Out with the 80's

Before...


...after

Upconverting DVD player to go with the HDTV

After our cheap $30 DVD player died, it was time to invest in a new upconverting DVD player. Ended up getting the Oppo 970 player. Oppo has 2 players, a highly rated 971 and a just introduced 970. The 970 supports discrete on and off so that gave it the nod over the 971. Below is a picture of the 970 as packaged in the box. Not quite your normal plastic bag.

Why that's a large base you have

We noticed we had a crack in our dining room table base so Ethan Allen came and replaced the base. However the base they replaced it with had a slight design difference in the form of a wider end. I guess customers were complaining that the table seemed to wobble and so they flared out the pedestal base to better support the top. You can see the design change below. I didn't realize furniture had continuous improvement.