George L. Schmauch Jr.
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Yep. I’ve actually been playing it with regular (stereo) sound without any issues. In fact, with my receiver simulating surround sound, it even has some birds chirping in the background, which I was pretty impressed with by itself. Now, I’m interested in finding out if there’s any way to get the EAX functioning, as well. I’m okay with having to buy a sound card and have separate connections in order to get it working, but I’m not sure if it’s even possible. I was reading about Creative’s “Alchemy”, but I’m not clear on how it might fit into this scenario.
October 29, 2010 at 12:24 pm in reply to: WHDI Kits Explored: Asus WiCast, brite-View HDelight #28754Are we talking semantics here? HDMI stands for High Definition Multimedia Interface. This particular product just happens to be a wireless interface. There’s also nothing that says an interface needs to be a physical connection.
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I loved BSG and was digging Caprica. I think Syfy killed it w/ the extra commercial breaks and by splitting up the season. Also the fact that those guys would fund a movie like Sharktapuss tells me that they don’t have a clue as to what good Sci-fi is.
[/quote]The feeling I was getting from people online was that the story was moving slowly to tell an intelligent story. In other words, it wasn’t reality TV you could watch while leaving your brain on snooze.
Hope I didn’t ruin it for anyone.
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Fire up some Miami Vice, a bikini is still a bikini whether it is 480i or 1080p.
[/quote]LOL! Well, if we’re going there, then it’s the sun glistening on every drop of water, gently rolling over each subtle curve that makes it hot, though. It just doesn’t work at 480i. 😉 BTW… that stands the test for both male and female, so nobody should be insulted. ;D
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lots of the streaming is in HD (for pretty much every device except the wii, which cant handle HD), unless you are talking 20+Mbps HD feeds which im sure is going to be a while.but at 6Mbps you can stream a heck of a lot of stuff before you hit comcast’s 250GB barrier.
[/quote]Having never seen it, does anyone know how the quality compares to DirecTV’s HD signal?
At least with Comcast, you know what the barrier is. Most carriers (like my Cablevision) don’t tell you. Then, if you happen to work from home on any frequency and you suddenly get throttled, it makes for a very unproductive day.
The other issue (which I had forgotten about) is related to what Mikinho just said. We don’t have a PS3 or a Tivo, so our only option would be using a browser or also paying for Playon so that it could integrate with SageTV (preferred) via a plugin. Given that, I don’t see Netflix becoming a part of our monthly bills anytime soon.
Tim, you aren’t quite the last holdout… my family is. ;D Until this is streaming in HD, I don’t see Netflix as even being an option for us. I do applaud the option, though. I wonder how many households will wind up being throttled or shut down because of overage limits on their internet connection? Maybe we’ll see the ISPs start saying, “See?!?! We told you there has to be a premium cost for priority traffic by these “abusive” freeloaders! Now… about that net neutrality thing…”
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ROFL!!!! ok, so full disclosure…i’m not exactly sure why i chose BttF over Aliens….i’m definitely a much bigger Alien fan (in case you couldn’t tell from my previous picks). Maybe i’m just trying to keep you all on your toes? 🙂
[/quote]Your choice is understandable considering that the Alien Anthology is simply not complete without AVP.
[/quote]I have to beg to differ. It’s the ALIEN anthology, not the Aliens and Predators anthology. Then again, that would mean we’d need all 3 Predator movies, assuming you take the “and” to include any movie which had either foe, rather than “or”, which would exclude the original Predator movie (and would make for a ridiculous set title: Aliens or Predators Anthology). 😉 Sadly, the less said about AvP, the better. I’ll concede that the 3rd and 4th Alien movies were–shall we say–lacking. But, nowhere near as bad as AvP.
God, I love that show. ;D
As a side note, I can’t believe I actually found a use for that quote so quickly!
In other words, we’re all attached to another object by an inclined plane, wrapped helically around an axis.
LOL! True enough. Plus, they mention that it takes up THREE slots. This is definitely for the hardcore gamer, however, they usually don’t care about noise or heat. :-X
That’s probably why I’m enjoying it, too. Although, the wife isn’t a fan of his and she’s still liking it. We’re also loving The Defenders. Jerry and Jim are hilarious.
I’m eyeing that card myself and plan to pick it up next month, so I can finally get some bitstreaming action going.
October 21, 2010 at 6:44 pm in reply to: Review: Ceton InfiniTV 4 Quad CableCARD Tuner – Part I #27279[quote=”xjboonie”]
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I forgot to add that when using a Core i5, plan on getting a 3rd party heatsinkfan. The Core i3 comes with a very quiet fan but the stock fan on the Core i5 is too loud for most HTPC duties.
[/quote]Do you have a recommendation for a heatsinkfan? My case is full height.
Thanks!
[/quote]My first stop is always SilentPCReview and I trust their results implicitly. If you’re looking for quiet and efficient, anything they recommend will be perfect for an HTPC. Their current list [url=http://www.silentpcreview.com/Recommended_Heatsinks]is here[/url].
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Actually I did say i was running Windows 7 64 bit (W7x64), but I believe the computers wake themselves with a wake timer.[/quote]Why, yes, you did! I completely missed that. My bad. :-[ I have no clue how the wake timer works, but if it’s internal to the computer, then changing the NIC might not help.
[quote]However, the computers are waking, they just loose connectivity to networked drives. I did browse some 1G NICs last night, some reviewers on NewEgg note some compatibility issues w/ Intel NICs and AMD mother boards, so I’ll have to do more research on them.[/quote]
My systems do this, too. After a couple of seconds, the network connections are restored, however. I see this first hand when I wake it up for watching TV. Are you able to wake the computer yourself via other methods? You could try setting the backup to a time when you’ll be there to watch it and see what happens. It may not be waking up at all.
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