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Congrats jtr!

Honestly, did 321 do anything but bundle up a bunch of freeware and put a diff user interface on it and charge a bunch of money? Don't get me wrong. DVD Region coding is evil and has already been ruled illegal in Australia, that's why most/all new releases are Region 1 (USA) and Region 4...

No biggie. If you have to flip the disc over you may as well put it in an inkjet and get glorious full colour. 100 pack spindles of 4x DVD+R Memorex printables are available for $85 from Amazon.com.

I would see if you can get an Action Pack subscription ($200-$300 per year). With that you get almost all the software that MS makes (apart from .Net Studio), including 2003 server and 10 licenses for Office 2003, XP Pro etc

Should be a setting in the BIOS (but I haven't played with a SuperMicro mobo). You can't do mirroring (RAID 1) with XP Home or Pro. You need win2k Server or 2003 Server, one of the server editions for soft RAID 1 or RAID 5.

Greg, have you got AGP fast writes turned on? That should help.

After watching some of the 1080p clips from MS, I'm waiting for 1080p capable display devices to reach us mere-mortals.

Yesterday I watched Secondhand Lions and Radio. Both very nice. And Under the Tuscan Sun wasn't bad either.

The latest Offspring CD is pretty good.

Looks like a good HTPC machine. Now where can I get one. Stop me from getting a cheap Dell for the wife......

FW800 currently gives twice the bandwidth of USB2, and this certainly comes in handy with external hard drives. As CityK mentioned, FW is also the connector of choice to hook up set top boxes to recording devices such as D-VHS for archiving/time shifting of HD video. But it only has the...

The IBM 200GB 7k250 8 MB cache model (3 year warranty) is available from Outpost.com for $110 after $90 MIR, valid till 15th March. I have one of these, very quiet and a good performer. http://shop1.outpost.com/product/3885207

As WITH MOST TECHNOLOGY introduced to the AS/400 world of late, IBM' s new Internet access solution is a way of combining different enterprise components to create e-business efficiency. Available December 1, this e-business Internet solution for AS/400 is comprised of the AS/400 server itself...

Is there a reason you bought Micron ram from some backyard operation, and not from crucial.com? Cheaper price?

Greg, looking at this thread: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=372970&perpage=20&pagenumber=1 looks like video card is a major factor. I don't think the Matrox G550 will cut it for this task. 1GB ram is more than enough. Perhaps when you get your P650 or whatever...

Throat is a little better today, might be the shit dripping off the back of my eyes into my throat.

Good luck i. We'll still be here as bad influences for when you return :D

I put some antibiotic cream in my eyes, stung like a bitch and blurred vision for long time. Now I'm having a hard time swallowing, wife says it's prob strep. Might have to see the voodoo doctor tomorrow.

I think I've got pink-eye :cry:

What resolution are you running your monitor at? Tho I wouldn't think that would matter because it would have to decode the whole frame before scaling back down to 1024*768 or whatever. Does Task Mangler show 4 processors running? In which case 29% overall could mean that one physical processor...

The movies are encoded with WMA 9, 5.1 channels of 25 bit 48kHz audio, I didn't think PowerDVD etc could decode that?

Apparently you can get smoother video when using something other than WMP, because then you won't be decoding the multichannel audio.

I tried the 1080p of Scooy Doo 2 and it was very choppy, more like a slideshow. Still with a pee4 2.4 with 8MB rage PCI vid, I didn't expect much. Now to wait for the cellphone to recharge so I can dl Coral Reef at 720p.

Think your computer is hot bananas? Try these and see if it can keep up. The 1080p clips are pretty challenging. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/content_provider/film/ContentShowcase.aspx

I've been using an MS Natural keyboard for a couple of years now, but recently I had to do a typing speed test for a prospective employer and it wasn't too good going back to a straight one.

I believe the optimum number of credit cards on your credit report is 4-5. They will mark you down if you are using too much of your available credit (>50% of balance), and bizzarely enough, if you have no balance at all (you could go crazy and max em all out at once). If a lender gets a proper...

