, but hope you have a great day. Happy Birthday
BIG AL ( 75.57.215.202 ) at 11:02 PM EST Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Had the MotoGP race on the DVR from Sunday. Watched it tonight and holy crap! Amazing final 3 laps. Lorenzo and Rossi battle till the end, and they are teammates. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6TkAIi4sWo Joe ( 71.82.105.199 ) at 10:06 PM EST Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Happy B-day Joel BC ( 76.236.208.252 ) at 9:35 PM EST Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Happy Birthday Joel! Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 9:02 PM EST Tuesday, June 16, 2009 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOEL!! Hope you have a great day! 
GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 6:14 PM EST Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Joelc: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOEL. AND MANY MORE!! This calls for an extra beer tonight. Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 6:01 PM EST Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Joelc:: Happy Birthday JC! Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 5:50 PM EST Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Blu-Ray Anyone looking for a Blu-Ray player under $200 bucks let me know as I have a Panasonic I am selling. BD-30, and it has the newest firmware updates, after doing the updates I can't tell the difference between the BD-30 and the BD-35. BIG AL ( 75.57.215.202 ) at 12:20 PM EST Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Happy Birthday Joelc !!! At least you got to sleep in on your birthday.
Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 10:43 AM EST Tuesday, June 16, 2009 CajunMike: Hehehe yeah right. More like a Boom Box with Dolby Digital. Plus that Krell piece is ugly! ;) Happy B-Day Joelc! Joelc: ( 76.64.15.187 ) at 7:07 AM EST Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Good morning gang...hope that everyone has a great day... BAGMAN ( 75.105.208.140 ) at 5:37 AM EST Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Good morning and Happy B'Day Joelc. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 2:30 AM EST Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Gar: Your next purchase? ;) http://blog.ultimateavmag.com/ultimate-gear/id_unleashed/ Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 12:01 AM EST Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Nokia Internet Tablet Gar, Very Koool, and less than halph the price of my Samsung netbook but... at only 4+ inches the display is a little too small for this old buzzard . My Sammy netbook is awesome! it's the only netbook with 2.1 chan audio, it actually has a subwoofer lol. Thanx fot the link!
AVB ( 67.142.130.34 ) at 11:31 PM EST Monday, June 15, 2009 DTV "transition" Kieran: Damn if I remember, I've had it up for over a decade. Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 11:21 PM EST Monday, June 15, 2009 DTV "transition" AVB: Wait, 148 inches? Holy cow, what model antenna is that? Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 11:19 PM EST Monday, June 15, 2009 DTV "transition" AVB: Nice! I still own a DTC100. Should be rising in value as a collectors item any day now...  Along with my Dish6000 HD receiver.Anyone interested in either of these, btw? AVB ( 67.142.130.34 ) at 10:48 PM EST Monday, June 15, 2009 DTV "transition" Kieran:I've been using an OTA since the days of the DTC-100. I can get digital from Philly (77 miles) if I point that 148" monster that way. BIG AL ( 75.57.215.202 ) at 12:09 PM EST Monday, June 15, 2009 Kieran; The transition to digital may have improved your level of happiness, but on the retail side it's a stress monster. There's one old guy who's son told him he needs a converter box. He bought a new 32" LCD 6 months ago, and it's HD. I've seen the manual. He comes in twice a week for about an hour to have me show him in the manual that he's HD capable, and doesn't need a box. He's told me it says on the screen that he's getting HD, but his son insists. However he won't buy one, he just keeps coming in to "discuss" it. It amazes me how someone will plop down big money for a TV, car, jewelry, etc...., but they obsess over every scrap of info they see/hear about a free-$20 converter box. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 9:06 AM EST Monday, June 15, 2009 Morning all: Rich I thought you might like to see this as it has a great price on it...... http://www.buy.com/prod/nokia-n810-internet-tablet-full-pull-out-qwerty-keyboard-810/q/loc/101/206228943.html?adid=17070&dcaid=17070 Joelc: ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 7:23 AM EST Monday, June 15, 2009 Good morning gang... Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 4:17 AM EST Monday, June 15, 2009 BIG AL: By golly, you're right. They ARE out to get us! Hmmm... except that my happiness (via enjoyment of TV) has improved as a result of the digital transition. But if this knife law goes through, I'll never be able to open any HT gear boxes again!!! Boo-Hoo! Gasser ( 71.106.229.156 ) at 12:20 AM EST Monday, June 15, 2009How bout them Lakers! Woo Hoo! BIG AL ( 75.57.215.202 ) at 11:23 PM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 Kieran; wasn't it the government that shut off analog broadcast? That sounds political to me! As long as it's kept light and friendly we should be able to discuss anything here. Personally I don't care if it's the left, right, red, or blue side of politics, if they infringe on my right to happiness, I'm against them.
Joelc: ( 76.64.14.123 ) at 10:51 PM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 Tony C: You have e-mail! Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 10:50 PM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 DTV "transition" Tony C:: Yeah, I haven't paid a TV bill in a few years now. I don't miss cable or dss a bit (well except when the occasional bad weather makes the OTA signal go bad). Most of the cable content that I might want is available online anway, and with the XBMC box, we can watch most web-based video on the HT plasma. The funny part is that I pay for cable internet, with no TV. Just the internet. But the uber-basic "broadcast" cable signal comes through on the cable line along with the internet signal. So if I plug the cable into the TV, we get all the broadcast (OTA) channels but via cable (including all the local HD versions). I don't usually use this backup plan though, because it has no programming information, and the channel numbers are screwy. But if you're watching a good show and the OTA signal does go out, it's nice to have the backup plan. Interestingly, the DTV transition improved my reception on a few channels. A lot of the channels changed their frequency to one that I get better, and/or increased their broadcast power. 
Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 10:33 PM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 Politics Kieran: Thanks for your suggestion. Even now, I'm holding back some sharp wit. must resist. Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 10:32 PM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 DTV "transition" Kieran: My son doesn't pay for any TV. We installed an antenna a few weeks ago and got most of the digital channels in. I'm waiting to see if CBS can now be brought it digitally. In the past, CBS was always the toughest analog signal to get in Chicagoland. Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 8:35 PM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 Politics
I think we should vote on it.
GEO.: ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 6:30 PM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 Le Mans This being the weekend of Le Mans, I watched the movie "Le Mans" with Steve McQueen last night. Funny thing is that the movie is supposed to depict the 1970 race and the dates of the race were June 13 and 14. This year, the dates of the race were June 13 and 14. That's a great movie. Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 6:10 PM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 DTV "transition" Anyone here using an antenna for OTA reception? It's kind of cool to finally see all the analog stations go black, after years of promises and threats it's finally done. There are still a few analog stations broadcasting. But it's funny what's on: A continuous loop which in not so many words says, "if this is the only station you can see with your TV anymore, you're a dumbass." Followed by instructions on what to do to convert one's tv to digital ota reception.
Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 5:43 PM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 Politics Kieran: Maybe we could incorporate Religion and Politics into a HT discussion? Like maybe Jesus likes dipoles better than direct speakers. Or, Obama likes Jazz better that Rap? ;) All kidding aside I do agree with you... although a good political debate doesn't hurt anyone, all depends on how it is done. Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 3:54 PM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 Politics Alright, I didn't see it coming with Big Al's post, but this knife/gun topic and now church/state topic, is likely to devolve into a political debate. We've done really well for the past few months keeping politics to a minimum here, with a few obvious exceptions. I don't think I've posted any political opinions at all in quite a while, though my tongue has bled several times from the biting! Let's keep it up and keep HTOC as free from political debate as possible. Joe ( 71.82.105.199 ) at 2:26 PM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 More "Change coming" Passed into law and now being enforced, No more relgion on PBS Joe ( 71.82.105.199 ) at 2:24 PM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 Adding To Big Al http://www.pgnh.org/obama_now_wants_your_pocket_knife Joe ( 71.82.105.199 ) at 2:22 PM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 Disarming america ammo first http://www.theshootist.net/2009/03/dod-ends-sale-of-expended-military.html Joe ( 71.82.105.199 ) at 2:14 PM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 knife users BIG AL:It's all part of Barack's plan to disarm america Joelc: ( 99.231.158.214 ) at 10:55 AM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 Good morning gang Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 3:26 AM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 BIG AL: Heck, I can open the blade on my leatherman with one hand. I'll send an email or petition or whatever. My profile has a working address for me. BIG AL ( 75.57.215.202 ) at 12:25 AM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 and my e-mail (duh) is toobig_al at yahoo BIG AL ( 75.57.215.202 ) at 12:21 AM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 "will BECOME criminals". I know that millions of people already are criminals.
BIG AL ( 75.57.215.202 ) at 12:18 AM EST Sunday, June 14, 2009 Tony C; I never could understand the whole "switchblades are so dangerous they have to be illegal" mentality. I can legally own pistols, shotguns, rifles, swords, crossbows, baseball bats, bowie knives, kitchen knives, poison, etc., etc.... All more dangerous than a pocket knife that opens really fast. That law is ridiculous enough, but for customs to use these underhanded tactics to push their agenda, only making a useless law MORE ridiculous, is insanity. Millions of people will be criminals overnight. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 10:36 PM EST Saturday, June 13, 2009 Tony C:: Plenty of used NAD gear on Audiogon and Ebay, and so far I am impressed with what I am hearing. I am using just a 50wpc on my big Dynaudio speakers and the sound is amazing. My Musical Fidelity gear I am selling off for now, just to bank some cash just in case the company I work for goes south... Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 8:53 PM EST Saturday, June 13, 2009 knife users BIG AL: I wouldn't say that I'm a knife user, unless we're talking steaks. But in the '70s I went to Europe three times and each time I brought back a few switchblades. Yes, real swithblades. Some are really cool too. Of course they were illegal then as they are now. Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 8:52 PM EST Saturday, June 13, 2009 Gar: Thanks for the NAD link but I'm not looking to upgrade the office with new gear. I recently decided to use an older Yamaha receiver. I was looking for a used 2 channel amp for my outdoor speakers but that's not an emergency. Actually, I will probably end up using the 2 channel Adcom but it's a little much at 200 watts. BIG AL ( 99.36.29.194 ) at 8:29 PM EST Saturday, June 13, 2009 knife users The U.S. Customs is attempting to change the decades old definition of a switchblade. The current definition is (my words) any knife with a blade that opens by activating a button or switch on the handle of the knife. They want to change it to - Any knife that can be opened with one hand. That definition covers every one of my knives. It would also include pocket tools, box cutters, utility knives, and a few tools used on a daily basis by drywallers, carpenters, warehouse workers, mechanics, EMTs, Firemen, etc, etc... and of course regular people around the home. They are steamrolling this through by giving it only a 30 day window, and not accepting any e-mails. If anyone wants the e-mail with form letter, and links to representatives, send me an e-mail and I'll forward it. This is scary stuff, and needs to be stopped. Joe ( 24.231.210.178 ) at 2:25 PM EST Saturday, June 13, 2009 Taken This is on PPV today, Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 1:14 PM EST Saturday, June 13, 2009 Tony C:: Not sure if you replaced your office system, but I was blown away on how good the new NAD stuff sounded. There Int. Amps for the money right now are pretty amazing. http://nadelectronics.com/products/hifi-amplifiers Joelc ( 70.52.170.7 ) at 6:22 AM EST Saturday, June 13, 2009 Good morning gang...hope that everyone has a good weekend... Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 11:52 PM EST Friday, June 12, 2009 Kieran: You know, I'm embarassed to say that I knew that they were on tour. Because we're doing events with Brett around that tour, and being careful not to get in the way of the band. My bad. BIG AL ( 99.36.29.194 ) at 10:11 PM EST Friday, June 12, 2009 CajunMike, Gar; Cheapest I could find on the net was $150 + shipping, so I was thinking $80 shipped. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 10:05 PM EST Friday, June 12, 2009 CajunMike: Ditto to that, the fricking trailer gave me the chills! Great cast, great director and from the looks of it a very good chilling story. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 8:52 PM EST Friday, June 12, 2009 Man this looks awesome. http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/shutterisland/ CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 8:52 PM EST Friday, June 12, 2009 BIG AL: How much you want for that lens? Because I am sports oriented I'm not sure I have a use for that lens as I typically only have something 2.8 attached. Right now I have three Canon L lenses. 70-200 2.8 and a EF 300 2.8. My everyday lens is a EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 8:15 PM EST Friday, June 12, 2009 BIG AL: Nice lens, I think Cajun and Curtis both use Canon. I think Cajun has a ton of lenses already. I will ask around how much do you want for it? BIG AL ( 99.36.29.194 ) at 4:26 PM EST Friday, June 12, 2009 Anyone have a Canon SLR that could use a 75-300mm lens? Brand new never used, still in the box. http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=SNAModelSuppliesTabAct&fcategoryid=804&modelid=7444 Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 3:10 PM EST Friday, June 12, 2009 Old 97's Yep, they've got a date at the Fillmore this summer: http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/407842 Weird. Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 3:07 PM EST Friday, June 12, 2009 Tony C: I had thought they broke up too, wasn't sure... but this seems to indicate otherwise: http://www.old97s.com/ I wonder how both you and I got the idea they had broken up? They have a studio album released in 2008, and have current (I suppose) tour dates on their web site... Joelc ( 70.52.170.9 ) at 7:42 AM EST Friday, June 12, 2009 Good morning gang... Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 11:13 PM EST Thursday, June 11, 2009 Joe:I wish I got to you in time to stop you from wasting your time on that movie. Kieran: Yes, Old 97's broke up a while ago. Rhett did a bunch of their songs. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 8:48 PM EST Thursday, June 11, 2009 Kieran: The movie is subtitled in English most people pass it up because it says that on the cover. What I meant to say is you can switch the movie to Dolby 2.0 and watch it dubbed in English, in most cases it is hard to translate French movies etc.. into English because everything seems way off, lip sync issues etc.. In this case most of the main actors in the movie can speak English and what I read is they redid some shots in English. "You do know that switching a foreign movie to an English soundtrack does not make the actors speak English, right? " No shit!!!!!
Joe ( 24.236.140.38 ) at 3:35 PM EST Thursday, June 11, 2009 I also want to see The International. Joe ( 24.236.140.38 ) at 3:35 PM EST Thursday, June 11, 2009 Gar:After we watched it my wife found the orginial on FMC later tonight I believe. She is DVRing it. Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 2:17 PM EST Thursday, June 11, 2009
 You do know that switching a foreign movie to an English soundtrack does not make the actors speak English, right?
Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 1:43 PM EST Thursday, June 11, 2009 Joe: Ah, your life will stand still for about 2 hours after that flick. LOL It could have been made better, the good thing is if you buy the new Blu-Ray you get the original which I like, much much better.. Anyone see the International? A great flick to see is "Tell No One" it says subtitled but you can switch it to English and most of the actors in the movie can speak English. Very good Flick http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ne_le_dis_a_personne/ Joe ( 24.236.140.38 ) at 9:32 AM EST Thursday, June 11, 2009 Joelc:Good Morning. I am settleing in to watch The day the Earth stood Still Joelc ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 7:58 AM EST Thursday, June 11, 2009 All: Good morning gang...hope that everyone has a good day... Joe ( 24.236.140.38 ) at 8:40 PM EST Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Times are bad in Canada http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31210455/?gt1=43001 Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 12:53 PM EST Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Good Morning Joel Welp my wife is a little pissed she bought me a new samsung netbook but i'm not supposed to be using it till fathers day lol. i told her i just need to check it out and then i'll re-box it. She smiled and said yeah right
Joelc ( 70.52.168.72 ) at 6:38 AM EST Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Good morning gang... Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 10:25 PM EST Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Tony C: Old 97's... wow. That brings back some memories from '00~'03... I went to a couple of their concerts and bought Fight Songs... was pretty in to them for a while. Did they break up? You should give Curtis a ring while you're in town. Joe ( 24.236.140.38 ) at 9:06 PM EST Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Tony C::Diego hey, my cuz is in Poway. Tony C: ( 72.254.113.166 ) at 8:28 PM EST Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Joe: hey maybe we should all start following you on Twitter. I've been in San Diego since Thursday and won't go home till Thursday.. I'm a little crisp around the edges. Another dinner tonight and then another show. Rhett Milller from Old 97's followed by Glasvegas. at least i can sleep in till 8 tomorrow. more meetings wednesday folowed by an awards banquett. Then early flight home. Joe ( 24.236.140.38 ) at 5:50 PM EST Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Whew Well I thought the day was turning bad. GM announced the end of the Medium Duty truck line. This is one of the two product lines I work on. That was yesterday. That is about 450 UAw and 40 Salaried jobs out of my plant. Again I am attached to two product lines. Well twenty minutes ago here comes the Fed Ex truck, wiht an overnight letter from GM. It was jsut an official announcement under the WARN act. However these days...Fed Ex letters from GM are enough to get the heart going. Joe ( 24.236.140.38 ) at 1:48 PM EST Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Hello all Today I am having a positive day. I cut the grass and wiped my snotty eyeballs. Then I took a nice little relaxing 21 mile ride though the hills. That was fun, then as I was relaxing and reaching for my bottle a nice big fat 4', maybe 5' snake showed up next to me. I think he was lying on the road sunning and was trying to move out of my way. IT was getting hard to see. Remember my snotty eyeballs after cutting the grass. wind across hay fields does not help. I made it back to my house and then did a little run to the corner and back. OK workout done for the day. In the house and a C-milk and Zyrtec  Yeppie, shower time and then I can start working on the new blinds in my daughters room. The big choice for the day is what to drink with Grilled Chicken this evening. 
Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 8:54 AM EST Monday, June 8, 2009 Joelc: Thanks, no problem on the info as the new piece by Onkyo look likes a winner. Kieran: Thanks, I still get HomeTheater Mag, and I do not look at it online, pretty simple mistake but thanks for the clarification. Joelc ( 70.52.170.32 ) at 7:56 AM EST Monday, June 8, 2009 Gar: Thanks for the link, the ISF controls would be useful to me and, most importantly, sorry to hear about your work predictament as I know that it is very stressful and, in this regard, best wishes! Joelc ( 70.52.170.32 ) at 7:54 AM EST Monday, June 8, 2009 Good morning gang... Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 2:39 AM EST Monday, June 8, 2009 Hometheater mag and Ultimate AV are both owned by the same parent company. There are links to each of the online mag's at the bottom of the home page for each. They also own Sterophile, HomeTheater Design, and ShutterBug. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 4:33 PM EST Sunday, June 7, 2009 Joelc: 9.9 adds: Ultra2 Plus Music Optimizer Audyssey Dynamic EQ Audyssey Dynamic Volume Enhanced RIHD over HDMI ISF Certified Calibration Controls. Link provided here, http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/receivers-separates-amps/267374-anyone-else-interested-integra-dtc-9-8-pre-pro-4.html Now the ISF certified calibration controls might come in handy for some. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 4:21 PM EST Sunday, June 7, 2009 Integra DHC-9.9 Joelc: The article I just posted does go over the differences in detail. I just heard the DTC-9.9 at a local dealer and if my Job wasn't on the line I might be looking at it for my system. But that will have to wait, the Axe is coming down and I have no idea which way it is going to swing. :( Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 4:14 PM EST Sunday, June 7, 2009 Integra DHC-9.9 Actually now looking at my post, I didn't read the review on the link Cajun posted but read the review in the "Home Theater" Mag, I get(not online), I had no idea till you posted that that both were by Kris, and I have read several others since then, which all seem good. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 4:06 PM EST Sunday, June 7, 2009 Integra DHC-9.9 Kieran: Thanks, as I posted the wrong link... But thanks for being so nice about it. ;) http://www.audiovideonews.com/onhometheater/20090101.htm and no this isn't one by Kris D Geo: Now that would be funny, but Onkyo has been getting a lot of good press lately. Joelc ( 99.229.56.23 ) at 4:05 PM EST Sunday, June 7, 2009 Integra DHC-9.9 Gar; Geo, etc,: The article was lousy...good on the similarities between the 9.8 and 9.9...bad on the differences between the 9.8 and 9.9...are there any listings of the differences to understand what one gets for the extra $400? Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 4:02 PM EST Sunday, June 7, 2009 Integra DHC-9.9 Kieran: Thanks, as I posted the wrong link... But thanks for being so nice about it. ;) http://www.audiovideonews.com/onhometheater/20090101.htm and no this isn't one by Kris D Geo: Now that would be funny, but Onkyo has been getting a lot of good press lately. Joelc ( 70.52.171.254 ) at 8:44 AM EST Sunday, June 7, 2009 Good morning gang... GEO.: ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 9:43 PM EST Saturday, June 6, 2009 Integra DHC-9.9 Kieran: It would have been funnier if he had given it a good review in one magazine and a bad review in the other. Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 8:09 PM EST Saturday, June 6, 2009 Integra DHC-9.9 ... meaning MY last sentence. Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 8:08 PM EST Saturday, June 6, 2009 Integra DHC-9.9 ... and yes there's an extra " a" in that last sentence...  LOL...
Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 8:03 PM EST Saturday, June 6, 2009 Integra DHC-9.9 Gar: Wow, it's quite amazing that both those magazines gave it an equally great review... http://www.hometheatermag.com/preampprocessors/integra_dhc-99_surround_processor/ http://www.ultimateavmag.com/surroundsoundpreampprocessors/integra_dhc-99_surround_preampprocessor/  And even more amazing, both magazines have a reviewers who are both named Kris Deering!!! Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 3:00 PM EST Saturday, June 6, 2009 CajunMike: It just got a equally great review in "Home Theater" as well. Got a ranking much like the Pioneer SC-07, both stellar on sound and price. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 12:19 PM EST Saturday, June 6, 2009 Review: Integra DHC-9.9 Surround Preamp/Processor http://www.ultimateavmag.com/surroundsoundpreampprocessors/integra_dhc-99_surround_preampprocessor/ Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 8:35 PM EST Friday, June 5, 2009 Pioneer Update Chris L.: Sweeeeeeeeeetttttttt!!!! I will be updating this tonight... Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 7:52 PM EST Friday, June 5, 2009 Pioneer Update Gar:Pioneer just released the new firmware update for the BDP-51FD. http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Support/HomeEntertainment/Blu-rayDisc+DVD/PioneerBlu-rayDiscPlayers/ci.BDP-51FD.Support?tab=B Ver 1.32 CHANGE HISTORY: - Enables the following new functions 1. DTS-HD audio output Enable to convert DTS-HD audio to linear PCM for HDMI OUT (MAIN) terminal. Enable to convert DTS-HD audio to analog audio for AUDIO OUT (7.1 ch) terminals. 2. Image file playback Enable to play image files recorded on DVDs or CDs. 3. Crossover frequency for AUDIO OUT (7.1 ch) terminals - Enhances stability of BD-Java playback (*) - Enhances stability of BD-ROM/BD-R/BD-RE/DVD-Video playback - Fixes an error of resume playback function after switching off the player by pressing STANDBY/ON button during playback of BD-ROM discs. - Performance improvement * The player's action can be slower than expected depending on contents (menu, game, etc.) included in certain BD-Java discs. BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.38 ) at 6:42 PM EST Friday, June 5, 2009 Say it ain't so, Grasshopper... GEO.: I'd rather think that he was ill and/or depressed, because on the other side of the coin, he's David Carradine, in Bankok, and why in the world would he do that? There must have been plenty of "talent" around. GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 7:45 AM EST Friday, June 5, 2009 Say it ain't so, Grasshopper... Kieran: Somebody check to see if he had recently read the Michael Hutchence biography. Joelc ( 76.64.15.34 ) at 6:52 AM EST Friday, June 5, 2009 Good morning gang...hope everyone has a great day and a great weekend... Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 3:09 PM EST Thursday, June 4, 2009 Say it ain't so, Grasshopper... http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=7757144&page=1 David Carradine Dead from apparent suicide! Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 10:57 AM EST Thursday, June 4, 2009 CajunMike: Noting wrong with that, the Pre looks like a great device. The first Gen iPhone I had was great zero issues with it.. The 3G is a different story, but I just read AT&T 3G network in certain places is garbage, so this is most likely the carriers fault and not my phone. Ironically I turned off my 3G service, which seems better on data than actual phone service and sure enough now my phone sounds a ton better. The good thing about Apple is I returned it and they replaced it quickly but sure enough after I did this I found about the 3G service is crap in my area. I was looking at switching to the Pre, but Sprint is worse in my area than AT&T. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 10:48 AM EST Thursday, June 4, 2009 Gar: Well, call me a sucker, we will see. I went ahead and jumped on the Palm Pre. I get it for free as my contract was up two months ago and they want to get me off month-to-month. I just had to re up for two years. What put me over the top are the great reviews with only mild reservations plus the fact that I'm on my third Blackberry 8830 in a year and this one started acting up last week. That track ball is a piece-o-schit! Engadget's Pre review posted yesterday http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/palm-pre-review/ Precentral.net's more than thorough run through with the phone. http://www.precentral.net/palm-pre-review I should have it early next week. Also, Verizon and AT&T won't be waiting long as they are reportedly getting it early next year. Sprint didn't get too long of an exclusive. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 8:44 AM EST Thursday, June 4, 2009 Joelc/All: Good Morning.... Also anyone looking for a deal on the hard to find Panasonic Blu-Ray BD-35K check this place out. http://www.ecost.com/ecost/ecce/category/category.aspx?category=155438248&p=1&manufacturer=Panasonic Joelc ( 70.52.169.217 ) at 6:34 AM EST Thursday, June 4, 2009 Good morning gang....hope everyone has a great day... Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 12:36 AM EST Thursday, June 4, 2009 Starwars Game Trailer Chris L.: Here you go... http://www.swtor.com/info BC ( 76.199.117.241 ) at 10:06 PM EST Wednesday, June 3, 2009 CajunMike: I really like the CTS-V. A customer who owns dealerships has a whole new batch of cars at his house everytime I've gone over there. It's so much fun just walking through the garage. He had a CTS-V the time before last and I was in the drive way when he was leaving in it. That thing sounds baddddd arse for a 4 door sedan. He always has cool cars there, at least 8 of them. (viper, RR phantom, hot rods, bmw z8, etc) Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 7:15 PM EST Wednesday, June 3, 2009 CTS-V CajunMike: All I want to know is who clicked that picture of the dashboard showing the tach nearing redline & the speedo @ 155!!!! Yahoo! I'm not immediately sold on the looks, but then I hated the new BMW 5 bodystyle when it first came out, and now I kinda like it. Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 7:04 PM EST Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Starwars Game Trailer Chris L.: Oh, I don't know about that... I'd say the "duel of the fates" sequence in Phantom Menace was as good. This trailer is pretty darn amazing though, for a game trailer. I wonder what the timeline is supposed to be? Immediately after the end of ep.3? (I'm guessing the main sith there is Vader.) Thing is, ep.3 made it seem like 99.99% of Jedi were dead by the end of the movie. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 6:01 PM EST Wednesday, June 3, 2009 BC: Yeah, but Joe and GM probably win out with the Cadillac CTS-V if I were to hit a midlife crisis. ;) http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/03/review-2009-cadillac-cts-v-supercar-performance-everyday-driv/ BC ( 166.50.66.214 ) at 4:55 PM EST Wednesday, June 3, 2009 CajunMike: I kind of agree with you, although I wouldn't turn down one of those 500hp mustangs. Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 4:54 PM EST Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Starwars Game Trailer Tony C:: Holy........ That 3 minutes and 55 seconds was better than the entire prequel trilogy! CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 4:47 PM EST Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Joe: We have a bunch of new camaro's and mustangs around here and I think the Dodge Challenger beats them all when it comes to being a looker. Although I'm sure you're mainly talking about sales, and in that case the Mustang is the clear winner. However, if I were hitting a midlife crisis, the Challenger SRT would be on my very short list while the other two wouldnt. ;) CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 4:38 PM EST Wednesday, June 3, 2009 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA This is great. Must see video Video: Congressional Motors and its one model http://hotair.com/archives/2009/06/03/video-congressional-motors-and-its-one-model/ Tony C: ( 12.233.96.228 ) at 11:01 AM EST Wednesday, June 3, 2009 HEy, no good morning from Joel? YOu ok bud? Tony C: ( 12.233.96.228 ) at 10:58 AM EST Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Starwars Game Trailer I thought some of you may really enjoy this. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/setView/videos/gameID/367/videoId/1447 Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 8:54 AM EST Wednesday, June 3, 2009 BIG AL: Tell me about it, sales in my area "Medical" sucks anymore. They took the fun out of it and now if your in Pharmaceutical sales and or Medical it blows. The management for most of the companies now just micromanage you the crap out of you, so burnout rate is really high. The Start Up company I work for is already firing people after 6 months, and 3 of those months was spent in training. Joe: Fishing sounds good to me, I will bring the beer... Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 9:30 PM EST Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Pontiac Joe: Hummer: good riddance, IMO. I never liked anything but the H1. I find it ironic that a company based on a vehicle which is an American military icon, is going to a communist country corporation. Camero: Really? I think the new Camero is sweet. I loved the new retro Mustang when it came out, but when the new Camero was announced, I liked it more. Doesn't matter, I can't/won't buy those kind of cars anyway (impractical). Nice to look at though. Joe ( 24.231.160.51 ) at 9:19 PM EST Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Tony Gar and Me Maybe we shouldjust call it and go fishing for a week. Joe ( 24.231.160.51 ) at 9:18 PM EST Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Pontiac Some of us that work inside felt that Pontiac would be kept. The words came out of the suits mouths about getting rid of it. However they would not even talk to some of the people making offers. Hummer going to China, seems like a bad thing. Camero, too late Ford kicked our ass on that one Joe ( 24.231.160.51 ) at 9:15 PM EST Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Happy Birthday Wild one Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 8:24 PM EST Tuesday, June 2, 2009 GM Tony C: Fine, they can keep Buick, but then they should discontinue all models under the Chevy label that are essentially the SAME FRIGGIN' CAR! I never understood the competition between the Firebird and the Camero. Same car!!! At least Pontiac is gone. Not that I wanted to see Pontiac gone per se, but I'm glad to see some redundant models eliminated. TRIM THE FAT. Of course Chrysler and Ford are guilty of the same thing. Drives me nuts.
