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I got the Rii K06 and want to use it to replace my projector and receiver remotes, along with the keyboard/touchpad features. It copies the projector remote no problem but won't copy any of buttons on the Yamaha receiver remote. My Harmony (which is on its last legs) copied the receiver without issue. Any way to make this work or do I need to look for another option? TIA

UPDATE: I've gotten it working. I had to press the receiver remote buttons repeatedly, and the Rii kept saving codes which didn't work, but after a number of tries I got everything saved properly. So, if anyone else faces this issue, just keep at it for a while and hopefully it'll work eventually.

TLDR: Something with temp control, smokes and sears across its entire cooking surface, and can be built in.

Thinking about what to add to my upcoming outdoor kitchen. I currently have a Konnected Joe, a Joe Junior, and a small tabletop gas grill. None of these have a lot of cooking area. Now, I live alone and most of the time I'm just throwing a steak on Junior, but I also host parties and friends. When there's a party, a bigger grilling surface for burgers would be useful. If I'm cooking up something for a few friends for dinner, more smoking area would be nice.

I know, I know, not everything needs to be built in, but I'd really like if it were. I'll be adding cabinets and countertops to make a whole cooking area with a sink and probably a mini fridge. The new one would go on the left side against the wall, so it can have an overhang or ash pull-out on the left or front, but not the right or back. Most likely I'll retire Junior and/or the gas grill once I get a new one. I'm not looking for anything huge.

My current top choice is the Weber Searwood pellet grill. I'm almost certain I can build this in - just cut the legs down and drop the lower section into a base cabinet. It's not the greatest at grilling burgers, and it does have the hopper dump that pulls out to the right. I don't think dumping pellets is all that important (I can just use a scoop if I have to).

I looked at the Recteq Bullseye Deluxe, but the ash tray pulls to the right, which kinda screws me over. I don't really want to have to break out the shop vac after every cook. It's a shame the Smokestone is so single-minded. Seems like they could easily have made this a multi-purpose grill.

Other pellet grills can sear but not across the whole surface. I'm not always the one hosting the party - when guests are cooking, I can't be explaining how to micromanage the grill. Maybe there's one that works well with a griddle? I'd love a Yoder but it seems like it can only grill about 4 burgers at a time.

I really like the Masterbuilt gravity series, but none of them can be built in. If I didn't have that constraint, the 1150 seems to have the smallest total footprint, as the side table can be removed and the ash door opens to the front.

Another option would be to upgrade to the Big Konnected Joe. I'm not entirely sure why but I'm not leaning in this direction. I guess I'd like something new, plus I feel like rectangular grates give you more usable cooking area. I dunno, maybe this plus a griddle, but that's getting pricy and I can't really picture ever using the griddle myself.

Anyway, that went on for a while. Gimme your recs, or talk me out of the Searwood. Thanks!

(current setup for attention)

My first time making wings, I believe. Seasoned them with Meat Church's The Gospel, brined them in buttermilk overnight, took them out and let the skin air dry in the fridge for an hour, re-seasoned with Whiskey Bent Blazin Bird, and threw them in the basket. Then I thought, why not add my potato wedges too? Put it over the coals at 350 degrees, grilled for 40 minutes, then removed the wedges and half the wings and tossed the wings with Blues Hog Wild Wing sauce. Added them back in and cooked another 5 minutes. Both the wings and wedges turned out excellent! I found I preferred the sauced ones, but only slightly. They only had a little sauce flavor. I double sauce my ribs (which I highly recommend) and will do that with the wings next time. I also might try adding a little corn starch for extra crispness, but really no complaints tonight. If you've never wet brined chicken make sure to give it a try, you'll get the juiciest chicken you ever had.

As far as I know, there's no way to see any descriptors on the subtitle files, but I figured out a workaround for easily locating forced subs for the non-English (or whatever language) parts, when the file you're viewing doesn't have them included.

First off, you want to leave the included OpenSubtitles Add-on active (I have the app set to only retrieve English subs). This will allow you to find full subtitles when you need them.

Create an account at https://subsource.net/ so you can create an API key in the dashboard, and enter it at https://subsource.strem.top/configure .

Choose your desired language. Uncheck all subtitle type boxes EXCEPT Forced, and exclude Hearing Impaired. Choose your platform.

Hit Install and copy in the add-on link.

Now, when you go to the Addons tab in Subtitles in your video, the SubSource option will ONLY return forced subtitles, so you know that's the one you want to select. Hope this helps!

Projector: Epson 5040UB

Receiver: Yamaha TSR-7850

Connected to PC with HDMI.

This has been an issue for years but I haven't tried to fix it because it's only an occasional problem. Basically, a lot of content looks awful on my projector. The colors are red and screwed up, and it's super dark. Even the receiver's splash screen or my laptop through both HDMI and USB-C. Some, but not all, video games. I THINK this happens with SDR content. When I switch the Windows display settings from HDR to SDR, everything look bad. In the attached image you can see the projector displaying both a good and bad image simultaneously. They're the same video file, but the left is playing through VLC while the right is playing as a stream through Nuvio. I'm not actually sure what the signal difference is between these two sources, I just thought it was interesting that it could play them differently at the same time. If I switch the HDMI to my computer's monitor, they look identical.

Edit before posting: Played around with the PJ settings a bit. Changing Dynamic Range from HDR-2 to Auto does seem to partially fix the issue - the receiver's splash screen looks normal (while the PJ's info display shows it's displaying in SDR). But this doesn't really solve my problem, which is when an HDR source (Windows) puts the PJ in HDR mode but playing SDR content. Then the content looks super dark. Unless I turn off HDR, I'm unable to play some games or view some content. Any ideas?

Just recently discovered TB. I get the basics of adding a link and downloading the content, but clearly there is much more it can do. I also see the long list of integrations but don't know what would be useful. Particularly, it would be helpful to streamline the process of finding content and adding it to my dashboard, meaning, not having to search the torrent site, copy the link, then paste it into TB. I have not yet chosen a subscription plan and while I don't mind paying for the Pro plan, I'm not sure if that tier is needed for someone who just wants to watch some movies and shows.

Basically, I'm just trying to get a grasp on how to best enjoy all that TB has to offer. Thanks!

Doing a long smoke on a kamado can be a pain because you have to remove everything to add wood, so I wanted to see if this method would work for my ribs. Obviously I didn't use the starter ring, I lit it from one end. Took a lot longer to heat up than usual (understandable) but after that it worked perfect! Got great smoky flavor. The Konnected regulates the temperature for me so using lump for this was less of a concern than it might be in a kettle. Used up about 2/3 of the charcoal after being lit for around 7 hours.