Good job, newegg

[So]

I ordered a TV tuner* around this time yesterday from newegg, and it's out for delivery today! 😀

I guess UPS isn't so bad after all. 😛 (it better not be busted :|)

*I'm finally adding DVR functionality to my HTPC, which heretofore has been for emulated games and watching of Divx/Xvid. 😎

 

[EKKC]

Originally posted by: So
I ordered a TV tuner* around this time yesterday from newegg, and it's out for delivery today! 😀

I guess UPS isn't so bad after all. 😛 (it better not be busted :|)

*I'm finally adding DVR functionality to my HTPC, which heretofore has been for emulated games and watching of Divx/Xvid. 😎

my xbox does all that except DVR 🙁

 

[So]

Originally posted by: EKKC

my xbox does all that except DVR 🙁

<shrug>

I never play new console games anyway so it's not worth the trouble of modding an xbox, IMHO.

Plus, the really sweet thing is, I plan to set it up for the ultimate in laziness: VNC into the box and set up recording each night so I don't have to go downstairs to get a show to watch with breakfast.

 

[EKKC]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: EKKC

my xbox does all that except DVR 🙁

<shrug>

I never play new console games anyway so it's not worth the trouble of modding an xbox, IMHO.

Plus, the really sweet thing is, I plan to set it up for the ultimate in laziness: VNC into the box and set up recording each night so I don't have to go downstairs to get a show to watch with breakfast.

VNC rocks. i tried to setup my HTPC (i dont think the XBOX will last forever, but its still my 'HTPC' of choice), somehow my Sharp Aquos cant see the screen, I went in there via VNC and tweaked my display settings to enable the flat panel connection (something that you cant do with RDP)

 

[daniel1113]

A few months back, I placed an order with NewEgg for a spindle of DVD-Rs. Thanks to their New Jersey warehouse location, my order was delivered later on the same day, no more than 10 hours after I had initially placed my order. Needless to say, I was impressed.

 

[ddviper]

Yes Newegg rocks, I order from them almost every time, except when ZipZoomFly is cheaper

-Got service?

 

[So]

Originally posted by: daniel1113
A few months back, I placed an order with NewEgg for a spindle of DVD-Rs. Thanks to their New Jersey warehouse location, my order was delivered later on the same day, no more than 10 hours after I had initially placed my order. Needless to say, I was impressed.

Your profile says you're in colorado. I assume that's out of date, but still, :Q

 

[EKKC]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: daniel1113
A few months back, I placed an order with NewEgg for a spindle of DVD-Rs. Thanks to their New Jersey warehouse location, my order was delivered later on the same day, no more than 10 hours after I had initially placed my order. Needless to say, I was impressed.

Your profile says you're in colorado. I assume that's out of date, but still, :Q

wow they flew a plane from NJ to CO for your DVD-R? :laugh:
same thing happened to me last week when I ordered a spindle as well. form NJ to Queens NY less than 12 hours from order time (but i got it at midnight of the night before)

 

[So]

Originally posted by: EKKC


VNC rocks. i tried to setup my HTPC (i dont think the XBOX will last forever, but its still my 'HTPC' of choice), somehow my Sharp Aquos cant see the screen, I went in there via VNC and tweaked my display settings to enable the flat panel connection (something that you cant do with RDP)

Hmm. I was debating wether to just be lazy and use RDP, but I guess making VNC work is worth it.

Actually, what VNC do you reccomend? IIRC, I tried freeVNC last time, and I got it to work, but I remember it being a PITA.

 

[EKKC]

i use the free version of realvnc, i dont have that pc on all the time, and it blocks all incoming traffic except for the RDP and VNC connections.
its the only pc i use realvnc with, its like pcanywhere, slower than RDP, but you get to be on the 'console view'. even mstsc /console doesn't do the trick for display tweaks

 

[ISAslot]

Ultravnc, or remote desktop

 

[Pastore]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: EKKC


VNC rocks. i tried to setup my HTPC (i dont think the XBOX will last forever, but its still my 'HTPC' of choice), somehow my Sharp Aquos cant see the screen, I went in there via VNC and tweaked my display settings to enable the flat panel connection (something that you cant do with RDP)

Hmm. I was debating wether to just be lazy and use RDP, but I guess making VNC work is worth it.

Actually, what VNC do you reccomend? IIRC, I tried freeVNC last time, and I got it to work, but I remember it being a PITA.

TightVNC

 

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: daniel1113
A few months back, I placed an order with NewEgg for a spindle of DVD-Rs. Thanks to their New Jersey warehouse location, my order was delivered later on the same day, no more than 10 hours after I had initially placed my order. Needless to say, I was impressed.

Your profile says you're in colorado. I assume that's out of date, but still, :Q

Haha. This was while I was at school in Bethlehem, PA (A mere hop and a skip from NJ).

 

[So]

Originally posted by: EKKC
i use the free version of realvnc, i dont have that pc on all the time, and it blocks all incoming traffic except for the RDP and VNC connections.
its the only pc i use realvnc with, its like pcanywhere, slower than RDP, but you get to be on the 'console view'. even mstsc /console doesn't do the trick for display tweaks

Hmm, that may well come in handy, so I'll have to give it a whirl.

I do find it funny that I got three replies reccomending three flavors of VNC. 😛

 

[EKKC]

thats cuz vnc is open source, i guess different flavors for different people.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: EKKC
thats cuz vnc is open source, i guess different flavors for different people.

Yeah, the curse of OSS: things tend to get all forked up. 😉