Ups and downs

[Goodwatch]

The past few weeks have been a bit nerving. Due to changing situations at work I've been in limbo over what to do. I don't want to be forced to take a decision NOW over something that will change my position over 4 years or so. I still don't know what to do but things will work out, I'm sure.

On a much, much brighter side I've been setting up my new gear (TV set, AV receiver and 5.1 speaker set) last weekend.

Gone are the days of just plugging-in a TV, attaching a coax cable and switching it on Not anymore.......

Step one: install AV receiver and run speaker cables through your living room. Attach 4 speaker brackets (with ball joints) with 4 screws each to solid concrete walls. ().

Step two: attach HD PVR set-top box with HDMI and optical cable to AV receiver.

Step three: attach AV receiver with HDMI cable to full-HD TV set.

Step four: attach DVD player with video and optical cable to HDMI.

Step five: switch everything on and enjoy........ no sound and no picture

Step six: take a deep breath, a long sigh and start reading the thumb-thick manuals that came with all the gear.

Step seven: learn about HDMI handshake problems, HDMI output resolution choices for a HD PVR set-top box and how to run an room acoustic tuning program on an AV receiver.

Step eight: finally, finally enjoy jaw-dropping HD television broadcasts with full-surround sound