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Sonnie Parker

12-18-2003, 11:16 PM

Good Evening Everyone!

Now that I think about it... Lex should definitely be the UPGRADE KING!

Lex got some really nice toys this year.

Angibug and I usually don't exchange gifts as we get pretty much what we want all year long. Come Christmas time we can't ever think of anything in particular that we want. We give up on trying to surprise each other at about the 10 year mark. Of course we are building a dedicated HT and just got our first ever PJ... that's plenty Christmas for both of us. Bug doesn't like to wear a lot of jewelry (not even pierced ears but she does wear a watch and it's fairly new) and she's already bought a bunch of clothes and shoes while Christmas shopping. She gets a huge bonus each year and spends like crazy all during the year.... okay maybe not like crazy... she's a good money manager really. But when she really wants something she will get it or ask me to get it for her (when her slush fund gets low). :roll:

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Gordon Moore

12-18-2003, 11:52 PM

Yikes talk about your long days...

I made the mistake of setting up our new pc's after work.
Well next thing I know it's 9:30pm and I'm taking the bus home :roll:

The only consolation prize is that each Dell was shipped with a free 64 MB USB flash drive (2 of them). I'm the I.T. guy staying late so... :twisted:

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/images/products/large/340-7269.jpg

no worries...I double-checked with the head I.T. guy he said free is free :T

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Lex

12-19-2003, 12:33 AM

Actually, if we must make a list: ;)

Lexicon MC-1 to MC-12 trade up.
Sonus faber Extremas
Mark Levinson 336 amp
Progressive scan cheap DVD players (2)
Sony Vega 32" Plasma
Aerial SW-12 subwoofer
LCD PJ (ViewSonic)

Nikon digital camera
BMW to Corvette to BMW ;)

:LOL:

Trevor, you can go for it next year. ;) Seriously, I'm in debt up to my butt hole right now, so nothing major planned in the next year at all. (Major being 4 grand or higher)

Lex

Lex

12-19-2003, 12:36 AM

Congrats on your PJ arrival Trev! :B

Lex

Chris D

12-19-2003, 02:15 AM

My sister is 1 cm dialated and 50% E-faced(sp).

Whoa, 50% E-faced? Careful, or she'll have half a :sn for a face permanently! Heheheeeee... (I know what you meant) Jen's 1cm dialated and 75% effaced, as of 5 days ago.

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Chris D

12-19-2003, 03:03 AM

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me...
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Pat

12-19-2003, 07:36 AM

TGIF!

Hey dudes,

http://www.lions.org.uk/messageboard/smilies/birthday.gif Chris

Trev, nice new PJ

Doug, great list of upgrades

Eduardo, Happy Vacation

Gord, cool freebies.

Mornin' Sonnie :)

:later: George
:later: Erik
:later: Andrew
:later: Bent
:later: anyone else I missed
Gotta get to work :evil:

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Andrew Pratt

12-19-2003, 08:15 AM

Congrat's trevor on the new arrival:T

Congrat's Chris on the coming new arrival:T

Nice memory stick gord...I can't seem to find the one that came with my notebook :cry:

Wow that's some list doug 8O There's a thread in the Club Rotel (scarps no more rotel) where a lot of us are posting this years upgrade list (scary as it may be)

I'm seriously looking at a new (used) CD player now...does it ever end?

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Andrew Pratt

12-19-2003, 08:16 AM

And to set someone up for a free flip

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS

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Sonnie Parker

12-19-2003, 09:19 AM

Are you sure it's free?

It's a good bit of work to get a flip these days. At least for me... the guide seems so slow.

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George Bellefontaine

12-19-2003, 12:00 PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our favorite pilot.

Gidday all to the rest stopping here. Isn't it nice to see Tex Meek back posting again. He may have moved from Texas but he's still a Texan. :)

As for gifting at Christmas, wifey and I stopped giving gifts a year ago. After 48 years of Christmas together it got to the point where we just couldn't come up with anything to buy one another. She has her hobbies and I have mine, so we usually just add a little extra to our allowance in December and buy what we want. For us the gift giving is reserved for our family, grandchildren, etc.

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Andrew Pratt

12-19-2003, 12:34 PM

Well maybe not free but hey if its just sitting here I'll take it

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Andrew Pratt

12-19-2003, 12:36 PM

I'd love to own this beauty:drool:

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Sonnie Parker

12-19-2003, 01:51 PM

WOW! 8O What a nice piece of equipment Andrew! Should I even ask what it cost?

Happy Birthday Chris!

Good Afternoon Everyone!

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Andrew Pratt

12-19-2003, 02:32 PM

Sonnie the Shanling T200 goes for about $2K USD.

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Lex

12-19-2003, 03:29 PM

I've heard it doesn't even sound all that great, true, I dunno.

Lex

Gordon Moore

12-19-2003, 04:19 PM

Well after a crappy late night last night at work, I have to say today more than makes up for it.

First went to my son's pre-school christmas party and they were a riot. Those kids are all very cute. They sang for us and then we did crafts and there was a lunch...but I didn't stay for the lunch because work was taking out our clients and I got invited. I never turn down a free meal so we went to the Blaze restuarant. I chowed down on a wicked buffet....stuffed myself and finally got into the office by about 1:30. Now it's almost time to go home.

Gotta love the holiday season :T

"A RONSTER!"

Gordon Moore

12-19-2003, 04:23 PM

I've heard it doesn't even sound all that great,

Form over function, eh.

Sure is purty though...you have to give it that.

Based on some of the "art" I've seen (and the price they ask for it), this may be worth the 2 grand on appearance alone.

"A RONSTER!"

Bing Fung

12-19-2003, 06:00 PM

NIce projector Trev :D Now you'll have to get this
http://www.ati.com/images/headers/products/hdtv/HDTV-ADAPTER.jpg

http://www.ati.com/products/hdtvadapter/index.html

Then you can connect up your lap top to it to display high res graphics :)

Bing

Sonnie Parker

12-19-2003, 06:19 PM

You TTP'ers have a wonderful evening!

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George Bellefontaine

12-19-2003, 06:33 PM

I'll second what Sonnie just said. Night now.

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Andrew Pratt

12-19-2003, 06:36 PM

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Andrew Pratt

12-19-2003, 06:40 PM

I'll second that gord on the holiday spirits:)

One of our vendors always sends us a nice gift basket full of cheese, wine, crackers, meat products, chocolates and the like this time every year. Anyway it arrived yesterday so today we tore into it at 3PM and all had a great time...monday through wednesday should be fun! There's a pot luck lunch on the 24th and today the cafe gave us all a free turkey lunch:yesnod: I tell you this office is the worst place to work in the world :twisted:

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Trevor Schell

12-19-2003, 10:31 PM

Hey guys!!

Congrats Chris!! Happy Birthday!!

Thanks for the HDTV idea Bing!!

Lexx,,That is an awesome list of Audio Video equipment.
Can't get much better than that!.
I am in the same boat as having to go dry for a bit..
Here is my list for 2003..

*Corvette
*30' Travel Trailer
*DeLL i8500 Laptop
*Sony Vaio Laptop
*Canon G3 camera
*Bell HDTV Receiver
*Matinee 2HD FPTV
*Panasonic DVD ram DVDplayer
*Canon i9100 Printer
*Toshiba DVD/TV Combo
Done for a while! :yesnod:

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Lex

12-19-2003, 10:59 PM

Well, Trevor, that's a fine list. There was actually more, but I didn't want to seem like I was showboating or nothing. :LOL:

I added a new dual phone setup this week, very cool, DVD RW/R USB/firewire drive that's not opened yet, well, you get the idea. ;)

Lex

Chris D

12-20-2003, 04:22 AM

You guys are the kings, no doubt about that.

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Chris D

12-20-2003, 05:20 AM

Hey, I came across an OLD, OLD mini-website about me. You probably remember me telling you guys about me chasing the U-2 spyplane in my sportscar. This kid was there when it happened and took some small pictures, and then posted a few on this site. You may get a kick out of them:

http://members.aol.com/mrelloco/mitsu/u2chase/u2chase.htm

That's about 6 years ago.

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Andrew Pratt

12-20-2003, 08:49 AM

Nice photo's chris:T

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Bing Fung

12-20-2003, 10:52 AM

Trev... Don't forget to add to your upgrade list all the Free computer stuff you give me as well ;) :wedgie:

I won't laundry list my upgrades... :( I don't wanna look like I showboating ;)

Your Xbox is going to look great on that projector at 1080i. Sega's NBA 2K3 is one game that I know supports 1080i and widescreen.. It's impressive and like being there on a 8' foot screen. :yesnod:

Later all :later:

Bing

Lex

12-20-2003, 04:32 PM

haha Bing. Your the biggest showboater of all. ;)

Oh, here's that phone I told you guys about. After having 2 V-tech phones both with problems, I opted for this Uniden, and picked up a second receiver with base power station. Pretty cool, you just set the second phone in the main cradle for 3 or 4 seconds, and it locks onto the proper frequency.

http://www.uniden.com/images/images300/TRU5885.jpg

Pictured with second satellite receiver:

http://www.uniden.com/images/images300/TRU5885-2.jpg

Has different ringer types, answering machine main unit, speakerphone on base unit AND each receiver. Flip the phone over and there's a speaker on the back of it. So, you just press a button and flip it over to go speakerphone.

PRODUCT FEATURE LIST

5.8 GHz Digital Spread Spectrum

Dual Handset System (2 handsets included in package)

Digital Answering System - The TRU5885-2 utilizes microchip technology (no more tapes or moving parts.) This ensures clearer recordings and longer life.

Base Dual Keypad/Speakerphone

Handset Speakerphone - This feature gives you the freedom to use the handset as a speakerphone.

Caller ID/Call Waiting* - (*Requires a telephone company service subscription)

Handset to Handset Call Transfer

Tri-Lingual Caller ID Display Menus - English/French/Spanish

Phone Book Memory

100 Dynamic CID/Memory Locations

Headset Jack

4 Melody Ring Tones

6 Ring Tones

Handset Status LED

Last Three Number Redial

Any Key Answer

Battery Life - 8 Day Standard, 4 Hr. Talk

Caller ID Scroll During Call

NiMH Battery Included

New Message Waiting Indication (H/S LED)

Trilingual Voice Prompts in Answering System - English/French/Spanish

Lex

Andrew Pratt

12-20-2003, 07:17 PM

Doug I agree I tried two V-techs before switching back to my trusty Uniden. My old uniden is still in use but its now being regelaged to the basement and the new uniden's for upstairs....great phones and they last forever.

Still not sure what to do about the CD player situation :roll:

Went to see Return of the King this afternoon:yesnod:

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Trevor Schell

12-20-2003, 08:04 PM

> >A man was walking down the street when he was accosted by a particularly

> >dirty and shabby-looking homeless man who asked him for a couple of dollars
> >for dinner.
> >The man took out his wallet, extracted ten dollars and asked, "If I give you
> >this money, will you buy some beer with it instead?"
> >"No, I had to stop drinking years ago," the homeless man replied.
> >"Will you use it to gamble instead of buying food?" the man asked.
> >"No, I don't gamble," the homeless man said. "I need everything I can get
> >just to stay alive."
> >"Will you spend it on greens fees at a golf course instead of food?" the man
> >asked.
> >"Are you NUTS!" replied the homeless man. "I haven't played golf in 20
> >years!"
> >"Will you spend the money on a woman in the red light district instead of
> >food?" the man asked.
> >"What disease would I get for ten lousy bucks?!!" exclaimed the homeless
> >man.
> >"Well," said the man, "I'm not going to give you the money. Instead, I'm
> >going to take you home for a terrific dinner cooked by my wife."
> >The homeless man was astounded. "Won't your wife be furious with you for
> >doing that?" I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting."
> >The man replied, "That's okay. I just want her to see what a man looks like
> >who's given up beer, gambling, golf, and sex.
> >

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Trevor Schell

12-20-2003, 08:09 PM

Lex,,Thanks for Showboating your new phone! :LOL:

Bing,,Thanks for showboating your free stuff!! :LOL:

Chris,,Thanks for showboating your Wild Blue!! :LOL:
Cool pics by the way! :T

Went to see Return of the King this afternoon

Andrew,,So you met Doug in person!! :E

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Trevor Schell

12-20-2003, 08:58 PM

Bing is a real stickler for showboating..
The other day I spotted him driving his BMW with his left arm out the window, up in the air and the palm of his hand facing up to the sky..

