I like prototypes, and rebuilding to improve, however I would like at least a somewhat working model on the first try, as I have very little free time anymore (young children). there is no telling the next time I will have any free time to improve it (its amazing I got this far). The wife is even making a lat night trip to wallmart with the kids for groceries so I can finish.

I am in a big city (wouldn't have it any other way). I'm in Irving which is a suburb of Dallas (a few miles from DFW airport). I actually got a rotator that I plan on using with it at circuit city for 16$, originally a 60-80$ phillips model. the reviews are horrible in that weather destroys them, but I plan on using it indoor. Its the first rotator I have ever owned (always lived in apartments), but I think I can get it to work and fit behind the entertainment center (I have a somewhat large wall size entertainment center that cuts the corner of a room, so there is a large space back there).

I used to have time and did building projects like this a lot more, but now they hae to be functional ones (still don't have time often), but tv/video/content on my htpc is all I can afford till the kids get out of daycare.