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**K6-III** · 13 October 2002, 20:03

Just pick up some of the upcoming Logitech Z680's and be done with it...

**Wombat** · 13 October 2002, 20:32

Yeah, sure. Okay, anybody have a <B>reasonable</B> answer?

**K6-III** · 13 October 2002, 20:37

Pick up some Logitech Z560's and use your soundcard as the decoder...

**Wombat** · 13 October 2002, 20:52

560's are only 4.1.
Look, I already have a sub and 5 satellites. I'd rather repair a $200 system, than buy a $300 replacement.

**K6-III** · 13 October 2002, 21:44

I assure you that the DTT2500 only had the DD decoder going for it in the first place...

**Wombat** · 13 October 2002, 22:11

Yeah, I already know that. The speakers were good enough for what I used them for, and don't need replacement. Music listening goes on in my living room, these are just for movies and games.

**K6-III** · 13 October 2002, 22:24

If you're interested, I've got a Sherwood RD-7103 reciever with Dolby Digital and DTS I could let go for a very reasonable price...

**Wombat** · 16 October 2002, 21:26

Just for a little closure: I threw in my Live! again, and booted up my old Win98 HD. The diagnostics failed. Sure looks like defective hardware. Almost certainly the decoder box, although I wish I had some other cables to try. They're pretty unique cables though.

MK · 17 October 2002, 01:16

Wombat - you don`t have a TV ? How does that come ?

MK

**K6-III** · 17 October 2002, 03:17

Originally posted by Wombat
Just for a little closure: I threw in my Live! again, and booted up my old Win98 HD. The diagnostics failed. Sure looks like defective hardware. Almost certainly the decoder box, although I wish I had some other cables to try. They're pretty unique cables though.

Why not use a stereo minijack to stereo minijack cable???

**Wombat** · 17 October 2002, 08:28

Because the sound card has a minijack out, which goes to a Y-splitter, where one cable is RCA, but the other cable is some funky thing I don't recognize.

MK - Having no television is great. Once you stop watching it, when you look at it again you see that 90% of the shows are crap anyway. Also, I've become really intolerant of advertising - it's amazing how if you sit down in front of a TV for 30 minutes, 8 of them are filled with mental reprogramming. I do a lot other stuff with my time, like dancing, or reading.

**thop** · 17 October 2002, 08:29

fully agree with wombat on the TV thing!

MK · 17 October 2002, 08:46

Wombat - I second that. Therefore I do what I call "selective TV consumption". I focus mainly on the news (I really need that once a day) and good films, reports or cartoons. If there is nothing reasonable on air - I just turn it off.

An advantage I have here is a slighlty lower advertisment rate and a slightly better programm compared to yours, I suppose.

MK

**The PIT** · 17 October 2002, 23:36

The only time I watch TV now is for the news and the odd nature program and football of course. Otherwise it stays turned off nothing worth watching.
I miss my old wintv card as used to load up all the football scores on teletext and get the updatesm as they happened. My usb one the teletext doesn't work properly and missexs most of the text off or forgets to update.

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