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Yes, it does. When watching something dimmer and relatively static, it looks 100% fine. For example, last week's 60 Minutes, the interviews with both Putin and Trump looked great.

Thank you, will do!

Pictures it is! The background of this Geico commercial is supposed to be stark white: Most of the ghosting is smeary color blotches like this, but if you look just to the left of the Geico logo, you can make out Alex Trebek's head. And finally, this is about the least blurry example I've...

Samsung PN51E-535A-FXZA About two years old. This started last month, it was most noticeable at first when viewing stark white webpages from my HTPC (connected through HDMI). It's gotten bad enough that I see color blotches bleeding through whenever the background isn't dark. Dark and/or...

Sigh. PC-only gamer, ex-member of the cult of Carmack. Been playing less games over the last 2-3 years, but I saw the Rage demo at PAX East in March, and it got me pumped up for this... sad to hear that it's such a disappointment. Keyboard + Mouse FOREVER! Gamepads NEVER!

Having trouble with my SAS 8308ELP. I have a RAID5 array that has been functioning flawlessly for 3 years. The system disk ( C: ) is also on the controller card (no array), and works just fine. But now when the computer boots, the array can't be found ("LOADING FOREIGN CONFIGURATION"), and a...

The article was stupid, but I'm one of those luddites that still owns a glass SD TV. Mostly becuase its too heavy to lift! ;) Anyway, flame away at me, I just don't watch that much TV, and my 100 pound trinitron still has an AMAZING picture.

I'm pretty sure that we all know where this is going: http://aswars.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/venuswars001.jpg

Yeah, I just had this same problem with my Living Room PC yesterday. Most likely, your CMOS back-up battery is dying. A fresh "3-volt" battery should produce about 3.25 volts. Depending on the motherboard and chipset, a "dead" battery will produce 3.0 volts or less. 1. Remove old battery...

Yep, those are all popular options. You should choose based on what fits your hand! I've been a dedicated MSIE 3.0 user for a long time, becuase they fit my fat hand so well! I've been using a Habu for the 6 months, and I love it. Its basically a Razor mouse in a shape thats very similar to...

I bought an MS Habu mouse 6 months ago, and I love it!! My computer table is wood with a hard. smooth varnished finished, and I've been using that as my mousepad. The Habu tracks wonderfully on this surface, but I've started to wear through the finish on the table.... :( So, I've decided...

Woz is one of the top computer deisgners in all of history. He is also a super nice guy. I'd let him cut in front of me anyday, just so I could catch a wiff of his genius.

Yar, me too. A dizzying number of DBs here. Frankly, I prefer DB2, but thats probably becuase my DataMart is DB2.

Goddamned Hannafords... At least now I know why my Visa card was "compromised". Last week, I got a call from my Credit Union. The told me that Visa told them that my card had been compromised, and that they couldn't give me any more information about what had happened. So, we went through...

My grandfather bought one back in 1982, when I was 8. Its still sitting in his basement, next to the rack of civil war rifles. You didn't miss out on much, it was poorly made, and looks REALLY cheap up close. I remember being totally disapointed with it, even as a kid. It looked like real...

Arg. That was my point, even after reading up on the different types of UPS'es, I still can't figure out what type a power supply is. I guess I assumed this was a standby unit, becuase of the marketing claims about the "AVR": What would I have to spend to buy a "standby unit"? Do they...

I am considering buying two UPSs, one for me and one for my folks. In both cases, the UPS would not be used for extended outages, but for power issues: surges, undervolts and brief outages. Folks: live in rural Vermont, power quality is POOR, with frequent power issues. Me: live in Boston...

Not a Taser, not even close. (Tasers having a projectile dart with a spool of wire to apply the juice). This is just a simple cattle-prod in glove form. Nothing new about cattle-prods.

Yah, I hate to throw my shoes into the works, But do we REALLY need all those fancy features? Yes, JPEG could be improved, in terms of quality, compression and reliability (error correction). But all the fancy stuff they talk about in the article sounds like things you do with an...

Yeah, I'm not using a pad right now, my wooden table has a very smooth, hard finish that works great. I do hit it with some Pledge from time to time, tho.. So, if those are replacement feet, how to I get the old ones out? Does the bottom come off?

Yeah, but that means that I'll have to recreate the array in the RAID BIOS, and I'm afraid of losing my data (even though I doubt that will happen, I don't wanna lose my stuff).

Ok, this is a wierd one... Now that I've built myself a new gaming PC, I'm rebuilding my old gaming PC into my new Living room / HT PC. However, the old PC is acting wierd: Every time I shut it off, it immediately pops back on again!!! Same behavior wether I use soft-off (windows shut...

