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    Home Theater Help?

    Hello, I have some questions regarding a mini-theater I am creating in a small space in our basement. The small space in question is approximately 10'4" wide by 17'8" long. The budget is about $10K -- but of course I don't want to spend lots of money for minor increases in performance --...
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    Is it a good idea to...

    Hook up an external hard-drive into the USB port on a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device? Basically I want to backup the NAS. I want to make sure that hooking up an external hard-drive a) will work, and b) won't cause any problems.
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    Best Music Player

    I don't really like Windows Media Player for various reasons. But mainly, for some reason it does not recognize all of my CD's I've burned to my external hard-drive (it only recognizes some of them). What is the best music player out there (NOT web-based)? Preferably I'd like it to be free...
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    Home Theatre Audio Question

    I have two Infinity speakers (SEEN HERE and HERE) that are 150-Watts each. Is it possible to combine those and make them my central speaker? This way I can buy 6 new speakers for front/middle/rear that are all the same. If I can combine them, how would I go about doing it, and is this a good...
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    Problems with projector technology...

    I recently began researching projectors for a home movie theatre. The screen I want will be about 100" diagonal and 1080p resolution (with the usual good contrast ratios). It seems every single projector I research has some kind of possible problem for "some people", whether it be screen-door...
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    Does such a hardware device exist?

    I am looking to place various speakers in my rec-room, with the following configuration: * I want 4 speakers to be active during normal music listening only. * I want 6 separate speakers to be active during movie watching only. * I want 2 other speakers to be active at all times. In...
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    Does such a hardware device exist?

    We currently have all of our music saved on an external NAS device where both computers can access it. However, I want to setup a movie room in the basement. Is there a device that can access my NAS device (via ethernet wire), has a monitor to view/select the song(s) I want played, and that...
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    Stock Market about to tumble?

    Dollar posted weak against the Euro. Dow down today 1.2%, Nasdaq down 2.1%. Is the stock market about to take the dive many analysts have been predicting for a while now, or is this just typical profit-taking action?