http://www.viewpoints.com/Misc-Home-Theatre Tue, 13 May 2008 06:10:25 GMT Reviews about Misc. Home Theatre http://www.viewpoints.com/Terk-TV4-Low-Profile-Indoor-TV-Antenna-review-b66a6 Short and sweet.  What was once only good living on a hill away from wires, buildings and other obstructions for analog TV signal, is now great for Digital TV reception.  About the strangest looking indoor antenna I've ever seen...BUT WORKS! — My Mom used to have this same antenna for analog TV reception.  It worked great for her.  Her apartment building was on a high hill.  She never had to rotate it to find a station. — I live in the middle of the city.  Some TV towers are north of me, some south.  Yes, sometimes I have to turn it slightly to pick up one particular station.  The rest come in with a strong signal.  Can be ordered on-line from Radio Shack for $19.95.  Chose the "Ship To Store" option and save the shipping cost.  Don't ask me...???  If it ships to your house, it's 4 or 5 bucks.  Ship it to your closest Radio Shack store and shipping is free. —... Tue, 13 May 2008 06:10:25 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Terk-TV4-Low-Profile-Indoor-TV-Antenna-review-b66a6 OldHippie 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Meliconi-Flat-3-TV-Wall-Mount-review-38522 I just bought the Meliconi Flat TV wall mount system called "Space System Flat 3". It cost over $350.00. The Italian Meliconi wall (and table) mounting systems for flat screen TVs ( http://www.meliconi.it ) are expensive, very stylish and innovative and work perfectly IF you can figure out how to put them together. The schematics and instructions are the worst I have ever seen. They have no Web pages available with assembly instructions that I could find. I called them in Italy (39-051-763341) and they were not helpful. In fact, they could have cared less that their assembly instructions are useless and I was not happy. I don't know how they can expect to sell an otherwise excellent product to the world at large when they offer no assistance and they don't have a clue how to draw assembly schematics. Maybe they should ask Ikea how they have managed to do it so... Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:29:43 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Meliconi-Flat-3-TV-Wall-Mount-review-38522 Lisisme 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Audio-Authority-Component-4x1-Audio-Video-Switcher-AA1154A-review-2c9e I picked up the Audio Authority component video switch box because my TV only has one component video input.  I finally got tired of manually switching the component cable between my DVD player and HDTV receiver.  I found this product after searching for similar devices on the net.  From the feature list is did everything I needed, but without extra bells and whistles so I didn't end up paying for anything I won't use.  — The unit is fairly small (about 3"x4"x6") and straightforward to use.  Basically on the back of the box there are 4 sets of inputs (component video plus optical and digital coax audio) and one set of outputs.  The unit automatically selects the output based on a "live" audio input.  If more than one input is on, it selects the lowest numbered input to display.  The manual warns about some devices that always output a null digital audio signal even when the device is powered off.  It recommends connecting those... Tue, 01 May 2007 16:28:19 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Audio-Authority-Component-4x1-Audio-Video-Switcher-AA1154A-review-2c9e brianlilly 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/AudioSource-100-2-Channel-Power-Amplifier-review-45a2 I bought the AudioSource Amp 100 2-Channel Power Amplifier at Amazon(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00026BQJ6/104-9011503-1260704) for $95 USD.  I needed it to drive a couple of speakers that were going to be used for my new squeezebox network music player.  It was challenging to find a simple, single-task, inexpensive amplifier. The amp was perfect for what I needed.  — There was one thing that was confusing; the signal-sensing auto-on/off switching feature.  Based upon other reviews I wasn't the only one who ran into this. There are two inputs into the device: input 1 and input 2 (duh).  Input 1 is the auto-switching input.  It is intended for something that isn't going to be on all of the time (e.g. a portable cd player) and should override whatever is plugged in to Input 2.  Input 2 is the dedicated always-on default that gets overridden when something is sending a signal to Input 1. — So... when I plugged my player into... Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:02:34 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/AudioSource-100-2-Channel-Power-Amplifier-review-45a2 matthewdfleming 5