I have a Vizio 37-inch HDTV that can locate all of the existing TV signals, analog and digital, running down the cable, tell which are viewable and which are encrypted, and put them all in a semblance of order so I don’t have to jump from here to all of the way over there to [...]
It’s not that I mind a good price war. Before the Centrino, Intel had them all the time –with itself. Now Microsoft is poised to release Windows 7 (on my birthday, of all dates –which means they should send me a free copy) and the company just released the prices for the various versions. And [...]
I’ve been trying to review an AVerMedia Duet dual-tuner x1 PCIe tuner card all week. God has it been tough. The darn thing kept acquiring only four digital channels and I have 21 available on my Hauppauge HVR-2250. I tried everything –new drivers, rescanning, prayer, hopping on one leg while waving a rubber chicken over [...]
I ordered a Hauppauge HVR-2250 (my second) from Newegg on Tuesday, June 23rd. According to the tracking number, it will arrive here today, June 25th. Now I know that living in the same state as a Newegg shipping center means I’m paying sales tax as well as shipping fees, but when you can receive your [...]
Myth 1: A Solid State Disk will boot faster than mechanical hard drive. This is true but it’s partially smoke and mirrors as well. When SSDs first appeared, they were rather pathetic 8GB and 16GB devices. Not much fits in that size. Even at 32GB you’ll still be somewhat cramped if you have hardware drivers [...]
Haven’t been able to find out much about this yet (still): If you press the Windows and Tab keys simultaneously, all windows are cascaded as you see above. You can select the one you want with your mouse or with some finger trickery involving the tab key while still holding the Windows key. The funny [...]
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