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• Anders, a viewer from the far north, Sweden to be exact, suggested that his nation hosts the largest LAN party in the form of Dreamhack. So check it out if you interested in seeing what the world's largest computer gathering looks like.
• DIY Network Attached Storage. If you got roll your own hardware/software solution for your network storage needs check out FreeNAS, an open source FreeBSD based NAS software. All you need to do is burn out the image and install (use the embedded option). All access is via a web browser and SMB as well as AFP sharing is included along with traditional services like FTP.
• If you need to buy a video gaming enthusiast a title this year watch EGM's Shane Bettenhausen cover all the must have titles coming out this holiday season.
• Loyd Case finishes his Build a PC segment with the final bits plugged in, screwed on and closed up.
• If you're planning to road trip this holiday season you'll definitely need to have an iPod with you. But without a serious upgrade to your cars stereo system how do you get tunes from the iPod to your car's speakers? If you've got a cassette deck in your car stereo pick up a cassette to stereo headphone jack adapter. If you're uber sophisticated sound system lacks a cassette deck your 2nd option is an iPod FM transmitter from a number of companies including but not limited to Griffin Technology, Kensington, and Newer Technologies.
• Tim sent us a video question asking for a TV tuner recommendation for his HD monitor that lacks a built-in tuner. Robert pointed out this interesting digital tuner from LG that incorporates a DVD recorder as well as a QAM tuner for compatibility with unscrambled cable channels the DR787T ($230 street). If you don't need an integrated DVD recorder and want to save some cash, the Samsung DTB-H260F ($160 street), is a compact tuner that has also received high marks . And the good folks at AVS Forum have a section dedicated to HDTV Reception Hardware .
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Orange box has a few problems...
Those tend to be the min requirements to play the games.
THEY dont work.
The minimum RAM is 720megs NOT 512, and even with that ep02 wont play very well.
Posted by: Carl S. November 16, 2007 11:27 AM
WOW! How many new monitors do they get?
Posted by: Gordon November 16, 2007 4:51 PM
You didn't discuss the PC game of the Year for 2007: Crysis!
Better than Halo and all those other console games.
Posted by: Dylan Fahey November 16, 2007 10:54 PM
Poster 1: Clueless
Poster 3: GOY, but not even out yet???
Anyway for grownup talk:
The bit on the NAS was good, even if it is BSD.
Maybe do a 3 minute firewall thing on 'this is your network connection and these are the ports that it uses, like port 80 http, port 22 ssh, etc' Just to get noobs up to speed. I get a kick out of '24' when they say, 'get me a socket'. Funny.
Posted by: Jim November 17, 2007 9:00 AM
what happened to the free cd-burning software segment? the segment was scratched 2 weeks in a row.
I use a Samsung (DTB-H260F) set top HDTV tuner. Not only does it work with an HDTV monitor, but it can be hooked up to a PC display via the many outputs on the box.
I bought mine online via Samsungs online store finder. ABT Electronics proccessed the order and sent it to me in less than a week.
Posted by: Tony November 18, 2007 5:04 PM
Couple episodes ago (think it was 202), Roger mentioned Super Duper for Mac. Are there any good programs out there for Windows? Preferably free. I recently reinstalled XP and would like to backup everything before the C: drive gets cluttered w/ other programs.
Thank you.
Posted by: sensor November 19, 2007 9:15 AM
I was a little "offended" about the comment in the game section where he said that the graphics in HL 2: Episode Two are better in the console versions than the PC version. There's no facts to support that statement... little console bias perhaps?
Posted by: MMF November 20, 2007 8:58 PM
About the DR787T recommendation. I think the DR787T, while it will tune ATSC/QAM but will downscale it to 480p. So if a broadcast is in 1080i it will get converted to 480p. If you have upscaling on it can be converted back to something like 720p or 1080i but thats not the same as if it tuned 1080i and passed it directly to the monitor.
Posted by: fadedreality November 23, 2007 12:51 PM
Towards MMF's comment about the DR787T.
If I try to use the tuner to watch HD over the air using component on a 720p HD ready TV. I would'nt be getting HD? Only 480i? Was thinking about buying one but not if its only 480i.
640x360 H.264
320x240
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