I like that in some hotels you remove the card-key from its holder and that turns off all the lights and TV... Maybe they should do some something like that in new homes. 2 types of sockets, the one that are always on, and the one that are off when you are out. p.

[quote user="ajames"]I agree with the comments though about the low energy bulbs - in any case I use a dimmer with my lights - I beleive this uses less energy and would be interested to know if this does or doesn't, since I have loads of lights on a dimmers.[/quote] If you use modern dimmers you would save energy when the light is not

[quote user="TWG"]Personaly, I think that you are only be able to estimate the sound quality with a WAV file ripped at 44,1kHz, 16bit Stereo as this would be standard CD audio resolution and this file represents the pure music from the CD; nothing that is electronicaly rendered and "changed" (like MP3, WMA, WMA losless etc.). [/quote

[quote user="KingStreet"]In essence, he suggested that many electronic devices benefit from the "stability" that being left on 24/7 brings, or maybe more correctly, they could actively suffer from being powered up and down everyday ( I am sure he called it thermal stress?) [/quote] Your friend is correct, it is well known that most

Or you can use an Airport Express. It can be configured to connect to you Wifi network and route it to the Ethernet cable, that you'd plug into the BM5. The BM5 would not even realise there is a wifi network as it just gets normal Ethernet connection. Advantage of the Airport Express, It uses the latest Wifi norm (802.11n) that is really fast, if

The BC2500 works on a ML network with a Beolink converter 1611. But it is not compatible with N.MUSIC.

[quote user="jk1002"] I don't see them advertising the BM as a stand alone product or carrying any kind of functionality.[/quote] That is because you have not looked here: http://www.bang-olufsen.com/beomaster5 They even mention the Beolink feature that does not yet work.

Yes you are right... so which model is supported by B&O then...

Just emailed Gefen and got the following answer: "Thank you for contacting Gefen. There is the EXT-HD-144A. The unit has 1 HDMI in and 4 DVI outs. Unfortunately, these units have been discontinued. "

Because I agree with you on that point. I have never said it worked in warm climate, and as soon as I talked about this I clearly said and repeated in the quote above, that this is only true when you are heating your home. So no need to tell me it does not work in warm climate when I wrote it myself in my initial post. But it is not something a scientific