Plasma tvs.
 

Sorry to hijack, but just a warning on plasmas for any of you that live in higher elevations, particularly the intermountain west. At elevation, the compressed gases in most plasma televisions (xenon & neon?) will emit a constant, annoying humming sound. Of course, this is something you generally don't notice until you get the sucker home. Two of my friends here in Denver purchased plasma TVs last year, and both returned them within a week due to this problem. Supposedly the manufacturers are working on correcting the issue, but I would be wary in the meantime.

Plasma tvs.
 

That's just your wife. She's still pissed that you bought that horribly expensive TV. So, she hums, just like we used to do to the substitute teacher with the hearing aid. Drove her crazy - she kept tapping on the thing all day, looking puzzled.

Plasma tvs.
 

I know a lot of anti-gadget women who are in love with plasma or LCD tvs because of the space saving. They actually lobby for the flat panels.

R(never anti-gadget)T

Plasma tvs.
 

Brings back a funny memory, though off topic. In college I dated a girl who wore hearing aids. Most models have an IR reciever to pick up loop sound broadcast in theateres, etc. It also produces a wierd sound when you fire the TV (or any other IR) remote at it. It was a suprisingly effective way of getting her attention when her back was turned and she couldn't hear me calling, even with the aids on. I wonder if that's why she dumped me...

-epF

Plasma tvs.
 

My wife has done very little resembling "humming" since she received the rock.

Rear Projection TVs
 

Or, you could just wrap the two cables (really, just one component and the power cord) in fabric cable wrap or other similar product and run them down the wall to the floor. It's not the most elegant set-up, but is the fact that you can see the cables really a reason not to get a panel tv in a rental?

Plasma tvs.
 

If you can get rid of a 35 inch tube TV and its shelving unit and replace it with a wall-mounted plasma, you can drastically increase the size of your living space. Where space is scarce (in big cities), the additional space far outweighs the difference in $$ for the same size tube TV.

Time to upgrade
 

Directv will begin broadcasting CBS in HD in the SF/LA markets on channel 81 beginning tomorrow.
Customers subscribing to the local channels will receive this.

And of course the Super Bowl is in HD.

Wireless or dialup in London/UK
 

Let's say a person --- not me* --- was going to London for a week. Let's also say that Said Person needed an Internet connection for his laptop during this time. Said Person complains that dialing in from the hotel line is "too expensive." (Said Person usually stays at hotels that assume money is no object for the vast majority of their guests other than Said Person.)

What would you do to get the laptop connected to the net? Is there a service that provides Wi-Fi connectivity for travelers in London? We have an ISP account that has an international access number in the UK, so dialing into the ISP using a cell phone and modem is a possibility. But what would you do? Assume an ultra-fast connection is not as much a priority as price and short contract.

*Also, not Not Me.

Wireless or dialup in London/UK
 

Have Said Person go to
Starubuck's Coffee
There are about 80 different T-Mobile hot spots.

Wireless or dialup in London/UK
 

It's so crazy, it just might work!

Thanks. It never occurred to me that it would be the same network as the Starbucks downstairs. And across the street. And down the street. And down the street the other way, etc.

World's largest subwoofer
 

TiVo Q
 

Got tivo. Question: I want to record teh simpsons sunday night. But a season pass insists on recording it sunday, and monday, and tuesday, and wednesday, etc., at 6 and 11, because fox has the syndicated version. Much as I like the show, that's more than enough. Is there a way to get a season pass just to the sunday night show?

And "first run only" doesn't work, because the listings dont' designate the syndicated version as "repeats".

TiVo Q
 

I have the same problem with The Daily Show. Only want the 10 pm show on Monday - Thursday because otherwise it records it constantly. The show runs like 4 times per day. And it just keeps recording the same episode over and over again. Stupid tivo.

TiVo Q
 

Burger's problem: One of the Season Pass options is "First Run Only." Try that. Anything flagged as a repeat will not be recorded. Of course, the Tivo can only be as good as the guide info provided by the stations, so YMMV. [Edited to add: Doh! I somehow missed that you already tried this. Ignore prior advice and continue.] If this fails, try a manual recording, and be careful when Fox reschedules its Sunday nights. BTW, there's no such thing as too much Simpsons. You should have just gotten a bigger Tivo.

ncs's problem: I have this problem too. The problem is that Comedy Central doesn't identify individual TDS episodes with discrete codes, so the Tivo has no way of knowing which episode is which. Stupid Comedy Central. Solution: change Season Pass options to "Episodes to keep: 1" and it will record over the last airing, meaning your Tivo won't fill up with repeats. Or, alternatively, just set up a manual recording for the airing you want; this is better b/c you don't want your tuner constantly tied up recording the latest airing of the same episode. Ignore this last piece of advice if you have the Directivo with dual tuners; tying up one tuner is less likely to matter to you.