HDTV

[billroper]

daisy_knotwise and I removed the old TV from on top of the Camel's nose and put the new TV in its place. The first thing that we discovered was that the bright shiny blue LED in the front center of the panel also concealed the power switch -- actually, I should say the first thing that Katie discovered.

The next thing I discovered was how to turn the bright shiny blue LED off. With luck, it'll make the power switch less obvious to her.

The happy news is that the set has a tuner that finds all of the unscrambled digital channels on our local cable feed, including the HD versions of the local stations. This won't make any difference if we're watching with the DVR, but is kind of cool.

The top of the set is so thin that I'm going to have to go out and buy a shelf to mount the center speaker on. It fit on top of the old set, but not on top of this one.

I'll live.

Comments

[pheltzer.livejournal.com]

Sadly the location of that power switch is probably permanently embedded in Katie's brain now. You could build an entire enclosure with wood and cinder blocks and sheet rock to hide that switch and she'd just break out the power tools. :)

[billroper]

Yes, Gretchen informs me that Katie has already found the power switch another time. *sigh*

[spiritdancer]

Heh - that "bright blue LED under power switch" is common on many computers these days, as well. I've rigged my machine with a cover made for a flat-panel TV that goes over the switch. It fastens on with a really strong velcro that _I_ have trouble removing, so it deters David from pushing the button when Mommy's working on the computer.

I didn't help that he discovered the power switch on the UPS/power strip a few days later ::sigh::

(the cover for the switch? I found it a Babies R Us *smile*)

Wahooo!!! New TV

[sexybass.livejournal.com]

Hey Bill Congrats on the new TV and you will love the HD channels. Sue was questioning me on whether we should renew next time for the HD Channels and I am thinking YES!!! :-)
I am having someone come over tomorrow to take a look at my recording system to determine why I can't add tracks without getting crackling and distortion.

Re: Wahooo!!! New TV

[billroper]

It could be that the latency is set too low. I made that mistake last year working with the FireBox when doing live recording at Capricon. There are dropouts all through the recordings. *sigh*

Latency

[(Anonymous)]

Hi Bill,
Just a note to let you know Ken was just here and spent the day working with CuBase and M-Audio Board and we had no success. The latency wasn't the problem but thanks for the suggestion. Ken has taken the board home with him and is going to poke around with it there. Oh well!!!