Christmas has become a commercialized mess of consumerism

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

um... I installed a Sony CD jukebox several years ago that had a serial port connection for chaining up to 6(?) units at a time- the client had 3 of them stacked in a media closet next to his home theater.

No such port on the DVD Carousel. I guess they thought that no one would ever need additional DVD capacity.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

"doesn't recognize" as in "won't even learn it"? Bummer.

Didn't know it. I tried to program the HD channels as favorites and it wouldn't save them because of the dash. Admittedly I didn't work on it very hard, though, since it really isn't that hard to press "5" and then "Channel up" to get to 5-1.

So, it may be possible to get it to work but I'm pretty sure "putting in effort" and "universal remote" are two concepts that don't belong in the same sentence.

[lizziebith]

I got a pack of 100 color(!) paper CD/DVD sleeves!

Yeah, we're broke, but it's okay. I made a nice breakfast for the family-folk that showed up, and used gift cards from my birthday for a few token presents for the kids. It worked to a degree.

I kinda miss money, but I'm not really unhappy. Weird.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Alex

So, it may be possible to get it to work but I'm pretty sure "putting in effort" and "universal remote" are two concepts that don't belong in the same sentence.

It's a fairly simple process to get it to learn the button, made even simpler with the gui-based setup. You just point your old remote at the new remote, press the button you want to teach the new remote, and voila.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I loves the new remote....press the "play a game" soft key and I'm set for Wii, press the "watch a dvd" button and I'm set for that, press "watch TiVo" and it'll turn off the dvd player while it gets me to my pre-recorded fix. One touch turns off everything, too. It's all I've ever wanted, ever since I first had to deal with 2 remotes. I'd have to say that's the best gift we've received, though we gave it to ourselves.


ETA - does it count as a gift if the bunny ate the last remote and forced us into getting it? Thanks, bunny.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

It's a fairly simple process to get it to learn the button, made even simpler with the gui-based setup. You just point your old remote at the new remote, press the button you want to teach the new remote, and voila.

You already lost me. I didn't see anything in the manual about pointing old remotes at this one. But if I remember I'll look into it. So far the only reason I am watching HD channels is for football so the end of the season will soon make it a moot point (HD baseball is nice, I'm sure, but I prefer my baseball on the radio).

CP: Those single button presses are what kept Lani from leaving me for someone with a simpler set up.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex

CP: Those single button presses are what kept Lani from leaving me for someone with a simpler set up.

If you were better in the sack, this wouldn't be an issue.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

If you were better in the sack, this wouldn't be an issue.

KB, Alex, TMI.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

That could be a great number of LoTers

This one belongs to some guy named Issac

[Snowflake]

Ooh, my boss gave me a red kitchen aid stick blender and the newly restored DVD of To Catch a Thief. Yum!