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Thursday April 10, 2008
Episode 227:
Utilites to Spice Up Your Windows Machine, Overclocking Finale and More!
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What's new in Episode 227
STUFF
• DL.TV Series Producer Scott Asnault joins Robert on the set. Is he wearing a Dungeons & Dragons T-shirt?
• Scott suggests everyone be careful about what you throw away. He has been seeing dumpster divers in his apartment complex. Make sure your documents are shredded.
• This week's Tech Pic is from Roger of Passaic, NJ.
• Loyd finishes up his Overclocking 101 series by actually overclocking a PC in his lab.
• Scott shows off a couple utilities that will make the Windows PC life a bit easier. Scott lives in Irfanview. Uses it mainly to resize images for DL.TV and to be able to send digital pictures that he has taken to friends. But Irfanview is much more than that. He also had the chance to get a demo of BeInSync.com. Adi Ruppin, VP of BeInSync, came in and demoed the software. Finally, Scott quickly showed off WindowBlinds 6. Reskin your XP or Vista Machine.
• We also want to know about what utilities you like. Go to the 91 Utilities to Supercharge Windows article and let us know which utility is your fav. And let us know if we missed something. We will put all the information together for a future show. Email us at dl.tv@ziffdavis.com with 'Utility' in the subject line.
• Our Viewer Question is from Mark of City of Industry, CA:
I just built a HTPC with a core 2 duo 2.66 GHz, PQI 2 GB of RAM and a Nvidia EVGA 8800gts. I have a Sony Bravia KDL32M3000. Anyhow, I would love to hook up my HTPC to the T.V. What kinda cable would I need to do this? I am also getting a Blu-Ray dvd drive for my pc. Will my specs play high def dvds at full frame without any lag?
Mark, Jason Cross has got you covered. Your specs are good to handle Blu-Ray. As for the cable, get a DVI to HDMI cable or a DVI to HDMI adapter. However, you will need seperate cables for audio.
• Loyd Case will be back on the show May 1st. So, if you have a question for the Editor of ExtremeTech.com, Email us at dl.tv@ziffdavis.com with 'Ask Loyd' in the subject line.
• Next week: We go Green. Green PCs, Recycling, Power Consumption and More.
• Mobile users! Click here to watch the show and send us your feedback on the show quality when viewed from your phone!


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Posted By:  Scott Asnault
Posted by: AaronG
April 10, 2008 4:50 PM

Folding @ home is going really well! when i get my PS3 this weekend ill be dedicating it to dl.tv (when im not playing it) my pc is allready working for you :)

Posted by: John
April 11, 2008 5:01 AM

Good tips from Loyd on overclocking.

I am looking forward to next weeks show on green-tech. This subject is way overdue for DL.TV.

Posted by: Mark City Of Industry,ca
April 11, 2008 4:44 PM

Hey robert,
Sorry for the long list of Hardware specs. :)
I now have my home theater pc setup and running. I calibrated the television via windows vista media center.
Thanks again.

Mark. ;)

Posted by: John
April 11, 2008 11:45 PM

Robert I just wanted to say you are really getting good at being the primary host. I also think the content of the show is getting better. I like Loyd's segments.

Peace!

Posted by: Tim
April 12, 2008 2:32 AM

Robert

WOOO HOOOO!!!!

Posted by: Ty
April 14, 2008 12:52 PM

woo hooo ftw (for the win)

Posted by: Joe
April 16, 2008 8:54 PM

Robert, you do realize that AMD/ATI's Catalyst Control Center and Nvidia's Forceware have functions to correct for over/underscan, right?

For ATI cards open Catalyst Control Center in advanced mode, go to Digital Panel (or whatever your TV shows up as), HDTV support, check the boxes for the appropriate HD resolutions you want to use, apply one of the default HD resolutions, and then click add if you need to create a custom resolution to fit your specific TV. You just click the arrows until the screen is filled and click accept.

I don't have an Nvidia card handy, but I know they have a similar feature.

Posted by: Mark
April 17, 2008 2:05 PM

Oh,I'v been using 1360x768 resolution.
for the desktop. I didn't know i can use Resolution. thanks joe. i'll check it out.

Posted by: Sethracer
April 17, 2008 6:58 PM

Your Headline lead:

"Utilites to Spice Up Your Windows Machine, Overclocking Finale and More!"

What is a "Utilite"?

Posted by: Will
April 19, 2008 1:15 PM

I just took the garbage out and somebody was poking around through the dumpster. It reminded me of what I heard on this show. Maybe he was just looking for good stuff that people had thrown out, but I'm glad that we are shredder-happy around here.

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