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Compatible Products & Services / Re: Sony 200 Dvd XL1B3
« on: December 08, 2007, 05:09:51 am »
Is the XL1B2 compatible?
whats the difference between the xl1b2 and xl1b3?


Regards,
Blair

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Compatible Products & Services / Re: Sony 200 Dvd XL1B3
« on: December 06, 2007, 07:33:31 am »
I was just curious. Looks like a supply demand thing going on. On ebay the average price skyrocketed from $160 to almost $300+.
I would really like one but I can't justify that purchase right now. If there was a similar compatible drive around  $200ish it would be nice. Anything more than that and its worth ripping .iso's to a decent sized NAS.

Regards,
Blair

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Users / Re: LinuxMCE serving AppleTV
« on: December 06, 2007, 06:38:30 am »
why do so many people want to use that crippled box for anything? I like to hack stuff and I want NO part of that. I would rather try to run debian on my toaster. I am not sure what one costs now a days but I think you can make a respectable MD for similar cost.

Welcome talmage. Before you think I am a mac hater. I am writing this from my intel mac pro.
regards,
Blair

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Users / Re: Where is the terminal?
« on: December 06, 2007, 06:32:59 am »
Matthew is right. You can get to the shell by the means he described above.
If you are hybrid you can just launch KDE.
so ctrl+alt+f2 then login and you have a prompt. I use it to run ifconfig - lspci - ping etc.. This prompt puts the full power of Linux in your hands. (wish I knew more than basic commands.)

Regards,
Blair

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Yeah the WAF is costing me a lot more when it comes to pc cases. i can live with a nice $40 plain Jane pc looking case. She says "I don't want a computer near my TV" So i have to make them look like appliances.  ;D

Regards,
Blair

 

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Compatible Products & Services / Re: Ready to Go(With your help)
« on: December 05, 2007, 06:42:31 am »
Let us know how you make out.

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Thanks I always wondered what WAF stood for and was to lazy to google it.
 ;D

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A $1000 for a core and MD is easily doable. Using the M2NPV-VM motherboard for both. Get a X2 4000 for the md X2 6000 core. ddr2 800 ram 2gbs 1.5 to Core .5 to MD. 500gb SATA for the Core. Hauppauge 500 or HDHomeRUN for video.

2 mobos = $180
cpus = $225
ram = $50
Hard drive = $100 no HD for MD.
Capture Card = $160
Core case = $40
Md Case = $80
quick math gives me $835 * whoops forgot DVD - LG 20x get two of em'. $60.00

with the $100 get some extras. What about putting it toward a Nokia 800 to use as an orbiter? What about a SPA-3102 so you can use you home phones with Asterisk?
Put it towards some z-wave stuff.

* you could go cheaper on the Core cpu. Case prices assume you don't mind a big functional case to hide in a closet or out of the way. Md case price assumes you want something decent to put near your TV. You could save money by buying a cheaper Hauppauge capture card also.

Good Luck.

Regards,
Blair

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Compatible Products & Services / Sony 200 Dvd XL1B3
« on: December 04, 2007, 07:13:58 am »
Anyone know why the price spiked on Sony XL1B3 units?

I understand basic supply and demand, but what made them go from $99.00 to $300+ so fast?

Any likely hood they will ever get back closer to the $99.00 price?

Regards,
Blair

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Installation issues / Re: How can i merge the binaries in Windows?
« on: December 03, 2007, 07:46:59 pm »
i don't buy many Windows apps, but I use this freeware one when I have to burn something in XP.

http://www.download.com/CDBurnerXP-Pro/3000-2646_4-10409086.html?tag=hed

Regards,
Blair

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Installation issues / Re: How can i merge the binaries in Windows?
« on: December 02, 2007, 09:30:35 pm »
I've never used rapid share before. Most of the stuff I get in pieces I put back together with RAR or similar program depending on the OS I am using. With RAR installed you should be able to click on the first piece and RAR should go to work. When its done you should have a .iso file that is the sum of the parts.

Blair

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Envy comes standard in most of the "cutting edge" linux distros. i know I have used it in MINT. Most of the GUI based scripts are not perfect and most of the time are a quick way to break X or make the system unstable.
If it works for you great.  ;D

Blair

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Compatible Products & Services / Re: Ready to Go(With your help)
« on: December 02, 2007, 09:19:05 pm »
Didn't you already post the same thing  word for word very recently?
http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=3343.msg17011#msg17011

Why double post?
Felt like Deja Vu.


Blair

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Users / Re: MSI Media LIVE HDMI
« on: December 02, 2007, 03:06:47 pm »
After a couple beers last night I was playing with my Westinghouse remote. It turns out it has a button that changes from "Fill" to "Standard". It was set to FIll which makes the screen way to big for MSI. Standard works like a charm. Kubuntu looked great after that.

Thanks.
Blair

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Users / Re: MSI Media LIVE HDMI
« on: December 02, 2007, 04:20:11 am »
I have an Olevia upstairs I can try it on.
Thanks. I probably wouldn't have thought of that.
I will try it up there.

Regards,
Blair

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