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Lex

12-20-2003, 09:39 PM

Andrew, this is my first Uniden. I have two old Motorola flip phones that have served me VERY well. One's in the kitchen, and one my bedroom. The new phone is for my computer area, and the extension just for a spare. I paid a fortune for those motorolas to begin with, like 250 and 300 each, but I guess you get what you pay for. I also have an old Sony with a huge pastic antenna on it, that charges a battery in the base station. I use it for my fax line now. It's also been a good phone.

I tried one Vtech, and about one minute into a conversation, it would make all sorts of static noise to prevent you from talking. I got a second, after a recall, and the dang thing wouldn't even power up, lol. I actually still had the other one and tried the battery in it, and it still wouldn't work.

I got Kimberly a Vtech you can download ringers to for Christmas, we'll see if it works. If it don't, that's it, no more V'techs, I'll get her one like mine if I can get them on separate frequencies.

Lex

Andrew Pratt

12-20-2003, 10:28 PM

my problem with the vtech's was a consant echo sound when you were talking on them :roll:

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Chris D

12-21-2003, 12:21 AM

Trev, that's always a good one. I must be slow tonight, though... I didn't get the one about Bing with his arm out the window.

Andrew, I can't wait to get over to the movie section and read your comments! Going to one of my favorite movie review websites, Rotten Tomatoes, it looks like something astounding like 97% or something of professional reviewers give a thumbs up to the movie, most of them raving about it.

CHRIS
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Chris D

12-21-2003, 01:18 AM

Guys, I thought since the Body for Life Challenge that I just completed was such a part of my life for 12 weeks, that I'd share the pictures with you just in case you're interested.

DISCLAIMER: I hope you guys don't get grossed out by topless photos of Chris! While the "after" pictures aren't all that bad I think, they're still not where I want to be. I'm rather embarrased by the "before" pictures, though, that I let myself get in that bad of shape.

Front Before: http://www.body-for-life-tracker.com/photos/3043BF.GIF Front After: http://www.body-for-life-tracker.com/photos/3043AF.GIF

Back Before: http://www.body-for-life-tracker.com/photos/3043BB.GIF Back After: http://www.body-for-life-tracker.com/photos/3043AB.GIF

The website I posted them on really down-rez'd the pictures to keep the file size small. I didn't want to go any smaller in picture size so that you couldn't even see me.

Like I said, I'm not where I want to be yet, so I began my second 12 week challenge this past Monday. It's going to be a tough one with about to have a baby and everything, but I'm going to give it my all and see if I can improve even more.

CHRIS
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Lex

12-21-2003, 02:50 AM

You probably increased the efficiency of your jet too Chris, lol. While I am not particularly keen on hairy bare chests, nice job on the liposuction substitute. :LOL:

It's easy to let oneself go, and for those of us that have a tendency to put on weight, difficult to keep that balance. I should know, the scales have been tipped off balance for a while for me.

I sold my Infinity Kappas today, and my Parasound 1500A amp. Well, provided he sends the money on the second one. I would have just kept it, but I'm out of space here, so some things just have to go. Already been paid for the Kappas. Spent about 3 hours I think packing them up. Without the original boxes it make a tough job. I think I used like 3 rolls of tape, lol. I made reinfored corners for the box, since the overall weight of the cardboard wasn't ideal. I also had to seam 2 boxes together to cover them. What a job.

Lex

Trevor Schell

12-21-2003, 10:29 AM

Morning Guys!

Good job chris on the body building..
What exactly did you have to do to get there.

Lex,,That must have been tough to sell your Kappa's.
I still have my Infinity Reference speakers..even though they are not in use.

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Andrew Pratt

12-21-2003, 11:39 AM

Great job on the weight loss Chris:T

Congrat's on selling the gear doug I know you've being trying for some time now.

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Trevor Schell

12-21-2003, 11:53 AM

Andrew,,What size is your screen again and what is your seating distance.?

Here is what we have decided..
Da-Lite HC Cinema Vision (HCCV)
92" Diagnol Permanent Wall Mount Cinema Contour
Originally though, I wanted the 96" size screen.
The recommendations for the 2HD is not to go over
100" for optimun picture quality..This rules out the 106" size..
However the 106" would fit into the room but would likely cover the mains..I would need a perf screen then.
The reason for the wall mount screen is that originally it will be hung in front of the RPTV..We decided eventually , soon down the raod we would mount the screen to the back wall.
The seating distance from the screen mounted in front of the RPTV is 13 feet. When mounted righ tto the wall we will have a distance of 15 feet from the seating area.
Because we will be going right to the wall down the road , the purchase of a perf screen would be useless.

I would like the 106" but 15 feet away , we would likely sacrifice picture quality a great deal.

Just wish they made a 96" size.

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Trevor Schell

12-21-2003, 12:33 PM

Andrew,,I noticed on the screen we selected that you can get a PRO TRIM.
It's a $200 option..Except I have no idea what it is and can't seem to find any info on it.
Do you have any ideas, or anybody else.

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Andrew Pratt

12-21-2003, 12:46 PM

Trevor both my current screen and the one E! is using are 92" diagonal. My front row is 10 feet front the screen and the back row is about 14" feet. SDE shouldn't be an issue with the 2HD so sitting 10 -12 feet back would be about perfect for that screen/PJ combo.

As for the pro trim my guess is its just a black velour type fabric around the outside to help kill any light spill around the screen. I have black felt on the top and bottom of my screen and the black curtains help with any light spill on the sides but if your screen is going against a white wall you might consider getting the wider trim (assuming that's what this is)

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Andrew Pratt

12-21-2003, 12:48 PM

Lex

12-21-2003, 01:14 PM

and

Lex

12-21-2003, 01:14 PM

and

Lex

12-21-2003, 01:14 PM

and Fliperola!

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Trevor Schell

12-21-2003, 01:17 PM

Thanks Andrew!!
Since I will be eventually 15 feet from the screen,
I wonder if I should go with the 106"
The width of the 106" is 92 " . Multiply that by 2 =184"
or 15'3" which will be the viewing distance.

PS,,I found out what the Pro-Trim is for the Da-Lites.
It's a fabric frame covering that aesthetiacally enhances the appearance of the installation and absorbs light that surrounds the viewing area of the screen. Sounds like a must have,,for the extra $200.

Here is the write up on the screen recomendation from the Projector Central review of the 2HD/ Z2

Screen size and choice

When it comes to screen size, give this some serious thought. There is a perennial trade-off in front projection…everyone loves projectors for their huge images of course, but the larger the image the lower the quality. Any projector can be stretched even up to 15 feet or more diagonal. When you do that you get a dimmer image that is lower in contrast and higher in visible pixelation than you'd have with a smaller image from the same projector. This is always true no matter what projector you choose.

So you have an "image quality vs. image size" decision to make. If we were setting up the Z2, we'd choose an image size of about 100". Actually some screen vendors have a 96" 16:9 diagonal frame as a stock item in their catalogs, and this is ideal. If you want to go somewhat smaller down to 90", you simply end up with an image that is a bit richer and even more beautiful. If you go up to 120", you still end up with a very fine picture. But at this size you will begin to see some loss in contrast, and depending on how close you are sitting, some slight pixelation may become apparent. For these reasons we'd say the optimum solution to the size vs. quality trade-off for this projector is in the range of 96" to 100" diagonal for a 16:9 screen.

As far as screen material goes, we would use a low gain, high contrast (gray) screen with this unit. This is particularly true if you, like most normal folks, do not have a black viewing environment. If you have a white ceiling, light colored walls, carpet, furnishings, etc, you will get reflected light from the environment bouncing back onto the screen. A white screen will in turn reflect this light, and the effect is a somewhat reduced image contrast. A gray screen does not reflect this ambient light nearly as efficiently. Thus it helps maintain better image contrast in a viewing room where reflected or indirect ambient light is present.

Seating area distance tip form Projector central..

As a rule of thumb with XGA or WXGA resolution projectors, a viewing distance of less than 1.5 times the screen width will get you into the trouble zone where pixelation and artifacts become more visibly intrusive. While it is true you have a very BIG image in front of you, these distractions can compromise viewing satisfaction.

On the other hand a viewing distance of 2.0 times the screen width or greater gives you beautiful image integration in which pixelation is invisible, artifacts are minimized, and the picture appears as a solid unified video image.

The range in between these two, that is a viewing distance of between 1.5 to 2.0 times the screen width, is the area where the trade-off happens—the closer you sit, the bigger the screen looks obviously, but the more you begin to see the flaws in the image also. In my personal experience, with XGA or WXGA projectors, a viewing distance of 2.0 times the screen width is the perfect solution, yielding large screen drama with just enough distance to cause the image to be fully integrated and resolved visually. But that is just me. Your preferences may be different than mine. You may want to sit a bit closer and live with a bit more pixelation or artifact noise than I would. Or you may find that an image that is 2.0 times the screen width is still too large for your tastes.

Now these are just rules of thumb. Clearly the projector you choose will have some impact upon ideal viewing ranges. Very high resolution projectors will allow for larger screens and closer viewing distances without compromising image integrity. Alternatively, if you go with a lower resolution SVGA projector, you will need to sit back a bit further to eliminate visible pixelation, scanline artifacts, etc., than you would with a higher resolution machine.

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Trevor Schell

12-21-2003, 01:26 PM

Hey LEXX!!
That's some incredible gear there.
Very impressive.
I bet the babes have a hard time peeling themselves off you
while watching a movie in that environment. :P

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12-21-2003, 01:39 PM

BLONDE JOKE

Two factory workers were talking. One's a smart aleck guy. The other's a
> cute young blonde.
>
> "I know how to get some time off from work." said the guy.
>
> "How do you think you will do that?" asked the blonde.
>
> He climbed up to the rafters, and hung upside down. The boss walked in,
saw
> the worker hanging from the ceiling, and asked him what on earth he was
> doing?
>
> "I'm a light bulb" answered the guy.
>
> "I think you need some time off," said the boss. So, the man jumped down
and
> walked out of the factory.
>
> The blonde began walking out too. The boss asked her where she thought she
> was going?
>
> "Home. I can't work in the dark"
>

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Andrew Pratt

12-21-2003, 04:34 PM

Trevor the 106 might be perfect for 15 feet then. I know mine seems a tad small from the back row at 14'.

I'm now seriously considering a Cary 308 Cd player that I've found for what I think is a very good price. Doug any thoughts on the cary?

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Chris D

12-21-2003, 05:00 PM

Thanks, guys. That's pretty much 12 weeks of working out 6 days a week for less than an hour each day. Eating 6 times a day, about 4oz or a half cup of a protein source, same thing of a complex carbohydrate, and two servings of vegetables a day.

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Chris D

12-21-2003, 05:01 PM

I wore my one and only Christmas tie to church this morning. Today and maybe Christmas Eve if we go to something will probably be the only times of the year that I wear it. Doesn't every guy have one Christmas tie that they do the same thing with?

CHRIS
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Andrew Pratt

12-21-2003, 05:05 PM

I just got back from finishing up christmas shopping:T

Gord did kathy and the boys make a gingerbread house?

