ok, I'm starting to look at the possibility of upgrading my home stereo system. I have an old (like 1989ish) Dolby Pro Logic receiver. It works fine. But. I dunno. Is it worth trying to upgrade it? It seems the all in ones that come with the speakers are DVD only, not Blu-Ray. I already have a DVD player, so it seems that's kind of a waste. Is it something I could get for a few hundred bucks? Or maybe wait a bit for the next round of Blu-Ray stuff to come out? I don't **need** to upgrade, just thinking about it.
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omnis_audis - Jun 19, 2008 10:23:37 pm PDT #6681 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
tommyrot - Jun 20, 2008 5:56:44 am PDT #6682 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't suppose anyone has access to MS SQL Server 2000, and could run a big-ass script for me that creates a bunch of stuff and then tell me why it's erroring (It runs fine on SQL Server 2005.)
Theodosia - Jun 20, 2008 9:14:53 am PDT #6683 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Sorry, tommy, I only have 2005 here.
tommyrot - Jun 20, 2008 9:18:14 am PDT #6684 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Well, I managed to get our client to determine what line was producing the error... some constraint had
WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF)
in the middle of its declaration. Removing that stuff made it work.
Gris - Jun 20, 2008 6:20:44 pm PDT #6685 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Is it something I could get for a few hundred bucks? Or maybe wait a bit for the next round of Blu-Ray stuff to come out? I don't **need** to upgrade, just thinking about it.
Omnis, it's been a while since I researched, but the general rule from when I did is that you don't want a Home Theater in a Box system that includes the DVD/Blu-Ray player: you're better off with a separate receiver.
In terms of upgrading your old receiver, Onkyo makes some great systems that include the receiver and all the speakers you need. I've got their lowest-end system from a couple of years ago, and have been very impressed with it; it works quite nicely. For a couple hundred more, you can get two more speakers (7.1 instead of 5.1 - nice if you have a very large room) and HDMI pass-through, which is really neat. But if your needs are simple, their cheapest kit is almost certainly good enough.
Of course, if you already have several speakers of good quality, you may simply need to add a center channel (try to match brand, at least, with your current set) and get a new receiver to have full-fledged Dolby Digital.
omnis_audis - Jun 20, 2008 8:08:53 pm PDT #6686 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
thanks Gris. I was leaning towards not getting towards the all in one with DVD. Just didn't make sense. Always good to be affirmed. Thanks for the reminder on the Onkyo. It's been awhile since I've looked around for a receiver.
evil jimi - Jun 21, 2008 8:53:27 am PDT #6687 of 25501
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
So, I decided to give Ubuntu another go, and I have to say, I'm freakin' stoked. I've just played a card game in Solsuite 2008, had a run in AudioSurf, shot some nazis in Call of Duty 2, and worked on a document in Word2003. Holy Toledo, Buckaroo! This is the first time I've ever had any luck using Wine to make windows only programs work. If this keeps up, I won't need to go back to XP. :)
Anne W. - Jun 21, 2008 10:59:05 am PDT #6688 of 25501
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Help! I downloaded some .mkv torrents through Vuze (formerly Azureus). I think they should have subtitles, but they're not showing up when I open them with VLC.
Dana - Jun 21, 2008 11:02:29 am PDT #6689 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Did the download include a separate subtitles file? If so, you need to open that as well in VLC.
Anne W. - Jun 21, 2008 11:10:36 am PDT #6690 of 25501
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
No separate subtitles file that I can see, but I'll keep poking around.