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I have bought a few wide-screen edition dvds. However my TV is 4:3. Thus the film is rather "small" on the tv. I realised that my dvd player has a "pan and Scan" option which according to the manual allows the picture to "blow up" proportionately to fit my screen. This option does not seem to...

Am new to the HTPC scene and would like to learn more about the software aspects of the HTPC. 1)I would like to know what types of software you guys use on the HTPC (other than the OS, of course!), especially to process the audio and display. 2)I have read and heard about doubling the...

Hi! I need some advice on this problem. Whenever i tried to play Warcraft3 on my CPU, it will run for a while before the entire computer "freezes" and hangs. I have already set the display quality to the lowest but this problem still persists. There are also times, with other games, that...

Hi guys! Really wanted to know: when the DVD is playing, there is a display about the bitrate, in "Mbps" (i think) Does Mbps stand for MegaBits Per Second? Is that approximately equivalent to MegaBytes per Second? If that is so, then does that mean that 10MB/s is running through my...

Hi guys! Am not sure whether this is the right place to post this though this does seems to be the most appropriate area...well, here goes: Rather curious actually: in speakers the cones, tweeters produce the sounds but what is it in a headphone that gives the fairly wide range of...

Hi there! Recently, i have a discussion with a friend. He argued that generally, music from surround-speakers will NOT sound as good as that from a decent pair of headphone. This, he reasons, is because all the sound from a pair of headphone reaches the ears while in the case of speakers...

Hi there! This is my first post and it may be rather different from the usual ones. This is merely out of curiosity. Recently, i have a discussion with a friend. He argued that generally, music from surround-speakers will NOT sound as good as that from a decent pair of headphone. This, he...