Joelc ( 70.52.171.46 ) at 5:20 PM EST Tuesday, June 2, 2009 GEO: You have hit the nail on the head in that they were NOT thinking and, as a company, Senior Manangement has done nothing more than manage them into the ground... GEO ( 209.180.126.10 ) at 5:13 PM EST Tuesday, June 2, 2009 BIG AL: You know, you really have to wonder what GM was thinking when they acquired Saab. I think they're OK cars, having owned two of them in the early '80's, but they have never caught on in this country. I think they lost money on each one they sold and, consequently, had to try to make it up on volume. Not a good business model. Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 3:24 PM EST Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Bullet dodging I think Joe should take on a new handle: NEO BIG AL ( 75.57.212.110 ) at 2:40 PM EST Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Joe; Hummer goes to a Chinese co. and GM says they have offers for Saturn and Saab. Too bad they didn't do this a couple years ago. I can't imagine worrying every day about my job. Between you, Tony, and Gar, that's enough stress for the whole community. How long to retirement? BIG AL ( 75.57.212.110 ) at 2:34 PM EST Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Happy Birthday Wild Bill !!! GEO ( 209.180.126.10 ) at 1:09 PM EST Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Joe: Good for you, Joe. I have my concerns about what this will do to capitalism and the free market in this country, but if GM comes out of this stronger and more efficient and if the federal government then gets out of the market, maybe it will have served its purpose. Only time will tell. In the meantime, though, I'm glad you dodged the bullet. BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.38 ) at 9:03 AM EST Tuesday, June 2, 2009 T-Man: Enjoyable. I need to go look in the mirror and take stock. Yikes is right. Joe ( 24.231.160.51 ) at 8:21 AM EST Tuesday, June 2, 2009 yup dodged a bullet yesterday... Joelc ( 70.54.141.97 ) at 7:36 AM EST Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Good morning gang... Tony C: As Canada now owns 12% of GM sign me up as well...also, just heard on CNN that Hummer has been sold and will continue as a brand, now announcement as to the purchaser though but whoever they are I would consider dumping their stock as Hummers in this economy are not, in my view, a money making proposition... Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 10:39 PM EST Monday, June 1, 2009 Kieran: You can't believe that they kept the official car of old people?? Are you kidding? I notice Buicks all over the place. All driven by silver haired, thick-glasses wearing, hearing-aid wearing, slow drivers. Or in other words, Conservatives. Gotta keep Buick. Joe: Been thinking of you everytime I listen to the news. I thought that because you made trucks you might be ok. I'm glad it worked out. But uh, now that I'm part owner, how does that employee discount work? :) Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 10:10 PM EST Monday, June 1, 2009 CajunMike: It looked staged, as who in the right mind would let Sasha Cohen put his ass on your face without moving a inch.. LOL Staged or not, still funny. T-Man ( 71.253.60.134 ) at 6:23 PM EST Monday, June 1, 2009 Yikes, talk about old guys that can still rock. This is from 2006. Great guitar solo in the fine tradition of the 70s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWLfUvTfTHo&feature=related CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 5:34 PM EST Monday, June 1, 2009 Gar: it was all staged... Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 5:20 PM EST Monday, June 1, 2009 CajunMike: That was hilarious! ;) Was Eminem seriously pissed? LOL Joe: Hopefully everything works out! CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 4:50 PM EST Monday, June 1, 2009 BC: Sasha Baron Cohen is fearless. He's obviously very polarizing as some think he's a total idiot while others (like me) think he's a genius. ;) CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 4:49 PM EST Monday, June 1, 2009 BC: Your dealer friend must not have shown up on federal logs as having donated to Republican candidates. Highly profitable Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge dealers who donated to Republicans were given the axe in obvious higher numbers than those who gave to Dems. Our State run media is ignoring it. BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.58 ) at 3:49 PM EST Monday, June 1, 2009 Joe:Awsome. Good for you and your family! BC ( 166.50.66.214 ) at 3:32 PM EST Monday, June 1, 2009 Did you guys see the MTV awards and the big stunt on Eminem? I didn't see it but watched it today. The still picture on www.mtv.com is priceless. You can watch the video too! Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 2:44 PM EST Monday, June 1, 2009 Joe: Congrats, Joe! Great news. Your plant is part of GMC Trucks, right? I can't BELIEVE they decided to keep Buick, a brand whose entire lineup (or almost all of it) is redundant with other GM (Chevy) products. IMO, GM could be simplified to GMC Trucks, Chevy, and Saturn, and redundant models should be axed (e.g. why have a GMC Suburban and a Chevy Suburban???) Joelc ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 2:31 PM EST Monday, June 1, 2009 Joe: Great news, very happy for you.... T-Man: The disk will be fine so long as you are i) not calibrating colour and/or ii) not too anal about calibrating colour because SD uses REC 601 as its defined colour points where as HD used REC 709 as its defined colour points and they are different...and, just inc ase you are thinking that ALL Blu-ray/flat panels PROPERLY conver the SD colour space to the HD colour space rest assured that they do NOT... To summarize -- brightness, contrast, gamma and greyscale are not an issue BUT colour is an issue...HTH BC ( 166.50.66.214 ) at 1:40 PM EST Monday, June 1, 2009 Joe: Good news, congrats. One of my customers owns a number of dealerships here, mostly dodge/chrysler. His made the cut as well but his wife was telling me it's been very stressful. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 1:31 PM EST Monday, June 1, 2009 Joe: Congrats Joe. At lease there's some good news with this Marxist fiasco. T-Man ( 71.253.60.134 ) at 1:27 PM EST Monday, June 1, 2009 Hi all. Been a while. Is video essentials still a decent tweak for all the new flat panels? Don't know why it wouldn't be, but thought I would ask. Maybe not worth the effort? Recently picked up the 42" Samsung PN42B450 for the bedroom and I must say it looked pretty good right out of the box. TIA Joe ( 24.231.160.51 ) at 12:10 PM EST Monday, June 1, 2009 Joelc:Good Morning How's everyones morning? I couldn't swim this morning as my mind was on other things. I did get the call a little while ago that my plant was not on the closing list. I did get moved to another shift when I go back to work....but so far I am still scheduled to go back to work. OK now that I got that news, I am going out for a run. It's raining but what the hell, running in the rain is refreshing. Joelc ( 70.52.171.72 ) at 7:09 AM EST Monday, June 1, 2009 Good morning gang... Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 6:33 PM EST Sunday, May 31, 2009 Oppo BDP-83 Tony C:: Keep trying on the wmv stream. The site was a little overloaded with hits when they first posted the video. Joelc ( 99.229.56.23 ) at 5:01 PM EST Sunday, May 31, 2009 Tony C: I hear 'ya, it was crazy expensive.. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 4:18 PM EST Sunday, May 31, 2009 2 channel amp? Tony C:: What model Hafler is it? It could be a fuse inside the Amp.. I think I still have fuses left over from my 9300 THX Amp.. Otherwise I would take a look at Audiogon as they have a ton on there at good prices... Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 4:09 PM EST Sunday, May 31, 2009 2 channel amp? One of the Hafler amps I brought home from the office is blown. I knew it would be. When I unhooked it, it was on. I could have been months that it was left on. So I knew it was iffy. Anyway, is anyone selling a two channel amp? I only need about 60 watts. I have an extra Adcom, but it's 200 watts and I think I could use that for something a little more deserving. Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 4:07 PM EST Sunday, May 31, 2009 Joelc: I won't be going. Too expensive. My wife and I really started the belt tightening. I had to replace a pair of outdoor speakers today. The ones I was using were JBL, but not really outdoor speakers. Today, I really liked the Def Techs and the Klipsh. But bought Insignia. Good enough for now and half the cost. Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 4:04 PM EST Sunday, May 31, 2009 Oppo BDP-83 Kieran: Thanks for posting that. I couldn't open the wma stream, but just reading the text made me want it. GEO.: ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 3:26 PM EST Sunday, May 31, 2009 Sweet Deal Gar: I replaced a 50 inch Sony LCD RP which is going to my son. You can talk your wife into almost any purchase if the old one is going to one of the kids. That's how I replaced the bedroom TV. The old 42 inch Sony RP went to our daughter. I never considered plasma until I started looking and saw the new Samsungs. They use 40% less power than last year's and don't get nearly as warm. I'm really impressed with it. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 2:24 PM EST Sunday, May 31, 2009 I found this place not sure if there any good.. http://www.tedunlimited.com/Items/A-RMTT54000 Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 2:17 PM EST Sunday, May 31, 2009 Sweet Deal GEO.: I need one of my TV to die before that happens. So far my Sony XBR2 is still going strong on the same bulb with over 4000+ hours on it. Also to everyone: Is there any decent company that sells Warranties for TVs that the Warr. ran out on? Just curious... GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 7:32 AM EST Sunday, May 31, 2009 What Doesn't Kill You Watched this movie last night. Good renter. Good story and good acting. GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 7:31 AM EST Sunday, May 31, 2009 Sweet Deal Gar: I bought this one last week. http://www.onecall.com/ProductDetails.aspx?id=95194 If you want LCD, wait about a month, maybe less. Vizio is coming out with a new 55 inch LCD with LED light engine. The previews have been very good. This is my first plasma and so far I'm very happy with it. It's just for TV watching and an occasional DVD. Very good deal at that price. Joelc ( 70.54.140.246 ) at 7:04 AM EST Sunday, May 31, 2009 Good morning gang... Tony C: I went to see the Billy Joel / Elton John concert last nights...tickets were crazy expensive but worth every penny as they played for just short of 4 hours with NO breaks and with the beginning and end both on the stage playing / singing each others songs together...very cool, you will love it! Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 6:59 PM EST Saturday, May 30, 2009 Sweet Deal Looks like a great deal if I needed a TV. Just glad to see the prices drop this much, as it won't be as painful to replace my 60" whenever that happens. Still kicking after 4000+ hours, here is the deal: http://www.onecall.com/ProductDetails.aspx?id=90932 Joelc ( 70.54.140.246 ) at 12:16 PM EST Saturday, May 30, 2009 Good morning gang... Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 6:49 PM EST Friday, May 29, 2009 Oppo BDP-83 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/blu-ray-players/636-oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player.html BYork ( 151.151.7.56 ) at 6:27 PM EST Friday, May 29, 2009Michael AKA Gasser: BOXED UP????? Sounds like an intervention is needed....... CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 2:10 PM EST Friday, May 29, 2009 Joe: I am convinced that had GM filed for bankruptcy many months ago, they would be in in far better shape today. They would have been able to break the unions and get out from under all of the legacy costs. They could have forced labor employees to accept the market value for their jobs and thus become more competitive. They wouldn't be beholden to the U.S. Government and these foolish appointed czars. Now, they are finished because politicians with no business acumen (NONE) have interjected themselves to pay off the UAW who got them elected. Meanwhile Ford is smelling like a rose right now and their stock is inching up at a steady pace. With people hording their dollars and refusing to buy cars and homes, you're going to have an extremely hard time convincing them to buy a GM or Chrysler product. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 12:57 PM EST Friday, May 29, 2009 Hate to say I told you so, but I seem to recall saying that the tens of billions upon tens of billions sent to Detroit was a complete loser. But it's all good, the UAW is now rich and two car companies are dead. Meanwhile, "Taxpayers are on the hook for an extra $55,000 a household to cover rising federal commitments made just in the past year for retirement benefits, the national debt and other government promises, a USA TODAY analysis shows." CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 12:46 PM EST Friday, May 29, 2009 Gar: I had fanboys on netflix last weekend. It's a dud. A few funny parts but it's not with losing two hours of your life over. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 8:55 AM EST Friday, May 29, 2009 A good rental: The Outlander.... Friend told me to rent it and I found it most enjoyable for a SciFi flick... Joe: I heard on the news last night GM was suppose to strike a deal that would great help there situation! CajunMike: I like the Pre and the Palm OS, not a fanboy but I heard that new movie "Fanboys" is pretty funny! Joelc ( 76.64.13.123 ) at 5:35 AM EST Friday, May 29, 2009 Good morning gang...hope that everyone has a good day... BIG AL ( 208.94.78.65 ) at 1:16 AM EST Friday, May 29, 2009 Joe; I heard GM stocks were up 13% today. Hope there's more good news for you soon. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 12:53 AM EST Friday, May 29, 2009 Gar: I was all set to go with the Pre and I'm pulling back. I want to wait until these things are out and there's more consensus. I need to be able to type on a QWERTY keyboard at a pretty fast rate with my business. My contract with sprint ran out last month so I'm free and clear. They offered me a great deal on the Pre with a two year contract but I'm going to wait. I like everything I see about the Pre except my concerns over the keyboard. The Blackberry QWERTY keyboard is the best and I'm not taking a step down in that department. Plus I want to wait and see if these first generation phones are buggy. The new Palm OS is supposed to be ground breaking. We will see. By the way, the guys on precentral have been dismissing that site you linked too. They say it's run by a bunch of iphone fan boys. You aren't the webmaster are you? ;P Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 8:30 PM EST Thursday, May 28, 2009 CajunMike: You can keep Miley and the Pre.. ;) Sign me up for that new tablet they have though.. Seems like some one agrees with you about the keyboard, but I am just glad they are not using Microshaft OS, although Microsoft 7 shows promise. http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/palm-pre-review-really-frustrating/ CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 7:09 PM EST Thursday, May 28, 2009 Lots of Palm Pre stuff happening. Speed numbers are fantastic and it even syncs up with Itunes so Gar can get Miley Cyrus' new single. I'm still a little concerned about the keyboard. I can fly on a blackberry and I'm worried these keys are spaced a bit funny. http://www.precentral.net/ Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 5:23 PM EST Thursday, May 28, 2009Joe, hang in there buddy. Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 5:22 PM EST Thursday, May 28, 2009Michael AKA I accidentally clicked on Michael's address the other day when sending out a joke, and I got an email response from him. Not a lot of details, but he seems to be doing ok. It appears that he's in the middle of raising a family, and has his HT and stereo gear all boxed up. I told him to stop by some time. Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 12:59 PM EST Thursday, May 28, 2009 Joe, Hope everything works out, Good Luck... Joelc ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 7:55 AM EST Thursday, May 28, 2009 Joe: It is my understanding that it is typical for a company to make payroill payments before filing for cahapter 11; that said, filing for chapter 11 is more of a financial restructuting act/issue than anything else so hopefully you will be okay... Regardless of what happens I am hoping for the very best for you as well as everyone else on this forums who works at a struggling company...good luck! Joelc ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 7:53 AM EST Thursday, May 28, 2009 Good morning gang... Joe ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 7:33 AM EST Thursday, May 28, 2009 I got paid today. I am not suppose to get paid untill Friday. This gives me a real bad feeling. Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 6:14 AM EST Thursday, May 28, 2009 Gar:I did get that notice from Pioneer but haven't checked my serial number yet. Man, I'm slackin'. :) Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 6:12 AM EST Thursday, May 28, 2009 Doubt Kieran:I have it but haven't had a chance to see it yet. Really looking forward to it. Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 12:06 AM EST Thursday, May 28, 2009 Elite blu-ray Gar, is the BDP-23FD a new model? Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 8:36 PM EST Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Doubt Kieran: Thanks, I have the movie but need to return it. We haven't watched it yet, so it looks like tonight will be the night. Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 8:31 PM EST Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Doubt This movie is by no means a HT demo piece, but if you are looking for some AMAZING acting, SEE THIS MOVIE. I'd give the story a B grade or so, but the acting... best I've seen in a long time. I was riveted. Joelc ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 4:16 PM EST Wednesday, May 27, 2009 BYork and TonyC: Thanks for the help...I am back...bad mistake on my end in that my actual username is JoelC not Joelc which is why the "send password" did not work...anyways, got that sorted and am happily back... Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 2:58 PM EST Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Chris L: Did you see this from Pioneer? http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Support/HomeEntertainment/Blu-rayDisc+DVD/Important%3A+Notice+of+Free+Update+for+Pioneer+BDP-51FD+%26+BDP-05FD+Blu-ray+Disc+Players Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 2:47 PM EST Wednesday, May 27, 2009 New Netbook! Rich:http://www.provantage.com/samsung-np-n120-ka01us~7SAMG01W.htm Nice and not too shabby on price... Here is another link for you: http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/HomeEntertainment/Blu-rayDisc+DVD Drool..... BYork ( 151.151.7.51 ) at 2:42 PM EST Wednesday, May 27, 2009JoelC: steps to recover your password! JoelC - I got both your and TonyC's emails. The email address you're using is still the one embedded in the system as the one messages will be sent to, so you can use the auto-recover feature to get your password:
If you don't get your password in an email, send me another email and I'll find it via going into the guts of the system. Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 1:55 PM EST Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Gar, Hope you're feeling better pal... Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 1:46 PM EST Wednesday, May 27, 2009 New Netbook! This is the only Netbook with a 2.1 chan audio built in. The little subwoofer is so koool lol. Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 1:38 PM EST Wednesday, May 27, 2009 New Netbook! Hey Guys Check Out My New Netbook,,, It's Soo Koool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsVwz7nlYJM&NR=1 Joe ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 1:03 PM EST Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Noodle lady Fat old lady that bounces up and down with a pool noodle in between her legs Drilled her I came up on her and swam over the top of her. My first arm came down on her legs and the next pne pulled me over the top of her. The third one she had my feet in her face. Usally I am really nice...but she told the other guy she woudl smack him and she grabbed my ass during my workout. GEO ( 209.180.126.10 ) at 12:26 PM EST Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Well, I've really messed up the quoting procedure trying to be a smartass. GEO ( 209.180.126.10 ) at 12:25 PM EST Wednesday, May 27, 2009
