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Archive | October, 2006
Seagate Drive Failed on Me
Well for the first time in 10 years a Seagate drive just failed on me. 1 year old 7200.9 SATA drive from Newegg just crapped out last night while I was trying to load something. In true hard-drive failure fashion it went something like this: Try and load game Load seems frozen, minimal disk access Let computer sit [...]
Continue reading...IBM / Lenovo ThinkPad Support is Unbelievably Bad
16. October 2006
This is my 4th time calling IBM / Lenovo support and it’s not getting easier or faster. Let’s take a quick look at what Apple Support was like: Call Apple Support Press a menu option Press another menu option Wait for 1-3mins, talk to a person, fix problem/get replacement/whatever Let’s have a look at my ThinkPad Support so far: Call Lenovo [...]
Continue reading...The Week of Truth
16. October 2006
Well this week it is… this is the week that everything for the home theater is slated for delivery. My wife and I have been breaking our backs on the house getting it ready and last night we reached the 98% completion point and are wrapping up on a few things today, maybe a total [...]
Continue reading...Home Theater Audio, Concluded
12. October 2006
Ok, we caved. We decided to go the easy route and get the Onkyo HT-S990THX. The reason for this is that a friend sent me a link to the 790 series (last year’s model?) that had rave reviews from a lot of the sites I looked at as far as HTIB goes. I figured if [...]
Continue reading...Home Theater Audio, Continued
10. October 2006
Ok so huge thanks go out to ‘G-star‘ and ‘Noya‘ for their help in learning about really fantastic entry level home audio stuff that is better than any HTIB but still in the same price range. It looks like my choices are starting to hover around: Denon 1907 Marantz SR4600 I’m leaning towards the Marantz because of the Accessories4Less [...]
Continue reading...Home Theater Audio
9. October 2006
Oh lord, ok so now that I’ve got the video portion of the home theater figured out, I need to start playing the audio game. As I’m digging through online sites, AVS and others I’m starting to realize that the appeal of a Home-Theater-In-A-Box (HTIB) solution is too attractive to ignore. The reason for this, is [...]
Continue reading...Recap of Home Theater Setup
9. October 2006
Ok so I think I’ve finally ordered everything I need/want for Phase 1 of the home theater: TV: Mitsubishi WD-65831 Stand: Plateau SR-V 75-C Remote: Logitech Harmony 720 Cables: MonoPrice Cables Surge Surpressor: Tripp Lite HT10DBS So far I’ve gotten shipping confirmations on the cables, remote and supressor. No updates on the stand or TV yet, which is probably good, as [...]
Continue reading...Costco Carrying Mitsubishi WD-65831 (Entire WD Lineup)
6. October 2006
Well over the last week I’ve done a search almost every day and noticed that almost each day Costco was adding a new TV from the Mitsubishi WD lineup, low and behold, the last TV to be added was the 65831. NOTE: Yesterday and when the TV was added it was listed for $3899.99, I just [...]
Continue reading...Mass Effect, Keep and Eye Out For It
6. October 2006
This post is intended as a heads-up to the gamers that read this site. More specifically to keep your eyes peeled for Mass Effect, an upcoming game from Bioware. The first time I heard the comment “Bioware is awesome” I had no idea what they did. Someone clarified that they do RPGs and adventure games, [...]
Continue reading...Rainbow Six: Las Vegas Comming October 23rd to XBox Live
6. October 2006
For the Rainbow Six fans out there this is going to rock all sorts of awesome and for folks that have never been much for tactical shooters like Rainbow Six, I would strongly suggest you play it with a friend over co-op mode before signing off on it forever. That is one of the most [...]
Continue reading...Official Sony XBR2 Owners Thread
5. October 2006
Ok I’m linking it here, the official AVS XBR2 owners thread. I’ll digest it over the next day or two and post some summaries for you guys, but for the go-getters out there that want to get reading I wanted to kick the link out. NOTE: For those that aren’t farmiliar with AVS, when an owner [...]
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17. October 2006
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