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Gordon Moore

12-21-2003, 05:24 PM

Gord did kathy and the boys make a gingerbread house?
:? Yeah they did, how did you know that? I don't remember mentioning it but maybe I did.

The sub boxes made it in one piece :T. Dang those were HEEAVVY :crush: :)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was a delightful holiday film :D . I'm being silly, actually it was pretty decent for that type of film (not eveyone's taste). If you're into that genre of film, horror fans really shouldn't complain too loudly. This was one of the better horror films that has come around in the last 10 or so years. I was pleasently surprised.

"A RONSTER!"

Andrew Pratt

12-21-2003, 06:24 PM

Yeah they did, how did you know that? I don't remember mentioning it but maybe I did.

No you didn't mention it but I figured it would be something Kathy would do. Glenda made one today but she was wondering who we could give it to to eat and we thought of your boys but figured she might have made one already.

Glad the sub box's made it ok...delicate as they are:)

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Lex

12-21-2003, 10:24 PM

Yeah, there's nothing like a partridge in a pair tree, head cut off by a texas chain saw masacre. lol.

Andrew, as I said in my email, I'm not in the know about Cary CD units. However, the name carys some weight. Get it? :LOL:

Lex

Lex

12-21-2003, 10:36 PM

Thanks Trev on the flip pic, not to original, just grabbed it up in a hurry. :)

Oh, we got our first snow night before last here. Roads were a nasty mess with near solid sheet of ice after rain. It started icing about 11-12 that night, and cars were sliding everywhere. Our hills combined with ice conditions create very difficult terrain. It was about 2 inches in 1.5 hours.

Lex

Andrew Pratt

12-21-2003, 10:37 PM

Yeah I caught it:)

So at this point it looks like I could do one of the following

1) sell my Denon 1600 and upgrade to the 2900 universal - this is by far the cheapest option since I've got a buyer lined up for my 1600 already if I wanted to go that route. The pro's are I'd get DVD-A, SACD and decent redbook performance from a single box. Downside is redbook though good likely wouldn't compete with a dedicated CD player.

2) get a Rega Planet 2000. Reviews are generally good with the consensus being its much better then the old planet but still perhaps a little too warm. Resale value should remain strong given the Rega name. Downside is its a top loader which could be more difficult to work with in my rack as it stands now.

3) get the Cary 308 for a little more then the Rega unit. Plus's are its a Cary and even though its their bottom tier unit its still a $$$ unit from a company that knows music. Downside is its really past my budget but its supposed to be very very good.

4) Go ahead and get the Denon 2900 universal and later add a DAC if 2 channel is still lacking.

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Andrew Pratt

12-22-2003, 08:29 AM

Well to answer my own question above I think I've decided on what I'm going to get...providing my latest find is still available ;)

as for hints...

its silver

its a sterophile Class A component

it was rated to have better sound then the rega jupiter

E! would love it:)

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Andrew Pratt

12-22-2003, 10:46 AM

Oh ok here's (http://www.audioconnect.com/html/a3_24_upsampling_dac.html) what I have coming ;h

This will allow me to still use my jukebox as a transport so my existing library will now sound much much better and later I can add a true transport to use the coax input should I find the jukebox not a suitable transport. Though since the A3.24 reclocks the DAC the transport shouldn't matter as much as with some other DAC's.

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Andrew Pratt

12-22-2003, 10:48 AM

Here's (http://www.stereophile.com/digitalsourcereviews/561/) Sterophiles review

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Sonnie Parker

12-22-2003, 10:55 AM

Good Morning Everyone!

Nice equipment flip Lex!

Chris, I'm impressed with your fitness program... you make some good before and after images.

We did some mall walking and a little shopping over the weekend AND ate at Red Lobster (one of our favorite places).

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Gordon Moore

12-22-2003, 11:24 AM

Wow Pratt...nice equipment :D

What does Glenda think....bet she's ready to give you one of these :smackbutt: with the way you've been changing and adding gear.

Kathy got a laugh over the gingerbread house thing...she said she can't help it, it's her German heritage coming out.

By the way, funny story...I left your cookie container outside by accident that night (I set it down while we were moving the boxes and forgot about it because we had to run to make it to the movie). Well Matthew, my oldest (4 yrs), gets up in the morning and is all excited to go outside (first for me). We dress him quick, throw on snow boots, parka, and mitts and he dashes outside. A few seconds later he comes in holding the container and yells "COOKIES! Someone left cookies", holding his prize high in the air. :LOL: I guess he figured the cookie elf paid us a visit or something. The expression on his face was priceless....sort of a preview of Christmas I suppose. Long story short I haven't had one yet (other than the one at your place that night and there's only 4 cookies left ...all shortbread, at least I think that's shortbread (my kids are true sugar freaks).

Later, I have to *ahem* "work" ;)

Gordon Moore

12-22-2003, 12:02 PM

For nostalgia reasons I picked up this from Staples for $5, I figured that if it really sucks $5 ain't too bad a loss.

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It's a little outdated by today's standard but I wasted many a buck playing the original Dragon's Lair so this might be a fun time waster for $5. I see Future Shop has the Dragon's Lair DVD (which is the laserdisc quality version copied over to DVD) for $16.99. I may have to pick that up for the same reason.

Not that I have a lot of time to play games but this may be fun just for fun's sake when I'm bored one evening and there's nothing good on the boob tube.

"A RONSTER!"

George Bellefontaine

12-22-2003, 12:02 PM

Good afternoon from the great Northeast, where it looks like it will be a green Christmas and very mild and rainy. Oh, well, that's good for all the family driving which worries me when the weather is bad.

Trevor: I would definitely go with a 106" diagonal screen. That's what I have and I sit roughly between 13 and 14 feet from my screen ( 52 x 92 wide or 106" diag.). My old Sony LCD has fewer pixels than yours and I don't see any screendoor at the distance. The recommended seating distance for projectors is 1.2 to 1.5 times screen width and you are well within that range at 15 feet. The first screen I owned was too small and I regretted it, and eventually went larger. You have a good resolution PJ and you will want to enjoy the BIG picture. I believe some mfgrs recommend smaller screen maximum sizes because a lot of home theaters don't have total light control and the pic then tends to get washed out due to the projectors maximum light output. Now if you don't have total ambient light control, then maybe the smaller pic is the way to go.

Hey, Chris, great AFTER shots there. You can really see the results. I know it's tough going. I used to run until my knees started bothering me at age 50. Now at 67 I walk mornings and evenings ( an hour each), I use my Nordic Track 20 minutes a day 5 days a week ( it simulates cross country skiing) to keep my heart rate up, and I do 20 situps daily, and I am still a little paunchy but certainly not as bad as I'd be if I did nothing, like watching too many movies in my HT. :)

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Lex

12-22-2003, 12:09 PM

Andrew, do you seek the holy grail of audio? Adding the DAC now vs a true transport is like trying to make a Ferrari out of a Chevrolet. In the end, the parts just don't add up to do so, and it's still a Chevrolet. All be it a fuel injected one.

But as long as you realize the shortcomings of the transport, I suppose it's a good first step.

Lex

Lex

12-22-2003, 12:20 PM

Thanks Sonnie and Trevor. :)

Sonnie, we need to talk via email.

Lex

Andrew Pratt

12-22-2003, 12:55 PM

thanks for your support doug ;)

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Gordon Moore

12-22-2003, 01:21 PM

If Andrew's system is a Chev then I have a '72 Gremlin. 8O

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Lex

12-22-2003, 01:38 PM

Think Pacer Gord. :LOL:

Your almost welcome Andrew. :LOL:

Say, a DAC like that would make a great Christmas present to you guys leader here. :twisted: Except I'll take mine in black or grey, lol.

That brings up a sore subject. You know, the manufacturers sure have screwed up my color pallete of my rack. My MC12 is the worst with all that silver. I'd much prefer black. My rack is starting to look like an Easter egg tree, all the different colors. Dark grey or black would be good as a STANDARD!

Don't get me wrong, I do love the look of the MC-12. However, when my rack was all black, it blended in about like a cop at a rock concert. I mean, I had silver in the 70s. Why do we have to go backwards?

Lex

Gordon Moore

12-22-2003, 01:53 PM

Okay okay...a K-car :cry:

"A RONSTER!"

Gordon Moore

12-22-2003, 02:03 PM

Ferrari

That reminds me of a quote from another 80's favorite of mine (one of the better Porsche movies out there):

"Italian trash"

"A RONSTER!"

Bing Fung

12-22-2003, 02:14 PM

Nice toys everyone....

Lex, your system really looks designer and esoteric, something out of Stereophile Magazine... Loving it bigtime :yesnod:

Well in the HT/Audio world I drive a Nash, but I'm not too ashamed of it, for it has to do.. I'm just trying to get my money's worth out of it by using it until I feel I need otherwise :roll:

Andrew, Thanks and Merry Christmas to you , Glenda & Lauren.

Actually..

Merry Christmas! to all you Playa's on HTG and TTP

Later :later:

Bing

Andrew Pratt

12-22-2003, 02:22 PM

That brings up a sore subject. You know, the manufacturers sure have screwed up my color pallete of my rack. My MC12 is the worst with all that silver. I'd much prefer black.

Amen to that ;x(

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Sonnie Parker

12-22-2003, 04:18 PM

Merry Christmas to you as well Bing!

Lex.... our ISP is having e-mail server problems right now so I'm not sure how long before I can e-mail. I've already had 2 people tell me this morning that they sent me e-mail although I've yet to receive it. Not sure if you actually sent me an e-mail too but either way I haven't gotten any e-mails today because of the server burp. I'll e-mail you as soon as I possibly can.

Trev.... I'm with George and Dean on the larger screen. You can buy the screen material rather cheap and as Andrew had stated before he can walk you through building a frame or for that matter you can cut out a piece of Parklane or MDF to the exact size and attach the screen material over that. By doing this you can order enough material to do the 106" screen and then cut it down if you want smaller. If you order a smaller screen to begin with and want bigger then those screens don't stretch.

Personally I'm painting my entire screen wall the Misty Evening Gray. I will project different size images and see which is best and then build a black frame around the screen edges for the desired size. Then I'll finish the remainder of the screen wall in black. This way I'll get the biggest screen possible with the best image I can live with.

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Andrew Pratt

12-22-2003, 05:05 PM

MDF can be pretty heavy though which is why most of us use blakcout cloth stretched over a picture frame design. Even with the 2*6 header and footer my screen is very light weight

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Lex

12-22-2003, 05:16 PM

Thanks Bing! I cut that picture out of a magazine. ;) My real system is an Emerson. ;)

Hey Gord, the Pacer was a good car! :) Look at those great kids you got. I'd trade in a minute. :)

Sonnie boy:

I did email you, but I assume you didn't get it.

Here's the gist of it:

Sonnie, is all still go on the "widget"? Can you check an estimated date? Call me curious. :)

Also, I'll need a mailing address for you.

Just call me Sonnie boy. removed. There's no answer machine on that line, so if I am here, I'll answer.

Or you could go sign up for a temp email, Yahoo or such.

Lex

Gordon Moore

12-22-2003, 05:36 PM

Look at those great kids you got. I'd trade in a minute.

Awww shucks :) Thanks Doug :T

I'm with Bing, my system just gets me by but it's the best of my local friends (with the exception Andrew of course). Mind you most of my friends don't have a system at all so that's not saying a whole lot ;)

The Pacer was a good car....heh heh. Well it's the butt of several jokes now. A friend of mine had a pacer about 12 years ago that I bet he'd still drive today if it wasn't totalled by this drunk pilot we knew. The guy was bombed out of his skull (which was pretty much the norm for this guy) and trashed the Pacer with a big rock, and I mean trashed....all windows smashed, the car was dented all to hell and interior destroyed....it was madness. The pilot bought the Pacer for what I hear was probably a record price just to keep the cops and insurance out of it :LOL:

This guy still flys for Air Canada (no joke), that's the scary part...kind of a big loser with WAY too big a paycheck and ego.

