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  1. Eric_L

    Logitech bows out of the Harmony Universal Remote market

    Bad news for you - the phone is already well integrated into most viewing experiences. Most streaming devices work quite well with you phone, but even better - the phone is not the sole input device - at least not in my house. My house is all voice. Channel, volume, what streaming show to...
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    Dual Front Subwoofer Placement +1…

    Agreed; you are likely wasting your time with the foam. Your kid will hear the sub almost as if he were in the room. The floor will transmit sound sure enough, but with them being in the wall (mounted to studs) you have an even larger transmission surface. The foam does nothing. For a cone...
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    Logitech bows out of the Harmony Universal Remote market

    I cannot say I am surprised as universal remote controls are quickly becoming irrelevant. i have had a Harmony since 2000 or so and it worked well for the time - but lets admit it; there are many ‘clunky’ parts (volume control, ir issues, unreliable routines around favorites, etc) the...
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    Eric's Theater

    OK, so I am a little slow on the uptake, but I would really really appreciate if a moderate could restore my photos. I just re-did my multi-purpose room but I forgot to get photos of the room before hand - so this is my only shot at some before/after photos. If anyone could please point me to...
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    Trying to buy first house

    A large part of the problem is scarcity. The nimbys have run amok in many towns making it near impossible to build enough to meet demand. Supply/demand then causes pricing to escalate. Another issue is regulation. The high cost of compliance with many codes has added 20% or more to the cost...
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    Trying to buy first house

    A little bit of grave-digging. I was thinking about this thread during a conversation last week. It looks like most of my estimates were right on track; We had a decline in real housing prices. More immediate than I thought but over 10 years it still played out close to as I imagined. The...
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    Surround sound / Atmos Music?

    Listening to the stereo 'purists' reminds me of arguments that impressionistic or abstract art isn't 'art' at all by those who think art is constrained to naturalistic images of sunsets and mountaintops. (and maybe dogs playing poker) Just because it doesn't match your experience at a stage...
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    Surround sound / Atmos Music?

    I am interested in listening to surround sound music on my 7.1 system. I have a few apps with independent artists, and I have seen a few live performance DVDs, but what I'd really like is to just listen to studio recordings in surround sound. And I am having a heluva time figuring out both...
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    Pandora, LiveXLive, and others - fine tuning not working

    Hi: I am looking for tips to fine tune my streaming playlists/stations on any of these services. I have tried thumbs up/thumbs down or it's many variations with no success. I am wishing I could access their criteria myself. The thumbs up/thumbs down criteria feels like a big game of twenty...
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    WTF who designs UI and manual? / Rant

    Thanks mate. I will give it a try. If anyone here has a relationship with product development at these places please share this with them. Their industry is ripe for someone clever to dominate it - if they do not do it themselves APple or someone else will...
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    If the AV manufacturers built cars;

    I posted a rant earlier about how atrocious the UI and manuals are for audio equipment. Not just the device I own now but pretty much every receiver or after-market car audio I have ever owned. I decided to take a cue from Apple and describe what a car would be like if it were assembled with...
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    WTF who designs UI and manual? / Rant

    I own a Pioneer VSX1122, Supposedly a good receiver in it's day. When I host a party I want to be able to play a stereo signal through my rear speakers at the same volume as my front, with the sub pushing the bass. You'd think that'd be easy, right? In 10 year I have gotten close, but never...
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    HDMI output Switching Receiver?

    In my experiments airplay and other modes of transmission all required me to choose between my wired speakers or wireless - never both. Also, Sonos, Musiccast 20, and most others do not offer battery powered speakers. I have four UE Megaboom speakers which I can place strategically outside...
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    HDMI output Switching Receiver?

    Thanks for the reply. Something else I would like to know is about Bluetooth features; in my limited experience a receiver that says 'bluetooth' is either Bluetooth 'in' only or, if it has Bluetooth out - is unable to push audio to Bluetooth at the same time as the regular speakers. I want...
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    HDMI output Switching Receiver?

    It has been 10 years since I upgraded my home theater. I am going to completely disassemble my front cabinet and mount everything flush to the wall. I am going to lose the rear projector and get an ultra-short throw projector in a slide out drawer in the front. I also have a 60" wall mount TV...
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    Recommend easy to use receiver

    About seven years ago I purchased a Pioneer vsx-1122 receiver for my man cave. I truly regret that purchase. The unit has terrible feature creep. The surround settings (there are around two dozen choices) are changed with two different buttons - and I never really know which does what. The...
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    Help my friend find his hat

    bummer. Thanks anyway. I don't know where else to look. :(
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    Need ideas for training/seminars!

    anyone worth any business sense would want to know that the training is brief, inexpensive, and effective. The more brief the better. Being outdoors won't help unless it is a mandatory benefit to the training. (such as how to properly edge a yard) The vast majority of training programs I've...
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    Help my friend find his hat

    Hi; I have a friend who lost his favorite hat. It had a logo on it which I have reproduced below. Does anyone recognize it? I'd like to buy him a new one but he does not recall where he found this. -E
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    Please help - easy but big *urgent*

    Hi HTF friends; It's been a while since I last posted, but today I have a need and I thought maybe this was a place to turn to for help;I have served for the last few years on the board of a group foster home for difficult to place foster boys. These are the boys who the state has tried...
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    Drive-in Theater - suggested game; intermission

    Thanks everyone. The prize is a gift basket, no worries with laws there. The iPhone is an idea, but it would be difficult for the player to appreciate the scale of everything as they would be looking at a phone for the duration...Maybe I could simply specify one level, high score on a game?I am...
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    Drive-in Theater - suggested game; intermission

    Hi HTFer's; I'm not really sure where to post this because it covers several topics, but the need I have is games; so I'll try the game room. I find myself in charge of putting together a drive-in movie experience at my city downtown. We're calling it the 'Third Friday Drive-in' and the...
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    When exercise is abuse?

    So I spoke with my trainer and she seems to think it has more to do with diet. The kids do take regular and mandated hydration breaks, but some are eating nothing prior - or a heavy mel prior and therefore vomiting. It is an interesting theory and I suspect it has merit. I think I'll let it...
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    Eric's Theater

    anyone know what happened to all my pictures?
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    When exercise is abuse?

    Thanks everyone for your input. I don't know what the rules are at the schools for parents attending, but I do know there is a very strong unwritten rule against parent interference. MY son would be mortified if I were to want to discuss this with his coach. From past experience I also know...
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    When exercise is abuse?

    Hi HTF friends. I have a question and I don't know where to pursue it. I live in SW Florida and my son is involved in football at the high school. He tells me that every practice there are kids who exercise to the point of vomiting, dizziness and other bad stuff. It is not always the same...
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    Home Automation - wiring question

    Hmm, x-10 may do it. I have some switches already, they are a bit old but worked well enough - the primary problem was the remote control kept getting lost! Oddly enough - nobody ever loses their iphone...
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    Home Automation - wiring question

    Hi everyone; I am trying to set up a little home automation. I am hopeful I could control just a few things with my iPad at first; thermostat and a few lights that stubbornly refuse to stay turned off(kids) . Maybe I'll eventually add some some home surveillance and weather monitoring...
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    Need New Smoke Detectors!

    Most smoke detectors are poorly designed POS devices. For example - the battery... Why the F can't they have rechargeable backup batteries and just run on house power? Then the batteries last for decades! Then there is the 'networked' smoke alarms - where when the battery on one goes out you get...
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