The rules for Home Theater Club as set forth by me. (1 Viewer)

[Brian Harnish]

The rules of HTC (Home Theater Club):

Rule #1: You will NOT buy Bose!

Rule #2: You WILL NOT BUY BOSE!

Rule #3: If this is your first HT, you must watch one great classic film every six months (preferably something over 20 years of age).

Rule #4: If someone says turn it down, turn it up.

Rule #5: A battle of the woofers must take place every Thursday. Minimum of two subs to a fight, please. Maximum of 100 subs allowed.

Rule #6: If a sub bottoms out, or blows a driver, the other individual whose sub(s) is/are still in working condition wins.

 

[Yee-Ming]

Rule #7: No MAR, no dubbed audio tracks.

 

[AllanN]

Not to detract from your rules. But I made some of my own.
1st RULE: You do not talk about MAR
2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about MAR
3rd RULE: If a mod closes a thread or a "thread killer" posts, something covered in the FAQ the thread IS over
4th RULE: The more people in a thread the better
5th RULE: The more threads the better
6th RULE: No shirts, no shoes, who cares it's the Internet, for all we know people post naked
7th RULE: Posts will go on AS LONG AS they have to
8th RULE: If this is your first night at Home Theater Forum, you HAVE to post

 

[Andrew Chong]

I just wanted to say: very clever Allan, you too Brian.

 

[JasenP]

Rule #3: If this is your first HT, you must watch one great classic film every six months (preferably something over 20 years of age).

How about every week?

 

[Earl J]

Great, but do we still have to make soap?

 

[Tim Hoover]

Referring to Brian's rules #5 and #6:

"(in best Southern accent) It's time to throw down, buddy!"

 

[Jesse Skeen]

(Stealing from someone else's post) :

Rule #1- You do NOT ask to turn the volume down!

Rule #2- You do NOT ask to turn the volume down!

 

[Neil M]

I am laughing my ass off!!!! Keep up the good work.

 

[James L White]

6th RULE: No shirts, no shoes, who cares it's the Internet, for all we know people post naked

I've got pics, wanna see?

 

[Steve Schaffer]

9-You must know the model number of every piece of gear in your system.

10-You must make 1 OAR convert per week.

11-You may make user-menu picture adjustments during a movie, but only while paused for a potty break, and you may only deviate from AVIA calibration by a maximum of 3 "clicks" per menu item. Under no circumstances may you enter the service menu during a movie.

12-A panel of HTF administrators may make surprise visits to your home at any time to inspect for non-oar software, which may be confiscated without recompense.

13-Use of stretch modes for 1:33 material on 16/9 displays is strictly limited to over the air, cable, or satellite presentation of news,soap opera, or "reality" programming, and is strictly prohibitted for all other programming and all dvds of material which was originally shot in 1:33, including material that was originally shown on television in that aspect ratio.

 

[Yee-Ming]

13-Use of stretch modes for 1:33 material on 16/9 displays is strictly limited to over the air, cable, or satellite presentation of news,soap opera, or "reality" programming, and is strictly prohibitted for all other programming and all dvds of material which was originally shot in 1:33, including material that was originally shown on television in that aspect ratio.

isn't that inconsistent? why allow stretch mode on something being broadcast now, but prohibit it when it's released on DVD a few months later?

 

[Steve Schaffer]

OK, it's allowable to stretch dvds of News, Soap Opera, or Reality shows.

 

[Bill_D]

9-You must know the model number of every piece of gear in your system.

9.5-You must know the model number of each piece of equipment in your upgrade path so that you can immediately jump on a deal when you see it in the HTF F/S section, Audiogon or Ebay.

 

[Jeff Pryor]

Good thing I live by my own rules.:star: