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1. All 6 of my WD2500KS have black tops, but I just put a newer one into a customers PC, and it was silver.
2. They can get very loud on intensive seeks. Rubber grommets should help quite a bit in this area.
3. The SecureConnect doesn't provide power, it just locks all the components...
My personal recommendation would be fore the AverMedia UltraTV USB 300.
Your options are quite limited when dealing with USB TV receivers, unfortunately.
Hauppage also makes a couple of USB ones, but they're not spectacular by any definition.
S-Video will only allow you to display a maximum resolution of 1024x768 (widescreen 1024x576 interlaced).
Basically, what you need is a TV capable of displaying resolutions higher than 1024x768. Most new LCDs and Plasma TVs these days will offer a maximum resolution of at least 720p (1280x720...
First of all, Starcraft's native resolution is 640x480, not 800x600. Secondly, because it doesn't support any additional resolutions whatsoever, defining a custom resolution via registry/.ini/shortcut is impossible. The resolution is an integral part of the game coding, and can therefore only be...
Tried replacing your PC>Router cable, or using a different ethernet port? Could be one of the culprits, cable has a fault, or your ethernet controller is dropping packets like mad.