Thanks everyone. I picked up an '04 Elantra GLS, manual with cruise, CD, and power moonroof. All the other power stuff comes standard (windows, mirrors, keyless entry. Plus they had a very cheap warranty upgrade to 10/100,000 bumper-to-bumper which I got as well. The only real downside I could...

Well I've narrowed it down to an Elantra GLS (thanks Fushigi), or a Chevy Silverado 2WD pickup. Prob go with the Elantra, as the Silverado can only seat 3.

FWD is great for snow, but I still like the rear end to stay where it belongs :D That is a great price for the specs they give. Is that a new brand, Scion? Looks like a Suby emblem on the front.

Looks nice. But I need four doors anyway. And 17" snow tires ain't cheap :)

Oh and a decent warranty. That's why I'm tempted by Mitsu 10 year/ 100K powertrain. Makes Ford's 3/36 look like the joke it is.

2 adults in front, 2 kids in the back. Basically need a family car. Minivan would be nice but they are pretty expensive. Right now wife has a Taurus (whilst admittedly a piece of crap, it is roomy, with a big boot).

Thanks. Anyone have any suggestions on new cars? My budget is under 20K, preferably closer to 15. Currently looking at an 04 Mitsu Lancer, or perhaps a Mazda 5. I will never buy a Ford as long as I live.

I had a valve cover gasket go on my olde Toyota Corolla. No worries, a little bit of oil leaking. Sadly this is a bit more serious, the valve cover is pushed up about 1.5-2 inches on the higher side of the block. There was a nasty metallic hitting noise when she went. Given the price I paid for...

I ordered a Winegard Square Shooter today, in the hopes of getting Syracuse/Buffalo stations. Seems like a good performer for it's size. I'm 17 miles from the locals, and 50+ from Syracuse.

Wife loves Jag, I don't mind Without a Trace, NCIS, etc. What I really want is 24 in HD, FOX comes on line in May, we'll see what pathetic effort they can make at HD. Prob 480p.

Damn when you said hi-rez I was thinking of 1920*1200...... Intel is having some probs with their .g chipset I believe. However you could get a tri-mode mini-PCI card (.a, .b, .g) from another manufacturer.

According to avsforum, the FusionIII appears to be identical to the ATI HDTV Wonder. I got the HD-120 yesterday, today I fiddled with the rabbit ears and ended up hanging them from the upstairs window. I can get 40% signal on PBS (HD). This is the only full power station. That still causes some...

Guess I won't tell you about the heavy snow we are currently having here in Upstate NY then :mrgrn:

Passed the road test today. And so I join the millions of barely competent NY drivers :) On a sadder note my truck blew a valve cover when I tried to start it today :( It may have to be put to sleep. Had to use the mother-in-law's truck for the test.

BTW I submerged a print under water, completely waterproof :)

Yeah I think Olympus made one that did 4*6s for cheap.

The dye-subs are nice, problem is that you pay a fixed cost for ink (ribbon) per page, no matter how much coverage you have. So if you want to print anything small than 8*10, you still pay the same cost. Still, if you need a lot of photos printed in a hurrry it can't be beaten for speed. Let...

Can't you pay your CC bills online?

Well I thought I would put a few words together about my latest toy. It's the latest photo inkjet from Epson, uses 1.5pl droplets, and instead of the standard 6 carts, it uses 8. It's got Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow. In addition it has the new blue, red, matte black and gloss optimizer. The...

Tranquiliser gun + dart = happiness for all.

I can only imagine it's something to do with the fact that it's a debit VISA card and not a true credit VISA? I know Amazon has pretty lax address verification, but Newegg is strict. Perhaps the solution is to get a true credit card, just for online stuff?

Oh well. Won't be available till Spring anyway. Can always get one to use in conjunction with your Fusion III, record two programs at once :)

On Saturday I had the "pleasure" of sitting thru a 5 hour pre licensing road safety course. In it, it was explained to me how to conduct a three point turn, and a parallel park. I'll be sending a stern letter to Tas Motor vehicles asking them to demand a road test from any NY drivers that want...

In any case the unencrypted QAM will mean that only the basic channels will be viewable, the good stuf like HBO, SHO etc will be encrypted. Unless they find a way to incorporate an OpenCable option in the future, which would mean you could have a choice of cable viewage device, instead of being...