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Forum: Software and Networking Topic: HTPC's (XBMC, Vista Media Centre? Linix MCE?) |
| Tal3n |
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:38 pm
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Replies: 5
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| I recently built a PC solely for the purpose of using it as a HTPC, constantly hooked to TV, for playback of MKV's , XVID's and eventually Blu-ray Discs. Now I could put into Windows, and fire up VLC and play videos that way, but thats a little cumbersome, and not exactly user friendly ( read: girl ... |
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Forum: Software and Networking Topic: Utorrent & Port Forwarding. |
| Tal3n |
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:28 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 11088
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| ya, DMZ is a lot easier then the fooling around with Port Forwarding.. also make sure you enable encryption |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Goodbye Internet at home |
| Tal3n |
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:02 pm
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Replies: 14
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| I too have made a similar "leap" recently. I moved out to the country, I literally live in the middle of woods. No High Speed Available.. except for Sat. Internet which I don't think qualifies as a viable connection for me. I use internet only at work, which is enough time for me, to get c... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Why doesn't weaklink have HMDI... |
| Tal3n |
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:40 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 6912
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Why doesn't weaklink have HMDI... |
| Tal3n |
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:46 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 6912
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Forum: General Chat Topic: onboard graphics |
| Tal3n |
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:53 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 9964
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| nednil you should look at going with an AMD 780G chipset or even the AMD 790 GX ( If its even out). The former is relatively cheap board. Has an onboard video card that is similar to a 3450 in performance. It can also handle any video content you can throw at it. ( Blu ray playback, HD video etc, pr... |
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Forum: General Hardware Discussion Topic: Bluray Rom's |
| Tal3n |
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:24 pm
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Replies: 3
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| Anyone look at buying a Bluray ROM for their. PC. I recently am looking at building a mATX Home theatre pc, and looking at getting one for it. Prices seem to be dropping on them. Just wondering how they perform. As expected? With mother boards coming with HDMI standard seems like a cheaper way to ge... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: DVR box through TV cards? |
| Tal3n |
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:59 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 8861
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| DVR boxes don;t have coax output ( if its an Eastlink Variety) . If its a standalone dvr , then perhaps that would work. Not entirely sure it would work hooking an Eastlink DVR to tv card. You would have to have a tv card with RCA\svideo\ inputs to get anywhere I would think |
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Forum: Consoles Topic: Fall Xbox 360 Update (DIVX) |
| Tal3n |
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:05 am
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Replies: 2
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| Just updated my 360, and tried out the new Divx/Xvid support. So far its flawless. Media, plays instantly. Now to add a 4GB + memory stick to my X-mas wish list. Totally kills the slow *** divx support on my DVD player. It also will mean I don't have to hook my laptop up to tv with VGA. Just figure ... |
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Forum: Consoles Topic: XBOX 360 dies 2 days before Orange Box |
| Tal3n |
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:22 pm
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Replies: 50
Views: 66056
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| I haven't had any trouble with my 360 yet, and its over a year old now |
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Forum: Consoles Topic: xbox 360 Ban! |
| Tal3n |
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 12:27 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 19508
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| bout time I say. It baffles me why people are surprised by this. They banned the hell out of Xbox(1's) that were modded. |
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