Recent content by Griffyn

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    Overlay on second monitor works - yet....

    Hi all, I'm so impressed - the new detonator 40 drivers allow for the overlay surface to be put full-screen on a secondary monitor. But - my second monitor is a lowly 15" and isn't capable of running 1280x960 at 85Hz that my primary 19" (Phillips 109P) is. Has anyone got any clues on where to...
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    What surge protector do you people recommend?

    APC is the best I've come across hands down. To add a bit more complication to the mix - there are many differents types of surge protectors out there. The best is a type commonly called 'on-line UPS'. Now I know you're not wanting a UPS but hear me out. This type of UPS is fairly expensive...
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    Watch TV on second monitor

    Hi, Got myself a GeForce4 Ti4200 and two monitors. Also have a bt848 chipset based TV Tuner. All works ok, including the multi-monitor thing. My problem is that I would like to set the TV application to run on the second monitor. But it just comes out black if I use dScaler, and if I use my...
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    Digital camcorder/video card recommendation

    Hi, I'm wanting to buy a digital camcorder, something decent with firewire. I'm getting really confused about what else I need to edit the video footage on my computer. - Transferring to the computer. Is this done real-time, and thus needs to be captured in real-time on the computer? or can...
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    Specify WINS server in NET.CFG

    Hi, Is it possible to specify a WINS server in the TCP/IP protocol section (or elsewhere) in NET.CFG for a DOS-based network setup? It would also have to specify a computer name of course, and I'm thinking that it's probably outside the scope of this sort of setup. I'm just wanting to be able...
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    HDTV on the PC

    *drool* thanks heaps HendrixFan! It's good to know they're finally making their way into the market. Did anyone spot the HDTV DVR card on the same site? :) Only twice the price....
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    HDTV on the PC

    Hi everyone. I'm in Australia, and I'd like to be able to watch HDTV on my PC. I'd get rid of my current TV Tuner card of course - but I'm having trouble finding products. And how would it work in with NVidia's GeForce HDTV support that they talk about on their feature list? And would I need...