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Assuming we are building a HTPC mainly for playing A/V media, not playing games, the most important thing but often overlooked or not emphasized by most the review on motherboard or graphics card is the ability to support HD audio such as DTS-HD MA or DD TrueHD bit stream. Am I saying audio is a more important [...] I assembled a HTPC using MSI 785GTM-E45 motherboard and AMD Athlon II X3 440 CPU. I choose this combo mainly because it was on sale but also because I thought the MSI motherboard supports HD audio formats through on board HDMI port. Although reading about the AMD 785 chipset elsewhere indicates clearly the chipset is not capable of [...] I “upgraded” Quicken 2010 from the 2008 version for a few months now. I very sorry I did not the “upgrade” as the 2010 version not only offers VERY LITTLE improvement over the 2008 version, in many respect it probably is going backwards as it seems being not only slower but also more buggy. I have been [...] The good old Mitsubishi VS-60111 is a 1080i RPTV that predated HDMI or even DVI. HD video sources came from component and RGB inputs. In order to update to old TV to the modern age, I used a gizmo called HD Fury. There are two main problems with HD Fury. First, it has a left shift problem [...] I have been using PC with a USB tuner to record HDTV for some time. But my old RPTV Mitsubishi VS-60111 only has component or RGB video inputs for 1080i signal; it is tough to connect it to the PC. I have tried various Nvidia’s solutions in the past; they all failed because the way they [...] The Sylvania NB530SLX Bu-Ray player is only $59.99 at Amazon! I have the Magnavox version (see revew)for some time now and it has been woking great. Don’t know how long it will last but this is certainly a great price for a decent Blu-Ray player.
By now the infamous Toyota’s sudden acceleration is well known and much publicized problem. Although Toyota has been consistently deny the electronics controls may be possible causes of the problem, suspicions abound. Whether Toyota’s electronics may or may not be the source of the problem, the fact is there is too much electronics computer controlling too many [...] If your late model Audi’s battery just went dead or the main fuse to the control blown, you are in for a very rude surprise that the key will be locked and can not be removed! Our 2008 Audi Q7 all of sudden was not able to start. Since we just drove the car a few times [...]
I was thinking building a HTPC for some time. My first choice for a HTPC motherboard the XFX GeForce 9300 did not work out when it went dead in just three days. Luckily, right after I returned it, there was a sale on a AMD Athlon II X3 440 CPU and MSI 785GTM-E45 motherboard [...]
I have been using an old ECS motherboard with AGP bus with Intel E4300 Core Duo processor. It is an older board and therefore not only lacking HDMI connector, it does not even support HDTV resolutions and that make it rather difficult to connect to an even older 1080i RPTV. Furthermore, [...] |
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