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    caavo control center

    Ended up getting one of these thru Amazon, full package with lifetime subscription. Actually really like it, shifts between the various sources, minimizes the search for the correct remote in the dark. I have DISH, Roku and Apple TV hooked up to it. Has a simplified keypad, which can also be...
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    Roku App Update Airplay Photos and Video

    Good info, wasn't aware of it. Is this similar to Google's Chromecast?
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    Google introduces Chromecast, a $35 HDMI streaming solution for televisions

    Very positive review by Wall Street Journal's tech guru, Walter Mossberg, on the Chromecast, in today's edition, July 31, 2013.
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    Vizio Co-Star

    Got mine today from Amazon, since Vizio online store was out-of-stock. Easy setup. Have two units, replacing the former LogiTech ones. The one with direct line-of-sight to the 722K box and the telly works very well, the other unit has to deal with all the components in the media closet behind...
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    Cat 5e to HDMI saved my bacon

    I did have a Monoprice 4 x 1 HDMI switch, with equalizer, on the 100' cable.
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    Cat 5e to HDMI saved my bacon

    Actually got the lead from a Best Buy employee. I had been using a 100' HDMI cable, head end from DISH receiver routed up two stories thru one wall, across the attic and down two stories through another wall, to my 55" wall-mounted flat screen (all this to keep the clutter of several home...
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    Run speaker wires inbetween floors

    I am in the midst of doing pretty much what you seek to do, albeit a bit more ambitious. We wanted to move our components into a below-the-stairs closet, which is right behind where we sit to view our television. We bought a new Vizio 55" LEC/LCD, which we will mount on the fireplace, which is...