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Learn: How to link your Facebook Account to your Home Theater Forum account How to create a new account using Facebook Connect What does "Facebook User (Private)" mean? How can I message a Facebook User? How to publish to your Facebook Wall How to change your Facebook settings - Change your setting or Unlink your accounts Help! It keeps asking me to link my Facebook account and I can't log in with my normal HTF account.   For Existing Users: Why Link Your Account? Publish your Home Theater Forum activity on your Facebook wall and activity feed to share with your...

                                                                                                    Introductory Notes by RAF                                                                                                      WIKI Started on 11/15/10   The purpose of this WIKI is to share information regarding the Setup and use of of a whole house DVR for a cable system (Including FIOS and AT&T UVERSE systems as well) using a PC, a CETON Card, an M-Card from your TV service provider,  and Windows Media Center (WMC).  (Note: I am taking the liberty of refering to such a system as...

Learn how to: Use the Forums Start A New Thread Reply To A Post Reply With A Quotation Edit Your Post Rate Posts Report A Post Export A Forum Post To A Wiki   Read the Forums Understand The Icons Read All New Posts or Help Beta Test The New Activity Feed! Use The "More Forums" Jump Menu Go To The First Unread Post In A Thread Mark Forums As Read   Using the Forums Start A New Thread Begin by navigating to the appropriate forum. Once in the desired forum, at the top left, above the forum name, you'll see the Forum Nav tools including the "New Thread"...

Subscriptions are the way to personalize your experience so you can be kept abreast of only the changes that you care about. You can subscribe to forum threads, users whose content you enjoy reading, Wikis, etc. This way, each time you visit your home page you can see what has changed that you care about, without having to sift through stuff you don't. Additionally, you can get subscription content in immediate, daily, or weekly emails if you like.   Learn: Add Subscriptions View Your Subscription Content Edit or Remove Your Subscriptions Change Your Default Subscription Email...

Learn: Edit Your Community Profile Edit Your List Change Your Avatar Edit Your Account Change Your Password User Name Changes     Edit Your Community Profile Your Community Profile is the place for you to tell other members of the community a little bit about yourself.   Click the "Edit Community Profile" button to answer the Profile Questions.  Feel free to answer any or all of the questions, add a link to your website, etc. Click Save when you are finished.     Edit Your Lists Create A New List Your Lists is one of the best places to share information about...

“Quote/Unquote” is Definitely Not “So Fun” and Other Linguistic Pet Peeves   By Dr. Robert A. Fowkes (The Old Guy) All Rights Reserved   Yes, the Internet can be a wonderful place for information and communication. But it, along with a lot of other things all around us is, in my opinion, allowing some very sloppy and illogical usage of the English language to become commonplace. Let me make myself clear. I’m not talking about the special language that text messaging has foisted upon us due, in part, to the need for speed and brevity. Things like “RUOK? PCM. CU L8R. THNQ” were born out of...

Learn how to: Add A New Item To The Database Write A Review Of A Product Add A Product To Your List Get A Badge For Your List Edit A Product Description Add A New Image To A Product Page Edit Specs Edit Links Edit A Product Wiki   Add A New Product To The Database We do our best to add a good number of products to each category, but undoubtedly we've missed a few.  Thank you for your help in making the listings more complete!   Search For Your Desired HT Gear or Movie Navigate to the right product category.  Start of by heading to the main Products tab at the...

Learn how to: Use the Basic Search Mode Use the Advanced Search Using Boolean Operators And Wildcards In Search   Use the Basic Search Mode How To Execute a Basic Search   At the top of every page on Home Theater Forum, you will see the search bar below the header tabs. Enter your search keywords into the search bar. Click the "Search" button. Your results will display on several different tabs, divided up by the different types of content.  The first tab will show all of the results across the site (in order of relevance based on keyword density or in other words, how...

Learn: Send Private Messages Access And Manage Your Message Center Write Bulletin Board Messages Delete Messages From Your Bulletin Board Change Your Messaging Notification Preferences   Send Private Messages Occasionally you may want to converse with another user privately.  Navigate to a user's profile page. Underneath that user's avatar, you will see two buttons - one to Subscribe to the user's activity and another to "Send Private Message." Click the "Send Private Message" button.  The message window will pop open. Add a subject line, the full text of your message,...

Learn: What is tagging and why is it important? How is the tagging on this site different than other sites? Add Product Tags To Forum Posts And Wiki Articles Add Category Tags or Topic Tags To Forum Posts And Wiki Articles Remove Tags View Tag Pages Subscribe To Topic Tags     What is tagging?  Why is it important? Tags allow information from around the community to be aggregated together.  They are labels that can be added to forum posts or Wiki articles (and even images themselves) to tie pieces of content together to make relevant information easier to find. The goal is...

Learn how to: Why Create A Article? What Makes A Good Article? Create A New Article Edit An Existing Article Discuss The Editorial Contents Of The Article Revert An Article To A Previous Version Export A Forum Post To An Article Report An Article   Why Create An Article? Wiki articles can be thought of as collaborative works which pull together the wisdom of the community.  Each Article is fully editable by any registered member.  They are best used for: "How to" guides Introductory articles Lists or "Top 10" guides   When considering whether to write a Article or a...

Learn how to:    1.  Add Images To Posts And Wikis Upload Images From Your Computer Embed Images From Another Site Embed Images with Cut and Paste Embed Whole Albums from Photobucket    2.  Add Videos To Posts And Wikis     Add Images To Posts And Wikis Upload and Embed an Image from Your Computer In a forum post or wiki article, find the Image button which appears as a yellow square with mountains and a moon.  Click the button to open the Image Tool. To upload and insert an image saved on your computer, click "Browse."  You will be able to browse your computer to find...

We know you've all contributed to, and benefited from the reviews in the forums over the years, and now we're trying to take that value one step further with a fully-featured review platform integrated into HTF. Each category (e.g. Blu-ray discs, Blu-ray players, LCD Displays, Speakers, etc.) have unique criteria for you to use to rate your experience. This way, we'll be able to compare movies and HT Gear side by side and have many people contribute their reviews in one centralized location. See more specifics below: Learn: How To Write A Review How To Edit A Review What Makes A...

Learn how to: Create A New Image Album Add Images To An Album Edit Images In An Album Edit An Album's Details Organize Images In Your Albums Delete An Album Create A New Image Album Navigate to your user profile. In the Album section, click the "create new album" button. On the next page, add a title for the image along with an optional description.  From here, you also have the ability to mark an album as private.  This will hide the album from other users. The Album Editor will load allowing you to upload images to your album. Add Images To An Album Navigate...