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  1. Santilli

    Using 38" Sony LCD TV as main monitor?

    "Someone I know has a 38" Sony, but, needs a HD capable TV to go with her Blue Ray"xbox360". The Sony is not HD capable. Now, it should have S-video, and, my ATI 1650 has a S-Video out. Anyone using such a TV as a primary monitor?" My guess is this is a giant CRT. I've been trying to hook up...
  2. Santilli

    Using 38" Sony LCD TV as main monitor?

    David, I don't agree. I think they are worth about 30-50 bucks, and, it will be a year or so, and they will be down there. Either that, or no one's going to buy that junk, at that price...
  3. Santilli

    Using 38" Sony LCD TV as main monitor?

    WHY are Blue Ray players SOOOO expensive for computers???? Tooling costs? Price fixing? Both? ....
  4. Santilli

    Using 38" Sony LCD TV as main monitor?

    OK: This is the part I'm not getting: the HIS card lists the s-video out port as both s-video out, and, HDTV http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3805441&CatId=2234 ?????????
  5. Santilli

    Using 38" Sony LCD TV as main monitor?

    HMMMM. The problem is still needing 2 DVI ports, one for the Samsung, and one for the TV, using HDMI... Niether card has two dvi ports. Would the Analog to DVI adapter, connected to the cable you are using work??? Kind of doubt it, but, I've been wrong before. Also, drivers for 2003 seem...
  6. Santilli

    Using 38" Sony LCD TV as main monitor?

    OK. David: What cable do you use to connect your video card to your TV? I gather it's a s-video out, that with some sort of converter, goes to HDMI???? Where did you get the cable? I can't find the card you are using in AGP. First, my 1650 ATI, other then having one Analog, and one DVI, and...
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    LCD failure rate? Spectre?

    OK: I didn't check the back of this monitor, but, it was the one I really wanted, view wise: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824116123 Problem is, according to the specs, it doesn't have a DVI connector. So, how do you connect a 1650 ATI card to a HDMI port????? What...
  8. Santilli

    LCD failure rate? Spectre?

    Thanks David Ati 1650 has one analog, S-video, and DVI. DVI is now taken. Considering getting rid of all the CRT's, thanks to Kali power costs. I checked the specs, and, the Samsung takes a good 2/3 less power then the 21" monitors I've got. They take half what the 19" takes I'm typing this...
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    LCD failure rate? Spectre?

    Went with one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16824001271&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&SelectedRating=5&PurchaseMark=&VideoOnlyMark=False Bought it from Costco. Controls aren't easy but, they work. Pretty incredible difference from a 21" CRT. For...
  10. Santilli

    LCD failure rate? Spectre?

    Hi I've been looking at LCD's, and, Costco has a 24" Spectre for about 320 bucks. However, when I look at feedback, they seem to have an early, high failure rate. Is this characteristic of LCD's? Is it the new monitors going through growing pains? For this reason, and support, I'm tempted to...
  11. Santilli

    Using 38" Sony LCD TV as main monitor?

    Thanks. Girl at blockbuster picked one up, and, it doesn't work well with her Blue Ray Xbox, so I figured it probably wouldn't work as a monitor, but, I thought I'd check.
  12. Santilli

    Using 38" Sony LCD TV as main monitor?

    Hi Someone I know has a 38" Sony, but, needs a HD capable TV to go with her Blue Ray. The Sony is not HD capable. Now, it should have S-video, and, my ATI 1650 has a S-Video out. Anyone using such a TV as a primary monitor? The other option is either a 22" Samsung, or a 25" Viewsonic.
  13. Santilli

    Using 38" Sony LCD TV as main monitor?

    Hi Someone I know has a 38" Sony, but, needs a HD capable TV to go with her Blue Ray. The Sony is not HD capable. Now, it should have S-video, and, my ATI 1650 has a S-Video out. Anyone using such a TV as a primary monitor? The other option is either a 22" Samsung, or a 25" Viewsonic.
  14. Santilli

    Suggestions for speeding up a Vista laptop

    Being the cat in the bowling alley: What are the differences between XP, 2003, and Vista, that make Vista require so much faster hardware, and so much ram? Thanks
  15. Santilli

    Is Ubuntu the nix that finally brings Linux mainstream?

