Recent content by doornail

I hate this stupid, intrusive re-direct and barely visit Anandtech's forums because of how incredibly crappy it is. Please stop hijacking our links with your server-side malware.

I picked up one of those refurb Soyos from Compgeeks and ended up having to return it because the picture would randomly go black. But I miss it -- the display was gorgeous. I bought a 23" Samsung for the same price but as a TN it doesn't compare. Now, I wish I had tried for a factory repair...

Thanks Gillbot. I was concerned it would look like I was sneaking in referral links when I was just trying to provide proper citation.

I have to concur with the Mickster. Them: B Stock Antec P180 with a 90 day warranty costs $110. http://www.antec.com/Detail.bok?no=663 Newegg: Normal, new P180 with a three year parts and labor warranty costs $79.99. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811129041 Horrid...

I'm sorry to report that mine has begun to randomly blank the screen (no picture, but blue power LED remains on). A little googling and this appears to be a pretty common problem. Dang it.

Got mine today. It was shipped in just the box you see on Geek's page (which looked like Fedex had performed acts of cruelty on it). Fortunately, everything seems to work and I haven't spotted any dead pixels yet. There are a couple grey-ish points that stand out on a white background. I...

Zack and Wiki is an excellent game. You want this one.

That's concentrated evil. One drop of that could turn you all into hermit crabs.

Sorry Eug. I don't mean to de-rail your thread. Still an awesome deal and I appreciate you posting it.

Don't be an ass. Given that I can watch a HD disc in full 1080 resolution over component video, it does not follow that a gimmicky post-process 'enhancement' of 480 content should be 'restricted' content. That's retarded.

I will blame Toshiba. I have a TV that will do 1080i (ironically, also Toshiba), and hundreds of legally purchased DVD's but if I want to watch them up-converted I guess should have bought from a manufacturer that cares more about pleasing customers than force feeding stupid encryption.

I got one but it's aggravating the hell out of me. It refuses to upconvert DVD's over component video which is pretty much what I bought it for. Why would they even care about scan doubling old content? My widescreen predates HDMI. Crummy bastards.

I use Linux because I don't like where Microsoft has taken Windows. I don't mind paying for software but I'll be damned if I'll ask permission to use something I've bought.

SCO tried this game (with Microsoft's backing) and it made them a pariah in the tech community. Granted, they didn't have much of a plan B going for them. What Microsoft really wants is a club to threaten spineless CTO's with -- "Nice server room ya got here. Shame if something was to...

Since they are both free and easy to install, why not try each for a week and see which you prefer?