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    Does Vista use HDDVD/Blu MMC?

    I remember back when HD and Bluray were trying to come up with a single standard format that one of the topics they fought over was the ability to copy the contents of a disc to your computer for home entertainment type PCs. I believe Bluray eventually adopted this, but I have seen no mention...
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    Chaintech AV710 vs DFI Karjan Audio Module

    I've considered buying an AV710 card for my computer, but not sure if it's going to be any better than the current Realtek 850/Karjan audio I have attached to the DFI NF4 Ultra-D. Anyone have experience with this to compare? The plusses for the AV710 seem to be limited to an optical digital out...
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    Confused by MPEG-4 scaling in MPC

    I've been using Media Player Classic for a while to view movies, but have noticed that it seems to have a fairly weak scaler. If I use Nero Showtime the video output seems to be cleaner/less blocky. I'm not sure if MPC is using its own scaler or if it's drawing on something else for scaling...
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    Sempron 64 2600 w/ TUL Radeon 200 Board $99

    Sempron 64 2600+ w/ TUL Board Option Combo special from Newegg. Looks like a good candidate for an HTPC build if you want to use a regular size ATX board. Has 8 channel audio, PCIe 16x, etc...
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    Screwed up Nvidia System Sentinel Messages

    Trying to keep this short... computer is about 9 months old and has ran fine until about 3 weeks ago when I start getting Nvidia System Sentinel messages about insufficient power on my BFG 6600GT. Thought it was power supply but it turns out the power supply was fine and holding about 12v even...
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    6800 GS $199 @ Mwave

    I was digging around and noticed the eVGA 6800 GS is on sale for $199 at Mwave. eVGA 6800 GS Shipping is around $8 depending on where you are. This is the best price I've seen anywhere so far.
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    DVI vs D-Sub on LCD Monitor

    I've been looking for a 19" LCD and found a lot of them for under $250 at Newegg.. but all of them have 15pin Dsub connectors instead of DVI. Is there really a noticable difference in the picture? I've never had the opportunity to compare them side by side.
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    Curiousity with SimpleDivx

    I'm running into a curious little problem with SimpleDivx. On my A64 3200 oc to 2250 MHZ it takes about 6 hours to convert a 2 hour movie from the original DVD format to Divx(avi) but on my Duron 1.8 that I use for my HTPC can convert a 2 hour movie in about 2 hours. Any idea wtf is going on...
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    X800XL $299? When? WTH

    I've noticed a lot of sites are showing X800XL in stock but are charging anywhere from $379 to $500+ for a card that's supposed to be $299. Who on earth pays $500 for a video card that is supposed to be $300? The prices wouldn't be this high if nobody was willing to pay...
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    Need DVD vob file editor

    My situation is I have one of those complete season DVD sets that has about 20 episodes on it across 5 DVD's. I would like to get these onto my computer for easy access, but the DVD's contain one long stretch of video that is time referenced by the root menu. I need a program that can take a...
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    150W enough for Athlon XP 2400?

    I was looking for a micro atx type case to make a DVR computer out of with some of the leftover junk I have and found one with a 150W power supply. I'm trying to figure out if the power supply is enough to run an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ with one 60GB hard disk and a basic DVD-ROM. There will be a...
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    Hauppauge PVR 150 output looks like crap

    I purchased a PVR 150 from Circuit City the other day and got it set up with both the WinTV2000 program they send with it and a freeware PVR program called GBPVR. On both programs the TV output looks like it's saturated with color. Any shade of white is WHITE and makes things difficult to see...
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    Differences between hauppauge pvr 250 and 350

    I've been trying to find info about this on the internet but without much luck. Anyone have experience with both of these that can fill me in?
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    BFG Geforce 6800 Ultra w/waterblock $419

    I received a Dellf coupon code for 25% off any PC accessory which also includes video cards. If I use this on the BFG Geforce 6800 Ultra OC w/waterblock it comes up as $419 with free shipping. I don't use water in my PC, but do you think it would be possible to get this set up with with some...