I have an MX Revolution I stopped using a while back because the rubbery bits started breaking down. The textured grip on the right side deteriorated to a sticky mess and the rubber center of the main mousewheel is disintegrating.
With some rubbing alcohol I removed the coating from the right...
The comfort and convenience factor would keep me from ditching open-back cans. I bought my first pair of IEMs a couple years ago (Etymotic HF5) just for amazing noise isolation. If it was illegal to use them outside an airliner, they'd still be worth the money... but they fit like earplugs and...
Personally, I'm perfectly content gaming on a 22 inch 1680x1050 IPS display... and I have the added benefit of getting higher settings out of an older GTX card since I'm driving fewer pixels. You might consider a monitor that favors color accuracy and viewing angle if you do things other than...
192kps sounds pretty good compared to lossless, but if you can't tell the difference between 128 and 320, something is wrong with your hearing or you have crappy equipment.
My stuff is firmly in "Mid-Fi" territory but I've migrated most of my music collection to FLAC. I have the space, I can...
I haven't had any great need for a laptop since I graduated from college, but I decided to pick up a 'new' toy this week, a VAIO X notebook. I bought it sight-unseen and you really don't fully grasp how thin it is until you hold it.
VGA ports are quite useful on portable machines. Just about every projector in existence has a VGA input... that can't be said for HDMI.
I don't see anything wrong with optical drives either... the DVD won't be dead for a while. Sony put out several 11 inch notebooks with them... still quite...
I use the included mesh filters with my P180 case. I clean a healthy coat of dust off them weekly. They don't catch the finest particulate dust but they get nearly everything else. Six months after a total cleaning, the case interior still looks quite good. I much prefer rinsing a couple...
Member LIvestrong7 owns a couple of the humanscale models. I have the M7 dual monitor arm myself. The company makes very robust products... and you pay for it.
I would imagine the actual LCD panels are probably made by a couple different manufacturers depending the on the model. Even Samsung, one of the few actual LCD panel manufacturers, has been known to put AUO and Chi Mei panels in their branded products.
I use a couple florescent cabinet lights which has a nice effect, but I'm tempted to try these... since they would free up an electrical socket. I almost never use my computer in the dark though... kinda makes me feel like a loser.
This is what the florescents look like:
behind the desk shot
I use an E-MU 0404 USB audio interface for my home PC. It's overkill but it's got a great sound and has a decent headphone amp. They can be had for around $100 if you're willing to buy used.
How did you come to narrow your choices down to these two? I think IPS is definitely the way do go.... viewing angles alone ought to seal the deal. However, I think you could do better in the $150 range if you're willing to buy used.
I used to have a couple of these and saw a similar issue... youtube'd it. It's my understanding that this is generally caused by bad capacitors on the board in the monitor which can be replaced to fix the screen.
If we're talking about a jack on the front of a computer case, it could probably be repaired for minimal cost... but might take some effort to find the appropriate part.
I own the f/4 and I rent the f/2.8 mkII when I need it. I think the big one would overwhelm a 400d body but that's a matter of personal preference. If you're shooting a lot of low light stuff, the f/2.8 will be very handy. If most of your photography is daylight stuff, you'll be satisfied...
I use a wireless MX Revolution for general stuff but I still use a wired mouse (Logitech G5) for gaming. Like others have said, you don't want to worry about stuff like batteries and response time when you're playing a game.
If you're mostly using it for gaming, I would probably bite the bullet and replace the control pod. Whatever is wrong with it, it's probably a simple matter like a capacitor or something. Maybe it could be repaired cheap in the right hands.