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Tuesday May 8, 2007
Episode163:
The $500, Er, $644 PC! LCD Monitor Reccos, Toshiba LED Projector
H.264: 171MB
iPod/PSP: 135MB
DivX: 201MB
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What's new in Episode163
STUFF
• The Return Of The $500, er, $644 PC!
• Net Radio Gets 60 Day Reprieve
• Monitor Shopping Help: Our Reccos For 21-24 Inch LCD Monitors.
• 820 downloads later... The Wallpaper Slideshow
• Distilled Water vs. Your HDTV. Much safer than alcohol, in Robert's estimation.
• Terms of Service: Watch out on your EVDO contract.
• Bargain Ram vs. Branded RAM... is it worth spending more for 'the good stuff?'
• Toshiba's TDF-FF1AU Mini Projector: Battery Powered LED DLP (It's so tiny)

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Posted By:  Patrick Norton
Posted by: Naked Raygun fan
May 8, 2007 7:40 PM

What's up with the prices on the DL.TV shirts? Since the 2XL shirt is an additional $1 and the 3XL an additional $2 and the 4XL an additional $3 wouldn't it logically follow that perhaps the S size should be $3 less and M $2 less? If the argument is that larger shirts use more material then smaller shirts should use less material. I guess it's a moot point concerning all 2XL, 3XL, and 4XL shirts because they are all currently unavailable.

Posted by: Strange
May 9, 2007 1:47 PM

The 24 inch Dell does support HDCP through DVI
I have friends using it with a PS3, which requires HCIP if over HDMI/DVI.

Posted by: Red M@
May 9, 2007 2:58 PM

Why move sticks of RAM from machine to machine corupting OS installs?

I keep a copy of Memtest86 (http://www.memtest.org/) on hand to verify new RAM before risking my precious data on it. Memtest is a bootable CD that will thoroughly test your RAM without loading an OS or accessing your HDs. At least take the time to run one pass when installing new memory.

My current DFI Lanparty motherboard actually has the tool built into the BIOS; I'm not sure if other mobos have that option.

Posted by: Syaf The Geek
May 9, 2007 4:08 PM

Could be the $644 PC a successful campaign?

Posted by: sdf
May 9, 2007 6:17 PM

I'll go with Robert on Corsair Value. I've installed several and they're rock-solid. Crucial costs a bit more - but also some of the best RAM. Honorable mention to Samsung, may "big names" simply use Samsung parts.
BTW, if you're into overclocking, you'll have to do some other research.

Posted by: Freyr
May 10, 2007 10:51 PM

A cheap cpu for the $500 computer is the AMD X2 3600+. It's only $69. People have been able to easily overclock it to 2.8GHz+.
http://tinyurl.com/35hq36

Here are three good heatsink for Robert.
http://tinyurl.com/3b3h7j
http://tinyurl.com/ywtzbh
http://tinyurl.com/2k7nfp

Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme is mad air cooling. It can cool a intel
X6800, overclocked to 3.96GHz at under 50C under load.
http://tinyurl.com/2m3njn

Posted by: Kyle
May 11, 2007 12:13 AM

The reason for over scan is because all television is still based off normal broadcasting settings which leaves 10% on the edge of the video so that nothing is cut off on a normal TV. If you use overscan you actually aren't seeing what the broadcaster would like you to see which is why when you watch a news channel or espn hd you may see the edge of the video outside the lower 3rd that is displayed.

Posted by: glaverneflambeau
May 11, 2007 11:04 PM

Can you guys see any difference at all between the cheapest and the most expensive LCD computer monitors?
I can't see any difference between a Hanns or a KDS or ACER or NEC or whatever.
Specs don't seem to make any difference either.

GLF

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