Recent content by PikachuMan

Not a very good gimmick poster, now are you? :(

? component aint digitall now is it?. To explain the "digital advantage" thing another way.. do MP3's sound better if they are stored on a Seagate-branded harddrive, or a Western Digital harddrive? Does the MP3 sound any different if you downloaded that MP3 via a DSL connection, as opposed to...

Yes. The page you linked to even says it comes with "color coded audio cables, game console adapter and quick-start guide". It won't be "true" 5.1 though, because it will be using a stereo inputs (the red and white cables coming from the 360) to create that 5.1 sound.

Hrm, I think I've hit a snag here. The surrounds are actually 4 ohm speakers, not 8 ohm like the fronts/center. I understand this could put more stress on the amp, and possibly damage it. But, I guess I should be safe if using low volume, right? Would this mess up the surround-balance...

Well, it's not a complete write-off. Most Blu-ray movies and PS3 games also come with higher bitrate DD or DTS soundtracks (in addition to the lossless codecs), so it will still be noticably better than plain old' DVD. Edit: For reference. DD goes to 640kbps max (compared to 448kbps max on...

In order to get 5.1 over optical audio or digital coax, you'll need to first have it converted to Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS 5.1. If this conversion is not done, you will be limited to stereo (2 channel) uncompressed audio. I guess you've already found that out, huh? =\ -- Your PS3 does...

? Yes, that card has options to encode DD and DTS (and thus get 5.1 over optical). Irrelevant if he's using analog outs, though.

You don't happen to be using optical or digital coax outputs, right? Because those are limited to stereo (except with sources that have DD/AC3/DTS encoding).

The z560s have a male input jacks, so the genders on that item would have to be switched (i.e., female 1/8 to male rca). I've had this soldered together, but it looks kind of ghetto. =\ edit: hrm, beaten to it =|

Thinking about doing that as well. The connection for doing that would be pretty weird though. 2 female stereo 1/8" connectors (to the z560s) going to one mono rca male output. I can't think of an elegant way of doing that with the type of cables I can get at the stores here. (Online...

Ah, good to hear that. :) Always nice to get something for nothing. :D I've actually done this with the Pioneer VSX-D511 using the z560 satillites and sub (plus a random center channel I had laying about). The optical audio works fine, but the computer output is a bit off. I get full...

Hi guys. Just thought I'd get some help on this. Right now, I've got a Logitech z560 system (4.1) hooked up. I'm pretty happy with it, but I've also recently come across a Technics 5-speaker HT system that has been abandoned (so I can get it for basically nothing, just the work involved in...

I've always found V-Sync'd 60 fps to look much smoother than 80+ unsynced. Even if you don't actively notice tearing, by syncing the frames, the makes the video look smoother. Note that I'm making a distinction between how smooth it 'looks' and how smooth it 'feels'. nissanztt90's explanation...

From what I'm reading, you have to wait till the PS-Store is updated. The current games need a Certificate Key on the PSP-- but that's phased out with firmware 1.7 (on the PS3) and 3.4 (on the PSP). The download on PSN needs to be update also, apparently. Once that's done, you should be able...

That thumbdrive stuff is the major reason I want to get a some mac AV. Those damn flash drives have the potential to be the major vector for infection across campus. At the University over here, nobody thinks twice about sticking their thumbdrive into a foreign computer, regardless if it was...