"A RONSTER!"

Lex

12-22-2003, 07:52 PM

Andrew Pratt

12-22-2003, 08:24 PM

any one looking?

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Andrew Pratt

12-22-2003, 08:25 PM

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efarstad

12-22-2003, 08:30 PM

8O

I'm Looking! :P

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efarstad

12-22-2003, 08:31 PM

:sn :sn :sn Hey Gang! :sn :sn :sn

Busy weekend and now busy week...but wanted to pop in and say "hi!"

I'll catch up later...but until then...have a great week!

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Bent

12-22-2003, 08:48 PM

Gordon, any chance that crazy pilot's first name was Greg or Russ?

Trevor Schell

12-22-2003, 08:56 PM

Hi Guys!!

Cool on the new gear Andrew,,If it's a Chevy then I have a Pinto. :P
Also,,Thanks for the christmas card Andrew, Just received it today.

Your Welcome Lex!!:-y

Gordo,,I remember Dragons Liar in the Arcades,,Although I never played it. I was popping my coins in to Asteriods Deluxe at the time. :yesnod:

Trevor: I would definitely go with a 106" diagonal screen. That's what I have and I sit roughly between 13 and 14 feet from my screen ( 52 x 92 wide or 106" diag.). My old Sony LCD has fewer pixels than yours and I don't see any screendoor at the distance. The recommended seating distance for projectors is 1.2 to 1.5 times screen width and you are well within that range at 15 feet. The first screen I owned was too small and I regretted it, and eventually went larger. You have a good resolution PJ and you will want to enjoy the BIG picture. I believe some mfgrs recommend smaller screen maximum sizes because a lot of home theaters don't have total light control and the pic then tends to get washed out due to the projectors maximum light output. Now if you don't have total ambient light control, then maybe the smaller pic is the way to go.

George and Sonnie..
DONE!! I ordered the Da-Lite HCCV Cinema Contour with Pro-Trim
106" Diagonal (53"x92")
I ordered it last night before going to bed.

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Andrew Pratt

12-22-2003, 09:13 PM

Good choice Trevor:)

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Andrew Pratt

12-22-2003, 10:38 PM

http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~jmbastia/Calvin/

I laugh myself silly every time I see these comics

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Gordon Moore

12-22-2003, 11:03 PM

Gordon, any chance that crazy pilot's first name was Greg or Russ?

Well I'm not gonna say the guys name and no it wasn't either of those guys. That's just one of about 100 stories I could tell about this yo-yo. Some stuff would make you shake your head...some stuff is funny just because it's stranger than fiction. Mostly drunken debauchery type stuff.

Trev, great choice on the screen. Go Big or go home I say ;)

I didn't play Dragon's Lair as much as I liked because it didn't give you as much bang for the buck as say my other favorite game StarWars....remember that one...you flew the x-wing with that cool controller. The game had vector graphics and you made the death star run. That was the ultimate in technology then.

Battle Zone was another classic vector based game.

Man I remember my brother and I saved up enough money to buy StarWars ported to Colecovision and it was a good port too.

(I'm just waiting for Archie and Edith to start singing Those Were the Days in the background ;) )

"A RONSTER!"

efarstad

12-22-2003, 11:06 PM

Trevor: We'll have the same screen except yours is larger with a different trim/edge to it! Cool...you'll like it with the Sanyo....great picture! 8)

Well guys...I chatted with my boss last week and asked him about my job status and concern about the "lack of work" over the coming months...and to make a long story short he said: "If I were you Erik, I'd get my feelers out there!" So in short...my thoughts a few months back have come true...I could be out of a job here in the coming weeks/months...and why I started looking and interviewing. So here's to finding a new job or landing a TRUE and REAL offer from that recent interview soon! :D

So if I'm a bit more absent than normal, don't take it personal okay!? Thanks guys! And here's to landing a job...again...or heck keeping the one I have for you never know what might happen! I'm just livin' on faith at this point and doin' my best to find a job and work hard at the one I have!

E

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Lex

12-22-2003, 11:55 PM

Gord, I once had a Pacer. Well, I won't say I owned it. Rather, it owned me, lol. I really didn't own it, it was a car off my Dad's lot. The thing is, I wrecked my Datsun 280Z. It wasn't drivable. Front end mashed against the front wheel. My Dad gave me the Pacer to drive until mine was repaired. I suppose making me think about what I had done. It seemed like I drove that car a year, though it was really a little more than a month I think. I referred to the Pacer as my Moon Buggy, lol. Those dang doors too, they'd knock your shins off. The door handles were inset on the doors, so you stood next to it, opened it, and there was like 10" of door behind the handle, lol.

Trevor, you didn't listen to me on the screen. :nono:

Sonnie, a good time to call :phone: is about noonish or so. Don't want to phone to early and wake up my daughter, or me, lol.

Oh and gang, that widget I spoke of to Sonnie back on the last page? To demonstrate one last time that I am the upgrade king this year, I'm upgrading projectors to the Z2 equivilent Studio Experience 2HD, and squeezing it in this year to set the bar a bit high for Trevor next year, :LOL: He's gonna have to get that Viper to top the all time upgrade year. :rf

I am keeping my ViewSonic though for 4:3 material as well as having a backup PJ.

Lex

Andrew Pratt

12-23-2003, 12:13 AM

Great move on getting a 2HD as well Doug. I'm curious what you have to say about it vs your 4:3 PJ

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Andrew Pratt

12-23-2003, 12:14 AM

Status: In Transit

Shipped to: WINNIPEG, MB, CA
Shipped or Billed on: 22 Dec 2003

Tracking Number: 1Z 8T7 8T8 68 4024 317 2
Service Type: STANDARD
Weight: 30.00 Lbs

Package Progress:

Date Time Location Activity

22 Dec 2003 22:28 ROSWELL, GA, US DEPARTURE SCAN
21:29 ROSWELL, GA, US ORIGIN SCAN
15:08 US BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

Tracking results provided by UPS: 23 Dec 2003 Eastern Time

Its on its way :twisted:

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Sonnie Parker

12-23-2003, 12:25 AM

Very nice new toy Andrew! You are getting ready for some serious listening huh. Funny snowpeople cartoon.

Lex... I guess our e-mail is working now but once I get back to work tomorrow it could be out of whack again. If it is then I'll call you. I sent you a couple of e-mails and have now read the message in a bottle. :LOL:

EDIT: Now I've read 2 messages in a bottle! lol And you finally decided to tell everyone... 8)

Andrew... have you read where several folks are now painting plexiglass for screens? I know the Parklane with no support framing is very popular (painted or unpainted and extremely lightweight).

Gordon... I wouldn't want that fella piloting any plane I'm in. :P I'll take Chris since I feel good about his health and attitude. :D

Trev.... I can't wait to hear what you have to say about your 2HD and the 106" image. If you had to I think you could add more Pro-Trim to make the viewable screen size smaller.

E... you know I'll be praying about your job situation for you. I feel good that it will all work out for you.

Goodnight Everyone!

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Chris D

12-23-2003, 12:50 AM

That is scary from a pilot. They are "supposed to" have a better head on their shoulders than that. I can hear him now when someone cuts him off in the sky.

Why that little no good bast@ard, I'll ram this Boing right up his butt. The heck of it is, with a head on him like that, he just might.

Lex

Heheee... the good thing about the pilot profession is that it's self regulating. While you have some mediocre pilots out there or guys that have attitude problems, they never fly alone. Pilots really hold each other accountable for flying right and flying safe. If you get a bad pilot that for some reason isn't weeded out of the profession, he's at the very least kept in line while in the cockpit.

Andrew: Congrats on the new DAC! :banana: I'm curious--does that only work with a digital output from a CD player? Or could you also use it with a DVD-V/DVD-A/SACD player?

CHRIS
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Mats

12-23-2003, 03:43 AM

Just wanted to say, Merry X-Mas to all of ya

Mats
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Pat

12-23-2003, 07:18 AM

Mornin' Boys

Hope everyone has a great Holiday!

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Andrew Pratt

12-23-2003, 08:19 AM

Andrew... have you read where several folks are now painting plexiglass for screens? I know the Parklane with no support framing is very popular (painted or unpainted and extremely lightweight).

Yes Parkland plastic is or at least was quite popular. Its now much more expensive though so its not as good a deal as it once was.

The plexiglass screens are an interesting idea. i'm waiting to see how CMRA does with his.

Chris no it won't work for DD, DTS, DVD-A or SACD just regular CD playback.

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George Bellefontaine

12-23-2003, 11:52 AM

Wow, ol' Lex is now a 2 projector kinda guy like me. Good move, Lex.

E, I believe you were given some good advice. Good luck on the job hunt.

Good decision on the screen size, Trev.

Well I will be busy for the next few days so I'll take this opportunity to say :

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL HT GUIDERS.

My Homepage! (http://www.mts.net/~glendap/george.htm)

Chris D

12-23-2003, 12:11 PM

BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAA!!!!! :rofl: I just logged in to the internet this morning at my home computer and found ***93*** new messages. I said, :wtf: They were all from Home Theater Guide, "notifications of reply to topic".

That feature hadn't been working for me for several months. I guess the server just caught up! http://smilies.sofrayt.com/1/c0/rofl.gif.http://smilies.sofrayt.com/1/c0/rotlaugh.gif.http://smilies.sofrayt.com/1/c0/cutelaugh.gif.http://smilies.sofrayt.com/1/c0/biggrinroll.gif

CHRIS
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Andrew Pratt

12-23-2003, 12:21 PM

Two more sleeps ;h

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Sonnie Parker

12-23-2003, 01:50 PM

Good Afternoon Everyone!

LOL... Chris... I got the same thing from htguide. I suppose that feature now works? I got 48 e-mails outside of htguide's that had been back logged for several days. Funny how some e-mails were getting through and some were not. :roll:

Merry Christmas Mats!

Happy Holidays Pat!

Andrew... last time I checked on the Parkland seems like it was only $15 or so. I'm not sure if CMRA will ever be satisfied although it's interesting to see the different inexpensive measures he takes to try something new.

Merry Christmas George!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF MY TTP BUDDY'S!

Oh Lex.... where are you? I tried to call but you must be still asleep! :P

I need a shipping address for the 2HD.

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Lex

12-23-2003, 02:12 PM

LOL on the email me if someone replies to this topic. :LOL: I'll admit, I busted Mats chops a bit about that feature not working. I asked him to either fix it or remove it. I guess he fixed it. :td:

Way to go Mats.

Sonnie, I took my daughter to lunch a bit late, I've been here otherwise, though in and out at times.

Lex

efarstad

12-23-2003, 02:14 PM

Sonnie...Lex just called and said to send it to my home in Puyallup....something about wanting me to test it for him first. Kinda like he tests all the cables we buy from him before sending them off to us....I'm just trying to return the favor! :twisted:

E

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Andrew Pratt

12-23-2003, 02:26 PM

Don't all packages to and from Doug have to go though Saskatoon as well :)

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Sonnie Parker

12-23-2003, 02:35 PM

LOL... okay... I'll send it to E first ... then Andrew and then Andrew can send it to whoever... it's needs to go around to all the TTP'ers before Doug gets it. :P :P :P

It figures Lex... you tell me the best time to call in noonish when you aren't there. lol Okay... I'm about to call you. Not sure what I'm gonna call you yet but I'll think of something.

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George Bellefontaine

12-23-2003, 04:05 PM

Andrew will send it to Nova Scotia and I'll send it to Lex... maybe.

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Lex

12-23-2003, 04:21 PM

Geesh, by the time that thing gets here, it's bound to need a bulb. 8O

You guys have fun, I'll catch the next model, lol.

