Yesterday our new A/V receiver arrived: a Denon AVR-2310CI. We chose it because it has sufficient S-video inputs (many A/V receivers these days have none), it has video conversion features, and we found a great deal.

Setup went pretty well, except that unplugging the AT&T U-verse box and then plugging it back in caused the box to not reboot. The repairman was just here, and it appears that the problem lies in our Ethernet switch, not the U-verse unit itself. Oops!

This week, we will be having nerdy good fun updating our home media center. As we have time, we will record our progress on this blog for posterity.

Step 1 = setting up the Neuros OSD we’ve been meaning to install for a couple of years now. We started at version 3.21 and updated through several levels of 3.26, and then on to version 3.33. For the final versions, we had to go out and buy a compact flash (while at Fry’s we also picked up a 6TB NAS! can you believe you can just “pick those up”?!). It was fun to see the user interface gradually get better and better. Our only complaint so far is that the remote control is not very responsive. We’ve found one workaround that involves soldering, but we may just try an IR repeater.

Here’s info on the Neuros OSD:

The Neuros OSD – Digitally Store and Easily Access your DVDs, VHS tapes, and video media.