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Many thinks erroneously that after they installed a Whole House Surge Protector everything else would be fine

That Whole House Surge Protector might be able to clamp a sudden surge from the outside, but the respond time often isn't fast enough to save the delicate electronic devices connected to the wall sockets

What you really need is a layered approach --- getting a Whole House Surge Protector to clamp a _lengthy_ surge from the outside, while still attach your delicate electronic devices to surge protectors with fast response (something like in the nano-second range) that plug into the wall sockets

Three links that might be able to assist you:

http://techomebuilder.com/inde...

http://www.electronichouse.com...

http://www.us-tech.com/RelId/1...

BTW here's the antenna I use. Nothing big or bulky. In fact it fits inside my apartment behind my TV and receives stations 60 miles away: http://www.electronichouse.com/images/slideshow/AN4228.jpg

There is also the Epoq EPP-HH01, "an aquardly cubed hen's egg projector" (2.2 x 2.2 x 1.6 inches). It's cheaper by a couple hundred dollars (USD), and would still fit in your laptop case. It's not available yet, but it could fit in the hands of your wee little dwarf clients.

No hand held I know is DivX certified.

Check out these phones and if you aren't lucky enough to own one download the mobile player for Windows Mobile or Symbian devices (scroll down the page a bit).

there are no DivX-HD players either

There are now :)

The DVB-T2 (HD version of DVB) will use H.264

The next beta of the DivX H.264 Decoder should have preliminary support for DVB apps.

Actually there's a pretty good market in home installations now, with media centers, automatic systems, and remote control like X10 being installed. I've seen 3 or 4 magazines that focus on these like "Smart Homeowner" and "Electronic House". Falcon

Pretty much. Here's a good article that summarizes the state of "premium" cables.

http://www.electronichouse.com/article/the_truth_about_high_end_cables/C29

According to http://www.electronichouse.com/article/next_generation_star_trek_home_theater/C154/D2/#sidebar, the display is a projector onto a 135" screen.

1. Death Star Theater
2. Extreme Log Cabin Wild on Tech
3. Model Condo Designed to Impress

1. Death Star Theater
2. Extreme Log Cabin Wild on Tech
3. Model Condo Designed to Impress

1. Death Star Theater
2. Extreme Log Cabin Wild on Tech
3. Model Condo Designed to Impress

I hate getting sent to articles that are simple summaries of the original.

Geeks don't need a "regular" home theatre. What you really need is one of these:

The Death Star Theater

Here's another story on it with a slideshow:

http://www.electronichouse.com/article/star_trek_t heater/

Here are some links posted from the digg page:

Original Digg link: http://www.electronichouse.com/article/star_trek_t heater/
Digg story: http://digg.com/mods/Really_Cool_Homemade_Star_Tre k_Theater_(slideshow)

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Here's an article on the house with more pictures.

http://www.electronichouse.com/article/star_trek_t heater/C154

that is much more impressive.

I'm sorry, but a house with a 42" plasma screen in an utterly wasted position does not deserve the "Electronic House Home of the Year grand prize winner?"

Cleopatra appears on a 42-inch Panasonic plasma screen that faces the front door

"Everything we do is through the computer, even watching the DVDs

"And while we have had some luck with voice recognition software and querying and controlling the house with that, we are still working to improve the recognition rate,

And another article about Intel's delays: apparently the CEO isn't too happy about it ("It's enough of a problem that CEO Craig Barrett sent a terse note to the entire company urging more deadline diligence.")

Nuts N Volts is a great electronics mag, from beginner to advanced. Electronic House is a great resource to steal ideas from. Those are the only 2 that I really get "in person" anymore. I keep meaning to re-sub to Wired, but haven't. Most everything else is read online.

82" rear-projection model [...] I shudder to wonder what the sticker price would have been. It's probably at least double what I paid ($3299).

Ooops, I just found one for sale and I was wrong. The 82" model runs for more than $20,000!!