Lex

Mats

12-23-2003, 04:55 PM

Yeah, fiddeling with the mail thread routine... Still having some problem with it though. Expect to get some more mails :D

Mats
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Lex

12-23-2003, 05:25 PM

I dare someone to check email me if someone replies to this topic in TTP. :LOL:

Lex

Andrew Pratt

12-23-2003, 06:28 PM

Yeah mail reply on the TTP would be a bad idea :0

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Sonnie Parker

12-23-2003, 07:53 PM

My e-mails from htguide actually weren't that bad since I haven't checked too many of those blocks and I have it set to group them. There were a lot of reply notices in each e-mail especially from the HT construction thread. I thought initially my ISP had been holding them since we've been having e-mail problems. So Mats and our ISP's timing was ironic.

I didn't realize how much I rely on e-mail until yesterday and today. There were a couple of fairly important e-mails that were delayed coming in and going out. A few would slip through and some were held up. The ISP was trying to install a spam filter and it jammed everyone up big time. Once they got the old server back up I got hammered with all those that didn't make it through.

Everything seemed to flow back into place nicely though and I had the fortunate pleasure of actually speaking on the telephone with our captain, Lex. Lex, I must say, it was a real pleasure to speak with you today. It is true that it's nice to put a voice with a face and written words. I'm not sure how many of you have spoken with Lex but I hope you all get a chance to.

I gotta tell you guys... Lex made me feel like he was a good hearted country bumpkin (living in the big city of course). Lex, you seem like you are a warm papa teddy bear taking care of the family really well. I thuroughly enjoyed our conversation and look forward to speaking with you again and possibly any of you others at some time or another.

Thanks Lex!

Daddy George... lets us just keep the secret deal we got about Lex's PJ between ourselves. No sense in letting him know how long it will delayed. lol

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Lex

12-23-2003, 08:33 PM

Why, thank you Sonnie. Your about as relaxed a person to talk to as you seem on the forum. My pleasure. :) I swear his voice reminded me of an actor. I'm thinking it's Billy Bob Thornton. Is that a good name? I could be mistaken, maybe that's a part he played, I dunno. :)

Lex

Andrew Pratt

12-23-2003, 10:39 PM

I'm not sure how many of you have spoken with Lex but I hope you all get a chance to.

Yeah his southern drawl is fun to listen to...though I'm sure he feels the same way aboot us northeners eh!

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Eduardo

12-23-2003, 10:52 PM

running for a holiday flip

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Eduardo

12-23-2003, 10:52 PM

running for a holiday flip

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Eduardo

12-23-2003, 10:58 PM

Happy Holiday from the Jimenez Family

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Eduardo

12-23-2003, 11:11 PM

You guys have been busy. Its taken me a day to catch up on my TTP. Our Christmas party was a smash. We had lots of people and lots of good times.

Chris - Happy Belated Birthday. How is Jen doing? Still waiting for my sister to have her baby.

Lex - congrats on your new PJ. Sweet.

Andrew - :drool: nice DAC

Pat - :later:
Sonnie - :later:
Goerge - :later:
E - - :later:
Trev - - :later:
Bing - :later:
Bent - :later:
David - :later:
Jehan - :later:

Merry Christmas to All

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Chris D

12-23-2003, 11:50 PM

Actually, I HAVE once accidentally checked the "E-mail me" thing for TTP. It didn't take me too long to figure out my mistake and go back and cancel it.

That's cool that the feature is working again.

:later: Hey, Eduardo! Nope, no baby yet! We'll let you know!

As far as the projector, you know that uh... the power supply in my neighborhood is very, very different than E's, and I have to test it out as well. Make that 2 stops in Puyallup!

CHRIS
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Lex

12-24-2003, 12:18 AM

Andrew sure knows how to pick em'. Dac's what I'm talking about. :LOL:

Thanks EJ. Beautiful Christmas setup. Made me want to say bring on the Eggnogg. :)

Watched SCII tonight, to try to get in the spirit. It worked for a while.

Lex

Bent

12-24-2003, 01:02 AM

Hey all. :later:

There's a lot of you to say hi to,
I hope everyone has a terrific Christmas,
Mrs. Bent and I are having her Dad, Brother and my Mom over for Christmas, the guest room will be full of inlaws Christmas eve.

I have some gifts to wrap in the morning, and I'm hoping my little guy has a good sleep like he did last night. (He slept for 6 hours straight). He is 5 months old on Jan 1st, and he doesn't like me. (I have no :boobies: ), however yesterday Mrs. Bent took my daughter (7) to the RWB (Royal Winnipeg Ballet) to see the Nutcracker and left me with the baby for 8 hours - the longest I've ever spent with him. He and I are friends now. :-y

I'll check on the TTP tommorow a couple of times, Everyone please stay safe and take a second to reflect on the fact that some folks aren't as fortunate as us, maybe wish a stranger a Merry Christmas and toss out a few spare smiles.

All the best to all.

Sonnie Parker

12-24-2003, 01:27 AM

Nice flip pic Eduardo... hope you and the family have some happy holidays as well. Merry Christmas!

Anybody else want a crack at Lex's PJ?

Actually Andrew... there was some short discussion about how us southerners talk and the word yankee came up... lol I think Lex sounds more southern than I do but it's hard for me to judge since I don't pay that much attention to my own voice.

Merry Christmas Bent!

Lex... Billy Bob Thornton was on Jay Leno tonight.

Okay... time for beddie bye! Night night Everyone!

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Andrew Pratt

12-24-2003, 10:15 AM

Andrew sure knows how to pick em'. Dac's what I'm talking about.

:LOL:

Bent my inlaws and sister in law are all staying with us too so I know how it feels :twisted:

I didn't know you had a 5 month old? Lauren's going to be spoilt rotten tomorrow but its going to be so much fun :banana:

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RickS

12-24-2003, 10:22 AM

Good Morning Guys!!!! Merry Christmas!

I'm looking forward to Christmas to get a few days off with the kids. I really enjoy the looks on the little faces X-mas morning. Kinda keeps me goin. :)

Glad to see so many here are now into FPTV's there is no turning back now!!! ;) I'm just looking into my 3rd FPTV.....the prices have sure come down over the last 4 or 5 years.

I hope I'll get some time to drop by more often in the New Year!!!

Have a great Christmas Everyone!!!

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Bing Fung

12-24-2003, 10:54 AM

Nice Christmas Scene EJ!! :yesnod:

Hey Rick :later:

I would like to share this thought and Christmas wish with my buddies on TTP

I hope you and your family had a wonderful 2003, and wish that the coming years be full of excitement, joy, and pleasure

I would like to pass on a small quote that I had read somewhere recently. This has really worked for me…..and at this time of year we all could use a little…calm!!!

By following the simple advice I have finally found inner peace….the quote read:

“The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you’ve started”

So, I looked around the house to see all the things I started and haven’t finished…..

and before coming to work this morning I finished off a bottle of whiskey, a half case of beer, the Bailey’s, my Tylenol 3’s, some cigarettes, and a box of chocolates

You have no idea how freaking good I feel…………!!!

You may want to try this simple rule by yourself or pass this on to those you feel are in need of

Inner Peace…..

Good Luck and a Happy Holiday Season!!

Bing

Andrew Pratt

12-24-2003, 12:41 PM

Hiya Rick:later:

Great advice Bing:T

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Sonnie Parker

12-24-2003, 12:48 PM

Happy Christmas Eve Everyone!

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Chris D

12-24-2003, 01:29 PM

Morning, guys! :later: Merry Christmas Eve!

CHRIS
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efarstad

12-24-2003, 03:00 PM

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

May you have experience the Glory and Wonder Christmas brings!

E

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Lex

12-24-2003, 03:17 PM

playing around with some new logo ideas. comments?

http://www.catcables.com/doug/cats/cat_motion_logo.jpg

http://www.catcables.com/doug/cats/catlogo_in_progress.jpg

Greg Stone

12-24-2003, 03:23 PM

Merry Christmas to all the TTP'ers!

Lex

12-24-2003, 03:36 PM

Let's "get Stoned". I mean, get Greg for not being here for a long long time. Rick, we rather expect that of now, but Greg?

Merry Christmas Greg and Rick, and everyone else too of course. :)

Lex

Gordon Moore

12-24-2003, 03:37 PM

The bottom one (red logo) is a little busy and distracting. I like the top better...but the leopard could stand to be smaller.

Merry Christmas to everyone...busy day today, tomorrow and the next

"A RONSTER!"

Sonnie Parker

12-24-2003, 03:52 PM

Hey Greg and Rick... good to hear from you guys. Merry Christmas!

I like them both Lex.

Sitting around eating chex mix... hmmm hmmm... and waiting for time to leave to go to grandma's house.

Lotta munchin' going on here. We've been baking/cooking a lot over the last few days since my sister has been up from Tampa.

Chex Mix (huge bowl)
Snail Cake
Rice Krispy Treats (4 batches)
Fruit Cake Cookies (several batches)
Camp Stew (huge pot)
Cheese Straws (bunches)

Some serious snackin'!

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Andrew Pratt

12-24-2003, 04:15 PM

I agree with gord on the logo's doug.

Well I'm home and on holidays:yesnod:

Stopped by the video store to buy Christmas Vacation in widescreen to replace my old pan and scam copy. That'll be going to the inlaws:)

Merry Christmas everyone

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Lex

12-24-2003, 04:18 PM

Somewhat different, Gord, better?

http://www.catcables.com/doug/cats/catlogo_in_progress2.jpg

efarstad

12-24-2003, 04:33 PM

Me likes that one Lex...looks classy like the Jag logo on the car! 8)

E

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Andrew Pratt

12-24-2003, 06:13 PM

Looking good Doug...maybe try another colour other then red for the accent though. What about an oval or less square shape for the boarder? It might convey a less "structured" message about your company.

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Lex

12-24-2003, 07:21 PM

How about this, pictured how it would appear on the site: Like the black or grey cat better?

http://www.catcables.com/doug/cats/new_header.jpg

I worked in a couple of grey stripes in the banner to tie it all together, greys, blacks, maroonish reds)

Ok, at 80% black on the cat for Andrew:

http://www.catcables.com/doug/cats/new_header2.jpg
here's live cat look:
http://www.catcables.com/doug/cats/live_logo.jpg
Also greyed the background on the logo, changed the lettering some.

Lex

Lex

12-24-2003, 07:32 PM

This is was the start of the Cat in motion:

http://www.catcables.com/doug/cats/cheetah.jpg

He's a Cheetah. I reversed the cat, stripped the background, greyed him out (a bit time consuming), then did a free transform to change his angle. All in photoshop.

Lex

Andrew Pratt

12-24-2003, 07:49 PM

Hmm maybe tone back the black a little so he doesn't stand out quite so strong?

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Lex

12-24-2003, 08:09 PM

Ok, Andrew, for comparison sake, I saved a second copy only at 80% visibility. alternately, I could change the color of the cat, but this is really about the same effect. He's up above under the other one.

lex

Trevor Schell

12-24-2003, 09:16 PM

Hi Everybody!

Merry Christmas!! :later:

What's everybody got planned for Christmas Day!?

I will be back tomorrow!
Going to take Bing's advice! :P

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Andrew Pratt

12-24-2003, 10:22 PM

Hmm that doesn't look as good as I thought it might...the whole image now looks washed out.

Just finished watching the widescreen version of Christmas Vacation...not the best transfer but hey at least its "widescreen" now (its really just a matte of the 4:3 which was open frame I believe)

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Chris D

12-24-2003, 10:27 PM

Hi, guys. We're all mad cows here in Washington, as you've heard! http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/h0/dizzy.gif.
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Just chillin' on Christmas Eve here. Gonna do some wallpaper and finish up the baby room.

