Swankify Your Abode - Household Tips and Tricks - Page 2

Gemini Cricket · 10-16-2007, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Done. I charged it to your credit card.

My friend has one of these. He likes it. The only problem is that he had to input the names of all the movies on a menu screen. It took him awhile but it played the DVDs well.

Kevy Baby · 10-16-2007, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

My friend has one of these. He likes it. The only problem is that he had to input the names of all the movies on a menu screen. It took him awhile but it played the DVDs well.

We have one, which is why I recommended it.

Hopefully, he input the movie names using a keyboard (the unit has a standard PSII keyboard connector on the front panel - although USB would be better).

innerSpaceman · 10-16-2007, 05:35 PM

Ok so ... are all your DVDs subjected to the heat of the machine any time it plays, or are they stored in some sort of CryoTank awaiting selection?

(And do they get jealous while you watch other DVDs, leaving them in the CryoTank?)

katiesue · 10-16-2007, 06:00 PM

If it works like my 200 cd changer it's more like a juke box. It only pulls out the one it's playing an the rest just sit in the cart.

Not Afraid · 10-16-2007, 06:14 PM

I buy Billy Bookshelves in BULK.

innerSpaceman · 10-16-2007, 07:53 PM

Yes, but the cart (not the bookshelves) is inside the machine, no? The machine gets hot, yes?

Prolonged exposure to heat damages DVDs. If you were to play the same DVD a hundred times, it would become heat damaged. So, if you expose 100 DVDs to 100 plays of any of them, they all become heat damaged.

It needs a cryotank, I's tellin' ya.

This has nothing to do with swankifying your digs. I have no budget-concious suggestions on that front.

Plenty of ones that cost a cool walletful. No cheap ones. Sorry.

Kevy Baby · 10-17-2007, 09:26 AM

Concrete bricks and pine boards make a great shelving system.

JWBear · 10-17-2007, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Concrete bricks and pine boards make a great shelving system.

Yeah… but to make it really swanky, you need to use those fancy open-patterned concrete blocks.

And stacked milk crates make a great media center (just don’t forget to get ones that are all the same color).

Morrigoon · 10-17-2007, 10:39 AM

You know that look is only swanky if you have hardwood floors though.

To really dress it up, drape some Mardi Gras beads over the whole shebang.

DreadPirateRoberts · 10-17-2007, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by JWBear

And stacked milk crates make a great media center (just don’t forget to get ones that are all the same color).

I try to get them from the same dairy.

10-16-2007, 05:35 PM	#13
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Ok so ... are all your DVDs subjected to the heat of the machine any time it plays, or are they stored in some sort of CryoTank awaiting selection? (And do they get jealous while you watch other DVDs, leaving them in the CryoTank?)
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10-16-2007, 06:00 PM	#14
katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	If it works like my 200 cd changer it's more like a juke box. It only pulls out the one it's playing an the rest just sit in the cart. __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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10-16-2007, 06:14 PM	#15
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I buy Billy Bookshelves in BULK.
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10-16-2007, 07:53 PM	#16
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yes, but the cart (not the bookshelves) is inside the machine, no? The machine gets hot, yes? Prolonged exposure to heat damages DVDs. If you were to play the same DVD a hundred times, it would become heat damaged. So, if you expose 100 DVDs to 100 plays of any of them, they all become heat damaged. It needs a cryotank, I's tellin' ya. This has nothing to do with swankifying your digs. I have no budget-concious suggestions on that front. Plenty of ones that cost a cool walletful. No cheap ones. Sorry.
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10-17-2007, 09:26 AM	#17
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	Concrete bricks and pine boards make a great shelving system. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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10-17-2007, 10:39 AM	#19
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	You know that look is only swanky if you have hardwood floors though. To really dress it up, drape some Mardi Gras beads over the whole shebang. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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