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Can't say much for the story or the acting, but some scenes from "Flight of the Phoenix" got the old RSW-15 moving some air.

Joe Schmoe, that's a nice-looking rack you've got you're CDs in. Where'd you pick that up? I've got around 1500 CDs and 500 DVDs. Media storage is a problem.

At least they're not outsourcing to Bangalore.

I have all nine seasons of the X-Files on DVD.

I've got them both. Good soundtracks, story's not too bad. I'd like to see the third in the series made into a movie, but right now, it's only available in anime. I've noticed that if a movie has good subwoofer effects, I tend to like it.

Get one of those zone units that works with a shock collar. Put the base behind the HT equipment and the collar on your dog. Set the radius to about 10-12 feet. When the dog gets within the radius of the zone, he gets zapped. If that doesn't work, set the dip switches all the way up. They'll get the idea pretty quick. PetsMart has 'em on their website.

Sixth Sense and Signs are my favorites from M Night. When I saw the ending of Village, I thought you have got to be kidding. I just didn't care for the story.

I hope I'm still rockin' when I'm as old as McCartney. Will ya still need me Will ya still feed me When I'm sixty-four...

The music was a damn sight better this year. Enjoyed McCartney playing the Beatles medley.

But m00n, with those expensive planes you won't need a dust collector! As for chisels, don't go cheap. Granted the L-Ns are expensive, but get some decent chisels with good steel. They'll hold their edge longer and you can get them a lot sharper. And sharpness is the key to using a chisel (or a plane) properly. You should be able to shave with them. Look for a set of bench chisels, not the butt chisels you can get at Costco. They'll be a lot more versatile and they've got enough backbone to chop a mortise. Have fun!

m00n, check this out: http://www.lie-nielsen.com/ I've amassed a fair number of his tools over the years, and love 'em. Outstanding workmanship, quality, and utility. They're almost too pretty to use. This one's my favorite: http://www.lie-nielsen.com/tool.html?id=62 It's old-school, but it's not as hard to use as you might think. You won't lose a digit, but I have taken off a chunk of hide large enough to throw on the grill.

---------------- On 1/24/2005 3:47:13 PM J.4knee wrote: Know any place to get a panel bit set for a router? Been to HD, Lowes, Sears, Harbor Freight...nuttin! I am building an entertainment center to accomdate my 52 in DLP TV and I want to make raised panel doors for the CD/DVD storage areas. ---------------- Try http://www.eagle-america.com and Google "CMT router bits" and see who sells them online. I've got a bunch of the orange CMT bits as well as a panel bit set from them and have always been happy with the quality of their bits. You're going to need a BA router (5HP or so) or a shaper to spin that big bit that raises the panels. Be careful. Every time I've used one I always felt like it was itching to trim my fingernails. Moon, I've got an 8" Freud Dado set that I use on a 10" saw. To tell you the truth, I've gotten to where I use a router to cut dados and rabbets instead of my table saw. CMT makes some bits that are sized specifically for plywood thicknesses (3/4" plywood is not 3/4" thick). I've found set-up quicker with better accuracy. Also, I like to keep the splitter and blade guard on my saw, and you have to remove these (usually) for to use a dado blade. If you are going to use a dado blade, make sure you get an extra zero-clearance throat plate to use with it to improve dust collection and minimize tear-out.

You didn't have a virus, you've got spyware. (Granted the difference between the two is largely semantic.) At some point, you or another user clicked on a link to check on a 1.5% mortgage rate, make $1 million working at home, get free MP3s, or some other such crap. All those nifty little toolbars and useless desktop icons got shoved down the pipe onto your computer at that time. Try downloading Ad-Aware, and running it. It does a pretty good job of cleaning up the spyware stuff. SpySweeper is also another product that does a pretty good job of controlling spyware. Using one of these should help you get the situation under control. I had a helluva time getting rid of this stuff until I educated my kids to never, ever click "OK" or go to any of the links that install spyware.

popbumper, I had to travel to Minneapolis the week before Christmas a few years ago. I got a cab to take me from the airport to my downtown hotel just as an ice storm was commencing. After a few miles, I remarked to the cab driver about all the cars in the ditch. "Aw, these damn people don't know how to drive on ice, " he said. This was in Minneapolis! Go figure. My conclusion: an inability to drive on ice must be a universal truism of the human condition. And that old saw "if you don't like the weather in Texas, just wait and it'll change." Heard it on the Maine coast, too. Merry Christmas to all!

There's a list of codes on the Denon site, as well as some engineering data if you want to roll your own codes. I've got a 3805 as well, but I went the Harmony route, and haven't looked back. Using it to control everything. Setup is a breeze.

I've got a chance to pick up a pair of demo RB-5IIs below cost at an authorized dealer - $200/each. I was thinking these might make a good replacement for my RS-7s. Or keep the RS-7s and use the RB-5IIs as rears in a 7.1 setup. Or simply use the RB-5IIs in the bedroom stereo. I guess what I'm really asking is if this is too good a deal to pass up. Thanks for y'alls advice.

My RSW-15 came with rubber feet and was sitting on carpet. I had a slab of granite cut that is a couple of inches larger than the sub's dimensions, and set the sub on the slab. It tightened up things considerably. Also, it's black granite with a few light striations, which looks good with the maple sub. An added benefit is that it protects the sub from a wild housekeeper with a vacuum cleaner. During a dark night, it's also unbeatable as a toe-stubber.

m00n, that would be the St. Louis Blues of the NHL. Try living in D/FW, these are really sucky times to be a local sports fan.

The RC7 does not have any mounting holes. It has ports on the back, so you wouldn't want to put it right up against the wall anyway. That said, how about putting in a shelf above the monitor, with enough depth that the ports can breath.

Picky, I can appreciate running one cable as opposed to two or more. Less mess, less $, less crap to get tangled up. If my 3805 would upconvert to DVI I'd be doing the same thing you are, with using your receiver as a single component video source. BTW, hell of a nice job on your HT! Didn't see any Dave's Insanity in your hot sauce collection, but did see a full suite of Melinda's. Good stuff! Looks like a man's room, but, for the life of me, I couldn't figure out the ballet picture on the screen. ;-)

I've used a little S-Video switch in the past, too. It was a Sony and automatically switched. The Gefen DVI switch switches sources via IR remote (or manually). I'm currently using one of those big Sony programmable remotes, and I've got macros set up for DVD or Satellite viewing. I'll have to add a step in the macros to select the DVI source on the switch. No big deal, the hardest part will be finding the manual for the remote.

Thanks, Picky. You pretty much confirmed what I was thinking. The little Gefen switcher looks pretty good: small form factor, and it comes with an IR remote, so at least I can program in the switch into a macro in my big remote, and make its inclusion in the system relatively seamless. Sigh: More frickin cables...

Yes, I have a Denon 3805, but it only handles component video, not DVI. The 5805 handles DVI, but the 3805 is new, and it's a little too soon to upgrade. My practice is to connect the video sources directly to the monitor, and use the receiver only for audio. From my perusal of the available literature, DVI appears to be preferable to component for video signals.

It's a DirecTV set-top box with HD. Basically, I've got two HD sources, each with a DVI output and only a single DVI input on the monitor. This seems to be one solution: http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=1819

I've got a Samsung SIR-TS360 STB with DVI and component outputs, and a Denon DVD-2910 with the same selection of outputs. On my monitor, I have a single DVI input, and two component video inputs. Should I hook up the STB or the DVD to the monitor's DVI? Would it be worthwhile to get a DVI splitter for a single connection to the monitor? Thanks.