CHRIS
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Lex

12-24-2003, 11:35 PM

signature test to see if I like this for a bit:)

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Sonnie Parker

12-25-2003, 12:39 AM

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Lex... I like it! Looks really cool. I like the tan tiger too.

Here's some 3D I've been working with for our home page:

http://www.snapbug.ws/images/3d1.jpg

http://www.snapbug.ws/images/3d2.jpg

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Jehan

12-25-2003, 01:29 AM

Been away for a bit, but merry christmas and a very happy new year to all you guys. All the best to you and yours! :LOL: :D :D

Lex

12-25-2003, 02:07 AM

Sonnie, colorful! Thanks too on my logo.

Merry Christmas all, time to stuff a few stockings after watching a very moving movie. "The Family Man" Solid, excellent movie. Best of all, I paid like 4 bucks for it. Kimberly's getting me some movie deals through work. Pirates of the Caribean, Bad Boys 2 and another recent flick, all for 15 bucks this week, lol.

Lex

Chris D

12-25-2003, 02:25 AM

Christmas

CHRIS
http://www.htguide.com/bilder/images/199/C17gif.jpg Luke: "Hey, I'm not such a bad pilot myself, you know"

Chris D

12-25-2003, 02:25 AM

Flip

CHRIS
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Chris D

12-25-2003, 02:25 AM

http://www.ewtn.com/gallery/tnt/images/nt1s.jpg

Merry Christmas!

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CHRIS
http://www.htguide.com/bilder/images/199/C17gif.jpg Luke: "Hey, I'm not such a bad pilot myself, you know"

Chris D

12-25-2003, 02:27 AM

I like the latest logo, Lex!

CHRIS
http://www.htguide.com/bilder/images/199/C17gif.jpg Luke: "Hey, I'm not such a bad pilot myself, you know"

Chris D

12-25-2003, 02:28 AM

Another overrun

Remember the reason for the season!

CHRIS
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Lex

12-25-2003, 02:41 AM

It's not a flip until there's a graphic up. :LOL:

Lex

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Lex

12-25-2003, 02:42 AM

Sorry you guys have to keep gandering at my CAT logo, but I got to get used to it or loose it, lol.

and to all a good night-

Lex

Chris D

12-25-2003, 04:27 AM

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CHRIS
http://www.htguide.com/bilder/images/199/C17gif.jpg Luke: "Hey, I'm not such a bad pilot myself, you know"

Andrew Pratt

12-25-2003, 07:34 AM

Merry Christmas everyone!

Hope Santa had you all on his Good Boy list:yesnod:

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Sonnie Parker

12-25-2003, 10:58 AM

Good Christmas Morning Everyone!

I see some folks were up until the wee hours of the morning playin' Santa.

I just finished a bacon, egg & cheese sandwich... hmmm hmmmm. We'll be heading to Bug's family for lunch, then my family for the evening.

So... we are on permanent widescreen now or is something wrong with my puter?

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Trevor Schell

12-25-2003, 03:51 PM

http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/weihnachten/xmas-smiley-007.gifMERRY CHRISTMAS TTP GANG!!!http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/weihnachten/xmas-smiley-007.gif

And BING!

Once again I provide you with the BURGER KING Christmas Song!
Click BELOW :yesnod:
http://load.pquinn.com/binaries/fries/

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Gordon Moore

12-25-2003, 04:47 PM

Merry Christmas to all.

Time to go for another Turkey Dinner :roll:

Tomorrow is my day: Boxing Day! :party:

Hence my stocking was pretty bare, 'cept for some nice Headphones ;).

Was up till 2 last night getting the house ready for the family this morning. Finally kicked the stragglers out and we're off to another family party.

I was watching the futureshop online boxing day sale last night. That DVD burner for $119 CDN was mighty tempting. Amazing how fast everything went. I decided to do it old school style and fight it out at the stores like every- one else.

Hope everyone has a safe and Merry Christmas however you celebrate the holiday season. Bon Noel (there's the sum total of French I learned in Grade 12 ).
:later:

"A RONSTER!"

Lex

12-25-2003, 04:57 PM

I took us out of widescreen mode removing enough of the Christmas stuff from Chris's post. sorry Chris. :)

Merry Christmas to you all. The day is over with my daughter. We did Christmas here early, then went to Mom and Dad's. Now she's at her Mom's. So, I'm home alone now on Christmas. Speaking of, I may watch Home Alone tonight.

We got Project Gotham 2 racing for Xbox and Need for Speed 2, (she loves racing games), CDs, a music DVD for her, a new portable phone for her, a couple of shirts, a 100 gift cert for more clothes, and a few other things. I did opt to buy less material stuff for my daughter and me. After all, it's Christmas all year long for me, :LOL: to much so. My daughter, I opted to give her a rather large check this year in the place of so much stuff. That way, she can do whatever she wants to do with it Save it for a car trade, whatever. I gave her 1000.00 US$. I did give her 5 100.00 bills last year to go on her mag wheels and tires. But she got a lot more other stuff besides that last year.

Talk about lighting up her eyes, lol. She said "Dad, that's the most money anyone's ever given me". Well, directly yes, but her Grandpa actually gave her a lot more with her 2 cars she's had. But I guess that doesn't feel the same way as seeing 3 zeros after a 1 on a check made out to you. :)

Oh, fun. My Mom and Dad traditionally give my Sister and me some money at Christmas, well guess what, my envelope disappeared in the Christmas chaos. I was like, anyone have an envelope for me? A package? Something? lol. After it was all over, we started going through two big trash bags of wrapping paper, not in the first one. What do you know, the second one, we found it, lol. Pretty funny actually after it was all said and done. It was a check, not like one of my family could have robbed me, :LOL: I was about ready to frisk them though. :twisted:

Doug

Andrew Pratt

12-25-2003, 05:42 PM

Funny story Doug:)

Just got back from visiting glenda's grandpa with my father in law. Nice old guy that has a woodworking shop full of tools in his basement. When he moves out of the house in a year or two (sooner if we had any say in it) I think I'm going to end up with quite a few tools. He has a DeWalt radial arm saw that's green in color that he said he wants to give me and no doubt a few other neat things as well. He used to be in the military in the air force's mechanics so he has a few tools built out of old air craft parts like his lathe and drill press...I've love either of those just on the history alone. He also hand made a lot of the furniture in the house (well he built his house too!) so he's an interesting guy to talk with.

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Lex

12-25-2003, 06:07 PM

Thanks Andrew. I'd a been like Ok, up against the wall and spread em! So much for Christmas cheer. lol.

Lex

Chris D

12-25-2003, 07:21 PM

I see people are changing my posts. http://fool.exler.ru/sm/bur2.gif

Merry Christmas, everyone! Hope everyone has a good day on the day of Jesus' birth.

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CHRIS
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Chris D

12-25-2003, 07:37 PM

Trev, that song always cracks me up! Especially the last line! http://www.egosoft.com/x2/forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif

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CHRIS
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Lex

12-25-2003, 08:58 PM

You guys and your holiday gifs. Great stuff. :)

Well, I did it. I went live on the main page only with the newly designed banner. Please give me your take. If it stays, I'll convert the white text in the "Audio", "Video", and "Digital" boxes in the left frame to match the grey in Custom Audio Transmission likely. Or should I leave those white like they are? :)

www.catcables.com to see the new banner. I rather like it myself. I think it's cleaner, more progressive than the old logo.

Lex

Trevor Schell

12-25-2003, 09:04 PM

Hey Guys!!

Lex,,Good Story. You sure are a generous Dad. Your daughter (Kimberly?),
I am sure will really appreciate that check..I cabn just imagine the look
on her face when she got it.

Chris,,I like the new smiley's. Both the Christmas ones and the everyday use ones.
Especially the dark cloud and the TTP Christmas!
Everytime I here the original Christmas song on the radio, I start thinking in my mind the words to the Burger King song.. It cracks me up too!!
"I wear paper hats!! :LOL:
:rofl:

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Eduardo

12-25-2003, 09:49 PM

Merry Christmas !!!!

I have exciting news to share. :bounce:

On or around August 8, 2004 there will be a new A/V kid in town. That right; I'm going to be a proud Popa. I promised Allison that I wouldn't share this info until after Christmas, when we told our parents.

Lex - the new logo looks great.

Have to go but will be back later

:later:

http://home.nc.rr.com/ejimenez

Lex

12-25-2003, 10:17 PM

Wow EJ! What great Christmas news for everyone here. :) Congratulations to you and your wife!!!

:party: :party: :party:

Thanks Trevor. :)

Lex

Gordon Moore

12-25-2003, 11:05 PM

:D

Got to get some sleep. 4:30 comes early for the boxing day line-ups since the first store opens at 6 am (last year places opened 15 mins early, when it's boxing day, that 15 mins is critical :)

"A RONSTER!"

Gordon Moore

12-25-2003, 11:13 PM

EJ :T New babies are the best kind of news!

Lex,

Here's my take on the page (I hope you don't think I'm ripping into it).

To me, personally, the site seems busy...but I don't know how to explain it better than that

What's with the word "Open"? The site is open? The web store is open? I didn't get it cause it's hanging out in the middle of the page.

About the side frame, have you tried experimenting by killing that, moving it to a top menu and doing drop downs for you products selection? Checkout etc... It's kind of a 6 of one half....you know the rest.

Red is an extemely punchy and aggressive colour, I think it's use should be limited to highlighting something. Aggressive colours are generally used to draw the eyes attention to something (the way a stop sign does).

I'm not sure if you knew that your frames are movable. You may want to fix them.

I'm just not a fan of blatant frames (scrollbars present). Businesses seem to have this look now which I think is a lot cleaner:

ex: http://www.apc.com/index.cfm

The italics are usually reserved for quotations. They are actually considered hard to read. You've italicised your product lines and I would consider removing them.

In the select product drop down....is there a way to include an underline or spacer between the various series headings (Audio, Digi, Video)? I think it would be easier to read.

Also a background shot of one of your braided cables wouldn't hurt in the front page (maybe watermarked or something). I think a product pic on the front page let's em know what you're all about.

I remember seeing a 7 deadly sins of web page design once and I think it was this or something similar:

http://web.jccc.net/edtech/resources/technotes/webauthor/sins/sin1.htm

Last thing,

This is just my opinion (right or wrong) and I'm trying to help. I really hope I don't offend you. Personally, I hate criticism....I'm never good at taking it myself.

Ah well, everyone's a critic ;)

Nighty night all

"A RONSTER!"

Eduardo

12-25-2003, 11:26 PM

OK Back. :D
Thank you Lex and Gordon... I'm extremely happy. We're not going to find out the sex of the baby so it'll be the ultimate surprise.

Since this was my last official Christmas as a kid, ;) I got some nice treats.

X-Box Live :dance:
Springsteen DVD and CDs
Bunch of other stuff too.

http://home.nc.rr.com/ejimenez

Lex

12-25-2003, 11:38 PM

Whew Gordon, I can't get that much into nuts and bolts until the day after Christmas. Really, though I'll take your comments into advisement, I was really only looking for comments on the header difference, not the entire site.

Since the site has produced close to 100,000 USD in sales in the last 3 years, I'm not to quick to change everything. :)

Your welcome EJ, that is fantastic news. :) Hey, I'm still a kid, and got a grown kid. Some people let the kid grow out of them, some of us don't. I choose the latter. :)

Lex

Andrew Pratt

12-26-2003, 12:39 AM

Wow EJ that's great news!

Gord what are you waiting in line for that's worth getting up at 4AM?

I might sneak out for a quick peek at what's out there but I really don't have any money to spend anyway.

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Gordon Moore

12-26-2003, 05:33 AM

:oops: -oh just the header....heh heh....whoops.
Well, the logo is looking good...

