Life
Life happens and the next thing you know a month is gone. I know you have been wondering where I have been. Srsly, my ego allows me to think that the Internet takes notice when I am not in the usual hangouts. Anyway since I am that cool(in my head), I figure I would share the mundane details of my life. Besides, I figure if I leave anything to imagination I am bound to attract a couple dozen stalkers. I am pretty sure I have some web stalkers now. They are just very discreet.
Well to start things off, my kids spilled soymilk on my laptop. I have accidental damage coverage through best buy so I have a get out of jail free card but I am going to wait on the public Win7 launch for the new models. I have been eyeing the quad core i7 Dells.
The other time leech has been Halo OSDT. It was a great game. I spent most of my time working my way through the solo campaign. The story is pretty good but the ending had me saying that is it? Fire fight is fun. Multiplayer is ok except people cheat I suck at it.
I had a major project I accidentally fell into. I took a customer to Geek Mecca when he was in town from Denmark. I decided that I was going to come back and get a home theater with blu-ray. I did and the wife made me take it back after a day or two. It was too late at that point. The electronaholic was loose and prowling electronics stores at lunch. So I researched and hunted for a deal and got an Onkyo HT-S6200. I spent a week wiring, rewiring, reading manuals, and tweaking settings in a hedonistic geekfest of primal proportions. I think I excreted nerd musk at one point.
There was just one problem. I HAD TO HAVE Dolby tru-hd or DTS-HD master audio to get the true experience out of a 7.1 sound system. Another trip to Frys and the problem was solved with a blu-ray player.
At least, I thought the problem was solved. It turns out that the blu-ray could not go through the Onkyo to my TV because it was connected HMDI to DVI and it was not HDCP compliant. About this time, I also discovered that my HD cable channels were not working either. You know where this is going…
I was planning on a new TV for the family for Christmas anyway. What was I supposed to do? Go to component and optical cables which would quadruple the amount of cables behind my TV? I had no choice. Right?
Here is the setup and I really did shop around. I got some good deals. I even checked Craig’s list for the blu-ray player and the same model was going for more used than a new one because the seller bought it 6-9 months ago when it was twice as much.
Here is the setup:
- Onkyo HT-S6200
- Samsung BP-D1600
- Mitsubishi WD65737
- Rocketfish rear wireless speaker kit
It is not video\audiophile worthy but it is an upgrade for me. Not to mention that with a wife and three kids, I can’t have an orgy of one in a pile of new electronics and bubble wrap very often.
The only thing that I am worried about is the monkey on my back whispering about the 73” of goodness in the WD73737. It is just a whisper but it is getting louder. Must. Resist. Impure. Urges.
Here are before and after pics.
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