Not related to home theater exactly, but my wife just started a charity in our home town. The charity is called Have a Sweet Day! and the goal is simple - to build relationships between the young and old by sharing a cookie. Check out the website...
Have a Sweet Day! Charity Website

The 2003 Super Bowl was broadcast by ABC in HDTV this year. For a complete rundown o the broadcast and what you missed (or didn't), check out this HUGE thread on the AVS Forum...
The Official AVS 2003 ABC HDTV Super Bowl Topic! - AVS Forum

I bought a 52mm Hoya FL-Day filter for my AE100 LCD projector back in June of 2002. I tried in on the lens twice for short periods of time and decided at that time that I did not like the way it affected the colors. Well, three weeks ago I decided to try it again and now I'm sold.

A big criticism of any LCD projector and especially the AE100 is the visible pixel structure or 'screen door effect'. Another criticism of any digital projector is that blacks don't look black, but rather dark gray. I've found the FL-D filter really improves both the smoothness of the picture and the darkness of the image. Once I recalibrated the projector's RGB settings with the Avia DVD Calibration disc, I was able to get accurate colors eliminating the pink hue that the filter can add to the image. My image now looks a lot less 'digital'. I first film that I watched after getting it installed and calibrated was Minority Report. I'll have to say that during the course of the entire movie, I never caught myself critiquing the picture, but just enjoyed the movie. Speilberg deserves some credit for that as well...

I got mine from Warehouse Photo for $15.00. It's a cheap experiment and could do great things for your picture...
Hoya FL-D Filter

This is a really outstanding magazine from the publishers of Robb Report. The magazine has a nice balance between interior design and technology. The online articles are loaded with links to the websites of the integrators and equipment manufacturers so futher research is easy to locate. The website has a great directory for installers and manufactuers. I found a few installers in the Atlanta area that I did not know of previously.
Home Entertainment & Design

For those of us who frequented higher end audio stores in the mid-80s, this site is a walk down memory lane!
Naks.com, the [unofficial] Nakamichi cassette deck resource.

A projection screen can be an expense part of a home theater setup ($500 - $1200 depending on the screen material and manufacturer. Many HT owners will consider a DIY screen with their projector as a short term solution. Here is a link to a website with one approach to making a screen yourself from canvas or blackout material.
Do It Yourself Projection Screen

DVD Empire is another great seller of DVD-Audio discs. The site maintains a nice list of New and Upcoming releases. I am looking forward to the 2/11/03 release of R.E.M.'s Document album in DVD-A.
DVD Empire - DVD-Audio Section

A great source for hard to find audio discs of all types - DVD-A, SACD, DTS Audio, and LPs.
Elusive Disc

Everything you have every wanted to know about remote controls and a great user forum too.
Welcome to Remote Central: Universal Remote Control Reviews & More!

For those with a Pronto based remote control, this site will give you some links to some web pages of personal owners and developers that have done great things with the software.
Tom's Pronto/RC5000 Site - Personal Web Pages

If you are building a home right now or planning for one in the near future, visit Bob Catanzarite's great site to learn everything about low voatage wiring.
Structured Wiring - How To - wire your own home network, video and telephone

This is a really good forum for top of the line receivers from the major manufacturers. If you plan to shell out more that $2500 for the receiver the will be the heart of your home theater system, you should spend some time on this forum. You can really learn about the good and bad of each model from the people that have already bought them.
Flagship Receiver & Amplifier Central

People don't seem to get too excited about HDTV because they don't know what they are missing. Check out this site to see the "full picture"
The Definition of High Definition

This is a great reference article to understand the difference between widescreen formats and non-anamorphic and anamorphic DVDs
The Ultimate Guide to Anamorphic Widescreen DVD (for Dummies!)

I've got a lot of interest in DVD-Audio right now. This article is a great primer on what DVD-A is all about. DVD-A Primer

This link provides an overview of the DCDi processor from Faroudja that is part of the Holo3DGraph board from Immersive Inc.
An Overview of DCDi

With the addition of the Holo3DGraph card, I am looking into having my DVD player modified to have an SDI output. Here is a link that explains the benefits of using SDI to by-pass D/A and A/D conversions. Serial Digital Interface (SDI) Explanation and Benefits

Information on the ultra fast and quiet Seagate Barracuda ATA V hard drives

The Newly Constructed Equipment Rack picture on AVS Forum

Information from Immersive on the Holo3DGraph - PCI Video Processing Card

Over the Christmas holidays, with a ton of help from my dad, we completed construction of an equipment rack for the home theater gear... links to the picture to follow.

New acquisitions... Holo3DGraph Scaler Card w/ Faroudja DCDi processor, Seagate ATA V 120 GB Hard Drive.