    If the guys that did WINE were more intrested in making office apps, rather then games work, it would be wonderful. Yes, Synaptic works, and works well. Course you have to get used to the Linux apps. I like the idea of having a WINE developer actually get mainstream, or even industry unique...
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    Is Ubuntu the nix that finally brings Linux mainstream?

    The computer is just three years old, and, it's just out of warranty, which of course I find out when one of the speakers dies... It's an intel processor, 1.6 ghz, stepped, Pentium R M. Drive it's running off is 4200 rpm, the one that came in it, but, it was actually reasonably fast, about 25...
  17. Santilli

    Is Ubuntu the nix that finally brings Linux mainstream?

    I've got a spare drive and caddy for my Panasonic CF-51, and, for the first time ever, I've got a Nix based OS that actually does some basic functionality stuff, like playing a movie, watching something on youtube.com, etc. This is a first for me, and, even though it's on a 5400 rpm drive, vs...
  18. Santilli

    iPhone: what's the catch???

    David what are you using for cable internet, and, what do you pay? How was Russia? S
  19. Santilli

    iPhone: what's the catch???

    I have the fax problem too, and, a nice fax machine. Wondering about your solution, or, just take it to a Kinko's, and send from there, for the number of faxes we send. On the other hand, Murphy will probably get me, and, right after I cancel it, I end up doing a bunch of faxing...
  20. Santilli

    Suggestions for speeding up a Vista laptop

    Generally, using headers and a free flow exhaust will increase acceleration, and top speed, so, that should really help increase the speed, when you're dragging it behind your car...
  21. Santilli

    Thinkpad, worth the upgrade?

    "outside a Toughbook (which is too dear and (last time I looked) not very nice to use) " If you shop, I don't agree with the first part, nor the later... CF51 has removeable hard drive caddies, which, with your problems with drives, might be a partial solution. It also uses IDE drives, and, I...
  22. Santilli

    iPhone: what's the catch???

    AT^T=MY MOST HATED PHONE COMPANY. Recently, I got phone calls, and turned off service, because I had been late on my bill. I said something like, you send an email, you get payment. You've done this before. Then they came up with some corporate garbage that as long as I was getting paper...
  23. Santilli

    iPhone: what's the catch???

    Besides SWEARING never to own anything by Apple, ever again... My girlfriend just asked me what's the big deal about the iPhone? Problem is, I can't find much that isn't Apple hype. It does appear to be a blackberry at half the price, which means one, it's not paying for windows, and, two...
  24. Santilli

    I have been blessed by HP...

    Actually, the two districts I know are just now moving from iMacs with 9.1, to Dells, with 2000...
  25. Santilli

    Compact Printer

    Canon's BJ-85 was rather cool, since it could be had with a mobile battery, if it worked, and, a scanner cartridge. Had one, gave it to a friend...May get it back...
  26. Santilli

    I have been blessed by HP...

    By the way, you have the right ZE4600 designation. It's on ebay already... It's NOT a Panasonic...
  27. Santilli

    I have been blessed by HP...

    "Greg: Does Apple still support 9.1? If they do not then I wouldn't expect any ISVs or peripheral vendors to support it. If they do, then HP made the decision to not support older Mac OSes, probably with the reasoning that it was a small target audience. I don't see the SE4600 on HP's site...
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    I have been blessed by HP...

    I think I've traced it to at least a defective CD drive in the laptop. Both Ubuntus fail to boot, and, the ram is tested, so, it should easily load into 192 mb of ram. Of course it could be something else on top of that... I have just zero intrest in trying to sort out a computer with...
  29. Santilli

    SSDs - State of the Product?

    Any guess when SSD's(sounds like some sort of sexually transmitted disease) will hit the same price range as SCSI drives? Or, like the Samsung, actually get big enough to boot Windows from, and install a few programs?
  30. Santilli

    I have been blessed by HP...

    Let's see: I'm blessed by HP because I've recently had enough of their products to never buy another. However, I didn't have to buy any of them to find this out. At school we had a all in one printer the guy couldn't get to work with his 9.1 mac. Why not? HP only provided software for OSX. I...
  31. Santilli

    Going mobile: service provider, hardware complete package?

    Sorry if the initial post was confusing. I'm looking for the same solution David has in Moscow, but in Kali.. At the same time, it would be nice to be able to pull the card out of the laptop, plug it in to a router, wired is fine, and be able to run a couple of desktops off that.
  32. Santilli

    Going mobile: service provider, hardware complete package?

