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    Building/upgrading home theater - wife demands compromise!

    Aaron, That's what we call a "Keeeepur" :) Gene, Real guns, Toy Guns (Air$oft) computers, Hi Fi, Cars, Boats... Yep.... Broke! I couldn't afford a woman even if one would put up with me! :D
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    Building/upgrading home theater - wife demands compromise!

    Luke, I'm LOLing! It's a dang shame that any hobby worth having, isn't affordable, heck even stamp collecting can get outta hand when you decide you need the stamp with the upside down airplane! :)
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    Building/upgrading home theater - wife demands compromise!

    I just don't "get it" (Being single and 33, I really don't get it....) See the way I am if someone gave me a list of demands, I'd do the same.. "Honey, the washing machine and dryer are too large and take up too much space in the laundry room, I think we should get rid of them and wash the...
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    Bose 123

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    WHY do we do it?

    If they don't understand, after they sit down and watch one Blue Ray, it then, becomes much more clear to them. The last person that experianced my home theater had this to say: Ohh my God, *pause* Ohh my God! This is better than being in a movie theater! That was from my co-worker who has a...
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    Third-party Win7 Windows Media Center remote?

    http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16880100851
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    Best Speakers for living room budget - $ 10k to $ 15K.

    I agree with Bill, if you are going to drop 10-15K (we don't know if that includes the display) I'd be visiting the high end stores. If that figure includes the display then that changes the game a bit.
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    What is the difference between a $17 and a $150 HDMI cable?

    But Gene, the ends of that Monoprice Toslink aren't gold plated, how could it possibly be as good as a Monster Cable Toslink with it's superior gold plated tips that aid in conductivity! (of optical data) :)
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    Banana Plugs?

    Those are not made by "Nakamichi" the audio company... That name is being used illegally on those to fool buyers into purchasing by brand name.
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    External Hard Drive Failure - Advice needed

    I think we clearly covered the "Clean Room" environment in the beginning of this thread. I have nothing further to add.
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    External Hard Drive Failure - Advice needed

    Christian, I am not trying to argue so please don't take it as such. But I work in the IT field and I've done head/platter swaps before. Typically the heads do not retract past the end of the platters (for reasons obvious to anyone that knows how a hard drive works) and thus, the platters and...
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    External Hard Drive Failure - Advice needed

    Rod, Well if you haven't eliminated the enclosure as the culprit I certainly would do that first. You can remove the drive from the enclosure and hook it up sans enclosure to the PC, you will likely have to buy a drive slaving kit from new egg, many manufacturers they are all inexpensive and...
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