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I am right now in the market for a 37" (diagonal) HDTV LCD display to replace my 27" CRT TV. The model I'm thinking of getting is the Samsung LN37A450, since I don't have any immediate plans to connect a Blu-ray player to the TV. Here's the question: what should I use to connect a DVD player...

Because I'm using my home computer to play back DVD's a lot nowadays, I am now in need of a new pair of computer speakers, since my old Labtec speakers are starting to die. :frowning: Right now, I'm down to two models: Klipsch Groove PM20 and Creative GigaWorks T20. (Note I'm not interested...

That message thread about burger places makes me wonder--who has the best hot dog stand in the USA? :confused: I know these stand out: Nathan's Famous (original stand at Coney Island) Papaya King (New York City) Gray's Papaya (New York City) The Varsity (original downtown Atlanta, GA...

Alas, my trusty old HP OfficeJet 500 has finally gone kaput. :frowning: It can no longer feed paper and any attempt to feed paper results in a lot of unpleasant screeching noises. Any suggestions for a decent all-in-one fax printer that costs US$175 or less?

I'm surprised nobody has talked about Apple's new Mighty Mouse (poorly named, though :thumbsdown: ) mouse pointer. Read about the mouse pointer here I actually went to the Apple Store to try out that mouse and frankly, I'm not impressed. As one who is used to the feel of the Logitech MX500...

Having used a Logitech MX500 mouse for some time now, I can say I'm kind of spoiled because going back to a two-button mouse with scroll wheel feels like retro step. Given that everyone who posts here have to use a mouse pointer anyway, ;) I wonder what model mouse pointer are you folks...

Folks, I was reading in today's Sacramento Bee and there was an article by Sam Diaz of Knight-Ridder Newspapers syndication that said with advancing technology the entire idea of prime time television could be rendered obselete in about a decade. The reason is simple: the combination of...

I just recently got myself a Logitech MX500 mouse pointer and is using the current MouseWare 9.78 software under Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4). Only one thing: which connection port is better for the mouse pointer? Logitech claims that the USB port allows for higher DPI resolution than the...

Bill Carter New York Times October 22, 2003 Read the full article here

We know that for widescreen formats for theatrical movie projection, the three formats known around the world are 1.66 to 1 (used primarily in Europe), 1.85 to 1 (the hard matte format of the Panavision/Arriflex movie camera), and 2.35 to 1 (the standard format for very wide aspect ratio...

I heard that Panasonic is replacing the DVD-RV32 series with the new DVD-S35S, which has supposed sports an improved MPEG-2 decoder chip, a new drive transport and also added 480p component video output. The suggested retail price is US$99.95. I really hope they improved the slo-mo controls...

Folks, I believe this has been discussed before, but I think the various broadcast and cable networks are frequently just overdoing it in term of the bugs used to identify the channel. Among the worst offenders are Sci-Fi Channel (the logo is just too bright), Disney Channel (the logo is...

Folks, I have a really unusual issue. I just bought a BTC BDV316C DVD-ROM drive to replace the old Pioneer SD-M1202 drive that recently died and interestingly enough, the BIOS during POST does not detect that drive! :frowning: What puzzles me is that after the system boots it's seen okay...

I have a friend who's looking for a good, decent widescreen RPTV that doesn't hog a lot of space. Question: which one is better, the Sony KP-51WS500 or Toshiba 50H82? I've heard the 50H82 is slightly better if you need to support 720p signals, especially if you have a Microsoft XBox (which...

My Pioneer SD-M1202 DVD-ROM player is suffering from video playback frame skipping in almost every DVD movie I have in my collection. :frowning: :thumbsdown: I've already checked to make sure DMA mode is enabled with no improvements. Do you think using a special cleaning disk to clean the lens...

I'm right now looking for a good DVD player. One criteria though: I want a player that will NOT suddenly "freeze" during playback if an improperly mastered DVD is being played (e.g., the layer change on Monsters, Inc. and the mastering bug at 28:02 on Disc 1 of the original pressing of the...

Yep, it's the end of the line of the Beta format for consumer VCR's in the USA: Between the easier licensing terms for VHS, longer recording times, and finally the Super VHS higher-resolution format, no wonder Beta quickly fell out of favor with home consumers. It's also the reason why Sony...

Folks, One thing that really aggravates me is the fact it's hard to find out which model CRT or projector TV sets that support 480p, 720p and 1080i component inputs. :thumbsdown: Is there a list available of current TV sets that at least support 480p component input? :confused: This is...

You might want to take a look at this Kevin & Kell cartoon from today (August 11, 2002): Mr. Holbrook must have figured out the innumerable features of DVD discs, especially the premium editions. :laugh: ;) :D

Folks, Be aware there is a particularly nasty issue with the ATI CATALYST Windows display drivers when you are running Cyberlink's PowerDVD XP 4.0 DVD playback program. If you have hardware acceleration in PowerDVD XP 4.0 enabled, the problem manifests itself in PowerDVD in the follow...

Folks, Many movies released on DVD have a second supplementary features DVD disc with a lot a background information on the production of the movie, deleted scenes, trailers, and so on. In my personal opinion, the quality of the second disc is quite variable in quality, to say the least. A...

Folks, I'm sure many folks here have this attitude :thumbsdown: about PCI modems in general. I think I know why: the chipset implementation leaves much to be desired. The 3Com/US Robotics Winmodems are notoriously bad for its subpar performance--which soured a lot of people on PCI modems in...

Folks, Currently, I am playing back DVD movies on my computer. My current configuration is as follows: Abit AB-BM6 motherboard Intel Celeron A 466 MHz CPU 256 MB PC-100 SDRAM Matrox G400 Dualhead 32 MB AGP graphics card 10 GB Maxtor ATA-33 hard drive Sound Blaster PCI 128 sound card...