I am building a new system: Abit I35 Pro mobo -onboard IDE: 2 CD drives (1 RW, 1 ROM) -onboard SATA: nothing LSI MegaRAID 8308 ELP: -Drive 0: 35 GB 15K SAS Drive (for installing operating system) -Drive 1: 1 TB RAID 5 Array, 3 x 500 GB SATA (for storage) When I first set up the...

I just bought a Habu and I LOVE IT!!! However, I can't figure out what that "sticker pack" glued to inside of the manual is for... Clearly, they are the same shape as the mouse feet, but arn't the mouse feet already made out of teflon? The plain feet are so slick I can't imagine why you...

I haven't been watching the card market much lately... Is this an all-new GPU architecture, or is this just an upgrade to the current GPU? nVidia's product nomenclature has gotten confusing over the last few years...

I know, I know, I was warming to Vista until last week... A salesman came in to show us some new enterprise-level software at work, and becuase his laptop was Vista, it tooks 40 freakin minutes to get it properly hooked up to the projection equipment in the presentation room. I felt like a...

Thanks for the input. I have a 21" trinitron that does 1900x1280 at 85 hz. Its gorgeous, and I'm gonna keep using it for a few more years. However, I like 1600x1200 at 100hz, and I run pretty much everything at that. Running XP Pro, and will for a while longer... Was glad to see Newegg...

Ok, so after carefully evaluating what Newegg has for sale, I picked this one: LIAN LI PC-60APLUSII Silver Aluminum ATX Mid Tower However, it turns out that this is just an updated version of the case I bought 5 years ago! This makes me feel a little silly, like maybe I didn't look hard...

Goal: powerful PC for 50% gaming, 50% Media Encoding ( x264, NDAAC, LAME, DVD editing/burning) This is a tough balance, becuase a 100% gaming rig usually means more OC and less stabilty, where as 100% media encoding requires higher stability and lower temperatures. I'd also like to keep the...

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For sale: Adaptec SCSI 160 card + 2 IBM 9 GB hard drives + cables Great for home server. Adaptec SCSI Card 29160N - Ultra 160 LVD SCSI controler Link to Adaptec Product Page 2 x IBM DDYS-T09170M Ultra160 SCSI drives 10,000 RPM - 9 GB 80 Pins, includes 80-68 pin adaptors. 2 LVD SCSI...

Yah, I understand the performance hit of multiple partitions vs multiple drives.. I just figured that if you have an insanely fast array, it might not matter so much. I'm harboring fantasies of buying a nice hardware raid card, and if I do that, it would seem a shame to leave a drive out of...

I'm shopping around for a new case to build a new rig... Why do so many expensive model "feature" a big door on the front that covers your drives? That seems like an ENORMOUS pain the in pass, to have to swing open the door to get at your optical drives... also, I'm a big fan of plugging my...

Is it still worth doing the old System Disk + Storage array, or is that an obsolete concept? Some background first: I have not built a new PC in 5 years, cause I've been tight on funds, and I havn't been playing as much games. I've always been a HUGE fan of keeping a smaller system disk...

I can understand your skepticism, but don't be so negative, this is very promising technology. Remember, heat transfer is all about transfer rates, so if a thermal interface can move heat faster then you can reduce the size of the heat sinks. Depending on your application, probably not by much...

Another vote for Acronis true image, its awesome and I'll NEVER go back to Ghost. The netwroking is simple and works very well, which makes it easier to back up my laptops.

I seem to remember a program a guy wrote a few years back... It was designed to keep cats off the computer when he wasn't there, by using an algorithim to recognize "cat-typing", and then scare them off. Ah, you can find anything with Google! Looks like its a commercial product now...

Thanks for all of the advice, guys. I was just confused becuase the MS SVGA adaptor cable comes with a standard pair of stereo RCAs (red and white), and yet the description claims "5.1 surround". I didn't know how it was possible to put a 5.1 signal through a pair of RCAs... And now, my...

Yah, I was surprised by that, these forums tend to be relatively troll free... Thanks for the help, its good to know that a cable is availible.... However, looking at that cable brings up the sound issue. I've got a Logitech 5.1 speaker system on my PC, so how can I set up the Xbox to use...

Because I want one, thats why. Besides, "better controls" is highly subjective. The PC certainly gives you more choices (and this made some of the missions in Vice City much easier), but I'd rather play the game with its "native controls". It IS a console game, after all. Also, I'm...