Sorry 'bout that...I wasn't doubting your financial success,I was just giving an opinion where it wasn't needed ;)

Andrew,

I've been looking around for a ups for a while and this one came up for 120 off:

http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BR1000&language=en&LOCAL.APCCountryCode=CA

Well it looks like that one but it is really this one:

http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BX1000

T3 new at Best Buy is the same price as Balls Buster wants used.

Staples has an internet keyboard for $10. The one I have has quite a few bum keys on it so...

I have to pick up a new video cards for each of my bros (Geforce FX 5600 for $149 is a pretty good deal.)

That's the shopping list :)

I'm off guys,

Later

"A RONSTER!"

Andrew Pratt

12-26-2003, 08:44 AM

I have to pick up a new video cards for each of my my bros (Geforce FX 5600 for $149 is a pretty good deal.)

Gee Gord I didn't know you considered me a brother already:)

Have fun:T

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Andrew Pratt

12-26-2003, 12:38 PM

Well I just returned from Compusmart's boxing day sale with some goodies. I picked up a 256 meg USB 2 memory stick and some blank CDR's that were on sale. I wanted a USB hub that was only $5 but they were all sold out:(

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Sonnie Parker

12-26-2003, 12:42 PM

Good Morning Everyone!

Lookin' good Lex! Of course I've never been a fan of frames either, I like mouse-over drop down menus.

Congrats Eduardo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Extremely busy for a Friday that I'm really supposed to be off.

Chat with you guys later!

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Lex

12-26-2003, 12:56 PM

Well, I've read your comments today Gordon, and you do make some valid points. Not that they are "best" in all situations.

My analysis:
1. The Red as you say, is actually maroon. Perhaps I could stand to darken the shade though to avoid the red planet effect, or whatever effect it is. My personal belif is though, I don't really feel that there are colors that are taboo in web design, rather it's more a product of the entire presentation that is important.
2. I am an amature developer, and I guess from that standpoint, my site may always have a somewhat amaturish feel to it, vs a spiffy web pro design. That is unless I someday feel justified to pay for a pro design.
3. I stick with frames because it allows people control on the left, while viewing on the right. That they are movable? Well, likely 99% of people don't even try to move them. Those that do, may be making minor adjustments to fit their screen. a good thing, right?
4. I think your right about product pics. I perhaps should modify the body on the right to give more visuals. Point well taken. I use to have a collage of products pictured, but the products became somewhat out of date, so I removed them.
5. Italics. Well, perhaps so. I don't know why I chose that font, except so they wouldnt' be overpowering as a group, rather more suttle.

Sonnie, sometimes, I detest drop downs. It seems the mouse easily falls off them, and it's annoying to get back to them.

I engineered several navigational features to give people choices on the site. Left frame, drop down right frame, scroll throughs, group selection pages. Good thing? Maybe.

Lex

Gordon Moore

12-26-2003, 01:09 PM

Whew what a day.

Up at 4 am, brother-in-law picked me up at 5 and we boogied over to best buy. We were about 200th or so in line. Apparantly the first guys were there at 11:30 pm the night before. They gave away a mp3 player, a portable cd player and a $500 shopping spree.

The doors opened and we were all inside in about 5 mins.

Found my UPS (with no trouble it's kind of a specialty item anyway) and Mark (my brother-in-law) got his el cheapo $30 no-name DVD players. He picked up 2 for the cottage. They get broken into often so he figured, get one and then have one as a back-up (good plan).

The $16.99 T3's were gone (there were only 10 :evil: )

Since we shopped so quickly we were able to beat the rush to the register and were out in of Best Buy at 6:10am 8O Simply amazing.

Then we walked over to FutureShop (BestBuy 2) and picked up my brother's graphic cards. I f'd up and charged them to one bill so I'm gonna have to go back and separate the bills tomorrow so that they can each mail in their rebate :roll:

By paying in the department we avoided the 40 person/register lineup and were out in 5 mins. (What's going on? It's never like that...must be lucky today).

I needed a new keyboard because my kids don't understand gentle and Staples had a el-crappo cheapy keyboard on for $10 but they weren't opening till 9 am

So we killed a little time and then wandered over to Computer Boulevard (a local pc wholesaler) http://www.cbit.ca.

Stood in line there and get this for the first 50 in line (provided you spent $15 or more) you got.....

a

free

keyboard (talk about karma) :party:

Well the guy is passing out tickets and this old lady (like 50's) (at a computer sale????) cuts in line and snags a ticket. The guy gets to me and I'm the 50th person :T Mark said didn't want or need one so it wasn't a huge deal but I could tell he was dissapointed :(

Get this, not a bad freebie:

http://www.logitech.com/lang/images/0/824.gif

Picked up a second Seagate 40GB 7200 RPM drive for $59 and got my keyboard (I'm going to pick up a cheap RAID card and RAID 0 it with my other 40 GB Seagate).

That saved me from bothering with Staples and I would say that worked out nicely.

Went to Block Buster and picked up a widescreen T3 for $14.99 and Reloaded for $16.99. Both were in Immaculate shape. Not a scratch.

Got back for Breakfast by about 9:30 am
Pretty good day.

Course now I'm at work, taking care of a few things...yeah ;)

Later guys!

"A RONSTER!"

Pat

12-26-2003, 01:15 PM

Hey guys,
Just poppin' in to say :later: HI
Looks like everyone had a great Holiday!
Especially Eduardo...Congrats Buddy! :T

Still have family from out of town around so I can't hang out long.

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Gordon Moore

12-26-2003, 02:09 PM

This is funny, the computer place was snapping boxing day pics and Mark and I are in them (well the back of my head anyway).

Here we are freezing in the wind outside:

http://www.mts.net/~gkmoore/pictures/outside.jpg

And here we are going for the hard drives...too funny!

http://www.mts.net/~gkmoore/pictures/inside.jpg

"A RONSTER!"

Lex

12-26-2003, 02:49 PM

Hey ya Pat!

You Canucks sure go nuts over saving a few bucks. Myself, I'd rather sleep in. :Z

Lex

Gordon Moore

12-26-2003, 03:03 PM

You Canucks sure go nuts over saving a few bucks. Myself, I'd rather sleep in

We Canucks know how to maximize our dollar ;)

For a savings of $363 (I'm cheating a little because I'm including the savings on the graphics cards and those are actually paid for by other people so it's more like $200 on several different items...better than a whole days work. You get the point), that's not really a drop in the hat for me. All I had to do was get up early. I'd say that's pretty good value.

Comes with the territory when you live under Hudson's Bay. Manitobans spend more on boxing day than any other province. I was just helping ensure that we maintain that record :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

"A RONSTER!"

Andrew Pratt

12-26-2003, 03:51 PM

We're also in Winnipeg which is known for its penny pinching deal loving buyers. We're also one of the most generous places in North America giving more per capita then most places...but we can afford to since we never pay retail on anything :)

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Andrew Pratt

12-26-2003, 03:53 PM

and flip!

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Lex

12-26-2003, 05:42 PM

I saved even more, by not buying anything today. :LOL:

she's a cutie Andrew. I bet she had a blast on Christmas day. :)

Lex

Andrew Pratt

12-26-2003, 06:06 PM

We all did just watching her:)

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Sonnie Parker

12-26-2003, 07:25 PM

Very cute flip Andrew! :D

You know I think the day after Christmas around here is about like Canada's Boxing Day. Everybody is advertising super specials, etc. I went to wally world and I don't remember ever seeing so many cars and so many people at that place. It was packed. All I needed was some ribbies and I had to wait in line forever.

Angibug also went shopping and supposedly got a bunch of good deals on some clothes. As a fact, just about everybody I know was planning on shopping today for deals.

I can attest that we definitely didn't save any money today... we spent some though. I think spending money to save money is an oxymoron... lol

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12-26-2003, 08:06 PM

Hey Guys!!

Happy Boxing Day!!
Well, I had to work today,,but what a zoo!! :E
Unbelievable:E Even at 7am...:E
Anyways, so I didn;t get to go elsewhere and shop around for the deals.
I did get a two XBOX disc Bonus pack.. Prince of Persia and Splinter Cell for $54.83 CDN..:D

Eduardo!! CONGRATS soon to be DADDY!! :banana:

I wonder if Bing went to Burger King today!! :P
They have Happy Meals now...

Anyways,,Going to put on my Paper Hat!! :LOL:

Lex,,Congrats on the Cable business..Not bad for thre years..Not bad at all..:yesnod:

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12-26-2003, 08:10 PM

Andrew!! That sure is a cute pic of Lauren..
Christmas with the girls is the best experience one could
ever have!!
Truely!!:yesnod:

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12-26-2003, 09:56 PM

Really, I think most stores don't discount that much right after Christmas here. Why? Because they don't want people coming in with receipts where they payed X dollars for a shirt or sweater, get that back on trade, and by a shirt or sweater for X dollars - 20 to 50%. They hold prices until end of Jan, then they cut it deep.

Computer stuff and all rarely goes on sale anyway, or games, or CDs, what was I going to save going out? Get Christmas decorations at 50% off. Whoopee. :)

Thanks Trev, it's not all profit, but it's a start. I'm still proud of it though. Not everyone's had a dream and been able to make it a reality, even if only part time. I've done both, and been reasonably successful at it. So, no regrets.

Lex

Chris D

12-26-2003, 10:30 PM

Trevor, thanks, I picked up a "shareware" program called "Get Smilie". It's got a bunch that you can insert into any forum board or E-mail, so I'm having fun.

Oh, and I downloaded the MP3 of the Christmas BK song. It's actually mixed to a Trans Siberian Orchestra song. Very well made song.

Congrats, EJ! http://www.mazeguy.net/animal/stork-boy.gif

Well, we're off to the hospital again. I think that "mucus plug" thing that Andrew was talking about might have happen. I'll keep ya'll posted. http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/u/director.gif

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Andrew Pratt

12-26-2003, 10:49 PM

Chris if it was you're likely going to have a child withing 48 hours:T That said my advice is to stay at home as long as your wife can stand it...you'll both be far more comfortable at home and its a lot cleaner then hospitals. And usually once you enter the hospital in labor they won't let you leave...no matter how long it takes so you want to do as much pre labour at home as you can.

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Trevor Schell

12-26-2003, 11:33 PM

Lex,,I am proud of you!
I know more about business's than one may think..
Your success with the cable business is astounding. :E :yesnod:

Chirs!,,The MP3 is very good too as you mentioned.
For some reason I have visions of Bing driving his Beemer wearing a paper hat when I hear that song!!
:rofl:

BTW..Keep us updated on the Baby..Could be a New Years baby.. :D

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12-26-2003, 11:51 PM

So I got the UPS hooked up and everything plugged in. It's got power to spare to say the least. According to the monitoring software my system is drawing 238 W of power (this thing can take up to 600W of draw) and I can go on battery during a blackout for 22 minutes. More than enough time to save my stuff and shutdown gracefully. It's sort of a set it and forget it device but it will come in handy. UPS's usually do somewhere down the road. Time to watch a movie.

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Trevor Schell

12-26-2003, 11:57 PM

Here is a sneek peek of the new C6 in case you missed it prior..

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Andrew Pratt

12-27-2003, 12:07 AM

what movie are you watching gord?

I sent you an email about new years....

Can't see the car Trev:nono:

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Bent

12-27-2003, 12:13 AM

Hey guys, how's the season been?

Andrew, she's a - dorable.
Chris, best of luck - I'm sure it will be a teriffic experience.
Lex, good on the business, here's to another year like this one.
Sonnie, I stayed home (oops, no I didn't, I went to Riverview Care Center to visit my Mother-in-Law and then snuck into Costco). Costco was like a ghost town inside.
Trevor, you have way to much "horoshi" to know what to do with.
Gordon, we have the most stable power system on the planet, why bother with a UPS? :rofl: (did I just see the lights flicker... I better get to work!)

