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I read the opposite. Since it's running off lasers, it will be consistently bright and not go dim. The problem is the only true 4k laser projectors are 25k+. Everyone else is using pixel shifting to get a 3k display. Also, we have no idea how long they will actually last, the tech is so new...

I went with an Epson 5040UB to tide me over. They call it, the first "budget minded" 4k projector. It doesn't do 4k, more like 3k. I dropped 2k on a refurbished one with a manufacturer's warranty off of ebay. At the rate the tech is improving I'm going to get a nice 4k projector that runs on...

I can now attest, 5.1.4 sounds way better than 7.1.2. I see no reason to go 7.1.4 now.

Right. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. And unfortunately, the insides of our skulls have sharp ridges.

Here is your bullshit post about how you have no issue with MMA, but you have one with football. Brain cells are dying in both sports, you imbecile. There is no difference.

The only football my kids will be allowed to play is of the flag variety.

I wouldn't know anything about that, as I don't associate with that sort of person. My daughter is in MMA, and I'd not allow her to do any full contact sparring. Just enough force to touch is enough for me. If they even started going medium contact, I'd find a new school for her.

I wouldn't know anything about that. My parents didn't stress sports at all, just the importance of daily exercise and getting good grades.

This from the guy that says that somehow, brain damage is OK in MMA because they acknowledge it more? Brain damage is brain damage. You should be well aware of that by now.

I wasn't aware that either of them was a football player. Goodell didn't even play college ball, and I see nothing about Emmert's fantastic athletic history.

At this point in time, there's not a football player alive that doesn't know what CTE is. Let's be real. There is no delineation between football or MMA in this matter any more.

I've been in football, boxing and MMA, and back then, we didn't know how serious concussions were. We'd just be hit with smelling salts, and get back up and at it again. When your "bell gets rung" you have to know how to take a break. I wonder how many teenage athletes know the symptoms of...

I read some study awhile back stating that Soccer is the #2 HS sport in terms of overall concussions.

I posted on monkly also.

Speaking of projectors, does anyone know if I could run a 3d projector image onto a Stewart Firehawk from 2009? This was before the era of 3D. A salesperson (I know) told me I'd have to buy a special screen for 3D. I have one sitting in storage collecting dust that was $2,500 back then.

I'm hoping the two more Atmos speakers will help with the improper room. The mancave is 15 by 30 feet. I actually thought about building a home theatre, by knocking out a room downstairs adjacent. And then I got the price. The guy bid me 23k to do everything I wanted in the room, before...

I believe people learn from their mistakes. At least most do. But I realized yesterday this guy isn't capable of doing better. When he screwed up with the client, he blamed me, the Office Manager, the crew leaders and even the customer. He even made a statement that he ran the estimate when...

Sad thing is, he wasn't backing up. He was driving into the shopping center to get supplies. The last bit of conversation yesterday is that there's nothing wrong with any of this. Oh, I neglected to say I have a huge mystery dent in the estimate car I had him in, and he once drove over a piece...

Moving my fronts outward did help tremendously.

I was told by a tech guy that the human ear is better than the mic. I had some dead areas that I filled in by changing the settings from Audyssey EQ. I started looking at guides to tweak it in different places. It sounds much better in there now. But I'm thinking I'd like a pro to do it...

I'm having a hard time finding a professional calibrator in this area.

So, I just fired a guy today. He's a fuck up. In the last year, he drove a truck into shopping center sign, broke his back and leg by not using proper technique, and pissed off a major client today. That was the straw that broke the camel's back. This client has been 5% of our business this...

Unfortunately, their idea of professional calibration was using the mic that comes with the receiver.

So, after spending way too much time today with techies and online guides, I believe (as well as everyone in the house) that it sounds better. I'll never get perfect sound, because the room is 15x30. I can still tweak the crossover as well as move the front speakers out more. Since I'm not an...

So I'm seeing that my receiver and that one are selling for roughly the same on ebay. I might just swap them out.

Yup. I also saw that I needed to download an Atmos app for the XBOX One. Direct TV on the upconvert seems to sound better.

So...I thought all Xbox Ones were already Atmos enabled. The guy comes in and tells me that there is a patch from June 2017. We enabled it, and it sounds so much better. I'm going to stick with 7.1.2 for a bit now. I thought it sounded good before...

I really don't feel like dropping $2,300 on a new receiver when I just bought this one for 2k. I may go 5.2.4, add some wall treatments and check the difference. If I can't get great sound after that, I'll consider the other receiver.

Can this receiver run 7.1.4? Pioneer - Elite 1800W 9.2-Ch. Network-Ready 4K Ultra HD 3D Pass-Through A/V Home Theater Receiver - Black

So, you've heard it, I take it? If so, how does it sound in upconverted mode for a non-Atmos encoded movie? I'm hoping my Pioneer receiver can handle that. I dropped a couple of grand on it six months ago.

I have two Atmos, and am considering four. I'm wondering if I'd see that big of an improvement in immersiveness. I spoke to the tech guy today (who said yes), but I'm pretty sure he gets credit for every sale he makes. I was curious as to if the atmos speakers that are above you make that...

Does anyone have any experience running four Atmos speakers, instead of two? I'm so anal retentive. I love Atmos, but I keep trying to reach for perfection (even though the room isn't perfect acoustic-wise). I have a tech guy coming in tomorrow to give me his recommendation. It might take a...

So I tried an experiment that last three months. I've been spending $1,000 a month on google adwords. I listened to eBay and turned it off, and measured the results. My hits from google are still roughly the same as they were last year (about 20%), even though I'm spending 0 on it now. So I...

When we were at ComicCon last year, Stan Lee was asked what movie he was looking forward to the most. His answer was that we would not believe what they had in store for us in Black Panther, and this was with GotG2, Spiderman:Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok and Infinity War 1 also on the horizon.

Guidant Financial does this stuff all the time, and has the info (401(k) Business Financing). Understand, if you are doing this, you better be buying something that shits gold, or you are going to be set back a decade or two financially.

It might require a new one. I have a trust that owns my c corp. It's pretty complicated, but legal. Like my CPA said, when you do this with the 401k, they don't like it, and you are being watched.

Thanks. Imagine what you could do if you rolled that 401k over into a trust, while paying no taxes on it? 110k is what it took for me to be making 7,500 a week. Of course, it took nine years of polishing the business to get to that point. If I had 500k sitting, I know I could generate 50k a...

Thanks guys. It's a bit unnerving how much discretionary cash there is, now that I'm not obsessed with eliminating all debt. I've been paying myself $7,500 a week since I paid the business off. I need to quit buying dumbshit, and start investing again. To get here, I had to plunder my 401k...