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I'm noticing a growing number of websites restricting interactive user functions to "members". For example, I'm not a member of CDFreaks, but in the past I've certainly made plenty of use of their user forums' search function to find information I'm seeking. This morning I discovered that...

NEC has apparently placed a large OEM order with LiteOn for DVD burners. Past performance does not guarantee future results ... Yeah, but those LiteOn drives sure sucked in comparison to NEC's ... and this is coming from a guy who held out (far too long, before switching "allegence" to NEC dvd...

I saw this poorman's wifi in a thread on AVS this morning. I'm pretty sure I've seen this before (maybe linked from here?). Nonetheless, I thought it was interesting enough for a post here. A slightly more ingenious home brewed project is this recently revealed dtv modulator. It gained some...

Anyone else up grade and notice some buggy behaviour? (i.e it stops responding and simultaneously is coupled with rendering weirdness ...ie. once it seems to freeze up, if you subsequently try click a tab or other items little tiny boxes appear)

Defying conventional wisdom, Creative has managed to turn garbage into gold. I asked a garbage truck driver about this and he replied: "If ya put crap in the can, you only get trash oudda de can". I'm inclined to believe the garbage-man.

This CD-Freaks news item looks rather interesting. No more scratchy scratchy?

Ars has a huge review (which is too long for me to read thoroughly right now so I just skimmed through it) of Apple's latest rendition of OS X. Tiger looks really good. One quote from the article that made me laugh:

Just watched the first two episodes (invaders and one degree) of this National Geographic Program which on premeired on PBS tonight (they probably will be airing on the west coast stations in half an hour from now). Very interesting.

The unsuspecting customer would be wise to know that there are two models: the older one which is the ME350U2, but also refered to as the ME-350U2 (see the url). and the newer one which is ME-350....which they apparantly distinguish as the 355 (i.e see the url, ... also conveyed in Newegg's...

In light of the fact that there has been some recent A64 OC'ing discussion, I know for sure that the following will be of interest to some (Time and Liam, at the very least). The following two articles present excellent raw data. Unfortunately, both authours make some errors in logic (amongst...

Interesting read exemplifying Sony at its finest....I don't think it takes much, given the experiences of some of the members of our community, to realize that what is purported in that article is likely factual. Speaking of lies and deception - if you've followed or are aware of nVidia's...

Maybe its just me, but I haven't noticed too many nF4 mobos. In comparison, ~5 months after the nF2's launch there was a plethora of that platform.

Noticed it yesterday and it continues to be the case for me again today.

FactsUsing Bart's Corpmb bootcd altered the relevant menu entry so that a ghost settings file (ghost.ini) is also copied over to the ramdisk (Frank Uberto's xmsdsk.exe) #if_exist %cddrv%\ghost\ghost.exe Symantec Ghost if "%dmpdrv%" == "" goto _ghost %dmpdrv% cd \ echo. echo You can...

Quest for some desktop simplicity for dual computer setup I Want a KVM which has the following: 1 VGA input (1920x1200) 1 DVI input (1920x1200) USB K/M Audio switch Is it possible? Does it exist? Does it cost less then two cups of coffee a day? Or would just sticking with something along...

I've been looking for a while for something along the lines of the following: http://www.cooldrives.com/fii13usb20co.html Unfortunately I cannot find a reputable dealer that carries such a product. The only place seems to be these jokers (QCUSA) from Florida who have what seems to be 3 or 4...

So last night when I was cleaning up a bunch of junk I found a piece of paper that was the instruction sheet and warranty info for a cheap stick of PC133 that I had bought at Staples back in '99. Just scanning the sheet I noticed that it was a lifetime warrenty on the module, but in order to...

Just as the title says. No experience with either, but I'm a sponge and have no fear of learning curves. Just want to do it right the first time. TIA.

time won't leave me as I am But time won't take the boy out of this man Oh you look so beautiful tonight Oh you look so beautiful tonight

Having just read Doom9's latest codec shootout on the weekend, I got to fooling/messing around and made a bunch of really short TV captures using Huffyuv and then transcoded using some different codecs. To give an example of how impressive AVC is going to be, consider the following: 131...

Evil dual posting... Anyways, in Eugene's SACD thread in SR's pub, last night I asked what was so special about the Philips 642 (no replies). It looked like very cheap junk, and apparently does not do DTS (if that matters)...although it appears to do just about everything else except make your...

source Great, there goes my new year's eve plans! :evil: :D

I was poking around SPCR's forums this morning and saw a link to a Korean page displaying Zalman's newest HSF - the 120mm fan'ed 7700. The all copper version is over two pounds!

Ahanix posted their new D.vine 7 on their website last week, and it may interest some. Pictures of Silverstone's next releases, the LC11 and LC10, have been floating around for a while (almost 2 months), and have garnered some enthusiasm. Some more pics can be seen here. However, I kind of...

Just in case you missed it, there was a minor update released for FF the other day. It addresses some security vulnerability or something like that. Perhaps also of interest to some is the newest version of the Flashblock extention. It (finally) brings full conformality with the FF extention...