GEO ( 209.180.126.10 ) at 12:23 PM EST Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Joe ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 10:10 AM EST Wednesday, May 27, 2009 So yesterday I am 1500 yards into my swim and I was sharing a lane with this women. Now I usally swim wiht the same people more or less, she was new. Before I get to the point to start out she tells another guy to stay on his side or she would smack him as she swam. He moved over, it did not bother me at all. Then she made so comment to me as I was going under, I did not hear. So I turned and was coming back and I seen an extra pair of legs in the lane. I figured it was a nodle lady that wonder under the floats. So this women grabs my right arm in air as I was reaching for my next stroke. No biggie, I pulled her ass off balance and continued though. Then she grabs my wasit as I am going by. She wanted to let me know that there is a third in the lane and we are going to circle swim now. I tread and think about yelling but skipped it. A few laps later she was in my way....remember how she told the guy she would smack him if he got in her way.....so I drilled her and kept right on going. I stopped at 2000 and a girl Triathlete in the lane next to me gave a big smile and a nood. The women was real nice the rest of the day. Not nice to grab someone because a person joins in Joe ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 9:58 AM EST Wednesday, May 27, 2009 BYORK - Password help Tony C:: Tell him Barack is charging Canucks extra to log in
Joe ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 9:57 AM EST Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Gar:Dude bummer, heal up and get back in the saddle. Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 9:16 PM EST Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Woodstock / BD Version BAGMAN: I was about the same age. But the BD version will have a few more hours of content. Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 9:14 PM EST Tuesday, May 26, 2009 BYORK - Password help Scott "popcorn": Thanks, since he's able to check the forum, he should see it. BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.38 ) at 7:29 PM EST Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Woodstock / BD Version Anybody interested? I was too young too even think about it (14) but sure enjoyed the movie when it came out. Thought it was cool then. Now, I'm afraid it will remind me of those clips of Babe Ruth, with his herky jerky, baby steps, running the bases. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 5:51 PM EST Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Joelc: Thanks, I am doing ok. Doctors were very shocked I didn't break anything. The good thing is I use to race MTB bikes, years ago of course but I guess I still know how to fall right. Scott "popcorn" ( 70.137.7.69 ) at 4:51 PM EST Tuesday, May 26, 2009 BYORK - Password help Tony C:: Hey, send him to this page, if his member e-mail address is still current. http://htoc.net/bin/passwd.cgi There is a checkbox at the bottom to e-mail his password to the e-mail address we have on file for him. Tony C: ( 12.233.96.228 ) at 3:56 PM EST Tuesday, May 26, 2009 BYORK - Password help Brian: I received a message from Joel C. He has a new computer and can not find his password to the forum. Would you please email it to him? Let me know if you need any other information. TC Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 11:53 AM EST Tuesday, May 26, 2009 CajunMike: Looks like IMDB which I trust has it coming out of the gutter as far as ratings go. The story line was easy to follow and the acting was decent and the effects and sound were excellent. Not as good as Star Trek but damn good. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438488/ Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 11:48 AM EST Tuesday, May 26, 2009 CajunMike: On some good pain meds today.. ;) I am not as hard on movies as you are but my friend who I went to the movie is even harder on movies than you and I both. He actually liked it, and said it was much better than 3 and worth the price of admission. The only thing he didn't like which didn't bother me as much is Bale did his "Batman" voice for this movie as well and he found that a tad irritating. Otherwise the rest of the cast was very good the effects were excellent and the sound was some of the best effects I have heard in a movie. Joelc ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 6:59 AM EST Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Good morning gang... Gar: Happy to hear that you are okay... CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 2:54 AM EST Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Gar: Glad you're alright man. Somehow I don't think you're as hard on movies as I am. ;) CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 2:54 AM EST Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Tony C: That's a great thing you did taking that friend in. I have a friend who is very similar and while I get irritated with him I have to check myself and step back and try not be so judgmental. The difference between your friend and mine is that he's an only child, 50 years old, never married and we are pretty sure he's still a virgin. His parents divorced about 20 years ago and his mom needs to be in a nursing home but he wont put her there. His dad died last month and he's really struggling. However his dad left him financially well off which is good because he's never really worked a day in his life. His dad owned an office supply business and Mike would show up there around 11, then go to lunch for a few hours and then work another two or three hours in the late afternoon. Absolutely no ambition, he marvels at all of his friends who are building their lives while he's been standing in the same spot since high school. All that said, he's the sweetest guy in the world and everyone in town knows him. Extremely likable and everyone has a goofy story to tell about him. He bakes homemade banana nut bread in individual aluminum foil tins and delivers them to everyone at Christmas time. Man that's some good banana nut bread... he wont share the recipe either. :( Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 11:32 PM EST Monday, May 25, 2009 Hope everyone had a good Memorial Day.. I spent mine in the ER, when for a MTB ride on a local trial and said to the lady I was coming up on rider on your left, what does she do steps to her left and turns around.. WTF... I turned out of her way to avoid taking her out and I do a header over my bike and land on the left side of my helmet and my left side... I go into Urgent care doc, does X-Rays and comes back to give me good news, nothing broken but once I tell him I am having a hard time swallowing he calls for a Ambulance and before I know it I have 3 nurses putting a neck brace on me and 2 firemen showing up to wisk me of the the ER.. They thought my neck could be broken.. On a lighter note, I did see the new Terminator this evening and it is actually pretty darn good, not as good as Star Trek, but very entertaining. The Critics are "Way" too hard on this, much better than 3 and worth the price of admission Joe ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 4:35 PM EST Monday, May 25, 2009 http://www.tothepointnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3617&Itemid=76 GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 3:32 PM EST Monday, May 25, 2009 Tony C: I've known guys like that. I suspect they develop such a fear of failure that it stops them from really trying to succeed. Those of us (myself included) who were chronic underachievers in school never developed such a fear. Good luck with it. Joelc ( 70.52.168.74 ) at 7:31 AM EST Monday, May 25, 2009 Good morning gang...hope all my friends to the south have a great and relaxing Memorial Day!!! Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 12:00 AM EST Monday, May 25, 2009 Gar: CC made the most money off the sale of their domain than any other asset they had. The new owners hope to make a good go of it by not giving up all that market share to Best Buy. The other Brick & mortar retailer hoping to take more of the electronic market share is Wal-Mart. They are remodeling their electronics/entertainment departments and are talking to manufactorers about new deals. I found it interesting that Panasonic, who is trying to rebrand themselves, publicly stated they will not partner with retailers who will use the brand to low-ball. Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 11:56 PM EST Sunday, May 24, 2009 I don't know if any of you have friends like this, but I bet you do. I have a friend since high school. A very smart guy. Always got straight As. Nothing but potential ahead of him. Except that he has a real problem with authority. He hate's being smarter than the boss. A few decades later and a few hard luck stories, no luck with relationships due to drinking, three DUIs, etc., we find my friend working at Home Depot as just a job so he had ride his Harly when he can. This guy also cares for his elder father, who lives in a retirement community, with unwavering dedication. His sisters live out of state. Yesterday, we get a call from one of his sisters who I haven't spoken to since their mother passed away six years ago. My friend dumped his bike downstate (Kankakee) last Tuesday. He has a compound fracture in his left leg and has alrady had two operations. The thing is, he can't be alone and has no one to take care of him. So, we're taking him in for a...few weeks. I guess, we'll also have to check in on his dad too. This is not a big deal. He's like a brother to me. My three grown son's still call him "uncle". I suppose, I'm telling you this, just because I feel for sorry for this guy. Talk about a black cloud hanging over you. I'm really concerned how this will affect his already fragile mental state and almost self-destructive personality. All one can do is, hope for the best. Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 11:44 PM EST Sunday, May 24, 2009 Joelc: I have to say that I really have not been able to put it through it's paces yet. I just hooked them all up today and tonight we watched The Reader. Not exactly a movie to rock the house. I did a quick reconfiguration of the speakers and tweaked the EQ a little. But I plan to really set it up tomorrow. I have to say that I wasn't really happy with how the system sounded. It was just ok. I ordered some acoustic treatments that I hope will help. The decision to hook up the amps were two fold. 1) I read an article on the Sony receivers which gave them good marks except for the power supply. 2) I just took home to huge Adcom amps from the office. so why not. I don't know how much time I'll spend on it tomorrow. It should be a beautiful day, and I'll probably spend most of it outdoors. Joelc ( 70.52.168.74 ) at 11:44 PM EST Sunday, May 24, 2009 Equipment... Gar: I have a few pieces that I would not part with... -- Crestron home automation system (when it works which is not often) -- Lumagen RadianceXE video processor -- Marantz VP-11S2 projector -- Meridian 621 HDMI processor -- Meridian 861 audio processor GEO.: ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 8:21 PM EST Sunday, May 24, 2009 USPS mail jurisdiction? Kieran: USPS has its own investigation division. I would start by reporting it to the local postmaster. Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 3:01 PM EST Sunday, May 24, 2009 USPS mail jurisdiction? If someone's US mail is tampered with or stolen from their mailbox, what law enforcement agency should you call? USPS is a federal entity, and I seem to remember that tampering with anyone's mail is a federal offense. So, do you call the FBI? Or just your local police? This happened to a friend, not me. Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 3:00 PM EST Sunday, May 24, 2009 Gar: Here's the info page: http://www.circuitcity.com/sectors/opt-outv2.asp "Under new ownership" Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 10:53 AM EST Sunday, May 24, 2009 http://www.circuitcity.com/?SRCCODE=CCEM001&cm_mmc=EML-_-Main-_-CCEM001-_-circuit1st Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 10:52 AM EST Sunday, May 24, 2009 There back again.... This name just won't die!!! LOL circuitcity@mail.circuitcity.com Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 10:51 AM EST Sunday, May 24, 2009 Equipment... Just curious, list a piece of gear in your house or system that you just can't part with... I have two: Denon POA-1500 Amp with the big meters and rosewood finish Sony S-7000 DVD player with the switches. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 10:49 AM EST Sunday, May 24, 2009 Star Trek... Joelc: Totally agree with you and I watched Hero's the show he came from as a villain. I think he does a great job, and it the first couple of episodes on TV "Spock" was a hard ass. As far as my experience with Amps, external Amps always seem to better headroom and just sound better than most receivers, but I think that gap is closing. I am using a Pioneer Elite Receiver and I must say that this unit has a great Amp section, but they are using the new ICE amp technology. I would think a external Amp by Adcom and or Sim Audio would sound much better than a Amp section in a Sony receiver. I know your question was directed at Tony, but I have found external Amps always to be better, but I am finding that is changing because more companies are using better Amp sections in there higher end receivers. Joelc ( 70.52.168.74 ) at 6:59 AM EST Sunday, May 24, 2009 Good morning gang... Joelc ( 70.52.170.251 ) at 1:34 AM EST Sunday, May 24, 2009 Tony C: I am curious, do you find a huge difference with the external amps over those in the receiver because I thought -- and I may be wrong here -- that your speakers were very efficient... Joelc ( 70.52.170.251 ) at 1:32 AM EST Sunday, May 24, 2009 Tony C: Good to see that you Celeste still lives...bring back memories to me as it was the first high end amp that I ever owned... Joelc ( 70.52.170.251 ) at 1:31 AM EST Sunday, May 24, 2009 Star Trek... Although I dislike going to see movies in theaters these days -- especially since I added a blu-ray player with lossless audio -- I did nonetheless go to the theatre to see Star Trek tonight and must say that I found it to be excellent...do not know what all the complaining about Spock's character came from though... Gasser ( 71.106.229.156 ) at 12:02 AM EST Sunday, May 24, 2009more stuff Tony C: The amps should make the Tannoy's sing. Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 11:30 PM EST Saturday, May 23, 2009 Good night Joel Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 11:29 PM EST Saturday, May 23, 2009 more stuff Got the amps hooked up. I used an Adcom 5300, 3x200 for the front three. Then used the Celest for the sides and rears. Tomorrow, I'll tweak the room. I also installed a turntable. It's been years...probably 10 years since I had a turntable hooked up. But vinyl is back. Joelc ( 70.52.170.251 ) at 6:38 AM EST Saturday, May 23, 2009 Good morning gang.... Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 9:47 PM EST Friday, May 22, 2009 Tony C:: My boss is reading the same play book, doom and gloom. Hence I am looking for some thing more uplifting, there is only so much of that a person can take. :) Have a great weekend! To All: Have a good weekend and Holiday! Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 5:31 PM EST Friday, May 22, 2009 Looks like I got the trigger to work. Amazing what you can learn when you read the manual. Now if the wife will leave me alone, I can hook up some amps. Gar: I'm doing ok. My boss keeps warning me of impending doom. I guess I have to thank him for that. Let me know if you make it down. It's the only week I'm not traveling. Scott "popcorn" ( 70.137.7.69 ) at 2:52 PM EST Friday, May 22, 2009 Google Help Puppetmaster: well, if you just started a web site, then Google might not have had a chance to index it. Also, your content is very important for where you rank in Google. Ahh, You're talking about Google maps. I can update that information for you. You say it's all your information except for the web address? Feel free to e-mail me about this if you want. Joelc ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 11:46 AM EST Friday, May 22, 2009 Morning all...good to be back home...hope that everyone is doing well... Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 9:12 AM EST Friday, May 22, 2009 On a good note my wetsuit bottom is "out for delivary" So I will have that today. My top left San Diego and I won't have that untill next week. It will be nice to get out of the pool and not have to turn every 25 meters. Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 9:10 AM EST Friday, May 22, 2009 Google Help Chris L.:and Popcorn. No we just started a website. One side effect of all these papers going under ins the lack of Obit's. Anyways the differance is 1 letter. Ours starts with a "H" thiers "J" I right clicked on the info and in the URL prop's it shows thier addy. I do not understand how to change it. If you car to look Google Hansen Funeral Home in michigan CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 1:16 AM EST Friday, May 22, 2009 Cool, I pre-ordered and received this from Amazon.com earlier this week without knowing all this about it. Some very good extra perks. http://www.ultimateavmag.com/ultimate-demos/true_blood/ Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 11:52 PM EST Thursday, May 21, 2009 Tony C: Have you tried a remote detonator? ;) LOL Hows it going Tony... Hopefully I will be down your way for a interview next week. Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 11:25 PM EST Thursday, May 21, 2009 I decided to hook up my external amps to my sony receiver only I can't get the trigger to work. It's always something. Scott "popcorn" ( 70.137.7.69 ) at 10:52 PM EST Thursday, May 21, 2009 Google Help Puppetmaster: Are you using Google Analytics? Some very helpful tools there. Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 6:20 PM EST Thursday, May 21, 2009 oh and yes, the blackberry witbier is pretty damn good.
Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 5:37 PM EST Thursday, May 21, 2009 Google Help Puppetmaster:I would think that the link is part of your own web page's html code. You would need to check into your code and make sure everything is typed in correctly. Funny that it would get mistyped to show the competition's site. Maybe they hacked into your code! I hear the funeral biz is pretty cutthroat.
Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 12:46 PM EST Thursday, May 21, 2009 Google Help Morning If you find a problem on Google, how do you get it corrected. In the case of the family Funeral home, whne you google our name the Funeral home and all the correct location comes up, address, phone number and such. Then the hyperlink sends you to a Funeral home in the next town. It's probabley working good for the other guy, not so much for us. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 12:06 PM EST Thursday, May 21, 2009 WTF..... http://www.lonerangerfanclub.com/index.html Man Hollywood is getting desperate, at least they got some one good to play Tonto.. LOL They are remake happy and they cancel good shows on TV can't seem to come up with any new novel idea! Terminator got axed for next year but then again the movie might crash and burn as well but the show was getting good, they should have had it right with "Fringe" and I bet it would still be around. Instead we are stuck with shows like the Bachelor and Dancing with the Stars... BC ( 166.50.66.214 ) at 9:41 AM EST Thursday, May 21, 2009 Puppetmaster: I don't need any stock options but if you could sneak a 2009 CTS-V out the back door, I'll take it. ;) Joelc ( 70.52.169.166 ) at 8:10 AM EST Thursday, May 21, 2009 Good morning gang...hope that everyone has a good day... BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.58 ) at 2:40 AM EST Thursday, May 21, 2009 Good night/Good morning Puppetmaster: Keep your HTOC - summer off, blog going. Love the way you are handling the situation. Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 3:24 PM EST Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Anyone need some GM stock options........Anyone...they maybe collectors items some day On a postive note, Sam Adams has a Beers of Summer 12 pack 6 beers 2 each! The Blackberry Witbier is really good Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 2:54 PM EST Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Joelc: I hear you I am trying to stay afloat by getting rid of extra gear.. Current Biotech company says we are ok, but they just let the guy go in Minnesota and he hasn't even been with us for 5 months. Anyone need a upscaling DVD player.... :) I have an Oppo and or a Panasonic... Joelc: I hope your at least still some where nice. Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 1:36 PM EST Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Gar:Well I will never tell Joelc ( 200.50.83.250 ) at 7:53 AM EST Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Good morning gang...missed my plane yesterday and am stuck away for an extra 24 hours, not happy about this as I would much prefer to be home...then again, I have a job and because of that all is truly well in the world and there is nothing worth complaining about...unbelievable how bad / difficult the world's economu is these days... Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 10:29 PM EST Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Kieran: hmmmm I wonder what Puppetmaster is doing to that 6' foot cardboard of 7 of 9? Never Mind!!!!! LOL Geo: She looks good holding a rack, I mean a Racket... 
Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 7:58 PM EST Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Kieran:oh yea I was thinking of Hendrix if 6 turns out to be 9....I don't mind Scott "popcorn" ( 70.137.7.69 ) at 2:18 PM EST Tuesday, May 19, 2009 GEO: Actually, that's a Former Borg(tm)... It's amazing what the Emergency Medical Hologram's (Doc's) Spa treatment can do.
GEO ( 209.180.126.10 ) at 12:23 PM EST Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Kieran: Is that a Borg? She doesn't look like she'd be very good at tennis. 
Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 11:55 AM EST Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Who? 6 of 9? That must have been 7 of 9's ugly step-sister, huh? 7 of 9 Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 10:53 AM EST Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Joelc: No problem, hence that is why I did not go into the details. ;) Enjoy Barbados! Puppetmaster: I want one of these: http://cgi.ebay.com/Star-Wars---Life-Size-Han-Solo-In-Carbonite---Over-6'_W0QQitemZ350055352786QQcmdZViewItem Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 8:12 AM EST Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Today is take stuff to the church day, then wife to work, then bike. Yesterday was the first day without beer Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 8:11 AM EST Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Gar:I still have my 6' cardboard 6 of 9 in my basement 
Joelc ( 200.50.83.250 ) at 6:56 AM EST Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Good morning gang...another beatiful day in Barbados, too bad I wont be able to enjoy it...hope everyone has a great day and please, do not post what happened at the end of the season for 24 as I have not seen it yet as I have been travelling... Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 2:12 AM EST Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Bruno Cajun Here you go! LOL!!! http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/bruno/international-red-band-trailer Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 2:07 AM EST Tuesday, May 19, 2009 CajunMike: Taking a look at the reviews, it is way too early to tell. Here is a good review..... http://video.reeltalktv.com/player/?id=1104223 Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 2:00 AM EST Tuesday, May 19, 2009 24 Kieran: No kidding.... What the hell, talk about deflating a great season with that ending. They stretched that season way too far, it should have ended much sooner. Geo: I knew you were being a smart ass, hence the ;) wink! CajunMike: I think the Terminator ran it's course moons ago, although the TV series has been enjoyable. Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 1:42 AM EST Tuesday, May 19, 2009 24 What a disappointment. Those writers ought to be tarred and feathered. I've been begging for this series to end since about episode 15 or so this season. Boo-Hiss. Don't know if I'll bother with next season. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 11:27 PM EST Monday, May 18, 2009 Ouch... early reviews for "Terminator Salvation" are horrible. Looks like a real stinker. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/terminator_salvation/ Looks like the next trip to the theater for me won't be until July 3rd for "Public Enemies" and then July 10 for "Bruno". ;) I'll wait for "Up" and "Transformers 2" on Blu-ray. GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 7:37 PM EST Monday, May 18, 2009 Gar: Oh, THE Borg, not BJORN Borg. I get it. Obviously, I'm being a smart-ass. Sorry. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 6:30 PM EST Monday, May 18, 2009 GEO: Here you go.... ;) http://www.startrek-voyager.info/j.html GEO ( 209.180.126.10 ) at 2:01 PM EST Monday, May 18, 2009 Gar: I never got into the Star Trek franchise, but Borg was one of my favorite tennis players. What was his connection with Star Trek? Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 1:46 PM EST Monday, May 18, 2009 CajunMike: I agree, also I was never a Trekie, I did watch all of the series, but never went off the "Ranch" if you know what I mean! ;) I watched the original series, TNG/DS9/Voyager and even Enterprise which started getting good till they canceled it. This movie is by far the best I have seen as well, although some of the movies with Picard were good with the Borg. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 11:01 PM EST Sunday, May 17, 2009 Gar: I couldnt not fine fault with any of the performances. These young guys are in a no-win situation. Every one of the original characters are iconic. Can you imagine in a decade or two, Lucas is deceased and they propose rebooting the original Star Wars trilogy? Some new guys playing Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and then some new voice for Darth Vader? It's a no win situation with a certain age group. I was never a Trekie as I only saw it in syndication in the 70s and I was too young to digest the storylines. I never watched an episode of any of the TV incarnations afterwards either. I saw all of the Star Trek movies and other than the wrath of Kahn they were average at best. Of all of the Star Trek productions, this new reboot is the best. IMO Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 7:34 PM EST Sunday, May 17, 2009 Kieran: Let me rephrase that... ;) Zachary Quinto did a very good job as Spock, some critics were petty hard on his performance. Most people I talked to (Even die hard Trekies) thought he did a great job. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 12:12 PM EST Sunday, May 17, 2009 CajunMike: That is good to know that Abrams will be at the helm for the next couple. He sure is busy with Lost, but that is ending next season and he is also doing "Fringe" which has been a great show so far, so the guy sure has been busy. Kieran: some critics were ripping on his performance (Zachary Quinto) from Heros, but I thought he did a great job as the original spock(Nimoy). Spock was a ass on the first couple of shows of the very first TV series. That is good to hear that there are more to come as there is plenty of story line to go around still. Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 1:22 AM EST Sunday, May 17, 2009 Star Trek Cajun, Gar: FYI, the guy who played Spock was interviewed and quoted as saying the main cast of characters are all contracted for at least 2 sequels, IIRC. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 12:20 AM EST Sunday, May 17, 2009 Gar: The first one had to introduce you to the characters, set the look and reintroduce the whole franchise over again. Abram hit a homerun in all of those aspects. How often is the second movie of a franchise better? Empire Strikes Back, Godfather II, Dark Knight, Spiderman 2, Star Trek Wrath of Kahn, Bourne Supremacy (marginal and debatable), XMen2....all better than the first. The flip side is that you can name many sequel failures but many times you know when it's going to happen before you see it. Different director, different writers and you know it was thrown together just to make money. Abrams is on for the long haul and I think this reboot has a long run coming. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 11:39 PM EST Saturday, May 16, 2009 CajunMike: I am a semi Trekie, and really enjoyed it. Rumor has it that the next one will star Tom Cruise as Khan.... LOL Abrams has been busy with "Lost" and pretty decent show called "Fringe" which I really like. I hope he stays on course with Star Trek and produces more of the same or at least similar films. The action was good, the acting was good and the effects were excellent! Now wrap that up in a great story and we will even have better movie. Wishful thinking, but he seems to have the recipe right, or at least most of it. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 8:32 PM EST Saturday, May 16, 2009 By the way, I haven't been to the theater in awhile but I must have missed the price increase.... and I'm sure Louisiana is less expensive than major cities across the U.S. I paid $6.50 for a matinee ticket, they show 8.50 for showings after 5pm. My bill for popcorn, diet coke and raisinettes was another 12 bucks. I saw that they charge another three bucks for 3D movies. I can see why it's making sense to a lot of people to simply wait four-to-six months for the movie to come out on disc and you can own the movie for just about the same price. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 8:24 PM EST Saturday, May 16, 2009 Taken Gar: I saw Star Trek today and I will give it a nine out of ten. Compared to last years summer movies, it's better than Iron Man. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 1:51 PM EST Saturday, May 16, 2009 Taken CajunMike: Very good flick, I saw it at the Theater. That guy in that movie doesn't waste anytime, gets right to the point very quickly! ;) CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 12:50 AM EST Saturday, May 16, 2009 Taken Just got finished watching it on Blu-ray and it was awesome. You have a choice either the theatrical version of an unrated version. I can see why there is talk of a sequel. Highly underrated movie. Jason Bourne meets Ransom with Liam Neeson kicking major ass. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 8:46 PM EST Friday, May 15, 2009 Star Trek Kieran: I would give it a 8 as well. The guy that played Spock they said was bad, but I thought he did a excellent job. Bones of course didn't have too many lines but when he did they lacked substance. I did like it better than Transformers, and I am too looking forward to the new Terminator, the new TV series is good as well. Also I would recommend "Fringe" as far as new TV series go. I also got to see some of the filming of "Public Enemy" and since a lot of it was filmed in Columbus Wisconsin I am excited to see this film as well. Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 5:11 PM EST Friday, May 15, 2009 Star Trek Puppetmaster: I'm not too excited about Transformers2. I am excited about Terminator4 though. Public Enemies is coming out in July, Johnny Depp as John Dillinger, can't be too bad... "UP" just did very well at Cannes, so I'm looking forward to that, although it'll probably wait for rental for me. "G.I. Joe" comes out in August. I'm interested... probably a rental though. The preview looked kinda cheesy, and not very true to the old comic books, tv-cartoon series, and toys of my youth. Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 4:04 PM EST Friday, May 15, 2009 Star Trek Kieran:I have that on my May schedule, then Transformers in June....what to do in July Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 3:40 PM EST Friday, May 15, 2009 birthdays Happy birthday to those I missed, and those I will miss (I know there are lots of June babies in this group.) Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 3:38 PM EST Friday, May 15, 2009 Star Trek Saw this Wednesday. I give it a 7 or 8 out of 10. IMO, this is ranked #3 of all ST movies, behind ST2 and ST6. It was VERY entertaining, but the story/plot lacked the some of the substance of other sci-fi greats. It was fun, and there was plenty of references to old ST lore for anyone who's a fan of the franchise. The action was great, the effects (visual and audio) were great. Where it falls short, again, is the story/plot. It wasn't terrible, it worked quite well, actually. But I just can't say it was excellent. I don't think it could stand on its own as a great sci-fi flick, if it weren't for all the references to and characters from the classic ST lore. Ironically, this is often where it's hailed by critics. Many have said that it's a great entry into the ST franchise for new/young fans. I'm sorry, but if I didn't already know all the characters, I don't know that I'd care about them much in this film. But still, it was great as a summer blockbuster. I highly recommend it, especially if you're even a mild ST fan, and I recommend seeing it on the big screen if you can. Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 1:26 PM EST Friday, May 15, 2009 OK I can post Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 1:25 PM EST Friday, May 15, 2009 Joel can you hear me Joelc ( 70.52.168.51 ) at 6:08 AM EST Friday, May 15, 2009 Hey what is going on with the forum, the last two posts were from me yet myname was not showing up... ( 70.52.168.51 ) at 6:07 AM EST Friday, May 15, 2009 Good morning gang...have a great day and an even better weekend... ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 11:13 AM EST Thursday, May 14, 2009 Have a good few days...off on another business trip.. Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 10:51 AM EST Thursday, May 14, 2009 Morning all Bagman Happy Belated. So here's the thing the cartoon Duck Dodgers, well it had Megadeth on it. Yup then my 8 year old "Daddy, do you have Megadeth, if so will you make me a CD" I'm so proud Ok day 4, today I put on a watch, need to time my laps. Lets see, off for a 2k swim, followed by a run. Then a haircut, then a conferance call with a casket company (Funeral Stuff) yup, should be beers by 1430 at the latest. Todays special.....Summer Shady later Joelc ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 9:35 AM EST Thursday, May 14, 2009 Good morning gang... BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.38 ) at 11:55 PM EST Wednesday, May 13, 2009 T-Man: I told him. Come on down! BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.38 ) at 11:54 PM EST Wednesday, May 13, 2009 B'Day Gents, Thanks for the Happy B'Days. If it had been any more sedate, I'd be in " the home ". Thanks again. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 9:51 PM EST Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Happy Birthday Bagman. GEO ( 209.180.126.10 ) at 5:18 PM EST Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Bagman: Belated Happy Birthday from me as well. BYork ( 151.151.98.238 ) at 5:14 PM EST Wednesday, May 13, 2009Same here, Bagman! (sorry I missed it, too) 
Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 1:13 PM EST Wednesday, May 13, 2009Happy Belated Bagman Sorry I missed it. Hope you had a great BD!
Joelc ( 70.52.171.36 ) at 1:53 AM EST Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Actually, good morning, as I guess that I am burning the candle at both ends... Joelc ( 70.52.171.36 ) at 1:51 AM EST Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Good night gang...see you in the morning... BIG AL ( 208.94.78.65 ) at 10:37 PM EST Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Ron H; How did I miss your birthday??!! Happy belated birthday !!!!!!!!!!!! I don't tell many people about my birthday, because I don't want the fuss. I have to admit though, it's kool coming here and having a bunch of birthday greetings. So I'm real sorry for missing yours. I hope it was a great one! Ron H ( 72.73.165.113 ) at 7:12 PM EST Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Thanks for the Birthday wishes. Joelc ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 4:32 PM EST Tuesday, May 12, 2009 BAGMAN: Happy birthday...hope you have a great day! Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 2:37 PM EST Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Happy Birthday Bagman! Cajun: Thanks for the heads up on the "Police Blu-Ray" very good quality. All: The new Star Trek movie is excellent, even if your not a fan. I hope everyone is hanging in there, the company I just started with a few months ago is talking about downsizing already. :( BIG AL ( 208.94.78.65 ) at 1:40 PM EST Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Happy Birthday Bagman !!!!!!!!!!! T-Man ( 71.253.41.140 ) at 9:47 AM EST Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Bagbean: Hope you have a great birthday. Tell Lou I said he is a pud. Maybe one of these days I'll get to visit you two. Joelc ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 4:20 PM EST Monday, May 11, 2009 Okay, all seems good now... Joelc} ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 4:20 PM EST Monday, May 11, 2009 Apologies guys but I am having some forum problems and need to runthis test... Joelc ( 76.64.15.24 ) at 5:15 AM EST Monday, May 11, 2009 Good morning gang... Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 4:02 PM EST Sunday, May 10, 2009 Puppetmaster: LOL too funny!!! Hey I would be happy if my wife made me that list on a daily basis... ;) Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 1:32 PM EST Sunday, May 10, 2009 Puppetmaster: Well let us know how that works out for you. I'd say that you saved the most ambitious part for the end. Hope you find someone to help out with that. Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.173 ) at 1:22 PM EST Sunday, May 10, 2009 Well I stocked up on Sam Adams and some Honey Moon. I made up a list of things to do and started piling up Ebay crap. Day 1 Monday AM bike ride Lawn Work 11:30 Swim Lawn work Kitchen Ebay crap Beer Cook Sex Need to plan day 2 Joelc ( 76.64.15.24 ) at 7:25 AM EST Sunday, May 10, 2009 Good morning gang...hope everyone has a good mother's day and still finds tome for some HT! Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 1:20 PM EST Saturday, May 9, 2009 Pioneer Update Chris L.: Thanks for the heads up, I would rather have Chris be the guinea pig for the beta than the rest of us.. ;) Thanks, once this is done this will be a stellar piece. Joelc ( 70.52.168.128 ) at 7:05 AM EST Saturday, May 9, 2009 Good morning gang... Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 9:47 PM EST Friday, May 8, 2009 1 day to go Puppetmaster: Good luck Joe. I was told by the boss that I could see a change in August or October if we merge again with our farm team, RED distribution. I already started saving and trying to be fiscally responsible around the house. It's tough, but so are you. Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 9:13 PM EST Friday, May 8, 2009 Pioneer Update Gar: Getting closer to a new FW update... Chris Walker from Pioneer.. "Hi Everyone, I told everyone that I would give an update once I received the early version of the new firmware.. Today I received Ver. 1.27a Beta for the BDP-05FD and BDP-51FD. And yes it does add DTS-HD Master decoding and Adjustable Crossovers.. I have taken a couple of screenshots below... I do not know when it will be available yet.. It is still going through our QA process.... Please do not call our customer service and ask for this firmware. They do not have it... Thanks for everyone's patience... Chris" Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 11:32 AM EST Friday, May 8, 20091 day to go Puppetmaster: Hang in there buddy! I'm sure you'll figure out some way to get through. You're a very resourceful guy. Good luck! GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 10:17 AM EST Friday, May 8, 2009 1 day to go Puppetmaster: Good luck, Joe. Hope everything works out OK. Joelc ( 70.54.140.248 ) at 5:24 AM EST Friday, May 8, 2009 Good morning gang... Pupppetmaster: +1 BC ( 76.236.209.210 ) at 11:39 PM EST Thursday, May 7, 2009 1 day to go Puppetmaster: Good luck! Try and at least enjoy some time off. Gar ( 69.128.158.81 ) at 8:10 PM EST Thursday, May 7, 2009 1 day to go Puppetmaster: Sorry to hear that, is there anything I can do to help? Recruiter list and a really good document on interviewing I can send you? Puppetmaster ( 24.231.186.194 ) at 4:00 PM EST Thursday, May 7, 2009 1 day to go Well I work Friday and then I am off untill July 13th....as of now. Things are looking grim. Looks like I am going to work on my tan. Joelc ( 76.64.12.201 ) at 10:35 AM EST Thursday, May 7, 2009 Good morning gang... Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 2:52 PM EST Wednesday, May 6, 2009 Another question for the computer savvy GEO: In addition to all that's been said, extra memory means you can have more applications open at once before Windows needs to make extensive use its virtual memory (i.e. caching to the hdd.) FYI, the 4GB limitation is a hard fact due to the 32-bit nature of the O/S. A 32-bit OS can only use a max of 32 bits to refer to any byte of memory. So, 2^32 = 4.2 billion, or 4GB. Also, if you have any add-on cards (e.g. graphics card) the memory there takes away from the 4GB maximum. I have 2GB and it's fine for me. I also have a 512MB graphics card, for a total addressable physical memory size of 2.5GB. You definitely want a bigger hdd though. GEO ( 209.180.126.10 ) at 2:49 PM EST Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Another question for the computer savvy Gar: Thanks, Gar. No need to pay for the memory if it won't improve performance. Gar ( 96.61.43.56 ) at 10:17 AM EST Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Another question for the computer savvy GEO.:From my understanding of Windows, and I am no expert but: There is no way to use more than 3GB of RAM on a general purpose PC with Windows 32-bit edition. The solution to use 4GB is to switch to 64-bit Windows version is the recommended solution by Microsoft. The problem with this is most drivers and applications don't have 64-bit versions yet. So unless your doing any kind of very extensive gaming, I would just stick to 2gig of memory for now, although there shouldn't be an issue with upgrading to a faster bigger hardrive which can also help. I am currently using 8gigs but I am not using Microsoft for OS and I am doing a ton of HD video. So he answered the memory question, but didn't address the hard drive which is a very easy upgrade for most IT guys. GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 9:50 AM EST Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Another question for the computer savvy Last week I posted a question about professional versus consumer grade laptops. Kieran posted a response (thanks). The computers our IT department is supplying are Dell Latitude with 2GB of RAM and 80GB harddrives. I told our IT director that I wanted to upgrade to 3GB of RAM and a 250GB harddrive. Here's the response from IT: "Just so you know, Windows XP Pro won't address more than 4GB of memory but the thing to remember here is that having the additional gigabyte won't buy you any more performance because the system and most Windows applications won't use anything above 2GB." I have no idea what that means. Is it a waste of money to upgrade to 3GB of RAM? What questions should I be asking? Joelc ( 70.52.168.38 ) at 6:01 AM EST Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Good morning gang... CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 2:15 AM EST Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Ford continues it's roll of great news, great press and extremely positive sales figures. They are getting out of their funk at break-neck speed. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/04/mercedes-benz-r-class-lincoln-mkz-earn-iihs-top-safety-pick/ Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 8:56 PM EST Monday, May 4, 2009 Reference BDP http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/blu-ray-players/616-pioneer-bdp-09fd-blu-ray-player-review.html Pioneer's new Elite BDP. Gar ( 96.61.43.56 ) at 10:45 AM EST Monday, May 4, 2009 Tony C: Lock Stock is a great film and Snatch was good as well. Rock N Rolla, so so, at best a rental. Seven Pounds was, decent but not what I expected. Morning Joelc/All: Joelc ( 70.54.140.150 ) at 6:50 AM EST Monday, May 4, 2009 Good morning gang... Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 12:13 AM EST Monday, May 4, 2009 I saw Seven Pounds which I thought was very different, but was able to figure it out half way through. It was ok. Tonight I watched Rock N Rolla, a Guy Richie film. Worth a rental, but similar to Lock Stock, Snatch, and other English films of that ilk. Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 12:03 AM EST Monday, May 4, 2009 Joelc: Got it, thanks. Gar ( 96.61.43.56 ) at 8:56 PM EST Sunday, May 3, 2009 CajunMike: Well, totally agree with on on MILK... I rented it and they try to push the whole I am gay and everything is grand thing. Even a friend who is gay said it was way over the top, the story was good, but I turned it over within the first 10 minutes. I thought Slumdog was good, but haven't seen the reader yet. I just saw "Nothing but the Truth" and that was very good as well. Joelc ( 70.54.140.150 ) at 3:26 PM EST Sunday, May 3, 2009 CajunMike: Funny you should say that because that is exactoly what i thought about The Reader...to each their own...with that, at least we can agree on equipment... ;) CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 2:51 PM EST Sunday, May 3, 2009 Joelc: Yes, was just giving my opinion. I enjoyed the story telling of the Reader much more. I kept forcing myself to keep watching Slumdog. At least three or four times during the first 45 minutes I considered turning it off. I stuck around and it paid off in the second half. Joelc ( 70.52.170.30 ) at 6:51 AM EST Sunday, May 3, 2009 CajunMike: I have to disagree with you on this in that to me SLumDog was much better than The REader....but ymmv... Joelc ( 70.52.170.30 ) at 6:50 AM EST Sunday, May 3, 2009 Tony C: No, the term LPCM refers to tramsmitting the digital audio stream (i.e.DD-THD, dts-MA, etc.)digitally as a lossless signal; in essence the DD-THD / dts-MA is decoded from its bitstream format to its lossless PCM format and then transmitted by the Blu-rau player to the pre/pro digitally (i.e. over HDMI) but since the audio stream is already decoded the pre/pro has no decoding to do...one advantage of this approach is that the pre/pro's horsepower that was being used to decode the bitstream can now be used for other goodies such as room correction, upsampling, etc...hope this helps... Joelc ( 70.52.170.30 ) at 6:37 AM EST Sunday, May 3, 2009 Good morning gang... CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 1:36 AM EST Sunday, May 3, 2009 2009 nominees for movie of the year.. Oscars. I will see Benjamin Button next week when it arrives via Netflix. I have seen all of the others, Slumdog last week, Frost/Nixon and tonight The Reader. I refuse to partake in any further movies that Sean Penn is an actor but that's a political discussion. I will take most folks word that "Milk" was good, but was really given much more hype due to Hollywood's gay agenda. of what I have seen, "The Reader" should have won Best Picture. The wife and I just got finished watching it and we then watched all of the extra features on the Blu-ray disc. Slumdog was very good, but not in the same realm as The Reader. Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 11:38 PM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 speaking of work, looks like we will be moving into the same offices as Sony Electronics and Sony Pictures by July. I hope to make some good contacts. This would have been awesome about 10 years ago when carrying CDs was like carrying currency. Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 11:35 PM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 GEO.: I don't know if they will ever come with an update for the 350 that will allow it to decode on-board. why should they? The 550 sells for more for that added feature. Joel: When you use the the LPCM, are you refering to the use of an analog stream to the receiver via multi channel analog input? Joe: I too am very happy for you. It's a horrible thing to have to watch your industry dissolve in front of your eyes. I wish all the luck in the world. Gar: Sure hope you do get down again with time. I understand how it goes. I just spent a week in LA where I have a lot of friends. Unfortunately only enough time to see one. AlL: Thanks for the cable info, I have to do some shopping. Oh, I will also be buying some room acoustic panels this week. I finally found a cheap place to purchase from. Granted, others were way cooler looking but this should work fine on a budget of $600. Joelc ( 70.52.170.30 ) at 10:13 PM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 Joe: I am very very happy for you... Geo: I just purcahed a Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-Ray player for circa USD 250 and it is, according to Stacey Spears, the best player currently available (although the Oppo BD-83 will top it) and it decodes DD-TH and dts-MA...I have watched a few movies on it and other than load times -- which I am told are relavtively fast for blu-ray -- I have no complaints and would highly recommend it...the sound quality is terrific through my Meridian system... Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 6:43 PM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 Gar:Everyone is waiting for the next update, which was promised a month or so ago. It will give the player the abilty to decode DTS HD-MA and DD TrueHD for those who don't have a receiver that's capable of that. According to Chris Walker from Pioneer.. "I am scheduled to receive a testing version the end of next week... If this firmware makes it through the QA department then we are good to go.. I will let everyone know the results once I receive it.. Thanks, Chris Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.228 ) at 5:55 PM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 Hello all Well it's May and I still have a job  Ron, sorry it's late hapy B -day Gar ( 96.61.43.56 ) at 3:52 PM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 I guess I need six more speakers CajunMike: Yikes!! Six more... I would be happy with another 2. Still using a 5.1 system and when I finally have the $$ to redo the HT room the right way I will spend it on the room and then upgrade. 6 more speakers just means more cash for most and unless you have the room, just don't see a need for it yet. Thanks for the article and good read.. GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 2:39 PM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 Joelc: I agree that the audio improvement of lossless over lossy is substantial. But the 350 does not internally decode DTS-MA, nor does my Onkyo. The Onkyo will, however, accept LPCM, so I either need a BD player that will decode it internally, or wait for such a firmware upgrade to the 350. GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 2:36 PM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 Gar: That's the update that I just did this past week. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 2:08 PM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 I guess I need six more speakers May 1, 2009 — Audyssey Laboratories, the developer of MultEQ auto-equalization and other technologies now available in a wide range of A/V receivers and pre/pros, has long been a proponent of increasing the number of channels in an audio system. With its newly announced DSX technology, it has now brought that capability to home theaters... http://ultimateavmag.com/news/audyssey_dsx/ CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 12:32 PM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 HDMI cables Tony C: Yes, Every cable in my system is from them. You pay via paypal and whatever you order arrives in two days from USPS. Gar ( 96.61.43.56 ) at 11:33 AM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 Geo/Joelc: from the looks of the Blu-Ray web site they are way behind on updating it, as I see the Sony S-350 already has another update. http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=BDPS350&SelectOS=7#div_pos_30 Gar ( 96.61.43.56 ) at 11:30 AM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 Joelc: Love Meridian gear, it's been a long time since I had a couple of pieces of gear in my rack from them. But I agree LPCM is the ticket, maybe for some of us it is a piece of mind seeing it displayed on the front panel of our Receivers and or Processors... LOL ;) Also: Anyone see any updates for the Pioneer 51 yet? I did the last update a few weeks ago, this is always a good page to check out: http://www.blu-ray.com/firmware/ Joelc ( 70.52.170.30 ) at 11:21 AM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 SOrry, did not close the "names" properly...did not mean to shout.. Joelc ( 70.52.170.30 ) at 11:20 AM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 Geo, Ger, etc.} I have just recently enetred into the world of lossless audio (i.e. DD-THD and dts-MA) and, as a result of Meridian's atchitecture, must have it decoded in the Blu-Ray player to LPCM and then passed on the Meridian for processing; that said, the SQ improvement for DVD to Blu-Ray was, to me, much larger than the PQ improvement...the point of all this is that there is (i.e. should be no difference) between decoding in the Blu-Ray player versus decoding in the processor so as long as i) you Blu-Ray player can decode into LPCM and ii) your receiver accpets LPCM then you are good to go...really very simple... GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 10:55 AM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 Gar: I've wondered in the back of my mind (the front is full) whether there would be, say, a firmware upgrade to the 350 to internally decode DTS-MA. I downloaded and installed the latest firmware upgrade, but it pertained to BD Live which I don't see myself using. Gar ( 96.61.43.56 ) at 9:39 AM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 Geo: I heard there will be updates to the S-350 as I have the exact same setup you have in my upstairs system. Regardless it is a great sounding combo! Gar ( 96.61.43.56 ) at 9:37 AM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 The Sony Rec is back Tony C: I was down in Chicago for training and got to see the 6th Bulls playoff game! Lets just say that was extremely exciting! Next time I am down and I actually have time, I will give you a call ahead of time. Glad to see you got your receiver back and it working order. GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 7:47 AM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 HDMI cables Tony C: Yes, Bluejeans cables. Excellent quality, price and service. Glad you got that resolved. Now I'm wondering whether I HAVE to have DTS-MA. I've got the Sony 350 and Onkyo 705. I believe that if I had a BD player that decoded DTS-MA internally, I could send it to the Onkyo via multichannel and the Onkyo would output it. Might have to think about it. Joelc ( 70.54.140.210 ) at 7:13 AM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 Good morning gang.. Tony C: Happy that you got everything sorted out, now sit back and enjoy... Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 1:47 AM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 Ron, belated birthday wishes to you. Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 1:41 AM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 HD-DVD movie trade-in BIG AL: Every once in a while BBY had BD at $14.99. That's when I buy one or two that I want. Sometimes, it's still not worth it. I still have about 10 red discs. I actually tested one tonight while setting up the receiver. Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 1:38 AM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 HDMI cables Is it Bluejean cable that you guys buy from? Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 1:38 AM EST Saturday, May 2, 2009 The Sony Rec is back and I thought I was going to be really pissed because the email exchange I had with Manuel was infuriating me. That's another story. Because I'm getting the TrueHD and dtsMA indicators to light up now, so I'm happy. Just finished putting everything together. BC ( 70.113.219.245 ) at 11:33 PM EST Friday, May 1, 2009 Yep, it's a Netflix rental CajunMike: I just got back from seeing Wolverine. It was enjoyable but not great. I thought parts were a little lame but I enjoyed the story explaining things. Gar ( 96.61.43.56 ) at 5:39 PM EST Friday, May 1, 2009 Happy Birthday to all I missed! CajunMike: yup they crapped all over that movie. On the other hand so far this movie is getting great reviews! http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_11/ PS: I like your list of cars! :) CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 10:07 AM EST Friday, May 1, 2009 Yep, it's a Netflix rental X-Men Origins: Wolverine is getting hammered by the critics. Certified Rotten on the Rotten Tomatoes meter. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wolverine/ So now my first jump in the summer movie pool is delayed a week for Star Trek. ;) CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 11:46 PM EST Thursday, April 30, 2009 American Cars I would buy in a heartbeat (in no particular order) 2010 Ford Taurus SHO 2010 Cadillac CTS-V 2009 or 2010 Dodge Challenger R/T 2010 Ford F-150 King Ranch or Platinum CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 11:37 PM EST Thursday, April 30, 2009 Exclusive Taurus SHO First Ride http://autos.aol.com/article/car-news/Ford-Taurus-SHO-drive/20090430003 BIG AL ( 208.94.78.65 ) at 11:05 PM EST Thursday, April 30, 2009 HD-DVD movie trade-in http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10224852-1.html?tag=nl.e702 Joelc ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 11:11 AM EST Thursday, April 30, 2009 Good morning gang... BYork ( 64.172.7.194 ) at 8:53 AM EST Thursday, April 30, 2009Oppo BD-83 Priority Ordering... Funny you should suggest that....I did so about 20 minutes before your post.
BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.38 ) at 1:47 AM EST Thursday, April 30, 2009 Happy B'Day Ron. Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 1:15 AM EST Thursday, April 30, 2009 Ron, Happy Birthday Good Buddy!!!! BIG AL ( 208.94.78.65 ) at 12:23 AM EST Thursday, April 30, 2009 Ron H; Happy Birthday !!! Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 10:18 PM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Sin City BR If you haven't, you NEED to pick up the new release. This is my new reference disc. Simply amazing. Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 8:19 PM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAMpLI4GrKQ Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 8:15 PM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009 HAPPY BIRTHDAY RON!! It's peanut butter jelly time!  Peanut butter jelly time! Peanut butter jelly time! Where you at! Where you at! Where you at! Where you at! Now there you go! There you go! There you go!
Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 5:39 PM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009Should be Have a great day!
Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 5:38 PM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009Happy Birthday Ron H -birthday7- Have a great day!
Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 5:11 PM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Oppo BD-83 Priority Ordering... BYork: If you know you're going to want it, and you're just wondering about last minute firmware fixes, I'd say go ahead and pre-order. Oppo has excellent customer service (as you know) and firmware upgrades will be easy and readily available when they come out. Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 5:10 PM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Oppo BD-83 Priority Ordering... BYork: Email her the pre-order email from Oppo, with the subject line of the email reading "birthday gift for Brian"
BYork ( 151.151.98.235 ) at 4:24 PM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009Oppo BD-83 Priority Ordering... Kieran: - The kicker is my wife has been complaining that she can't think of anything to get me for my 50th birthday, so.......... 
Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 4:12 PM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Oppo BD-83 Priority Ordering... Joelc: There's very little doubt that it will kick A$$ on most video tasks, especially Blu-Ray. Most of the gripes with the current firmware appear to be around some of the "universal player" aspects of the bdp83... like play back of SACD's, HDCD's, etc. Granted over 80% of previewers voted "YES" to release the player now... so the gripes are few. Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 4:10 PM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Happy B-Day Ron! Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 4:10 PM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Oppo BDP-83 Priority Ordering BYork: Yes got that email. Still can't afford it right now (well "afford" and "justify" are two very different things... -cough-WAF-cough- ) Did you review the early adoption program votes & comments? Very informative. EAP#2 is the one I was looking over. You'll be able to see what issues are still there, and if they are important to you or not. http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-83/eap.aspx Joelc ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 3:49 PM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Oppo BD-83 Priority Ordering... At the Meridian Forum Stacey Spears has stated that the Bd-83 is simply "the best" Blu-Ray player currently available...and, I think that says it all... BYork ( 151.151.7.54 ) at 3:39 PM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009Oppo BDP-83 Priority Ordering Anyone else get the "we've completed early adopter testing, now it's available to those of you who signed up" email from Oppo Digital? I'm trying to decide if it's time to jump..... BYork ( 151.151.98.235 ) at 2:19 PM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009Birthdays RonH - Happy Birthday! (and belated birthdays to everyone else that I missed...Big Al, SonicBit...) 
