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I just purchased a new PNY 250 GTS 1GB card. Is there any way to control the GPU fan speed from the point that I start my computer? It seems to take about 45 seconds for the software to kick in and back down the fan from 100% to 35%. Is there a way to flash the card so that it will start up at...

Now that Universal's commitment to backing HD DVD exclusively has ended, Paramount preparing to use a, get out clause, Microsoft's X-Box could consider Blu-Ray and on Thursday, HBO added yet another nail in HD-DVD's coffin when they announced that they have sided exclusively with Blu-ray, who...

Now that Microsoft's Xbox could consider Blu-ray support, Universals HD DVD exclusivivity has expired and Paramount preparing to use a, get out clause in its HD DVD exclusivity and go back to Blu-ray, it will not be long until you can use the hammer to drive the final nail in the coffin. My...

You can serch both the Blu-ray and HD DVD Wikipedias. There are many other places to research information on the two formats. This is from one of them. 3.2 What benefits does Blu-ray offer compared to HD-DVD? Although both Blu-ray and HD-DVD are similar in many aspects, there are...

Hi, I am going to purchase a new CPU Cooler for my motherboard and I wanted to know if anyone was using a Zalman CNPS9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler on thier Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R (rev.1.0) motherboard? If so, are you using all four of the memory slots? I just ordered 2 more sticks...

Lets sum it up this way Higher Storage Capacity + Higher Video Bit Rate = A Better 1080P Picture. DVDs have a max bit rate of 10.1 HD DVDs have a max bit rate of 29.4 Blu-ray has a max bit rate of 40.0 :D

Just for your information, Blu-ray has a higher video bit rate(max). The bit rate is the amount of information that is processed and displayed on your HDTV. Blu-ray has a maximum video bit rate that is 33 percent higher then HD DVDs. Combined with a highter storage capacity, Blu-ray can produce...

Just a little information for anyone considering HD DVD. Today, January 4th, Warner Home Video has decided to stop making HD DVD disc and will become a Blu-ray only studio at the end of May. This is a major blow to the HD DVD camp. The HD DVD Promotional Group had scheduled a cocktail party and...

The monitor was in a package deal. Costco had the monitor and PC together in 1 Box.

Does anyone have the Hp w2408 yet? If so, what do you think? I saw one at Costco today and it made the 24 inch Gateway next to it look bad.

I have a Athlon 3000+ and I was looking to purchase a OEM 3800 x 2 or 4200 X 2 939 from New Egg or Tiger Direct. Has anyone used their single core 939 Heatsink on a dual core 939 processor? I am just using the system as a HTPC for watching TV and burning DVD's, so I am not looking to do any...

I am waiting too. Here are the dates and price cuts for both AMD and Intel CPUs. I am looking to go with the E4300 and a Asus P5B or P5B Deluxe for my Media Center. I record shows, do a lot of DVD burning, watch TV on the computer while on the Internet, so I plan on overclocking the E4300 to...

Yes, you are right. For anyone that is looking to wait just a bit longer, you can just type in HDMI 1.3 on your search engine and you will be able to get the information on this. (HDMI 1.3 PRESS) I know that it will take longer for the connection to reach LCD monitor displays. HDMI 1.3 will...

Well, I just returned my Gateway FPD2485W to CC. I made sure that all of my drivers were updated to my ATI video card. The first problem that I had was the color calibration. I used two different programs including Avia. The colors on this monitor are just awful when watching TV and DVD'S. My...

I built a Windows XP Media Center 2005 a few years back and I was wondering if anyone has tried watching TV on this monitor. If so, what do you think? Has anyone tried to hook the Samsung 225BW to a HDTV cable box yet? If so, how does this monitor look watching HDTV? Thanks for any imput that...