This was pretty neat: http://www.epiacenter.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=377 (Note: link seems to be down right now, but was working earlier)

I suppose that this should have been appended onto this thread, or perhaps just as easily in this one. Regardless, while glancing at headlines tonight, I spied this following story: MSI Reaffirms Mainboards' Durability. I instantaneously thought of my own and Doug's misfortune of owning an MSI...

Sony (and friends) have been pretty aggressive lately in regards to the forthcoming (slash somewhat already here) Blu-ray optical spec/format. The adoption of MS's VC-1 (formerly known as VC-9, but SMPTE apparenty decided on calling it VC-1....whatever) and MPEG-4 AVC High Profile is great news...

I've always enjoyed reading reviews and op pieces at Dan's Data, and this one is certainly no exception. His slashdot post was frickin hallarious (link in article). The apple paradoy, to which he also linked, was bonafide A+ material. Jack Russell terrier ... love it :D

Roxio has divested its software division and changed their name to Napster. Company execs were quoted as saying "we're either going to die filthy rich or run the company into the ground while trying"....okay, nobody (officially) said that but me. Anyways, it will be interesting to see if...

I got asked to take a look at a friend's computer concerning an internet connection problem. Grudgingly, I obliged the request with a brief visit. Here are the specifics: Its running Windows XP, firewalled (ZA) but no antivirus, and its users download off P2Ps like its going out of fashion...

Goto the Fortran page ( http://www.fsp-group.com.tw/english/00_main/main.asp ) and click on products....instant Firefox-ending-error for me . :-?

While looking for information on SATA II, I discovered that the sata working group had, on July 1st, released the electrical specifications (PDF).

I was just re-reading the two very informative "non-incandecesant lighting" threads (http://www.storageforum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2258 and http://www.storageforum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3111) and was wondering if the community would be better served if the two were merged (a spline would...

This is political cartoon is probably old news, but its good for a laugh: http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/contentPlay/shockwave.jsp?id=this_land&preplay=1&ratingBar=off Note: takes about half a minute (advertising) before the Jibjab cartoon actually starts...just be patient. Not sure of the...

Although the actual snip that CD Freaks posted in its newsclip could clearly have been more polished, the points raised by the article in question are well taken. Some of the user comments that follow this news story are very interesting. Source: http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/10109

Saw mention of this list while surfing tonight. I had no idea there were that many!!

I just thought it would be interesting to see what plugins people are using these days I'm currently using: - Real Alternative - QT Alternative - Sun's Java - PDF - Wikipedia search engine - Flash I have no idea what else there might be of use. I know there is a shockwave plugin too, but I...

I just thought it would be interesting to see what extentions people are using these days. I'm currently only using: - DOM inspector (default, and I have no clue what its supposed to do) - Adblock - Flashblock - Add Bookmark here

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If you have time, check out the GotTVPVR HTPC app. It may be of interest to some of you. I've been using GotTV (as a standalone) for 3-4 months now. Played with the v1 Beta of GotTVPVR a bit a couple of months ago, but have to say things are miles ahead now in v2. A Little Background...

First one is the Kanam HT400. Been following this thread for a while. It's probably the best HTPC case I've seen....still has room for improvement (like on that price tag. Ouch!), but nonetheless, I like it. I hope others (like Silverstone) will do there best to imitate and drive down the...

I apologize for prefacing my post as "urgent" (as I usually despise such posts myself), however, expediency is truly needed in this case [Deadline Friday afternoon]. Horror Story Preface I am uncertain of all the details however the gist of the story is this - My cousin purchased a SOLD AS NEW...

Anyone else finding the (Moz/FF...) Flash Click to View extension isn't blocking recent Newegg adds?

Something that I've been wondering about for several years is why CRT devices seem to make an aweful creaking/cracking type noise in the middle of the night (sounds like the devices plastic casing is being stretched or put through torsional stresses). Static discharge and Yoke shift?

On visiting Windows Update page, you may recieve an option to download a driver older then your currently installed version. Is the reason for this because the current set you have installed aren't WHQL'd, whereas the older ones MS offers up are? (Although I'm pretty sure the sound drivers I...

I began to take a hobbyist's interest in computers in the later part of 2000, so this marks the 4th March that I've paid attention to pricing etc. Like clockwork, when the kids March break arrives, the prices of some hardware increases. Anyone else observe a similar trend?

I've begun to notice that a lot of advertisements are using the 16:9 AR for the main content.

Lots of stuff on the near horizon April - Verbatim and Ricoh DVD+R9 media . Ritek begins production - Philips and BenQ writing DVD+R9 @ 2.4x and DVD+R @ 8x - Sony DRU-700A - will be identical with the upcoming LiteOn drive: 8x for DVD±R and 2.4x for DVD+R9 Julyish -New drives from Philips...

DVD Decrypter has found its was to v3.2.1.0 Meanwhile, DVDShrink continues to be upgraded, the latest now being v3.1.7. Interesting to note that some new features have been added, despite the authours previous statement that development had stopped and that future releases of the v3.1.x would...