FlasshePoint

Okay, I admit it. I’m starting to hit the wall here with this blogging-every day thing. After what… 94 days? Hey, I should at least be able to make 100. I don’t think it’s so much an idea problem, since I can always think of something if I try hard enough. [...]

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It occurs to me I have not updated my loyal out-of-town readership lately on the status of the Denver Digital TV Supertower, of which I wrote so many blog entries decrying the NIMBY (Not In My BackYard) mentality of the residents in the area. Looks like my last entry on the subject was way [...]

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Comes the news today that Warner Bros, which has been distributing their HiDef movies in both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats, is dropping HD DVD and focusing on Blu-ray exclusively. This was apparently a surprise to some, but not to others. This decision has spawned all sorts of pronouncements of doom for the [...]

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As I talked about in this post, I recently replaced my older Denon receiver with a new Onkyo TX-SR605 one in my home theater. I also finally moved the A/V components to the stand underneath the television set. No more Tower O’ Components next to the television, which frees up even more space [...]

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How I’m spending my Christmas vacation…
As expected, there was more snow today. Luckily I’m still on vacation and I didn’t have to be anywhere. As I mentioned back in this blog entry, I ordered an Onkyo TR-SX605 receiver. I ended up getting a refurbished unit direct from Onkyo for a total of $305. [...]

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I knew this would happen. When I upgraded to the new plasma TV, I told myself that would be the last major home theater purchase I would make for awhile. But now I’m starting to feel the itch to upgrade other parts of the system. I didn’t have much interest in the BluRay [...]

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