One thing you can do is to add the BDP-BX1 to the product by clicking on HT Gear & Movies above then Add Item. Once the product is imported into HTF, there's a much greater liklihood that other's with the same product will find you! sometimes posts get lost in the shuffle.
Totally.. well Purell is the classic case... fortunately, normal symbiotic bacteria grows so quickly that the resistant strains don't have the chance to colonize hands after sanitizing... but your point is taken. I just thought this was funny/paranoid device, but given the state of most remotes...
I think that bed would only work in a giant loft-like room with views... if you put it in a normal house, it would look like a refrigerator taking up too much space! I think it needs have a huge amount of empty space around it to feel like a "pod" otherwise it would look like a white elephant!