TOP GEAR: 11/14/04

andylawcc

Lifer
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after last week's enzo vs Carrera GT vs XJ220 vs Zonda vs all the power in the world,

Aston Martin DB9 vs. Ferrari Maranello 575M just looks plain vanilla :)
 

freegeeks

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my Pinnacle capturing unit died on me, I'm out of the capturing business for several weeks :( :|

btw, the show was pretty good :cool:
 

GTaudiophile

Lifer
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Originally posted by: freegeeks
my Pinnacle capturing unit died on me, I'm out of the capturing business for several weeks :( :|

btw, the show was pretty good :cool:

Sorry to hear that!
 
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lets start making a fund for freegeeks - a new pinnacle capture card.. shoudlnt be more than 50-60 bucks for a good one. I got a ati-tv wonder if that helps.. i can send that over .. not sure if it will work PAL.
 

ajayjuneja

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I'm with the good guy on this. Freegeeks, can you pick out a card and perhaps we can pool together to fund one for you :)

 

GTaudiophile

Lifer
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Originally posted by: ajayjuneja
I'm with the good guy on this. Freegeeks, can you pick out a card and perhaps we can pool together to fund one for you :)

Agreed. A TG fund is in order.
 

glen

Lifer
Apr 28, 2000
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Set up a paypal account and we will get you a new card.
So, what is the best card to get for Freegeeks?
 
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Originally posted by: glen
Set up a paypal account and we will get you a new card.
So, what is the best card to get for Freegeeks?

remember we got to make sure it runs on PAL systems..

paypal (non cc can be done to me) and i can forward it to him.
 

DeviousTrap

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I'll also be glad to help :)

I can get freegeeks a permanant account to upload to so we can get the captures fast, and can help with donations. If someone refuses to set up paypal, I can process credit cards is need be. :)
 

freegeeks

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thx guys :beer: but I'm going to b*itchslap (is that even a proper word?) Pinnacle for a new card. It's only 8 months old so they should replace it
 

glen

Lifer
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Originally posted by: freegeeks
thx guys :beer: but I'm going to b*itchslap (is that even a proper word?) Pinnacle for a new card. It's only 8 months old so they should replace it
I loved my Pinnacle card.
It was simply fantastic...when it worked. One time after a windows reinstall, I never ever got it to work again. Unless they have made some major changes, they have the best hardware which is completely undermined by having the WORST and most BUGGY drivers of any peripheral available for installation in a PC.

 

freegeeks

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Originally posted by: glen
Originally posted by: freegeeks
thx guys :beer: but I'm going to b*itchslap (is that even a proper word?) Pinnacle for a new card. It's only 8 months old so they should replace it
I loved my Pinnacle card.
It was simply fantastic...when it worked. One time after a windows reinstall, I never ever got it to work again. Unless they have made some major changes, they have the best hardware which is completely undermined by having the WORST and most BUGGY drivers of any peripheral available for installation in a PC.

I agree -

I have a Pinnacle Usb Deluxe (external mpeg hardware encoder). The hardware is pretty good (until it died of course) but the software is the biggest crap ever. It took me a week to get it somewhat stable on one laptop but it refuses to work on my other laptop - the drivers are pure crap
 

Goosemaster

Lifer
Apr 10, 2001
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Originally posted by: freegeeks
Originally posted by: glen
Originally posted by: freegeeks
thx guys :beer: but I'm going to b*itchslap (is that even a proper word?) Pinnacle for a new card. It's only 8 months old so they should replace it
I loved my Pinnacle card.
It was simply fantastic...when it worked. One time after a windows reinstall, I never ever got it to work again. Unless they have made some major changes, they have the best hardware which is completely undermined by having the WORST and most BUGGY drivers of any peripheral available for installation in a PC.

I agree -

I have a Pinnacle Usb Deluxe (external mpeg hardware encoder). The hardware is pretty good (until it died of course) but the software is the biggest crap ever. It took me a week to get it somewhat stable on one laptop but it refuses to work on my other laptop - the drivers are pure crap

I was going to get one but I guess not then.