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Ugh. There should be a question mark after the first sentence, and "you're" should be "your". I suck at spelling and grammar.

Merc., what are the exact setting you are(were) using. I was unable to reproduce you're results. I tried a 2 hour 9 minute capture of you're blue screen test and used Vdub to set up a bunch of encodes in batch mode before I went to sleep last night. I used a setting of 250kb/s for all, and...

I found a file I did a while ago that was a VHS capture that I set to 320x240 and a low bit-rate. It's 101 minutes long, and comes to 653MB (which works out to 783 for 2 hours). Unfortunately, I don't remember the exact settings I used, the filters applied, or even if it was 1 or 2-pass. If you...

HardOCP is giving away 1 $500 and 10 $100 Best Buy gift cards right here. It's only for U.S. residents and the contest lasts until Saturday.

I know I'm a few days late, but Happy New Year, everyone. Like others here, the past couple of years have been very tough for my family, and 2002 ended on a very bad note (my grandfather passed away on the 30th). Hopefully things will start to get better this year. Steve

Flash may be evil, but so is that black on orange website. It hurts my eyes to read it.

I just replaced a generic BT8x8 card with an AIW, not for the difference in capture quality, but because I wanted to get rid of my crappy video card, and give my capture card to my parents. If you already have a decent video card, I would just get a cheap stereo BT8x8 based card, since there...

Nothing here either. Oh well.

10,000 points and the number 200 producer out of everyone. Way to go, Cliptin! I need to find some more CPU power to try to keep up with everyone else.

Thanks, guys! I know I like hearing some good news every once in a while, so I thought I'd share this. Bartender, how 'bout some egg nog. Initially, the doctors were concerned, when they found out she was pregnant, because if she had a relapse, they wouldn't be able to treat it aggressively. It...

On Friday, my cousin gave birth to her first child, a 7lb. 8oz. boy named Diego. It's particularly special because she spent almost three years battling non-hodgekins lymphoma, and at one point the doctors gave her less than 10 percent chance of surviving. They even told her not to make any long...

There is a trial version of PowerDVD you can download here. Perhaps that might tell if it's a hardware or software problem.

Yep. It was working this morning, but it's been down since.

I saw a link to this a while ago, probably from HardOCP, but never returned to it. Let's all hope Eugene doesn't start making any videos like this of himself! :)

How long did the original Apology to China thread get?

I installed DX9 and the Catalyst 3.0 drivers without any problems. I can't play the demos though, since they only run on the 9500/9700. :(

Which DVD player are you using?

Hmm. I have just the opposite problem. I had a hard time getting it off when I tried it.

The version that was on the CD, which is also the latest. It was $150 at Best Buy after rebate. I'm not sure what other ATI cards come with video in, but I think it's limited to the AIW line.

The FTC wants to set up a national do not call list. NJ is one of the states that currently doesn't have one, so I'm looking foward to this.

I generally don't either, but you couldn't escape it here if you had a TV on. (Note to TV Executives: Never interrupt a football game to carry a 25-minute press conference by a union president to say they haven't yet reached an agreement.)

They reached a settlement a couple of hours ago, so there won't be a strike.

Supposedly, I'm distantly related to José Feliciano. :roll: I don't find the Christmas music nearly as annoying as the TV specials, but I avoid listening to the radio as much as I can.

blakerwry, How come you used two different user names for your systems? You can have an unlimited number of PCs under one name.

NetStat Live and DU Meter are both good, simple monitoring software programs.

That sounds just like the Abit Media XP, but unfortunately it only works with certain Abit boards, and it's way too expensive ($65.00 at Newegg). I definitely agree with you that MB makers should come up with a standard, which would significantly lower the price. Right now, I think they would...

Yes, they do. Always check to make sure it's the US version you're buying, and buy from a reputable place. There are many places in NYC especially, both online and retail stores, that will sell you non-US versions that you can't get warranty service on.

Congratulations, Mercutio! Thanks for all of your help and expertise. You're a major part of this site, and help make it a great place to visit and spend time. Steve

I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech, and a hell of an Engineer A Helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva Engineer Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear. I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell of an Engineer Oh, if I had a daughter...

It's the University of Georgia Bulldogs logo. So, Cliptin, did you go there, or are you just a fan?

Honduras has decided to ban "violent" video games and toys starting next June. In an extremely poor country, with a 70% poverty rate, I'm not sure what kind of difference they're expecting. They have a huge amount of gang related crime, but I doubt they got their violent tendencies from playing...

Congrats to Cliptin and Jake for their 100-point-a-day performances! Good job, everyone. Steve

It wasn't before? :)

I'm using OpenOffice more and more, and I haven't had any major incompatibility problems yet. However, the documents I create are usually fairly simple, without many complex elements. It has a quickstart to help the load time, but I disabled it on my system since it eats up RAM (about 25-30 megs).

It turns out that the cause of my problem was ATI's DVD player. I could have sworn I unchecked that box during the install (*knocks self in head*). Once that was uninstalled, everything works fine, including capturing and playback with ATI's programs. So I'm happy now, and ignoring the problem I...

Bah, progress. Pizza is meant to be able to be folded and eaten with one hand while on the go. And if you're every in North Jersey, I'll take you one many real New York-style pizzerias.

If I had to get one topping, it would be mushrooms, but my favorite is plain, New York-style from a brick oven (the brick oven makes a difference). In my town of approximately 3.5 square miles, we have about 40-50 pizza places. Every once in a while, one of the national chains will open up, but...

I like VirtualDub, but (1) I don't have unlimited disk space and (2) I'm not always home when I want to cap something. MPEG-2 gives a good compromise between filesize and quality. If it's something I want to keep, it's fairly easy to convert it to any other format I want. With PowerVCR, I can...

PowerVCRII works just fine with it, which is good enough for me. It's what I was using for my other card, but there was a patch for it to work with ATI AIW cards. Now to go dig out my car... Steve

I should also add, this is XP. I'll install 2000 this weekend if I'm still having problems.

What program are you using to cap with? I'm trying to use the ATI programs so I can use the remote with it. This is a clean install of Windows, and I don't have AV software installed, turned off all the unneccessary services and indexing, system restore, etc. Nothing is running in the...

It's not listed there, but all other installed codecs are.

I picked up an AIW8500DV card this week, and I've spent way too much time trying to get this thing to work. Everything is fine except playing and recording MPEG-2 files. It installed the Ravisent Cinemaster MPEG-2 codec, but whenever I try to play an MPEG-2 file in either Windows Media Player or...

Exactly. Since the name is StorageForum, shouldn't the forum be the main page?

Thanks, Merc. I picked up a set today and they're very nice. You certainly can't beat the price. But that blue led is bright. It's getting a piece of electrical tape over it!

The Inquirer, of all places, has a review of the Epox board. I just skimmed it, but they appear to like it.

Is height a big advantage for bowlers? In baseball, there's only one really dominant sub-6 foot pitcher in the Majors (Pedro Martinez), and only one in the Hall of Fame (Whitey Ford). Almost all of the hard throwers are well over 6 feet, and the most dominant, Randy Johnson, is 6' 10".

1.2 has been recalled because of a bug with DHTML support on some pages. 1.2.1 is supposed to be release shortly.

Yep, that is dirty! I've seen a couple of machines close to that, but none worse.

Thanks. I should have done that. Here is a good overview of the main pitches, and how the ball is held for each one. I would also add that a slider is very hard on the elbow, and a split-finger fastball is equally tough on the tendons in the fingers. A starting pitcher usually has 3-4 different...