    Hi Looks like the rent here is outpacing my income. I'm going to move, and, I don't know where. Thinking of bouncing around a bit over the summer, and, I'm considering a wireless solution. My questions are what company(currently have AT&T for the cell, and, they bought SBC and took over my...
  33. Santilli

    Dieing 21" Hitachi 802 plus What to replace it with?

    Update: Now the monitor is fine, and has been for near 2 months????? Cat hair?
  34. Santilli

    SSDs - State of the Product?

    Didn't see an IDE version, or a converter that would work in a laptop. In theory, the 32mb version would work, since the XP install, and document is at 16GB. That would make for a VERY insane laptop.
  35. Santilli

    SSDs - State of the Product?

    HMMMM. Would be rather cool if they made one that worked for laptops, and it didn't cost as much as the laptop... Using Ubuntu off a 4200 rpm drive right now, and, it's not bad.
  36. Santilli

    SSDs - State of the Product?

    Seems pretty obvious why they aren't mainstream. With a 15-30 year life span, you wouldn't exactly be out shopping for new drives very often. So, SSD buyer=lost customer. 5.9 vs. 7.6ms? Rather strange they didn't compare the VR against 15k drives.
  37. Santilli

    Monster Cable = Scumbags put in their place

    Not that hard. The issue requires either in statute, or case law, a number of hoops you have to jump through, prior to getting to the end result. Quick example: My leg had blood clots formed, I thought by Vioxx, post surgery. The clots went into my lungs, nearly killed me, and, screwed the...
  38. Santilli

    Dieing 21" Hitachi 802 plus What to replace it with?

    Since I posted that, I figured that out, by looking at the ESPN HD offering. It's clear that it's much better then standard. Also this video card plays the HD trailers with no problems, and very well. Have to try it on the Athlon you built in the other room. I was refering to the HDCP...
  39. Santilli

    Dieing 21" Hitachi 802 plus What to replace it with?

    OK: Let me get this straight: The ATI 1650 series card I have is good at displaying HD quality digital, like ESPN360 stuff, but, it does, or doesn't display it at it's maximum ability, just does a good job, after the signal is graded down, because the card doesn't have HDTV protection chips, or...
  40. Santilli

    Dieing 21" Hitachi 802 plus What to replace it with?

    That actually brings up a really good point. What do you need to play HD, like ESPN HD, on a computer, and screen? Also, is a 1 mb/sec connection fast enough for an HD feed?
  41. Santilli

    Dieing 21" Hitachi 802 plus What to replace it with?

    Now the darn thing is working fine. Wonder if cat hair got in the top, and caused a short?
  42. Santilli

    Dieing 21" Hitachi 802 plus What to replace it with?

    I've tried both sides. Currently the best result is plugged into an adapter, and in the DVI. Prior, it was nothing but blue, plugged into the VGA. However, the Sony is now plugged into the VGA and appears to be working perfectly. I guess it could be the cable. Any idea where to get a new...
  43. Santilli

    Dieing 21" Hitachi 802 plus What to replace it with?

    WEIRD. Monitor starts up fine, sometimes. The will go blue only, and, now it just switched back to perfect. Any ideas why it's doing this?
  44. Santilli

    Dieing 21" Hitachi 802 plus What to replace it with?

    Hi My 21" Hitachi is now displaying pretty much nothing but blue. Switched channels on the video card, so, I'm pretty sure it's the monitor, since the 19 inch Sony worked fine on that same channel. Any suggestions for a LCD that does NOT have speakers, since I'm likely to move the LCD to the...
  45. Santilli

    Low cost / High performance build suggestions

    Well????? Got it going???
  46. Santilli

    Replacement fan for ATI 1650 Pro card?

    1650 Pro seems to be a bit faster then the X700XL that it replaced, and, the colors seem to be darker, more vivid, and clearer, in 2d.
  47. Santilli

    Replacement fan for ATI 1650 Pro card?

    My thought exactly. Figured moving the squirrel over a slot would stop whatever might have been happening. Give the front fan a better chance to blow cool air over the heatsink on the card, and, the squirrel can exit hot air out the back, along with another slot being open as a vent.
  48. Santilli

    Replacement fan for ATI 1650 Pro card?

    Switch went well, despite constant swearing, and, too much wine....Bit of thought, moved the squirrel over one slot, not that noisy, with stock fan, compared to X700XL. Hope the cooling is better. Problem maybe excess heat from cpu cooler,...
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