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Remember the plane whose door plug blew out? A iPhone was sucked out the opening and fell 16,000 feet to the ground. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/iphone-survives-16000-foot-fall-after-door-plug-blows-off-alaska-air-flight-1282/ It still works.

Microsoft originally said you could get a free upgrade to Win 10 from Win 7 for a year after Win 10 was released. But they actually let people do this for many years later. Apparently they just closed the loophole...

This is the age-old question: should you let the display upscale 1080P to 4K, or have the UHD blu-ray player do it? Specifically my new budget system with a Sony x700 blu-ray player and an Optoma UHD35x DLP projector. My first testing with the regular blu-ray of Sound Of Music says the...

Optoma must be getting ready to discontinue the UHD35x 4K DLP projector. It's just dropped overnight to $799 from Amazon and B&H Photo, maybe more sellers too. This must really crush sellers of used units on eBay.

DLP projectors are great for people who don't see "rainbows" in the image. About 10%-15% of the population do see these. It's never clear who gets these issues. They seem to be randomly scattered throughout the population. I thought I'd start a thread about the experiences of those who have...

Old stock keeps getting sold off cheap.

For people in the SE, hurricanes are an annual annoyance. But now unusual Hurricane Hilary is hitting southern California and going up Nevada to Idaho. Where I live it's only going to be an inch or two of rain but apparently Death Valley NP is going to become a lake. The outskirts of...

I saw this over at the SF Gate website. https://www.sfgate.com/shopping/article/insignia-43-inch-4k-uhd-smart-tv-amazon-deal-18295307.php? Direct link: A good deal for a non-critical use.

There's an item in the video setup menu for both the Sony X700 and X800M2 that simply gives you the options of "TV" or "projector". What the heck does this mean? What is the difference between them? I just moved my X700 over to work on my 1080P Optima DLP projector and reset it to...

I just received a Sony X800M2 from an Amazon partner. It was sold as "open box" for a very attractive price. Yet it came sealed and appeared to never have been opened before. Even the OEM plastic strap holding the two styrofoam packing blocks was intact. I'm not complaining, just curious...

I discovered this website the other day. https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/allofbach They have a huge amount of Bach music available already, and plan to host the complete works.

I've gone over to HDMI for my SACD needs, so I'm selling my ICBM unit. This is a great unit for those with SACD units with 6 analog outputs, such as the units made by OPPO. Outlaw only sold them for a couple of years around 2003, and they have been long out of production. Item works well and...

I've never been a fan of the home theater PC, but now I have one. Almost by accident. Look in the computers forum and you'll find my thread about my going nuts buying used Win 11 compatible PCs off eBay and fixing them up. I bought four extras and gave three away to friends of mine. Today I...

This guy is selling a lot of 25 Dell Optiplex 3060 SFF computers, to be shipped truck freight. These are the oldest model compatible with the stringent Windows 11 requirements. www.ebay.com/itm/204075560149 You could clean them up, load Win 11, and sell them individually for about $300 each.

My newest refurbished Dell laptop came with Win 10 Pro but it was activated in a funny manner. “Windows is activated using your organization’s activation service” Research on line discovered big companies that buy lots of PCs use this method, but the PCs have to check in to the server every...

This may be another of those limited time deals from Amazon. The 6 disc set includes the Final Cut along with the original theatrical release and the Redux versions on a separate disc. I thought I got a bargain buying it for $18 last year.

I'm wondering where this nonsense line originated: with a hey nonny nonny and a hot cha cha. It appears in at least two films that I know of: the Marx brothers Duck Soup and the fit-as-a-fiddle number in Singin' In The Rain. The wording is exactly the same in both places. Let me know if you...

Well at least Netflix is lasting much longer than CNN+. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/21/media...wn/index.html? Straight from the horses ... ah ... mouth. Quote: CNN+, the streaming service that was hyped as one of the most significant developments in the history of CNN, will shut down on...

I discovered that the memory in the used Dell 3060 I bought was a lower speed than specified: 2400 Mhz versus the specified 2666 Mhz. I discovered it was quite difficult to search out the determination of whether this was an issue or not. I finally discovered this article on a "gamer" forum...

Has anyone who has upgraded to Win 11 seen any major changes in filling up their disk drives? I bought a used Dell Optiplex 3060 which meets the specs for Win 11. It has a 256 GB SSD system disk, and a 512 GB HDD. The latter I use for back up. Right now fully loaded with my files and...

Poor Dave's thread went sideways into a WiFi6 discussion. WiFi6 aka 802.11AX spec was released in 2019 and products started appearing the following year. Prices were in the $200+ range until recently when you could now buy a WiFi6 router for around $100. Promising longer throw at higher...

I just installed the 21H2 update. It appears to be a small thing - install took about a minute. I hit reboot and went and took my morning pills. When I returned it had already finished rebooting and accepted my log on. This took less time than a generic Patch Tuesday install.

OK there's no existing thread on this AV receiver so I thought I'd start one. You won't be opening this thread unless you are looking at budget options. Since the chip shortage has hit, this receiver is normally not discounted from MSRP of $329. You can buy a factory refurb for $279 at the...

Is there a good source for buying repair parts for DVD/Blu-Ray disc players? Right now I am thinking of replacing any drive belts in my 2003 vintage Philips DVD-963sa. You can buy a handful from Amazon for less than $10 but they are of misc. lengths. E.g. Just my luck the one I need won't...

My 2008 Maytag washer developed a problem: sometimes the cold water rinse cycle used full hot water by mistake. I did some thinking and guessed that the problem was in either the 4 position temperature switch or the water inlet (solenoid) valve. It was most likely the switch so I ordered a...

Well? Is Windows 10 really the last version of Windows? :confused: https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-will-unveil-next-generation-windows-june-24

I'm not a big Star Wars fan so I never bought the OT in Blu Ray. It turns out the prices for used 1k boxed sets has plummeted: I just bought the set for $6 shipped from Amazon. I can live with that price. Seller says the digital version may not work. Do you think this will happen with...

Well it's that time again. When checking Windows 10 Update, I got news that 21H1 is now available for me. This update doesn't appear to do much. Maybe I'll wait...

I had to look this link up so I thought I'd share it. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Orbit-Emergency-Gas-and-Water-Shutoff-Tool-26097/100030514 It's $10 well spent for the next time you really need one. I bought mine years ago.

I just discovered the existence of an odd old recording: Paul Simon Songbook, dating from 1965. It fits right in between the S&G albums Wednesday Morning 3 Am and Sounds of Silence. IIUC the history goes like this. WM3AM turned out to be a sales flop, and S&G disbanded for a while. Paul...