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I bit. Got the MU6290 from Lowe’s for $300 minus a $40 off $200 coupon and 2.7% raise.com gift cards along with their cyber Monday code for another $10 off. I finally tested it last night and was able to use the Microsoft HDMI 2.0 adapter with my Surface Book performance base to get 4:4:4 at 4K...

You missed 2 key features. 144hz and Gsync. This is a great deal for a gaming monitor. Or go dual screens. I have a dedicated gaming monitor paired with an calibrated Dell U3014 IPS for non-gaming. For more than double this price you could also get a 144hz gsync IPS panel. That would be a...

I did the same. Upgraded my gaming monitor from an older 22” viewsonic 120hz. Eventually will replace this and my U3014 with 30+ 4K IPS GSync with 144+ hz (if and when that perfect monitor comes out).

Tom Lowe created TimeScapes using a 12 terabyte RAID 5. He had about 20TB of 5.6k and 4k footgage (Canon and RED). Not sure what controller he was using but talks about his setup in on Vimeo. He was also using Adobe for the project, which had a $300k budget. I mainly shoot HD but have done some...

Late last year I switched from $65 month internet only to a local comcast office blast deal that came with HBO and 50MBs internet for $70 a month for the first year, $80 a month for the 2nd year. It was a much better deal then the internet deals. Had to throw in another $10 a month for HDTV that...

I've dealt with this several times and worst case scenario you'll have to call and a Microsoft rep will activate it over the phone for you.

They were allowed to encrypt the locals but Comcast has to provide DTAs free for 2 years. Here's where it gets good... before the switch life was good and you were able to get the locals in HD using the Clear QAM tuner built into your TV. Then you got a notice letting you know about the switch...

I thought about going with a NAS for low power, low maintenance (mgmt), and less hardware costs. It does have it's limitations. Most of the NAS devices that support Plex can Direct Play but there are many that can't transcode HD effectively. I pretty much Direct Play everything but I ended up...

Smart move offloading these cards while you can get good money for them. In the interim I went with a GTX 760. I'm waiting for the mining craze to bomb so I can buy a couple 7970s for cheap. Looking forward to finally being able to run 2560x1440 native. :-) Big money but those 780's will not...

I actually use Apple TV with iTunes home sharing for this rather then Plex but you can definitely play music via xbox or PS3 over the network. The xbox works nativly using Windows Media Center. This is exactly how some people use their HTPC and DVR capabilities by using Xbox Windows Media Center...

I'm loving the handbrake/subler combo. Pulls in all the chapters and Plex even shows a clip of the scene for any particular chapter. On Thanksgiving my brother-in-laws and I were browsing old comedies and jumped right to some scenes for a good laugh. You would have never seen us standing in...

The brand new HD Homerun will do h.264 over the network but it's antenna/QAM only. They have a 4 tuner cable card version coming out later this year that I might be interested in. All my QAM tuners are dead since comcast went encrypted and we only have a few antenna channels in the area so it's...

When looking at it from an ROI prospective I don't think it makes any sense at all, really. The truth is you have to want to do this knowing that it's going to take a lot of your time, effort, and money. What are you really gaining in the end? You have to weight it out and before you start you...

I'm using MakeMKV to pull in the video and 5.1 or 7.1 DTS/DD track along with english subtitles (subs can be a pain with some movies so better to pull all english subs in with MakeMKV). I then use Handbrake with AppleTV 3 setting but I change the RF to 19 (default is 20). This gives me video...

h.265 looks promising but he's referring to h.264.Still a ways to go for h.265. ;-)

Sounds doable...albeit expensive. I see that Tripp Lite on ebay now with 1 bid for $9.99 but shipping is $46. Might be worth watching if you want to save a few bucks. It ends in 10hrs...

Funny you mention this... I had bought a Technical Pro PS9U last year and ran into the same dilemma. I almost bought the onstage stand but decided to stick with my original plan of building a custom desk. A year later and I've finally started the process and have ordered some rack mount rails...

VLC is great for it's built-in ability to play just about anything. For windows media player to work you're going have to install a codec. I've had good luck with the combined community codec pack. www.cccp-project.net

You can mux them over but after doing a lot of testing I found it wasted too much space and the quality wasn't really better then using handbrake with RF 19 (I use ATV3 preset with RF 19). Also, there are still a bunch of movies out there using the VC-1 codec, which need to be converted to...

Images were blocked at work...... Wow, looks amazingly better! Where can we track your progress? I'd ditch plexconnet on Apple TV for this. I already have 3 rokus but hate the interface.

This topic gets ugly quick. Everyone is starting to encrypt all channels now, even basic TV. SiliconDust is shipping new boxes early next year that are capable of transcoding to h.264 on the fly. The first box to ship is only good for QAM and antenna. I can't pick up crap with antenna and QAM...

