Digital tv converter coupons -- good reasons to get one

I requested two $40 digital converter coupons! Why not? Well, receiving the coupons cost me nothing. I have cable, but it would be nice to have at least one DTV converter box. There are some channels that you can only get over the air, but one very specific reason why I decided to go for these coupons is this: I have a portable DVD player with AV-in. Sometimes I go on vacation to a place where there is not TV. It is nice to check the weather and the new every once in a while Sometimes I bring a All-in-Wonder box and connect it to my computer. But they I can't use the laptop. It looks like for not too much I can get myself a nice little digital converter that would just do the job!

What is Blue-Ray Disc Matching? Sony HT-SS2000.

I you happen to leisurely search the web for an inexpensive Blue-ray disc player chances are you will come across an attractively priced ($400) unit called Sony HT-SS2000 - Blu-ray Disc Matching Component Home Theater System. Unless you do your homework you may end up with a decent home theater system, but without a Blue-ray player. How is that possible you may ask? Well, quite simply, just because this unit has the words Blue-ray Disc in its name does not make it a Blue-ray player. It is primarily an audio system, but because it is capable of processing high-resolution audio signal outputted by true Blue-ray players. In essence, that's all, folks. To make things even more confusing, Sony uses the same bluish color scheme for this unit as Sony's true Blue-ray Disc systems

Sony HT-SS2000 Manual



See also:
Panasonic Blue-ray home theater

Pillow Remote Control

Pillow Remote Control

I guess, I just don't understand something. Well, apart from the $100+ price tag. I thought it should be possible in this day and age to have a pillow that is somehow capable of reading one's thoughts and change the channels accordingly. Ok, maybe not. But what's wrong with good old voice recognition? Is sowing remotes into furniture really the best we can do? I got ideas better than that. Just use Velcro to keep them in place. Or, better yet, install remotes under the cushions, where they end up half the time anyway.