Silly sumi! The Easter bunny laid them there.

Using Magic.

Jess, I have my doubts that there's a way to open the woofer so that it closes again. Unless there are obvious screws (which I doubt), it's joined like a cabinet.

There's kind of a hole in the front that's just big enough for a child's arm to go in, and then a big empty space inside for sound to reverberate and for things to get lost in.

It's the one that came with this AV reciever:

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but I can't find a picture of it online just now.

There *are* screws in the back, but not ones that look like they'd open it up.

HA! Drew gave me that exact receiver when he replaced it in his own system. He kept the speakers though. He has that same subwoofer in his house, so he could tell you if it's openable.

Yes, it would appear that I do. When I head back over to the house from the studio later I'll take a look at it.

Thanks! Apart from the eggs (which he's already forgotten about), I'd love to know what else is in there that I don't know about...

Okay folks, I need your help. I would like to investigate getting a media center, but I'm not sure what the pros and cons are to various options. I really want the set top device that will let me play netflix streaming video, but I would LOVE a unit to play them all: netflix, avi video files and hulu. Is there such a thing? Will boxee do this? What do I need to have boxee functionality linked to my tv?

It's probably overkill, but I love my MacMini.

Ditto, especially with the new Hulu desktop application that they released last week.

As far as I know, le nubian, there's not a simple set-top device that does all of those. An X-box media center setup comes close but I'm pretty sure Hulu has shut it out. To really get all of them at this stage you'll need a full-fledged computer like the aforementioned Mac Mini.

Personally, I adore the Netflix set-top box and use it so much more often than I would remember to stream netflix on a computer, even one hooked to the TV. Which is why I almost never use Hulu, despite regularly hooking my computer to the TV, because I tend to forget about it a little. Interface, as Tivo proved, matters, and a dedicated box is better at interface than any computer setup.

That said, if Hulu would officially support Boxee(or at least allow it) then my opinion might change.

Personally, I'm still hoping for eventual Hulu support on the Roku set-top box that we still call the Netflix box for lack of a better name. Amazon-on-demand was a decent addition, but not something I'm going to use much. Hulu would be better.