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Need to make room, so for sale is my complete collection of HD-DVD movies, one of the best players for HD-DVD movies (the Toshiba HD-A35, with HDMI and analog outputs as well if needed), and also the XBox HD-DVD drive that can be connected to your PC or Mac to access those discs, too. The player...

I have for sale the Pioneer Elite CLD-59 in the original box, with manuals, remote, and with it I also have the Pioneer RFD-1 demodulator (also in the original box) that allows to play Dolby Digital (AC-3) movies on any regular home theater receiver with a digital input. This player was...

No longer have a need for this, but great for smaller places. Completely spotless Stewart Firehawk screen, fully framed. Still on the wall and can be demo'ed. $500 OBO. Local only, for obvious reasons. -Christian

I only stumbled about this yesterday via Digg, but it really is a great software bundle for only $50, and has something for everyone: http://macheist.com/mupromo Includes among other things: - GarageSale - Little Snitch - TechTool Pro and other goodies like a very impressive slideshow...

When you buy new CDs, be careful what they require you to install on your PC, as it could be as dangerous as "rootkits". Not only does it hide itself, it can also make your drives disappear, is always in the system, and can cause bluescreens! Full details of the discovery by Mark Russinovich...

I am looking into getting a nice joystick that allows me to play old-school platformers and shooters (shmups) on the PC/Mac, but USB joysticks suitable for this task are rare and hard to find (I am not looking for flight simulator type sticks!). It seems it might be easier to get a PSX/PS2...

Can a memory module act both as registered and non-registered? I have a Samsung 512 MB SDRAM DIMM that works flawlessly in my Asus board, which the instructions say does not take registered RAM. But this module looks like a registered module, and the number says so, too: PC133R-333-542-B2...

I was looking through the Crutchfield catalog and noticed that they mention you need an amp wiring kit for the Alpine HUs 9833 and 9835. However, when looking at the manual for these units online (same for both), I cannot find any mention of an amp wiring kit at all. So do you really need one...

I was wondering what a good USB joypad/gamepad might be. It's supposed to be a simple one to (mostly) play games that require digital steering, i.e. the types of Galaga, Pac-Man, etc. Do good pads for PCs/Macs exist? Is e.g. this Gravis Gamepad any good? If the Sega Saturn Pad released in...

I was at the local BestBuy yesterday and they have two open box items of the Samsung SIR-T 160 for little money (just the device, no remote or anything). This would be great for testing my HDTV OTA reception where I live, or so I thought. They tell me that I can only buy them when I get into a...

OK, here's the deal. In our team meeting tomorrow I have to come up with an "immunity challenge". Background: for fun we are 'voting someone off' each week during our meeting, and the last person remaining gets a little something (not sure what yet). So last week I was voted off and now I...

Just go to the Apple website and you can download iTunes 4.1 for either Mac or PC. There are also updates for Quicktime to 6.4 and the iPod software to 2.1 available. -Christian

So, yesterday morning my computer just died while running normally. I thought it was just the power supply, but trying a different one showed me that more than just the PSU is gone, it seems that the board itself is fried as well, as I disconnected everything and it still didn't show any...

If you are looking to go wireless, Amazon currently has a great deal on the Netgear MR814: including shipping for just $64.99. Shipping is free, and then there is a coupon here to bring it down to $44.99. Sure, it's not the new high-speed protocol 802.11g, but honestly, I have one of the slow...

I asked this in the HT Construction area already, but might be more suited for here: what is the typical length you can go with component cabling without seeing too much signal loss? And is there a way to bridge a distance of, say, 60 ft.? Thanks for any input. -Christian

Ok, so I have a Pioneer CLD-D605, which was working just fine, until some day not too long ago when it wouldn't switch on anymore, at which point I noticed that the standby light was off, too. I assume it's related to the huge blackout we had a couple weeks back. So there is obviously...

Hi all, My landlord and I will be switching to satellite tv, as the cable quality is getting worse and AT&T seems to force everyone to subscribe to 'digital' cable. I looked at the listings of both DirectTV and Dish Networks and they look pretty similar to me. Are there technical...

Nowadays, a single person cannot really produce anything anymore that can keep up with the multi-million dollar projects of today (unless you have the idea for the next Tetris in your head), but one can still produce outstanding improvements for existing stuff, like this for the Quake 1 engine...

I'd like to get some opinions from the people here in the forum regarding the outcome of an auction. About two weeks ago I bought Madonna's infamous book from 1992 in a new, unopened, mint condition. That was the description of the book in the auction. I paid the same night and received an...

Two days ago I received the May issue, and yesterday I receeived a letter from Future Publishing, explaining and apologizing for the fact that they could not secure me (a subscriber) a copy of the April issue, due to some printer shortfall. Was this issue hard to find in stores? I find it...

My girlfriend and I will be going to Salt Lake City, Utah, for a long weekend from Thursday to Sunday. Anyone know where or how to get a nice deal for a rental car? Thanks, -Christian

Anyone know of a nice deal? Thanks, -Christian

It's due out today, and although I haven't seen it yet here in the US (because I'm at work ;)), you might want to take a close look at it, as it was the first high-profile release in Europe with copy protection. Read about it here: Link Removed A good page in general is also...

Stumbled over this auction at eBay, and thought I'd share it with you all: :) http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI...tem=1329825285 -Christian

Hi all, I just purchased an upgraded TiVo second hand, and am having boot problems with it. The original owner said that it worked fine for him (he upgraded to DirectTiVo). I am already reading through all kinds of FAQs etc. to get a better idea what might be happening, but hopefully you...

I noticed this over at National Console Support. The description sounds interesting - has anyone played it? Comments? Reviews? Anyone? Cheers, -Christian

Not sure whether this had been reported here yet, but MS is in for very hard times. They will have extreme problems gaining ground in Japan by missing the Christmas season, and we all know how important Japan as a market is (Dreamcast, anyone?)...