GEO ( 209.180.126.10 ) at 1:18 PM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009 RonH: Happy Birthday and Many More!! CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 1:09 PM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009 AVReview pits four high-end receivers againsteachother Tony C:: There wasn't an electronics piece in my possession for the entire 80s and part of the 90's that didnt have a "Sony" logo on it. My first hometheater system (three systems back) had the STR-DA777ES which was considered the best HT receiver Sony had made. Several here, including Gar had the Pre/pro version of that receiver. As I look at Sony now, there isn't a product category that they are the leader other than the PS3. The last product leader other than a video game console that Sony had was their SXRD RPTV, which Gar has and their SXRD front projector. But as there have been several generations that one is considered a clear second best to the JVC. There are some very nice Vaio computers that I would consider buying... most notably because they come with Blu-Ray drives. When it comes to the current receivers or pre/pro's out there. I start with Integra/Onkyo (yes, I own an Integra) and then Pioneer Elite, Denon, Marantz. I've never been a fan of Yamaha. In the early stages of 5.1 Onkyo had some great pieces and then they got blown away and were swimming in Denon's wake like everyone else. In the past three years they have become the segment leader in most of the receiver categories. You read many forums and whenever there is someone asking for an entry level receiver, the Onkyo is always tops. Mid level receivers... Onkyo... High end.. Onkyo/Integra.. but there are several layers of high end. Denon and Marantz have pieces that are close to 8000 bucks the last time I checked. Anyways, this is my next purchase. ;) http://www.hometheatermag.com/frontprojectors/jvc_dla-hd750_d-ila_projector/ CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 12:58 PM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Happy Birthday Ron JoelC: I went to the Sonos website but I need to look some more into it. BC: Thanks for that info. I'm sure my guy is going to want a lot of money for that Russound system. He emailed me back and said this is what he has... Let me know if you are familiar with any of this and what might be a good price. Evidently it's a system he bought to use as a demo system. My guess is that he's had it for awhile. I have a CAV606 which is the current controller. I also have the following: Smart media server SMS3 ST2S AM/FM Sirius Tuner BGK1 IPod dock 2 - UNO-TS2 Touchscreens 1 - UNO-TS2D Desktop Touchscreen 3 - UNO-S1 and 2 - Uno-S2 keypads 2 - remotes Let me know if your interested BC ( 166.50.66.214 ) at 8:54 AM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Happy Birthday Ron! Joelc ( 70.52.170.74 ) at 7:01 AM EST Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Good morning gang... Ron H: Happy birrhday my friend...have a great day! Tony C: ( 12.198.166.130 ) at 11:25 PM EST Tuesday, April 28, 2009 AVReview pits four high-end receivers against eachother CajunMike: Home Theater just reviewed the Sony 5400ES and gave it high marks but didn't give it a "Top Pick" ratiing because of the amps. I confirmed this with a friend who is a Sony dealer. That's why I would use it as a pre-pro. Sony went with value in features, not in power. I always favored Yamaha, but I don't like the difficulty in switching around all those DSPs and there were other quirks that bugged me. BC ( 76.199.124.128 ) at 11:15 AM EST Tuesday, April 28, 2009 CajunMike: Sonos is cool but is a little different type of install from the traditional whole house audio system. Ask yourself a couple questions. 1. What sources (and how many) do you want to use? 2. How many zones will you have? 3. Do you want keypads or would you prefer a remote solution for control? I've used the Nuvo Grand Concerto for most of my installs. Russound has some cool stuff as well and so does Niles (zr6 and ICS). The Nuvo is pretty awesome for the price. But you are limited in keypad choices whereas with Russound or Niles, you have some more options. (such as a simple push button type up to a touchscreen) In my own house, I just use a marantz zs-5300 which is a 3 zone, 3 source amp. I have no keypads and use universal remotes since I already have 1 in every room. I also have an ipod touch that I can use with itunes. With that, you get 2 way feedback of what is playing, the ability to choose what you want to play in itunes and volume control. We aren't power users, so this setup works well for us. Joelc ( 70.52.170.59 ) at 6:55 AM EST Tuesday, April 28, 2009 CajunMike: I suggest that go to www.sonos.com and forums.sonis.com to get a bette ridea but suffice it to say that I have had three of my friends go out the very next day to buy a Sonos sytsem after seeing mine.. I will also answer any and all questions that you may have to help you out but trust me, you will not be disappointed.. Of course, theother thing you could do is avail yourself of their 30 day return policy and order the units and check it out yourself... Joelc ( 70.52.170.59 ) at 6:52 AM EST Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Good morning one and all...hope that everyone has a good day... CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 11:47 PM EST Monday, April 27, 2009 New Triad DSP subs I just checked out the Triad thread on the AVS forum, which I havent looked at in almost a year. Paul Scarpelli the national sales rep is awesome with sharing info and answering questions. He just posted some new info and pics of their new line of DSP subs. I love the looks.. Check out this link and then go back to page 26 to see some others. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=16354747&posted=1#post16354747 CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 11:45 PM EST Monday, April 27, 2009 Joelc: That's great info.. please share more as I'm totally in the dark on this stuff. I kind of dug around and I see that the list price on some of the Russound systems are in the 7k area. I have no desire to spend that kind of money on something like this. Joelc ( 70.52.170.59 ) at 10:51 PM EST Monday, April 27, 2009 CajunMike: Although yoour post was directed at BC I hope you do not nmind me chimming in...the best, and by far the best, value of anything that I have purchased is my SONOS whole house audio system...plays ripped music, local radio, internet radio, rhapsody, xm radio, etc....totally bullet proof... CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 9:31 PM EST Monday, April 27, 2009 BC: Any thoughts on whole house audio systems, etc.? I have been getting all the mags over the years but I've never read any of the reviews or info on that stuff as it's never been of interest. My Triad dealer is a guy I trust and he has all the certifications. He's looking at my house plans now in order to give me a bid on pre-wiring. This is what he sent me in an email. Being a two story house it's best to pre-wire for any possible future needs. In some cases, it's the only time you can. I consider whole house audio. I use mine all the time. Being able to chose what source you want listen to without leaving the room or pool area was the the key to me using it and enjoying it. Especially in my back yard. And it not just about music. Add a satellite radio receiver and you've got a limitless amount of news, sports, music ect. I have a demo Russound system I might be willing to sell at a price that would make this a good investment. And it does increase the value of the home because it's part of the house. And you don't need to put it every room. I have a add on Russound product that becomes your door bell system. It is a internal/external intercom system that mutes the music and rings the doorbell through the speakers. The door stations take the place of your standard doorbells allowing you to tell the person at the front door to come around, we're back by the pool. If there's no music playing, the doorbell still rings through all the speakers in the distributed audio system. I wouldn't live without mine and they can be costly to wire in an existing home. Didn't mean to go on and on, but I use to think I didn't need more than a couple of speakers hooked up to the zone 2 side of my recover. Since I have lived with one I will always have one. We can talk more about this later. I will spend sometime with your plans and give you some suggestions. Do you want me to run RG6 coax for cable or satellite? I use Belden cable that has good noise rejection and true HD bandwidth. With contactors running coax you don't always know what your getting. I can wire for indoor and outdoor audio, whole house audio control, computer networking, your theater's needs, any runs from displays to their source equipment location. You'll want the electrical contractor to drop AC receptacles behind any wall mounted flat screens and in areas that support equipment will be located. Remind me where you wanted to place the theater's components and let me know the location of any other TV's and their source equipment. Send me that information and I'll get with you to discuss details. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 9:25 PM EST Monday, April 27, 2009 Ordered this for bedroom today. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001UAEWSU GEO ( 209.180.126.10 ) at 6:56 PM EST Monday, April 27, 2009 Kieran: Thanks Kieran. I'm just real skeptical of the price differential. Seems awfully high to me. Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 4:07 PM EST Monday, April 27, 2009 GEO: I agree with you wholeheartedly, and there's no way in hell I'd buy a computer with a paltry 80GB hdd in this day and age of huge digital music and video files, especially when hdd's are so cheap, and there's no such thing as a pro-grade hdd, that I've ever seen. Pro-grade may just mean Dell, or someone, checks it first, and verifies some level of performance integrity, so they then are "comfortable" with giving a better warranty. Tell your IT guys to just pay for a better warranty on a consumer grade laptop. I bet a consumer grade laptop with a comprehensive 5-year warranty upgrade is still cheaper than what they are quoting you. I'm friends with the IT guy for our department, and his personal policy (not for work) is to buy a laptop with the fastest cpu and graphics he can get, then downgrade the memory and hdd to the lowest/smallest size, because he buys big memory and hdd's after market for much less. Even after eating the cost of the small memory and hdd (which he tries to re-coup on ebay) he still comes out ahead. I haven't been in the market for a laptop for some time, but next time I am, this is what I'll look into doing. Upgrading the hdd and memory for a laptop is EASY. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 1:56 PM EST Monday, April 27, 2009 AVReview pits four high-end receivers against eachother http://www.avreview.co.uk/news/article/mps/uan/2885 GEO ( 209.180.126.10 ) at 12:31 PM EST Monday, April 27, 2009 I need to pick some computer savvy brains here. I'm starting the process to get a new work laptop. We are required to go through our IT department and buy the computer from whoever they have their contract with. Right now it's with Dell for the Latitude. The price they quoted me is $1,392 for a Latitude with 2GB of RAM and an 80GB harddrive. I've questioned the cost, since, for instance, yesterday I saw an HP with 3GB of RAM and 320GB harddrive for $449. IT says the professional grade computers have better internal components; overall construction is more rugged; professional grade computers have better and longer warranties. IT expects us to get 4 years out of a laptop. I'm not particularly tough on my computer. It seems like the price difference is pretty huge. Even if the consumer grade is not as sturdy as the professional grade, I can buy three consumer grade with far more features for the price of the professional. It just seems to me that the cost far outweighs the benefit. What do you think? BIG AL ( 208.94.78.65 ) at 11:52 AM EST Monday, April 27, 2009 Tony C; It's a common problem aparently. Pioneer, Denon, Sony, etc... receivers are all having problems. Some answers were "it's the player", but I didn't see any answers that said they got it working. Others said it was a handshake problem with HDMI. The one I stated sounded the most sensible. It's strange that with so many people having this problem, I can't find the problem stated in any reviews. Joelc ( 70.52.169.13 ) at 6:36 AM EST Monday, April 27, 2009 Good morning gang... Joelc ( 70.52.169.13 ) at 12:12 AM EST Monday, April 27, 2009 Tony C: Wrt your Sony receiver etc. there are few companies with excellent technical support (i.e. Lumagen), other are hit and miss (i.e. Meridian, even at this price point is either terrific or brutal) and most (i.e. ever try calling Crestron) brutal including not even wanting to talk to the customer...it boggles my simple mind! Joelc ( 70.52.169.13 ) at 12:07 AM EST Monday, April 27, 2009 Gar and Tony C: No idea as I went the Pansonic route based on a recommendation by Stacey Spears but mydealer told me that a recent firmware update added this capability... Gar ( 75.100.93.146 ) at 7:49 PM EST Sunday, April 26, 2009 Joelc: I have updated mine, just curious on what update firmware they are on in order to do this? This list comes in handy! http://www.blu-ray.com/firmware/ Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 6:52 PM EST Sunday, April 26, 2009 Joelc: I've updated the firmware a couple times. It's hooked up to a router so it always searches for an update. Anyway, I just did update it recently. Joelc ( 99.229.56.23 ) at 6:29 PM EST Sunday, April 26, 2009 Gar and Tony C: To do so you need a firmware update... Gar ( 75.100.93.146 ) at 5:56 PM EST Sunday, April 26, 2009 Tony C::the 350 can decode TrueHD onboard but streams DTSMAHD, but I read this from another site, so I am not sure. Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 5:16 PM EST Sunday, April 26, 2009 BIG AL: The player is a Sony 350. It does not decode on board but relys on the receiver. The receiver is 5300ES. the receiver doesn't show that it's decoding TrueHD or dtsMA. Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 5:12 PM EST Sunday, April 26, 2009 Puppetmaster: I'm and advid fisherman. Many of my freinds and family have asked me over the years, why I havent bought a boat. Why should i buy a boat? I have friends who have boats and they always need someone to help. But I don't have to pay. BIG AL ( 208.94.78.65 ) at 4:39 PM EST Sunday, April 26, 2009 Tony C; Which receiver and player? A few people having the same problem and it seems some Blue-Ray players can decode TrueHD, but cannot output the un-decoded bitstream through HDMI, limiting it to DD. Mostly players updated to TrueHD with a firmware update I think. Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.228 ) at 3:22 PM EST Sunday, April 26, 2009 Hello I picked up my boat from storage yesterday. I stopped and filled it up on the way home $96, thats good. Then I find my master cylnder for my brakes is empty and rusted out. Ok I will have to replace that, flush lines and hope the bleeders don't snap off. Crawled under the trailer to do an inspection. One of the "U" bolts is snapped at the nut, ok I have to fix that. I also have to replace the wood that fenders the wheels. Inside the Boat I have a couple cushion repairs to do. The battery is dead and on the charger. Yea Haw, it's only been about 24 hours since I hitched it up.....owning a boat is so much fun. Joelc ( 70.52.170.148 ) at 6:42 AM EST Sunday, April 26, 2009 Good morning gang... Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 2:14 AM EST Sunday, April 26, 2009 Critical review of Kuro This was an interesting review, because it's one of the few I've seen that is actually critical of the King of Plasmas in any way. http://www.hdtvexpert.com/pages_c/PioneerPro111FD.html I feel a bit vindicated, because I've been saying for a LONG time that black levels are not nearly as important as dynamic range. Actual 35mm movie prints have TERRIBLE black levels, but you don't notice it, because the dynamic range is so huge. Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 4:05 PM EST Saturday, April 25, 2009 Sony Style BIG AL: I did a quick search on the Sony forum, with nothing so show. BIG AL ( 208.94.78.65 ) at 1:15 PM EST Saturday, April 25, 2009 Sony Style Tony C: Maybe he meant these http://gizmodo.com/395176/sony-ht+is100-tiny-hi+def-speakers-look-delicious seriously, have you checked forums with owners and see how many have that display problem? Gar ( 75.100.93.146 ) at 10:46 AM EST Saturday, April 25, 2009 Joelc/All: Good morning! Tony C: that actually sounded painful to experience and it was painful to read as well. The whole decoding of HDMI and Dolby TrueHD and Master HD etc.. is still hard to explain and or understand for most of us techies, now to have a general retail person try to get it right is way too much to ask! LOL The HD speakers is pretty comical, man after hearing that I would have been shaking my head, mumbling WTF! Joelc ( 99.229.56.23 ) at 7:49 AM EST Saturday, April 25, 2009 Good morning gang... Tony C ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 12:29 AM EST Saturday, April 25, 2009 Sony Style this is great. It really give you an understanding of what kind of people are out in retail. You know, I gotta feel that I can get a job anywhere after this. You guys know that my sony reciever is in the shop, right? Story 1: I get a call from texas, it's the sony repair center. The guy (hispanic accent, sorry I had to say it) asks me if I could explain again what the problem was. Understand that when I sent the receiver, I taped a large note to the receiver with all the details in 14 font. At least I was grateful that he was able to read my phone number from it. So I explained, like the note said, it doesn't decode Dolby TrueHD or dtsMA. When I play a disc the display doesn't show it's decoding like the manual said it's supposed to. Nor does it show 7.1 in the display. the guys asks me if I used HDMI. I said, "come on, give me a break" He said, "sorry". He asked what dvd player I used. I was happy it was a sony so it would at least be in his wheelhouse. Then he asked what movies I tried. I told him the ones I remembered and made up the others. OK, he said that he has lots of Blu Ray there and would try again. As he was hanging up, I shouted, "WAIT!" I got him back and asked, "did you get it on the bench yet?" He said yes. What did you use? He said, "a regular DVD player and a PS3". I asked, "what movie?" "a regular dvd" End of story 1 Story 2 I'm in the mall today. I actually had to check out a sony style store for work. So while there, I look at the high-end room. They have the new model of my receiver ($1,800). It's hooked up to the most beautiful tv I've seen. the new 240hz bravia. It's playing Wall*E and it looks like it's 3D. I swear to God. compared to the other sets it was a look at the future. Anyway, I'm kind of in a hurry cuz I have to get back to work. I get a young man to help me. me: do you have the dvd player hooked up to the recieve using an hdmi cable him: yes, everything is hdmi me: the bluray being played is DolbyTrueHD? him: Yes, every bluray is TrueHD me: I don't think that's right. Let's just look at the box and see. You look I don't have my glasses. him: Yes, it's says it's truehd me: then shouldn't the display say TrueHD? (it looked just like mine did...nothing in the display, but it did say HDMI) him: um, these aren't HD speakers I SWEAR TO GOD HE SAID, "THESE AREN'T HD SPEAKERS" me: HD speakers? there's no such thing as HD speakers! him: well, yes, but these are an older set.... me: It doesn't matter what speakers are hooked up, it should say it's decoding trueHD, shouldn't it? and show 7.1 right? him: I didn't set up the receiver, so I dodn't know. I could be the dvd set up. me: wouldn't you set it up for optimum performance? him: Yeah, we'll have to check it. I left. So...now i'm concerned. What the hell is up with my reciever or this one or all of them? Gar ( 75.100.93.146 ) at 5:15 PM EST Friday, April 24, 2009 Puppetmaster: Joe, things get better... I am interviewing again, because the Biotech company I am with is threatening people already after 3 months of just starting.. WTF, these clowns couldn't manage there way out of a paper bag! The guy up in MN just got let go, 3 months into the job, left his old job for this POS!!! Ironically I did the same, the only thing I have right now for backup is the 5000 shares they gave us for it being a start up company. Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.228 ) at 3:25 PM EST Friday, April 24, 2009 Afternoon all Looks like I am going to have a few extra weeks off this summer. My plant was number 2 on the list for downtime. I am still on sick leave but go back to work on Tuesday, not sure for how long. Oh well at least they are sending 800K of the stimulus package to the John Muthgrow (sp) airport. The one with 3 flights a day all going to Washington DC. The one that averages 20 passenergers a day, yup that one. Joe CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 11:51 AM EST Friday, April 24, 2009 15 Blu-ray Concerts to Rock Your Theater http://www.electronichouse.com/slideshow/category/6297/968 Of the list I've got U2, Rush, The Police and AC/DC. Joelc ( 76.64.13.198 ) at 5:28 AM EST Friday, April 24, 2009 Good morning gang... Gar ( 75.100.93.146 ) at 12:21 AM EST Friday, April 24, 2009 Chris L: That is a funny story.... Cajun: Thanks for the link... Will check it out. Kieran ( 128.125.24.192 ) at 7:53 PM EST Thursday, April 23, 2009 Kids!! Chris L.: You should have said, "not until he had a kid of his own who helped him. When you have kids, you can go barefoot if you want." Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 7:36 PM EST Thursday, April 23, 2009 Kids!! Kinda funny story. I was trying to get my 4 year old to put his shoes on this morning. Me: You gotta put your shoes on. Him: Why? Me: Cause I said so and I'm the daddy. You're the kid, I'm the daddy. The kid has to do what the daddy says. Him: No. Me: Okay...you're Darth Vader and I'm the Emperor. Darth Vader's pretty scary but the Emperor tells him what to do. Him (putting on his shoes): Did Darth Vader kill the Emperor? Me: Shut up and put on your shoes. GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 5:18 PM EST Thursday, April 23, 2009 Joelc: Make sure your audio is fully tweaked and then enjoy! Joelc ( 99.229.56.23 ) at 5:05 PM EST Thursday, April 23, 2009 Bought Ironman and Transformers...can't wait to hear lossless audio... CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 11:18 AM EST Thursday, April 23, 2009 Gar: The Police: Certifiable Blu-Ray & CD http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8971605&st=the+police&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1895078 Joelc ( 76.64.12.62 ) at 7:03 AM EST Thursday, April 23, 2009 Good morning gang... Gar ( 75.100.93.146 ) at 5:57 PM EST Wednesday, April 22, 2009 CajunMike: BB has the Police Blu-Ray now? Chris L. That Sin City would be a good one to pick up. Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 5:49 PM EST Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Joelc: Also the new release of "Sin City" just got an amazing review at Blu-ray.com Def. a guys flic. :) http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?id=398&show=review Joelc ( 70.52.169.122 ) at 6:26 AM EST Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Good morning gang... CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 12:55 AM EST Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Joelc: Ditto on Rush Snakes and Arrows and hit Best Buy for The Police concert Blu-Ray as they have the exclusive on it. It's amazing and has DTS Master audio. Joelc ( 99.229.56.23 ) at 5:23 PM EST Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Geo and Gasser: Thanks... Joelc ( 99.229.56.23 ) at 5:22 PM EST Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Geo and Gasser: Thanks... Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 11:47 AM EST Tuesday, April 21, 2009Joelc: Iron Man, Cars, Wall-E, Ratatoullie, Rolling Stones - Shine a Light (Excellent video and audio, I liked it because it has both dts MA and DD True HD tracks), Rush-Snakes and Arrows, and John Mayer and Jeff Beck are some of my favorites. Also any of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies GEO ( 209.180.126.10 ) at 11:41 AM EST Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Joelc: I wasn't a big fan of Dark Knight either. After I rented Iron Man on BD, I posted here that it was one of those "Aah-haah" moments for me. The lossless audio was stunning. Easily the best I've heard so far. Excellent movie as well. (BTW, in case you missed it, see my post to you from April 9.) Joelc ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 10:29 AM EST Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Geo: Pleasure was mine, no problem, let me know should there be anything else you need and, to that end, hope that everything works out... Chris L and Geo: Not a big fan of Dark Knight for some reason...Iron Man and Transformers however seem like excellent option...of particular note, how are the audio mixes in those movies (i.e. can you tell the difference between lossy and lossless audio)? Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 7:39 AM EST Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Joelc:My first Blu-ray was "The Dark Knght" and I still use it to show off the system. Iron Man, KIng Kong, Transformers, I am Legend, i Robot... all good demo discs as well. GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 7:33 AM EST Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Joelc: Iron Man. Hands down. BTW, good morning, Joel. Did you see my post a week or two ago? Thanks for your help on that other matter. Joelc ( 70.52.171.148 ) at 5:48 AM EST Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Good morning gang...hope that everyone has a good day. Have broken down and am entering the Blu-Ray world on Friday and, to that end, do not want to be disappointed so, can those of you with Blu-Rays please recommend a movie that really shows the benefits of Blu-Ray interms of picture quality, sound quality and, although perhaps asking too much, is a great "guys flick"...TIA! Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 7:31 PM EST Monday, April 20, 2009 CajunMike:That's a sweet vehicle fo SHO! :) CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 1:20 PM EST Monday, April 20, 2009 Love my 2009 Infiniti FX50S but I can tell you that if I were in the market for something new now, The 2010 Ford Taurus SHO would be at the top of my short list... and I didn't think I would ever consider going back to a car. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/11/officially-official-2010-ford-taurus-sho/ Joelc ( 70.52.169.218 ) at 5:22 AM EST Monday, April 20, 2009 Good morning gang... BIG AL ( 208.94.78.65 ) at 1:37 AM EST Sunday, April 19, 2009 Wow! DirecTV just sent me an anniversary thank you of 3 months of Showtime free! Of course this comes right after they raised my bill $9. GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 6:32 PM EST Saturday, April 18, 2009 Alright Gasser: Maybe you didn't break it before, but you must have broke it this time! Gasser ( 71.106.229.156 ) at 11:03 PM EST Friday, April 17, 2009Alright Who broke the forum now? It wasn't me! Joelc ( 70.52.169.212 ) at 7:19 AM EST Friday, April 17, 2009 Good morning gang... Tony C: ( 12.26.128.4 ) at 6:25 PM EST Thursday, April 16, 2009 Gar: A very good friend of mine is their stage manager. I've received the back stage tour a couple times and it's amazing what the 'control' room under the stage looks like. Those guys don't need to touch an instrument. Nothing will go wrong. Gar ( 96.61.40.248 ) at 8:57 AM EST Thursday, April 16, 2009 Hmm, link didn't work. Here is the info from the site: Ticket Information Sunday, September 13, 2009 7:00 PM Doors: 5:00 PM Soldier FieldChicagoIL U2 - Official VIP Package Guests will receive detailed information regarding the pre-show reception prior to show date Seat locations will be provided prior to checkout VIP Package Price: $522.00 Limited Availability YOUR VIP EVENING INCLUDES: # Preferred Seating – One premium, top priced reserved seat located close to the stage offering a spectacular view of U2’s innovative new 360° stage design. Tickets will be shipped prior to show date # Reception – 2 hour pre-show VIP reception featuring a first-class catered buffet and open bar (beer and wine) # Parking – Forget about parking hassles; VIP guests will receive a reserved parking pass (one pass per every 2 tickets purchased. Parking passes will be shipped prior to show date # Access – Purchasers of this unique package will be granted access to the venue through a separate VIP entrance # Gift Package - VIP guests will each receive an Official U2 360° Tour merchandise gift package, featuring a special tour VIP item not available to the general public. Exclusive merchandise gift will be distributed the night of the show # Backstage Tour - As part of this package, VIP guests will be eligible to enter a drawing for the chance to win an exclusive backstage tour! Gar ( 96.61.40.248 ) at 8:56 AM EST Thursday, April 16, 2009 CajunMike: / Joelc: I was tempted to get this pass but not sure if the timing is right because of company I am working for is threatening layoffs. I have seen them 4 times so far, RedRocks in Minneapolis and twice in Madison. I was hoping they would make it closer but no dice so far. This deal sure sounds good well with the free parking and party before hand it makes it easier to pay these prices. http://www.u2.tickets.musictoday.com/U2/calendar.aspx Joelc ( 70.52.171.49 ) at 8:52 AM EST Thursday, April 16, 2009 CajunMike: They are playing in Toronto, where I live, on September 16th and 17th...should be good although, and I hat to admit this, I am not a fan of there new album! CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 11:34 PM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Joelc: You got tickets to U2? Which city? U2 is the last band that I've been kicking myself for not seeing live and now I will get that done. ;) Gar ( 96.61.40.248 ) at 8:36 PM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 CajunMike: Congrads on the tickets, I was going to buy the pre-sale for Chicago, but now I have heard the company I just started with might be giving the axe to new employees.. This whole economy is bad thing is giving companies the excuse to treat you like shit.. A guy in MN, after not even 3 months was already put on a "PIP" Performance Improvement Plan, hell half of that time we were in training... This just blows....... :( Gar ( 96.61.40.248 ) at 8:34 PM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 CajunMike: Congrads on the tickets, I was going to buy the pre-sale for Chicago, but now I have heard the company I just started with might be giving the axe to new employees.. This whole economy is bad thing is giving companies the excuse to treat you like shit.. A guy in MN, after not even 3 months was already put on a "PIP" Performance Improvement Plan, hell have of that time we were in training... This just blows....... :( GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 8:16 PM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Knee Repair Puppetmaster: That was supposed to be the exercise Nazi--like the soup Nazi. Don't know if it came across or not. lol GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 8:14 PM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Knee Repair Puppetmaster: No  for you!
Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.228 ) at 7:54 PM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Knee Repair GEO:I have nothing else to do :) Joelc ( 70.52.171.49 ) at 6:13 PM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 CajunMike: Same situation here... CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 6:04 PM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Just got my two presale tickets for U2 in Houston. ;) And they weren't cheap! GEO ( 209.180.126.2 ) at 5:44 PM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Knee Repair Puppetmaster: Thanks for sharing that. Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.228 ) at 4:25 PM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Knee Repair Gar:yes I am up walking around a little. I swear I am peeing gas. I think I was up every 20 minutes last night peeing and it smelled like gas. Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 3:37 PM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009GEO.: "She wants a Pearl Necklace!!! A Pearl Necklace!!!" Aw, June Cleaver, the original MIL#! BIG AL ( 208.94.78.65 ) at 12:54 PM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 video streaming this looks like a good deal. I'm not familiar with the HAVA, but it has nice features. Even streaming to an XBox, and online access. More than twice the price on Amazon. http://www.woot.com/ CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 12:51 PM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Not a bad looking HTIB.. Looks really nice for a cheap bedroom setup. Samsung hasnt done much hometheater audio stuff in the U.S. but they've been selling in other countries for years. Retail is 500.00 and the speakers aren't ugly. No DVD or Blu-ray with it and doesnt decode all the newest formats so would need blu-ray player with all the processing. http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/04/15/hands-on-with-samsungs-as730-htib/ BIG AL ( 208.94.78.65 ) at 12:40 PM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 BC; I believe a "bailout" may be required for a complete "stimulation". My "stimulus package" may not be "large" enough on it's own. As for the "tax bill", it will be "small" this year, but because of the necessity for a larger "stimulus package", or a "bailout", next year's "tax bill" may be quite "large". My quotation fingers are tired.
BIG AL ( 208.94.78.65 ) at 11:55 AM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Thanks guys! It was a great birthday! No gifts, worked till 7pm, in bed by 9pm. Why was it so great? NO DISASTERS this year! First time in decades. The wife is out of town for a couple days, so wine, movies, and song tonight to celebrate.
GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 9:53 AM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Tony C: Yeah, well, maybe those weren't pearls around her neck either. ;) Gar ( 96.61.40.248 ) at 9:00 AM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 This story keeps on getting more interesting... Take them out of Afghanistan and they end up in Somalia. I think this is going to be a huge problem area in the next couple of months, frankly we should have finished the job in the first place. http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0415/p06s10-woaf.html Joelc ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 7:19 AM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Good morning gang... Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 3:52 AM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Sony receiver Tony C:: Hopefully you wont have to wait too long. Rich ( 173.76.87.13 ) at 3:48 AM EST Wednesday, April 15, 2009 BIG AL: Happy Birthday Good Buddy!!! Gar ( 96.61.40.248 ) at 11:01 PM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Sony receiver Tony C:: I have had great luck with Sony and HK customer service, heck HK sent me a $1000 receiver because the 254 which was only $400 bucks didn't quite work right, so they sent me another unit which was worse than the first. I finally ended up with a much better unit. Gar ( 96.61.40.248 ) at 10:58 PM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Knee Repair Puppetmaster: I hope you feel better! I call on Anesthesiologist, and I am in the OR and ER a lot, and going under is always different experience for many people. BSG was good, I will miss it, I won't go into the ending, but I didn't care for it. I wish they would have ended it differently, regardless it was a great show, I doubt if Caprica can even come close considering there will be very little special effects. The SciFi channel should be called the "Horror" channel now considering it is much cheaper to produce a Horror show/flick than do good SciFi. Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 10:26 PM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Sony receiver Well, boxed up the receiver and will send it off to TX tomorrow. We'll see how this goes. Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 10:21 PM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 GEO.: now THAT was funny. Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 10:20 PM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 HAPPY BIRTHDAY XXXL AL GEO. ( 68.0.162.243 ) at 8:17 PM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Gasser: Maybe that's why Ward was so hard on the Beaver! Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.228 ) at 7:31 PM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Knee Repair I had my left knee worked on this morning. This was my first surgery when I was put under. It was really wierd, they said Ok we just gave you second medication to make you sleepy. Then it was two hours later, freaky, not like TV. Now I am on the couch and popping Laratabs. Tommorrow I have 10 eposides of BSG to watch. After that I don't know. Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.228 ) at 7:28 PM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Big Al Happy Birthday Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.228 ) at 7:28 PM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 BIG AL:Thanks Al, there is one in stock about 5 miles from my house. I gave her my old Sansa MP3 and I see this Sony has a line in. Plus it looks small enough to fit between the never ending mass of stuffed animals. Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 6:11 PM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009GEO:Now there's a visual!!!!! GEO ( 209.180.126.2 ) at 6:05 PM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Gasser: Morning pearls, afternoon pearls and evening pearls. I don't think those pearls ever came off. Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 5:17 PM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009GEO:Yeah, but June in her afternoon pearls was HOT!!! GEO ( 209.180.126.2 ) at 3:54 PM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 BC: Kind of borders on the risque there, Brian. Almost like the dirtiest words ever spoken on a TV sitcom: "Ward, don't you think you were a little hard on the Beaver?" GEO ( 209.180.126.2 ) at 3:52 PM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 BIG AL and Sonic HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU BOTH AND MANY MORE!! BC ( 76.199.124.128 ) at 1:23 PM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Happy Birthday Bil Al. May your stimulus package be large and your tax bill small. Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 11:59 AM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009Forum taking forever to load for me today Really slow. Acts like it's not going to load at all. Maybe time for a dump. Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 11:58 AM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009Happy Birthday Big Al Have a great day, and may all of your HT dreams come true.
Joelc ( 216.223.143.92 ) at 11:13 AM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Good morning gang... BIG AL: Happy birthday my friend..hope that you have a great day... Gar ( 96.61.40.248 ) at 9:47 AM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Happy B-Day!! Big Al and Sonic..... Chris L. ( 71.181.32.77 ) at 7:48 AM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG AL!!! 
BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.36 ) at 6:15 AM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 B'Day BIG AL, Enjoy! BAGMAN ( 75.104.128.36 ) at 6:15 AM EST Tuesday, April 14, 2009 B'Day BIG AL, Enjoy! BIG AL ( 208.94.78.65 ) at 1:38 PM EST Monday, April 13, 2009 SonicBit; Happy Birthday! BIG AL ( 208.94.78.65 ) at 1:36 PM EST Monday, April 13, 2009 Puppetmaster; if you want another clock radio. http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3331794 if you want more of a boombox, there's hundreds. Gar ( 96.61.40.248 ) at 11:20 AM EST Monday, April 13, 2009 Morning Joelc/All: Just got back from a well needed vacation.. I highly recommend St. George Island, FL or Gulf Shores Alabama. Cajun: nice sub, too bad it is 4K.. I just heard the JL audio Subs as a dealer in town is now stocking them, and they are very sweet. My Servo has served me well as it is rarely turned on because of my kids, once I redo and sound proof my HT room, I might be looking at a new sub. I hope everyone had a good Easter! Joelc ( 70.52.170.228 ) at 4:59 AM EST Monday, April 13, 2009 Good morninggang...hope that everyone has a great day... BC ( 76.199.124.128 ) at 7:44 PM EST Sunday, April 12, 2009 CajunMike: I'm putting 2 of the G10's in this week at a customers office. I almost sprung on the 42" for my office but did the S10 instead to save a few bucks. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 7:10 PM EST Sunday, April 12, 2009 Happy Easter everyone. Paradigm SUB 25 subwoofer hands-on http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/04/11/paradigm-sub-25-subwoofer-hands-on/ Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.228 ) at 4:56 PM EST Sunday, April 12, 2009 sound for a 8 year old Tony C::Yea, thats what I am thinking. Something that has a dock or jack for the MP3, CD and radio. I guess I will hit Best Buy on Monday. I want something small, last for a few years. Tony C: ( 67.176.199.68 ) at 7:35 PM EST Saturday, April 11, 2009 sound for a 8 year old Puppetmaster: can you get her something the MP3 player can dock into? Kieran ( 76.168.201.225 ) at 8:49 PM EST Friday, April 10, 2009 sound for a 8 year old Puppetmaster: Toys R Us has lots of mini-boomboxes for kids... Puppetmaster ( 24.231.185.228 ) at 7:27 PM EST Friday, April 10, 2009 sound for a 8 year old Evening all. I need to pick up a small radio cd player for my daughter. She is going to be 8 next week. I already got her a puppy, but she is using a old clock radio in her bedroom. I don't allow headphones, but she has a MP3 player we use in the truck. Suggestions? Joelc ( 99.229.56.23 ) at 5:48 PM EST Friday, April 10, 2009 Gaseer: Appreciate all the infromations...looks as though there will be a DB60 in my house in the near future...will let you know how it works.. CajunMike ( 68.226.210.53 ) at 4:16 PM EST Friday, April 10, 2009 Panasonic TCP50G10 50″ Plasma Review http://hdguru.com/panasonic-tcp50g10-50-plasma-review/416/ 42-inch version will be my new Bedroom TV. Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 12:17 PM EST Friday, April 10, 2009Joelc: Should have said, only difference other than analog outs below.
Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 12:16 PM EST Friday, April 10, 2009Joelc:It appears that the only other difference between the 60 and 80, is the 80 will do divx and the 60 will not. Same as with the 35 and 55. Here's one of the first reviews of the 80 at Big Picture, Big Sound, and they talk a lot about the differences between the 35,55, and 60. Internet connectivity, etc. Hope this helps. BD80 review Gasser ( 161.209.206.1 ) at 11:54 AM EST Friday, April 10, 2009Joelc: I misunderstood your request. A lot of people have legacy receivers or pre/pros that don't do HDMI, and need internal decoding of the hi-def codecs and analog outs. I know that the BD35 that I have does decode internally, and sends it LPCM over HDMI. That is why I have it for my system. Marantz screwed up with their new receiver/pre-pro line up, and didn't put enough processing horsepower to both decode the hi-def codecs, and apply the Audyssey room correction at the same time. If I send the signals bitstream, and decode it in the AV8003, then I can't apply the Audyssey. The Panny decodes it, and sends it LPCM, to the AV8003, and then I can apply the EQ. The Panny will also just send the bitstream over the HDMI. You choose which one you want in the setup menu. In looking at the specs on the new BD60, it appears to do both just like the BD35. The Sony S550 will not decode and send LPCM over HDMI. The Pioneer and Pioneer Elite's will, but again, at this time they will not decode the dts MA internally. Just send it to the receiver bitstream. Hope you can figure out my babble. Joelc ( 76.64.15.123 ) at 9:23 AM EST Friday, April 10, 2009 Good morning gang...hope everyone has a great day, a happy easter and a happy passover... Gasser: Appreciate the detailed response...two follow ups: -- Will the BD60 output LPCM over HDMI as this is what I need and want (i.e. I have neither the desire nor the need for 7.1 analog output)... -- What other differences exists between BD60 and the BD80 other than the fact that the latter does have 7.1 analog outputs... Newer Sony likely not an option I can not and will not wait until July... BC ( 76.199.124.128 ) at 11:34 PM EST Thursday, April 9, 2009 Just got done mounting a new flat screen in my office. Now I can actually see the tv (because I'm not peering out the door to the tv in the family room. Did I mention I love Costco? I returned a 42" phillips 720p plasma that died and they gave me a cash refund after 2.5 years. It was one I had picked up as a patio tv for a customer. So I bought him a new 42" panasonic 1080p to replace it and had enough left over to get me one too. |