harrya

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So how's it going with HD DVD?
Yes, Toshiba has the only unit out right now...I have had the Toshiba player for about a month now and to be honest, I've watched it maybe three times. I have every movie out right now, but you can only watch Apollo 13 so many times before you sta... 
Xbox help
Are you using the RGB DB15 XBOX 460 cable or the Component Video cable?I have the same problem when using the RGB cable, but not the component cable. 
Laptop Line In
You might check your audio volume settings in Windows. Make sure you have the "advanced" settings available. Many laptops give you the ability to turn on/off the mic boost which would allow you to use the mic as a line level input. 
Killer Specs for High End PC in 2006
Cwlondon:The answer is NiveusMedia... They create by far the best HTPC I have ever encountered. I have been building PCs for the past 15 years and built a HTPC about 5 years ago (which I thought was great) until I got my hands on a Denali by Niveu... 
Can a PC match the quality of the best CD players?
Thought I would chime in on this one...In most "cheaper" PCs on the market, there are three cables coming from a DVD/CD drive in a computer; "general data", a "left/right analog" and a "digital" cable.Therefore it is my experience and understandin... 
'Crackle' coming from speakers when using HTPC
Check your audio levels on the computer (speaker icon in lower right hand corner of the screen next to the clock). Make sure that none are maxed. I'd set them to around 75% or so.What type of HTPC are you using? Some sound cards begin to over ampl... 
Does this product even exist???
THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD NEWS FOR ALL OF US...Creative will be releasing a new sound card. The Audigy 2 Platinum EX. Note the EX part. Basically they are getting rid of the internal drive bay connections and using an outboard pice to connect to th... 
High-quality MP3s not comparable to CD WAVs ??
There has been a lot of discussion around this exact topic.Here are some facts:A song on a CD is encoded at 1411mbps whereas the average MP3 is encoded at 128kpbs. Some people do encode them at higher rates like 320kbps, but that is the highest I'...