Posts by Brian Alan

This is a gorgeous TV stand that I bought only a couple of years ago in the course of redecorating. I hate to get rid of it, but I have a new wall-mounted TV and have no further need for a TV stand. It's a beautiful wood and glass stand...

I'm upgrading to HDMI and a flatscreen and need a receiver that does HDMI upconversion, which is why I'm selling this one. It's in great condition and includes the remote and the owner's manual. The volume knob on the receiver is a...

Unlike most people, I liked TNG and Voyager a lot, and found DS9 virtually unwatchable; I stopped watching that one early on. But to each his own. I am particularly excited to see the pilot again. "Caretaker" is never on in...

I have been very happy with my Panasonic XP-30, particularly because it plays the CD-Rs that I have burned over the last few years. It's supposed to play MP3s on CD-RWs as well, and I was excited about that capability. However, when I...

I just bought my new XP30 at the local Sharper Image store at lunch today. $199, no less. If you want one, get one soon!

I am having all manner of problems with Harry Potter COS in my Toshiba 2109. It's definitely a player issue, because it's happened with two different discs. When I insert the DVD, the pre-menu sequence comes up, then the menu locks...

I bought my wife the new "Trust Me--I'm A Designer" DVD from BBC America, and it arrived today. We popped it into our Toshiba SD-2109 DVD player, and suddenly none of the buttons on our remote worked, nor could we actuate the "enter"...

One word: "Pieces"!!! Love that Juan Piquer Simon!

I like them all to some extent, but DS9 was so boring and soap-operatic that I didn't even watch most of the last couple of seasons. And what was up with that ending? I think Voyager is the most underrated of all of the series.

This is Jack's 2-disc Fight Club set. You really, really need Fight Club.