I originally started paying the 3.99 a month thinking I would use the Plex sync with our iPad. I ended up not using the sync function but continue to pay just to give them some love. Considering how much I've spent on my Plex server, 3 roku media players, and the time spent converting all my...

Your CPU and WiFi play a part, depending. Make sure you're WiFi is fast enough for Direct Play. Make sure you check the actual connected speed for the device (if possible). This makes a big difference, irregardless of rated speed (n vs G). I had a windows 7 box upstairs that would say the...

I'm running 2 x 2TB Blacks in RAID-0 and have been asking the same thing. I recently snagged a 3rd Black and now looking for a 4th. Going to go with RAID-10 for redundancy. I'm happy with the speed, just not liking the idea of dropping the entire RAID. Single drive 2TB Black is already damn...

Logitech recently released the TK820, which is a high end all-in-one for mac/pc. It's $100 but you're getting a $60 trackpad with the keyboard. I've tried it at best buy and it had good build quality and a nice feel to it. I had the K400 and it worked great for the price but this new one is a...

Also consider that the Black needs proper cooling. I run 3 2TB Blacks in RAID-0 for editing video and have a 256GB Crucial M4 as my main boot drive. I originally installed the blacks without a fan on them and they were running at 56c and climbed as high as 59. They have a max rated temp of 60c...

I used to run the WNR3500L with DDWRT. Gigabit speeds were good and the wifi pulled 150mbs just fine in the same room. The range wasn't as good as the airport express and defiantly not as good as my 2013 airport extreme. I had the WNR3500L connected to a $30 5 port dlink green gigabit router...

Probably not but I bet they still consider those movies to be worth $20-30 each. A lawyer will make sure that those discs are worth every penny! :( I have 150 blu-rays in a cabinet in the living room and another 200 DVDs in 2 binders under the couch. Now that everything is on my Plex media...

I'll add to that... I have both a 2600k + Z68 and a 3770k + z77. Stick with the 2600K for now. I only went with the 3770K because it was a new build. Even the 2500k is still an awesome CPU. ;-)

They do sell outdoor rated cable. Not the cheapest. The satellite guys basically punch holes into the house wherever and use a small grommet. My neighbor's house drives me nuts... they ran satellite into 2 rooms on the 2nd floor and the install tech left the cables long so the home owners simply...

5Ghz isn't good at going through walls. You mentioned this was your nieces house. Any reason you couldn't use a wireless bridge and move the server so that it's on the same wired LAN as the TV? Server would have to go in the same room as the TV. Option 2, build a wireless bridge using higher...

Exactly. I have the newest Airport Extreme (so long DD-WRT) and I ended up running gigabit wire through the house. Done deal. Never have to worry wireless issues. We have a bunch of devices but my main focus was streaming 10-30mbps m4vs to 3 Rokus, an Apple TV, and a desktop. I wasn't happy...

WD Red is good for RAID due to TLER. Get a hardware controller and you could do RAID-5. I personally run 3x WD Blacks in RAID-0 for editing raw video and a WD green for temp storage. Green runs cool. The blacks run hot and you need to keep a fan on them. I have a 120mm low rpm fan across them...

Yea I don't get it. I've had good luck I guess but taking a week or more for 2-day delivery is pretty awful. I could see if it was a one off but sounds like many are having issues.

I'd consider 3-5 days standard. I've seen free service take as long as 9 days, newegg or amazon. UPS innovations, fedex smartpost, etc.. I remember back when DHL started this. They dropped out of competition and started shipping to the post office. I typically go with free, regardless of the...

Not exactly Godzilla but Hynix had a huge fire in September and they account for about 25% of all dram. Bigger problem is with the demand. The tablets are taking over and the demand for desktop ram is lower then ever. Next year tablets are predicted to outsell both desktops and laptops combined...

Typically the free shipping is a slow service so they assume you want the paid standard shipping. Amazon does the same thing.

I typically don't use TG but I did both the $30 off $150 deal and the $20 off $100 deal. Worked out great. Got a Roku 2 XS and Samsung color laser for $155 and then a SanDisk 120GB and 32GB for $85. I also earn 1.5% cash back on the card that I have registered with v.me.

Strange. I order from newegg all the time and use my ShopRunner account for free 2 day shipping. It's always lightning fast. I put an order in on Monday at 2:30pm and it was at my house less then 24hrs later. I live in CT and their east coast warehouse is in NJ.

Yupp, I picked up 32GB of Crucial sport on a shell shocker for $160 earlier this year for my main rig. Sale price for that RAM is now $240. Wow! Then again... I did pay $290 8 years ago for 2x512MB of G.Skill DDR600. ;-)