Brian, Your welcome. Nice to know my 7.5 years with the Depot can be used for good and not evil. They are nice dimmers and the fact that you can set the brightness to any level or just double tap to full brightness is pretty cool. You doing the install yourself? chris
Simple and easy. Lutron makes them and you can find them at Home Depot and Lowe's. Called the Maestro. Runs around 30 bucks or so. You see the little dots on the side. You set the dot to which level of lighting you want and when you hit the dimmer it comes to that pre set level. Hit it...
If it was part of the kitchen then it is a range outlet, probably 50 amp. Do you have any 50 amp breakers in your panel box? If you do that is the outlet. chris
So long comfortable! Most miserable time of my life was a herniated disk. Twinged my back one day, don't even remember what I was doing. After a couple of weeks I got a job at a grocery store and worked there for about four months. I did not know it till I had to quit, but the whole time I...
This has got to be the funniest and best SNL skit ever done and performed by Robert De Niro I have ever seen!! The first time I watched this was at work and I cried at my desk! One of my coworkers asked, with concern, if I was ok. I had to share this for anyone who has not seen it yet...
Wow, and that's even with an HD receiver with component outputs. Anyone know what the difference between a Dish network 522 receiver and a newer 625? The only reason I ask is because I have had Dish out to the house twice already and they keep bringing the wrong receiver out. The first time...
So Clinton, Did you ever get the issues with your new 622 figured out? Give us a blow-by-blow commentary on what you had before versus your new HD equipment and programming. What tv do you have all of this hooked up to? General impressions? Chris P.S. Clinton, your sig links take me to...
Pertaining to number one above; I am sitting about 9 feet away. Why? What are you thinking for a distance such as that? I had not even thought about the upgrade options and concur with your point on number two. Thanks for the insight. Robert_J, Thanks for the help as well. So if I get a...
Here is what I have my eye on if it weren't for the fact that it is so spensive. Component switching, digital audio, and you can even program it with a remote. http://www.digitalconnection.com/pro...ideo/hds41.asp There are more options that are less expensive. This one is at the...
Kevin and Jim, both of you have given great input. I did tweak some of the settings on the s-video input and it is getting better, I just need more time to finish. Three more questions for you guys. 1. Since I am in upgraditis anyways, do you think I will get better pic quality going with a...
Thanks for the idea Jim; I have already done that, though, with my dvd player. The only thing, though, do you think that I have to do it with every input? That is something I did not think of; I did it on dvd player running through the component input. With my receiver running through the...
When he first installed the receiver, the installer used coax cable from the receiver to the tv. This produced a lousy picture and I immediately went out and bought an s-video cable to try out. After I made the switch the picture was noticeably better, but there is a huge lack of detail and...
Hi guys and gals, So after 6-7 years of watching nothing but movies on my DVD player; I have decided to try out some good old fashioned tv watching. I had Dish out to do the install last Thursday and am now wondering if I am too spoiled after so many years of watching nothing but DVD's. I am...
Hi Marc, Wainscoting is just paneling, and as such you can install it the same way. Adhesive and/or paneling nails. I do not have it in my home theater, but do have it in one of my hallways. It does look nice and does not have to be painted, of course you can paint it if the desire strikes...
Heck, you can even get it in purple, that way as you sit looking at your wallplates, instead of you 61" HDTV, you will be relaxed. Purple is a relaxing color. Gods Love chris
Yep they come in black and many other colors. Go to the page I linked, go towards the bottom where they show all of the different connections types and click on the cat5e. On the left middle there will be a color chart. Color Chart GOds Love chris
If you have a Home Depot near you they can special order them from Leviton. A couple of bucks per plate and probably $5-$8 for each snap in connector. They are modular, meaning you build your own wallplate. They can special order them in the electrical department. Gods Love chris
Did he just splice onto the rear wire? When the wire comes out of the walls at the rear to the speakers what does it look like. Did you take the wallplates off and see the connection behind that? I take it that these "sets" of wires are in pairs? Or are they four wire cables? Gods Love chris
Colton.. Was that you and the misses on his picture page? Last name and all. If he has already been there, how was the visit? If not when is he supposed to arrive? I think that is inspiring and I spent the last two days reading every one of his journal entries. Now that I am all caught up I...