OS2008 Homescreen Hackery

Inspired by some screenshots that came through my feed reader the other day, I updated the firmware on my N810 and installed a few new bits of hackery:
http://www.gsdbuy.com/audio-tv-home-theater-c-29/
Those are transparent homescreen apps, and more important than looking slick (if that’s possible) they’re written in python! Homescreen hackery here I come!
Getting the packages installed is a bit of a pain. They don’t one click install unless you install two packages by hand. I had to download python-hildondesktop and hildon-desktop-python loader from this site in order to be able to install and use them. And yes, download and install manually, the app installer doesn’t like them. Download them to your tablet somewhere, become root (I do that with an ssh to localhost myself), and run dpkg -i for both of them. Then you’ll be able to install the actual applets and enable them. w00t!
Home cinema is a term used synonymously with home theater serviceIt helps to make you feel just as if you were in a movietheater as it seeks to reproduce cinema quality picture andsound.
Technically speaking, a home cinema could be as easy toarrange as a television, DVD and some speakers.
It is fairly hard to specify what the difference is betweena -home cinema- from a regular television and stereo.
Most consumer electronics experts agree that ahometheater video integrates a high-quality picture with surroundsound.
If you happen to have a home cinema, you are trying tocapture a real cinema experience. Therefore, you wouldneed a higher sophistication and quality set of componentsover that which an average television can provide. Settingup a home theater would include getting the followingparts:
1. Input devices - You should have one or more video/audiosources. HD DVD home theater or Blu-ray are preferable.
2. Processing devices - A stand alone AV receiver can bechosen or perhaps you would prefer a Preamplifier and SoundProcessor. The choice is yours.
3. Audio output - You must have anywhere from 2 to 11speakers with an additional subwoofer.
4. Video output - You must have a large HDTV display. Thereare several options to choose from: Liquid crystal displaytelevision, plasma TV, video projector, CRT TV or arear-projection TV.
5. Atmosphere - In order to improve the cinema feel, youshould have comfortable seating and organization.
There you have it! These are the basic things to have whenyou consider having a dolby home theater. Pretty soon you’ll besaying, “Let’s go in to the movies!”