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.

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.

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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.

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.

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. :)

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.

Did the download include a separate subtitles file? If so, you need to open that as well in VLC.

No separate subtitles file that I can see, but I'll keep poking around.

help! my ability to save/download videos/podcasts/whatnot seems to have disappeared. When the Open/Save window pops up, I hit Save, and then nothing. No option for what location I want to save it to. I've tried Save Target As and again, nothing happens, nothing pops up. This is the third time I've noticed it (the other two I just assumed there was something wonky with the links, but now...)

Has anyone heard of this problem before? Know of any fixes? I don't even know how to phrase the problem succinctly if I were to contact HP tech support (tech support and I, we're not friends).

Anne,

this is an obvious question, but do you have the subtitle track turned on?

Julie,

what software are you using? Are you on a pc?