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  1. DougWright

    Pink Panther Cartoon Collection

    I was not sure where to put this since it started as a Theatrical cartoon, but since it was the TV cartoon of the Ant and the Aardvark that made me post I decided to put it here. I bought the 5 disc cartoon collection and then I saw the individual discs coming out. I checked out the first...
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    L.A. People - El Capitan info needed

    I am finally going to Hollywood in late October. The main reason for my trip is to go to Disneyland (been to the Disneyworld 4 times and wanted to see the original). Plus Halloween is my favourite 'holiday'. As luck would have it, one of my favourite movies Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before...
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    DVD Profiler to Pocket PC !

    I searched and saw no mention of this. This tool will take an extract file from DVD profiler and create a nice database on your pocket PC. It even does the images. Bevelstone Pocket Movie List It will tide me over until Intervocative releases a version for Pocket PC.
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    Bubble Girl

    Well not quite like Bubble Boy, but here is Bubble Girl. It is both repelling and engrossing at the same time. Now if I can just turn flash into a screen saver.
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    Help me name my PC

    Here is one that merges my love of Computers, Home Theater and Disney. I have named all my machines after Disney Characters, minie is Mickey, wife's laptop is Minnie (cause its small...) and my wireless handheld is of course Pinocchio (Yes my wife called me a geek for that one :b )...
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    Nintendo DS vs. GBA SP, Help!

    I have picked up a GBA SP for Christmas, got a good deal on the system with Super Mario 3. But I can't help thinking I should return it and get a DS when they ship. Things that will help me decide, 1. Does anyone know if the DS will play old GB games? It only states GBA games on the web...
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    Converting MY DV video files to DVD Quality files

    I have a MiniDV camera and I have a lot of AVIs I created with Movie Maker 2 (in Windows XP) the video is superb. I have tried a few tools to convert these to DVD Compliant MPEG. The MPEGs end up looking really bad. When there is any kind of motion there is jagged lines in the display...
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    DVD-RAM Format Question

    I have a few DVD-RAM discs for my PC and I re-formatted 2 of them to ISO format, not the Opto_UDF format. I would like to get these back to the original format thatcame with them, is there an easy way to do this? Do the DVD recorders do this? Advice would be appreciated,
  9. DougWright

    Help Choosing Sub Cutoff Frequency

    I have recently upgraded to a Yamaha RX-V1400 and I am now starting to rethink my speaker settings. This unit comes with YPAO which is a automatic speaker configuration tool and it seems to do a good job of setting my speakers up, but I find my sub a little over powered now, stuff rattles in the...
  10. DougWright

    Subway and Atkins???

    First off, please lets not have a flame war about the pro's and con's of Atkins. I personally do not believe in Atkins. I have lost over 50 pounds of fat and gained 10 lbs in lean body mass over the past few months with exercise and a few simple eating changes. I would not be able to stick with...
  11. DougWright

    Help me plan Orlando (Disney) Vacation

    My wife and I are heading to Disney October 5-13. She has never been there and I was last there before Epcott. We want to make the most out of the trip and I was hoping some people here would have some ideas they would share. What I know… we will be staying on the resort and I think we are...
  12. DougWright

    My Chicago Trip (Part 2.)

    I am on the last night of my stay in Chicago and I am left with a couple questions. Let me just start by saying this... Wow! what a great city! Those of you who live here must really appreciate it. I just can not get over how great a time I had. So here goes, why is it known as the "Second...
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    Chicago (Is it a small city?)

    I know it is not, but I am going to Chicago on business for a week and everything I want to do (for fun) is located within 5 miles of my hotel. :) Here I am lucky if there is anything to do within 5 miles... I am planning on seeing baseball games at both parks and going to the Sears Tower and...
  14. DougWright

    Please Help with Sony KP65WS500

    I am just under a month into owning my 65" Widescreen Sony HDTV and I still have some questions. Specifically with the wide screen modes... I have configured my DVD player to know my Display is 16:9. I have 4 modes to choose from Normal, Full, Zoom and Wide Zoom. When I am watching a widescreen...
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    Third Watch Oct. 28, 2002

    Anyone here watch this? I am hoping someone could give me a synopsis, vcr jammed 1/2 way through, I really got to get a PVR... saw up to the point where Fred is getting out of the hospital. Can anyone run down the rest, things I expect happened are Davis and the Chief of Patrols do something...
  16. DougWright

    HBO Sunday "waiting" commercial

    I hope someone here can help me with this, does anyone know who signs that song (and the name of it) for the commercial showing all the Sunday HBO shows. It has to do with waiting, and the vignette ends with the quote Sunday is HBO! I see it each week before Soprano's and would really like to...
  17. DougWright

    Pronto FS in Canada

    I am looking to buy a Pronto in Canada. I will buy online if need be, I would prefer the 2000 but would also consider a used 1000. I am having a hard time finding a Canadian store with one, does anyone have any suggestions. A lot of the US online stores are out of stock on the 2000 anyhow...
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    Yamaha RX-V1 now or wait for RX-Z1?

    I am seriously thinking of buying the Yamaha RX-V1 receiver and now would be the time, because I can get the yamaha branded pronto remote until the end of January. But I see in March (or so) the RX-Z1 will be coming out, and it will come with the pronto remote by default. Should I hold off a...
  19. DougWright

    Alien Boxset Packaging Question

    I am celebrating an anniversary at my job and the employers let you pick out a reward based on years of service. I had enough to shell out for the Alien Legacy box set (only been here 5 years). I noticed that when I opened the box all the individual DVDs were not shrink wrapped. Do you think...
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