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To help foster the use of my 2 HT set ups in the house, I got a Tekkeon NavDock to use with my iPod Touch. It's pretty simple and lets me plug into wherever the party is in the house and play music on the iPod. Comes with RCA cables (decent quality). The menus show up on the TV screen and there are a couple of screen savers to avoid plasma burn-in. Even shows the album art. The IR remote is pretty cool and I was able to learn the commands on my MX 850 & 900 remotes. Couple of macros and we're off to the races.
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Aww... I guess it didn't come in a man's calibre?  Just kidding. My favorite gift this season so far has been a new short reed goose call... pretty much the most annoying thing I've received in years... wandering around the house going "ha-HONK! ha-HONK!" is good for completely alienating myself from others. Right now I'm enjoying The Piper at the Gates of Dawn... finally replaced my cassette version (wherever it may be) with a gift certificate from my brother. Been re-collecting my Pink Floyd albums on CD one (or two this Christmas) at a time. This year it was tPatGoD and Meddle. Bren R.
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Nearly 2 weeks off with the family was the best gift I could have gotten this year.
Jason
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To help foster the use of my 2 HT set ups in the house, I got a Tekkeon NavDock to use with my iPod Touch. Cool gadget. 
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A combo:
Ultimate Matrix Collection on Blu-ray
Spriderman Trilogy on Blu-ray
Made on a Mac
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Ray, that sounds awesome. I was going to ask if it worked with a Harmony, but then I looked at who posted that... 
I am the Doctor, and THIS... is my SPOON!
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Rick
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Sure! The more the merrier.  The D90 was a long-time coming for me. It just sort of came together as a Christmas present. Prices on D90 bodies really hit some new lows a couple of weeks before Christmas and I took advantage of it. Along with home theater, my other big hobby is photography. I'm certainly an amateur but I greatly enjoy it. I've had a D70 since late '04. I've taken almost 8,000 photos with it. It's been a great camera. But after reading months of reviews of the D90, I decided that it was time to upgrade. So far, the D90 is pretty amazing. It's truly a fantastic camera. Amazing sensor & metering, very cool features. I'd highly recommend it to anyone thinking of getting a DSLR, especially if you're a Nikon fan. The PS3 was a complete surprise. I'm still a little shocked at the extravagance of my in-laws.  Apparently I'm taking good care of their daughter I also bought a D90 last month ftom Costco online. This is my first DSLR camera so it was a bit like buying an F15 fighter for someone who has only flown RC planes. In order to understand the concepts little more, I bought Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson and The BetterPhoto Guide to Digital Photography by Jim Miotke. On advice of some friends, I also bought two clear filters, an extra battery, a camera case, a camera bag, two memory cards, a memory card reader, a lens cleaning kit, and a remote for the D90. This is one expensive hobby so far. I hope the pictures to come will eventually justify some of the cost.
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Congrats fellow D90 owner!
If you need a little more help with the D90 (or any DSLR), I would highly recommend the Magic Lantern guides. They're unique to each camera model. The one for the D90 is supposed to be released in February of '09.
The Magic Lantern series have always been fantastic. They're like a suped-up owners manual, but written in a way that's actually somewhat enjoyable to read. It tells you how to configure the settings but also the why behind those settings.
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Sounds awesome, do you think you could get them to write one for all the Denon owners on this forum? I'd love to see a clear explanation of whether I should set my full range mains to small or large and my sub to LFE+Mains or just LFE...  Jason
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