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November 11, 2010 at 2:36 pm in reply to: 80% of TV viewing in U.S. is still in standard definition #29013
It’s not always larger families.
Take a not so typical housewife **cough**Mrs. Lowtech**cough** and start off with Good Morning America then moving on to stuff like The View, a few soaps, the midday news, Oprah, QVC and any other or all shopping channels, a Seinfeld rerun or two, the afternoon news, the reality show of the day…etc, etc.
9.25 hours starts to look pretty light.
I’ll just stick with my HTPC for now, thanks.
My 2¢ (though probably not even worth that much) –
I see the need for a modular PSU since you’ve chosen the Lian Li case but if it were me I’d opt for the 520W Seasonic unit. Seasonics have an excellent reputation for their performance, reliability and quiet operation. In such a small case there is always a fear of the PSU fan having to ramp up its speed to help remove building heat and this is where the Seasonic should really outshine the competition.
While I’m spending your money I might as well address the CPU. Overall I have no real issue with your choice but again since heat dissipation is a concern in SFF cases you might consider the Phemon II X4 910e if for no other reason than the 65W rating (plus I’m a four core kind of guy). Yeah this would double your CPU investment but this CPU should run cooler for you (and give you four core boasting rights, FWIW).
Moving along I noticed your choice of RAM comes with those wild looking heat spreaders. The idea behind them is sound until you realize that maybe your stock CPU cooler just isn’t up to snuff in the noise department (I didn’t see an aftermarket CPU cooler listed). With that low profile case your CPU cooler choices are going to be pretty limited. What you will find are going to be wide heatsinks that will interfere with your RAM. Based on the assumption that you may not utilize your stock CPU cooler I would suggest that you look for RAM without all that stuff sticking up and find some standard profile RAM instead.
Good luck with the build and keep us posted on your progress.
HD-DVD support is a huge plus for TMT IMHO.
[quote]The irony is that with the old architecture of the video being integrated into the chipset, it was much easier to get a Quad-Core with integrated Video.[/quote]
Of course that option is still available with AMD parts. The downside is that most AMD CPUs are 95W bits save for a couple of Athlon II X4s which are relatively slow 45W CPUs at 2.2/2.3Ghz. However for HTPCing that shouldn’t be an issue but you still have to factor in the heat generated by the IGP. These are certainly considerations that one needs to address in such a small case.
No doubt a pain but good to know.
Is the guide updating itself properly now?
This may already exist but I always thought that a cellular phone that had multi-line capabilities like an office desk phone is just what today’s executive on the go could really need. Even if it was just a two line model with a personal line and an office line that would be great for those in need rather than call forwarding or similar schemes.
Now that your mention it they really didn’t say if you could make a call with this phone either 😛
Any more initial impressions?
This is a story that surely deserves a bump.
And to add to Skirge01’s message please put down that cell phone while driving. While texting or talking with your friend may seem like the most important thing in the world at the time your operation of a 1 to 2 ton vehicle really deserves your highest attention.
August 25, 2010 at 10:23 am in reply to: Has anyone else seen Star Wars: A New Hope Revisited? #27594[quote=”Crim”]
It’s what Lucas SHOULD have done if he wasn’t more concerned about selling toys and other bullshit.
[/quote]I would have thought that pay TV subscriptions would have stayed fairly stable since it seems like many folks who’ve been impacted by the economy would give up stuff like the movies, going out to dinner or shopping just to shop, etc and stay home more. Thus the justification for keeping cable/satellite service.
That’s alright the satellite and cable providers will just raise their rates to make up for the losses.
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are people still big fans of the LCD on the front?
[/quote]At that price it becomes the remote server case that some folks have always thought was the best use for a case with a touchscreen.
Wow. $139 clams for a 400W PSU.
I gotta think about that for a minute.
It’ll be interesting to see what price the Corsair fanless debuts at.
Have you looked at Universal remotes? Newegg has the model RF20 for $55 plus free shipping. I have an older MX350 which is similar and if nothing else it’s been reliable and it isn’t a battery hog.
The Universal may not be able to stand toe to toe with the Harmony but it might fit your needs.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16880120005
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