Here's a early Christmas morning pic of me and my little guy (Riley),
It was taken before I loaded the coffee maker, and y'all can tell my hair is outstanding (outstanding way off my head!!!).
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Eduardo

12-27-2003, 01:02 AM

Great picture of the Kids Bent and Andrew.

Thanks Pat, Andrew, Trever, Sonnie and everyone else.

I helped with the US economy today and plan to do more tomorrow. Bought my wife and Sewing/Embroidery machine and I'm pretty sure I'll be getting the Hitachi 51S700 :dance:

Well I'm off to bed :tired:

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Chris D

12-27-2003, 02:46 AM

Hey, guys! Another trip to the hospital tonight, another false alarm. So we don't have to keep saying that lovely phrase, I'll shorten it and say that we think Jen's "M.P." broke tonight while we were doing some post-Christmas sales shopping at Target. The baby has really slowed down her movements in the last day or two also, so with the two things combined the docs recommended that she come in. But she's still only about 1.5cm dialated, so we're not quite there yet. I think you're right, though, Andrew, that it very likely could be in the next few days. That would put us pretty close to New Year's!

Eduardo, that's cool. We got Jen a Pfaff embroidery machine a few years ago, and she loves it. Makes embroidered stuff all the time, especially for the new baby. Do you know which model she got?

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Gordon Moore

12-27-2003, 08:57 AM

Gordon, we have the most stable power system on the planet, why bother with a UPS? (did I just see the lights flicker... I better get to work!)

I'm guessing you work for MB Hydro :D

we have the most stable power system on the planet
m'kay :P

See, I wouldn't be a true computer geek unless I had everything on a UPS. It just didn't seem right. I've been burned by the power cutting out before, especially when working from home so...

Andrew, I got your email. I hadn't checked email in a few days. I'll get this figured out with Kathy and let you guys know today. The other couple bailed so it's back to us. Hope that's okay.

The movie was The Usual Suspects.

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Trevor Schell

12-27-2003, 10:23 AM

Hey Guys!

Well, I am off for the weekend. :banana:

Not sure if I had mentioned, but I had to work Christmas Eve, Christmas Morning and Boxing Day!! :(

So now I can really relax.

Andrew, I can see the graphic!,,Can you see it now,,The C6 Corvette,,Anybody!!?

Bent,,Nice pic of you and the little one. :T
BTW,,What is your real name,,Or is it Bent.? Never heard of that name before..

Lex,,You new logo would look great on a paper hat!! :P

Hmm..We thought we saw bing, running naked on the streets downtown wearing a paper hat!!
:rofl: :rofl:

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12-27-2003, 11:01 AM

Sure that's fine with us Gord.

US is a great movie:)

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12-27-2003, 11:04 AM

Bent = Ben I believe...and I'm guessing t is a middle name.

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Bent

12-27-2003, 11:18 AM

Nope, middle name is James.

My nic is Bent (somehow it just seems to fit)
I live in a predominntly Menonite comunity, where a large number of the people here speak in what's called "Low German", it is a very informal language that barely resembles true German. I have heard them pronounce my name Bei-ent, which closely matches the handle I have used on the HT forums since finding out about HT.

And yes, I work for (ok, I'm employed by) Manitoba Hydro as a Power Electrician. This loosely translates into a high voltage electrician, I install and maintain high voltage transmision, distribution, and regulation equipment as well as install customer metering equipment. Terrific job, B.T.W. The people in my department are very much like me...

Andrew Pratt

12-27-2003, 11:44 AM

I work for Manitoba Hydro as a Power Electrician
The people in my department are very much like me...

Now that's a scary thought. Good job you got the UPS Gord ;)

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Lex

12-27-2003, 12:29 PM

Thanks trevor! :)

Chris, won't be long now. Hang on. :)

l8er folks,
Lex

Eduardo

12-27-2003, 01:46 PM

We're off to the mall to hopefully buy a new TV. :dance: Hitachi 51S700.

Chris - good news best of luck with the delivery. My sister went to the hospital too but was also sent home. Hopefully by the end of the day I'll be an uncle again. :D This the machine Allison got

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Andrew Pratt

12-27-2003, 03:27 PM

Why not go the FP route Eduardo?

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Lex

12-27-2003, 03:50 PM

I said that to him only yesterday Andrew over in his tv thread. EJ EJ EJ, we are happy for you, but please think this through, and go front pj! :)

I love watching movies on my front projection system now. Sat night i watched 3 in a row! I wish I had a little bigger wall to go even bigger. But no can do.

Lex

Trevor Schell

12-27-2003, 07:51 PM

Go FPTV Eduardo!! :yesnod:

Lex,,Get a roll down screen and you will be good to go!!

I wonder if Bing's paper hat has an elastic band for size adjustment.
We wouldn't want it to fly off when he opens the sunroof on the Beemer.
:rofl:

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12-27-2003, 08:07 PM

Any news Chris?

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Eduardo

12-27-2003, 09:32 PM

Here's a cut and paste why I'm not going to FP

FP - I've seriously thought of going FP but I have some limitations that prevent me doing it. Screen size will only be limited to no more than 55". Ther are 2 ceiling fans that would need to be moved and a pull down screen will also be needed. This is not dedicated room, its also my office and soon to be play room

The TV should be here on 1/10/04. :dothewave:

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Lex

12-27-2003, 11:12 PM

I see what you mean EJ, that is rough, a try-purpose room soon. My room is really office, living room, home theater, as well as major through fare for all entrances, exits, and back of house.

Trevor, the problem is, even if I went larger with a motorized screen, my speakers would still be an issue, as it would be close that they were not in the way of the image. As it is now, I have the screen squeezed between them rather tightly. In other words, if your off to the side viewing, you can have a speaker slightly blocking the bottom corner of the image.

lex

Trevor Schell

12-27-2003, 11:41 PM

Lex!!
That means only one thing...:yesnod:

Your due for a house upgrade!! :P

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12-27-2003, 11:42 PM

G'night folks

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12-27-2003, 11:43 PM

Congrats on the RPTV Eduardo.
What are you watching right now??

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12-27-2003, 11:44 PM

Good Night Andrew!!
Early turn in for you!

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12-27-2003, 11:47 PM

One of the best gift's Santa brought was the Air Hockey Table!!
The girls as well as Mom are really enjoying it.
Dad too! :D

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Trevor Schell

12-27-2003, 11:50 PM

FLIP!!!

Next on the list!
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12-27-2003, 11:52 PM

Damn just about to snipe you Trevor. :twisted:

Trev = I'm actually not watching anything. I reading as much as I can about the TV before it shows up in 2 weeks. I am listening to the first CD of "The Essential Bruce Springsteen". No major surpises but a lots of great music.

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Chris D

12-28-2003, 01:36 AM

Alright, Eduardo! I give you the traditional banana :banana: and a new one: http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/aktion/action-smiley-078.gif

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One for Trevor: http://tweetz.virtualave.net/smilies/coldcaffeine.gif

One for Andrew and the ducks: http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/_950/bird.gif

One for George and his TTP lady pics: http://tweetz.virtualave.net/smilies/levitate.gif

One for Erik: http://www.100megsfree3.com/fwc493/SmileyDirectory2/Blink1.gif

One for Nicole Farstad: http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/musik/music-smiley-023.gif

One for Sonnie: http://www.100megsfree3.com/fwc493/SmileyDirectory2/Rebel.gif

One for me trying to convince myself of muscles in the mirror: http://fool.exler.ru/sm/kult.gif

One for Eduardo: http://fool.exler.ru/sm/mar.gif

One for Mats: http://www.mazeguy.net/flags/switzerland.gif

One for Doug: http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/party/party-smiley-048.gif

One for Gordon and his UPS: http://www.mazeguy.net/animated/shocking.gif

One for Bent: http://www.mazeguy.net/flags/canada.gif

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Andrew Pratt

12-28-2003, 10:49 AM

Cute chris:)

Morning folks. I'm off to watch Paycheck later this afternoon.

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12-28-2003, 10:59 AM

One for Mats: http://www.mazeguy.net/flags/switzerland.gif

I've been staring for hours and it's still just a red cross!! In switzerland we have a white cross!!!! :rofl:

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Trevor Schell

12-28-2003, 11:19 AM

Good Morning guys!!

Chris,,Awesome Smiley's!! :yesnod:
I do love the Pepsi one!
You forgot one for Bing though! :(
I like the one for Lex too!! That should go into the CatCables ad campaign. :P

Funny comment Mats!! :rofl:
BTW,,Just finished watching the end of the Canada Swiss World Junior game.
Sydney Crosby is definately exciting to watch. :T
Anyways, good game as Canada romped the Swiss 7-2.. :P

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12-28-2003, 11:20 AM

Better buy Two Trevor, cause I already got one, lol. Picked it up a month ago Christmas shopping. :) and dangit, you got another flip. :twisted:

haha chris.

who else? let me wake up a bit first. watched bruce Almighty last night. Pretty funny.

Lex

Andrew Pratt

12-28-2003, 11:25 AM

Trevor what's driving the upgrade to wireless "G" ?

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12-28-2003, 11:40 AM

Lex, Did you get the same one pictured?
Andrew,,It's for the Xbox downstairs.
I got some new Xbox Games for Christmas that are Live Enabled.

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12-28-2003, 11:53 AM

Actually Trevor, mine is a bit different, it's a 2.4 G and lays flat by design and is not a game adapter, it's a USB or firewire wireless device just for wireless router interfacing. So, your back to being "The man" with a new upgrade! :LOL:

Lex

Trevor Schell

12-28-2003, 12:06 PM

Remember!, I don't have to have an upgrade to be The Man! ;)

Anyways,,
This has been the Highlight of our Christmas
so far this year!...AIR HOCKEY...The whole family is having a blast with it.
Santa treated us good.
The FPTV would be another highlight, except we don't have the screen yet.
That will be my project when I get my week off work towards the end of
January.

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Our's is a little different. It came with an overhead electronic scoreboard.

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12-28-2003, 12:12 PM

Ah i didn't see it was a game adapter :oops:

Yeah air hockey tables are a blast:T

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Chris D

12-28-2003, 07:31 PM

Sorry, Mats... that one is supposed to be a little Swiss flag. I don't know why it keep showing up as a cross.

Ah yes, one for Bing. I knew I forgot people. http://www.100megsfree3.com/fwc493/SmileyDirectory2/Clown.gif

For everyone else: http://www.100megsfree3.com/fwc493/SmileyDirectory6/Hi.gif

My local Good Guys right now has a demo Denon DVD-2900 in silver for $799. I'm so tempted to pick it up, and just slap it on my Good Guys card. But there's rumors that Parasound may announce a Halo DVD player at CES in a few weeks, and I still would love to have the Holy Grail- Denon DVD-5900.

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Eduardo

12-28-2003, 07:37 PM

Hey Guys. Chris is probably having an exciting day. My sister and his wife have been on the same birth schedule and my sister had her baby today. I am the proud uncle/god father of Isabella Lucia Jimenez. :baby: She was born at 2:08 7 lbs 7oz. That is the closest to a birth I have ever been,

http://home.nc.rr.com/ejimenez

Trevor Schell

12-28-2003, 07:59 PM

Congrats on your Sisters new baby Eduardo!! :banana:

Chris,,I am getting a lot of Red X's, just like Mats had mentioned.
Not sure why? :?

Well, I went to buy the G-Game adapter for $189.99, but was suprised to
see the X-Box version ($209.99) on sale for $149.99 at London Drugs, so I picked it up instead...
Going to install it tonight...:yesnod:

http://www.gamer-talk.net/images/xboxwireless/adapter.jpg
If you get a red X ..Then click here.

http://www.gamer-talk.net/images/xboxwireless/adapter.jpg

Suckers still not working,,here is a blurry image.
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