Recent content by Lew Crippen

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and file gumbo; 'Cause tonight I’m gonna’see my ma cher amio; Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o; Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou. I agree that jambalaya does not have okra as an ingredient—then again, neither does file gumbo. But...

We have one cat who hates any car ride of any length. We used drugs for him when we drove to Mexico. One cat could care less and one finally protested late on the second day. Drugs for her too.

Make your own sauce for cheap and good.

Don't spend the money. Look at the specs. 60/120/240 on the display has nothing to do with the transfer rate between the source and the display. Actually I'm pretty sure that you could not tell the difference between 1.2 and 1.3 rated HDMI cables (if indeed there is any). !.3 is the...

Agreeing with Robert: check the speaker connections at the receiver terminals. Also check to make sure that the connections at the speakers themselves don't touch each other (all 5 speakers).

I’m still thinking about some of the issues, but as a first comment, I was surprised at what I did not know. Even though I have some knowledge of movies, including the silent era, I had no idea that those early Chinese-American, silent movies existed at all. I hope that some still exist (other...

I loved the premise of the show, especially the fundamental reason that Sam works at his dead-end job—because his parents never pushed him to achieve anything or excel because he was doomed at the end. Unfortunately the writing pretty much went downhill, with several episodes using scenes...

I'm in agreement with Chuck. Love the series and the potential outrage will be even more entertaining.

Thanks Cameron--I just set my DVR.

Not necessarily. It is not so much the age of your speakers, but rather their efficiency and the (clean) power delivered by both your old and new receivers. Often more powerful receivers are actually better for your speakers because they don't clip during sudden volume spikes.

Have you muted the sound on your TV?

I donate my DVDs

The short answer is yes. The best method for connecting depends on your display. Most TVs have multiple inputs: HDMI, component, S-Video and composite. Just connect the DirectTV receiver to one input and the Dish receiver to another. If you would like more details let us know your specific...

Not so much a matter of belief, at least on my part. An opinion or belief would be if you wrote, "I think that Peter Jackson prefers the EE version of LOTR." But when a source is cited by you, this becomes an attempt at a statement backed up by evidence. Just as has been done by quoting...

Todd, when you quote a source, it is up to you, not the rest of us, to provide that source.