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SIRIUS already has a portable unit available - Crutchfield already has them in their catalog. I haven't seen anything for XM though. Unfortunately, I don't think this is going to work well for anyone unless they're outdoors. Until someone figures out how to get the signal indoors without...

Don, do you have any pictures of your setup? I'd love to see them.

I've never seen ducting in a basement floor -- I always figured it was because it's not a practical installation since the floors are concrete. When we had the HVAC guys out to replace our system, he told us the best way to heat/cool a room was to place the vents in the ceiling, within 18" of...

Neil, my name is Curt :D I do appreciate the advice -- you keep bringing up things that I didn't take into consideration, and lots of stuff that I just didn't know (like the exhaust ports on a projector). I can't make the room perfectly rectangular because of the entryway -- it sticks into...

Lyle_E - that looks nice. I may pick up some designing software and see what I can come up with for my room. Ron-P - My GF suggested that I take the 51" widescreen Sony RPTV from the living room and use it in the HT, but I wanted something a little nicer with a bigger picture. Neil - would...

Thanks for the input guys. I'm not sure if I'm going to do this project or not because of the room size -- both your rooms are wider than mine, and I'm afraid that it would be just too cramped to entertain. Might just have to wait until we look into buying another house or adding on to this one...

No, I was referring to the Bundy's dog, Buck.

When is a room too small for HT? I'm considering using my spare bedroom, but it's only 13'10"L (including the depth of the closet (about 2') at the headend of the room), 10'7"W, 8'0"H. How many rows of seats could I get in there? Unfortunately, this is the only room I can use :frowning: The two...

"Buck" :D

Unfortunately, no, there is no way to effectively sheild a set of unsheilded speakers (that I'm aware of anyway).

Phone lines are Cat1. Cat3 is data cable as well -- for 10BaseT networks. Most telco guys around here use Cat3 in businesses (where cross-talk could be a bigger problem) but still use Cat1 in residential. Plenum cable is used not only in plenum spaces (i.e., cold air returns) but vertical runs...

The first HTS3500 I bought was bad -- it would turn itself on after 15 minutes after it was shut off. The replacement unit I have now seems to be working ok, but with the switched and timed circuits turned on has a slight buzz -- I'm not very happy with it right now. For the price of these...

RMS = Root Mean Square. The square root of the average of the squares of a set of numbers.

A much cheaper version of Dynomat®™ is a product called "Brown Bread". It's very popular among the mobile audio crowd. I have seen people use "ice dam" too. Most home improvement stores carry it in the roofing section. It's a rubber product that has an adhesive backing on it. It may take...

Bill, I was looking at those two Panamax devices the other day trying to figure out if they'd work for me. Between the two, I like the 5100 more just because it increases the joule rating, more protected outlets and a high power circuit for large current draw devices. I've also been looking...

Bill, there is no advantage to plugging in each unit into separate outlets/same circuit, I was just trying to make a point *not* to plug the surge suppressor into the UPS or the UPS into the surge supressor. You can however plug a "power strip" into a UPS (or UPS into a "power strip") with no...

Hope you guys don't mind me posting, since I am a new member, and am still trying to learn what I can about HT. I am a Network Engineer, so I'm used to dealing with sensitive electronic components, and have to take power into consideration whenever I design a network. What I don't know is how...

The DVD-2800Mk.II is listed on Denon's webpage now, and it's supposed to be released at the end of this month. Reviewing the specs between the two only reveals that the Mk.II is using the SiI504 decoding engine and Analog Devices 108Mhz D/A converter, remote in/out ports were added, it now...

I've been looking at Denon's webpage and the upcoming DVD-1600 and DVD-3800, and have heard rumors (in this forum, no less) that the DVD-2800 may be updated. I guess right now my best bet is to just wait it out a little longer and see what happens. I really like the 3800, but that's probably...

The time has come to buy my first DVD player, and after reading, and reading, and reading, I've narrowed it down to the Sony DVP-NS700P and the Denon DVD-2800, despite both of them suffering from the chroma bug. Even after searching several forums (including this one), they both seem to get...