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    Need Recommendations for a stop-gap TV

    My 6 year-old 42" Panasonic plasma just died, and I need to buy a new TV for the living room. Down the road when I have some extra disposable income, I plan to buy another Panny plasma - 60" or larger. For the time being, however, that's out of my price range. I'd like to buy something that...
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    Recommend me software to sync two computers

    I'm looking for something that will allow me to easily keep all of my personal files (office documents, photo's etc) synced between two PC's in a way that works similar to iTunes home sharing, where I can see which files I have on one computer but not the other and easily copy them over. I...
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    Vista Stuttering

    Hi all, this problem just began in the past day or so. Everything I do in Vista right now has a slight stutter or hitch to it every few seconds. For example, if I play a video file, both the audio and video stutter every 5 seconds or so. Moving the mouse around screen also seems to to experience...
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    Dell XPS M1530 Battery not Charging

    Hi, I have a Dell XPS M1530 running Vista (x86). The battery has stopped charging - if i hover the mouse over the icon it indicates that it's on AC power and the battery still has a 28% charge, but is not actively charging. Any ideas on how to fix this? The battery itself seems to still...
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    Merging iTunes libraries and an iPhone calendar question

    Hi, I have two similar music libraries (laptop and desktop) that I would like to merge/reconcile. Is there a way to easily combine the two libraries and remove duplicates? I'd also like to preserve the playlists from each library if possible. These are both windows systems, if that changes...
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    PS3 repair

    My 40GB PS3 recently started freezing in mid game and getting disk read errors and now it doesn't even recognize that a disk has been inserted. I found a guy with a 40GB system that got a YLOD and won't turn on anymore who's willing to sell to me on the cheap. Is it safe to assume that the...
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    Thinking About A New Receiver

    Hi All, I'm thinking about picking up a new receiver to replace a Kenwood that's about 5 years old. I haven't done much research yet, but here's what I think I need: -Need 3 HDMI inputs (Cable box, PS3, Apple TV) -HDMI out to the TV -Only needs to be 5.1, but the ability to expand is...
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    Worst Experience Ever

    Bought an iPhone Friday morning. Friday night I got mugged for the first time in my life, phone is stolen. Call AT&T, cancel service. AT&T and Apple both tell me that even though I signed up for a brand new plan less than 24 hours ago, neither one will sell me a replacement phone for less than...
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    Center speaker stands

    Hi all, I'm trying to come up with a better solution for my center speaker. I currently have it sitting in front of my Panny plasma on the tv stand but it's a little bit too tall - unless you're sitting straight up on the couch it tends to block the bottom of the screen. Does anyone make one...
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    Selecting new earbuds

    I'm thinking about buying a new pair of earbuds, and I've been looking at the offerings from Shure and Sennhieser so far. I'm currently alternating between a pair of ~$40 Sony's and roughly equivilent Creative buds, so I'm sure whatever I buy will be an improvement. Is there any place that I can...
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    Apple TV or Xbox 360?

    I've been looking at various alternatives for getting my music and movies from my desktop to a flat screen several rooms away. I've narrowed my choices down to an Apple TV or a 360. The Apple TV seems to be the cheaper and sleeker option (also probably easier for the GF to use), but the 360...