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    Large hard drive recommendations please

    Hi all, would like some recommendations for a large hard drive with low power consumption to store downloads on. Looked at some Western Digital green drives in the 2 terabyte range that looked promising. Running Windows XP home edition (32bit) and was wondering if there would be any issues with...
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    Large hard drive recommendations please

    Hi all, would like some recommendations for a large hard drive with low power consumption to store downloads on. Looked at some Western Digital green drives in the 2 terabyte range that looked promising. Running Windows XP home edition (32bit) and was wondering if there would be any issues with...
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    Newbie needs help on connecting pc to hdtv

    I did unlock the taskbar but don't understand how to drag it and the icons to the tv.
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    Newbie needs help on connecting pc to hdtv

    Running XP home edition. It switches primaries (main) properly but whichever device I choose to extend main onto monitor in control center the only thing displayed is the desktop background wallpaper but it is at a different resolution and refresh rate which is good. Maybe I need to download the...
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    Newbie needs help on connecting pc to hdtv

    I extended the monitor with the hdtv as the primary and got the same as before...i.e. the only thing that shows up on the monitor is the background wallpaper...no icons....but it does split the resolutions and refresh rates as it did before....... {{{I got my cables in and connected them and...
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    Newbie needs help on connecting pc to hdtv

    I tried making the hdtv as the primary display at 1360x768 @ 60hz but then my monitor also is at that which is not good. Seems like I can't split the resolutions. Any ideas? Thanks!
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    Newbie needs help on connecting pc to hdtv

    Another question.... I'm concerned about feeding my hdtv with too high of a refresh rate which if I understand correctly may damage it. I have looked at the hdtv's manual and it lists various display modes and the d-sub input ...which I guess is the vga input?....and the highest resolution is...
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    Newbie needs help on connecting pc to hdtv

    I got my cables in and connected them and everything works but I can't figure out how to get my video card to output different resolutions to my monitor and hdtv. I can set different resolutions...1024x768 for my monitor and 1360x768 for my hdtv in the control center but nothing shows up other...
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    Newbie needs help on connecting pc to hdtv

    Do you have any suggestions on where to order the adapter and cable? Thanks!
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    Newbie needs help on connecting pc to hdtv

    Thanks for the reply, does my video card's dual dvi ports carry audio too? That would be great if so then I wouldn't need a seperate cable for audio.
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    Newbie needs help on connecting pc to hdtv

    Hi all, I would like to connect my pc to my hdtv. I have a radeon x1950 pro video card and a samsung hdtv that has hdmi and pc inputs. The pc input on the hdtv is a vga port. My video card has 2 dual dvi outputs and I guess the other is an svideo output. I would like to keep my monitor hooked up...
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