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Forum: Tech Support/Reviews Topic: whats the best computer brand? answers please!.. |
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Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:18 pm
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| that survey pretty much mirrors consumer reports survey....especially in the repair results. in both surveys apple and sony were the most reliable with dell close by.....these are also the most expensive computers, but as Ive found out with TV's and stand alone DVD recorders "you get what you pay fo... |
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Forum: Tech Support/Reviews Topic: whats the best computer brand? answers please!.. |
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:18 am
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| slowpoke, I also wanted to ask about viewing the shows you have recorded on the hard drive in the media center....can you view playback in 2X, 10X, 30X, or 70-100X speed?? (like I can on my panassonic HD recorder)....Thanks |
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Forum: Tech Support/Reviews Topic: whats the best computer brand? answers please!.. |
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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:05 pm
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THANKS for those screenshots!....I see that in the best recording mode you are using about 3.2 or so GB per hour. I see you had 465 GB left over!....do you have one 500GB drive or 2 250's??
if you want to burn some shows to DVD does it do them at 3.2 GB per hour or can you choose the bitrate?? |
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Forum: Tech Support/Reviews Topic: whats the best computer brand? answers please!.. |
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:53 am
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| Thanks for the info rocky and slowpoke.....cant wait to see the pics of the media center screen... |
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Forum: Tech Support/Reviews Topic: whats the best computer brand? answers please!.. |
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:06 am
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| good info guys.....slowpoke & malone, some questions: 1) how easy is it to edit shows you record? taking out commercials and burning to a dvd? 2) can you combine parts of shows into one show....like say getting 2 minutes from one and 5 minutes each from 4 shows and combining them into one show? ... |
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Forum: Tech Support/Reviews Topic: whats the best computer brand? answers please!.. |
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:38 pm
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| what I want to know is this.....where are the various computers made? USA, Japan, China , indonesia? from my much experience with stand alone DVD recorders/DVR's I can tell you that ANYTHING made in china/indonesia is CRAP....these are always the cheapest brands as well..(liteon, cyberhome) ....the ... |
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Forum: Tech Support/Reviews Topic: whats the best computer brand? answers please!.. |
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:25 am
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| THANKS for the added info guys. another question....which hard drive is best.....seagate, western digital, or maxtor? |
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Forum: Tech Support/Reviews Topic: whats the best computer brand? answers please!.. |
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:27 am
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| THANKS for the input slowpoke & others. on the reliability issue the consumers reports showed that out of their questionaire to 60,000+ computer users 12% of apple users had breakdowns/serious problems with their PC's.....gateway had a 24% figure and HP 18% and all others in the 14%-21% failure/... |
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Forum: Tech Support/Reviews Topic: whats the best computer brand? answers please!.. |
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 1:12 pm
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| I just looked at the dell site and the ones Id be interested in are $800-$1600....the $800 one doesnt have a warentee though....the higher ones have 1-2 year in home warentees.. what I like about the PC's is you can add hard drives to them & they can be hooked up to broadband. the hard drives Iv... |
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Forum: Tech Support/Reviews Topic: whats the best computer brand? answers please!.. |
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:14 am
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| THANKS for the info guys....it will be 3-6 months before I get a PC so Ill have time to look and study, Im going to check out the dell site and see what price I can get...but on QVC the dell's are very high priced compared to HP and even sony... |
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Forum: Tech Support/Reviews Topic: whats the best computer brand? answers please!.. |
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:28 pm
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| THANKS for the info guys....and I want more guys giving their opinions as well.. I was looking at a HP media center machine today ($900)...it has a 250GB hard drive ...BUT the recording doesnt allow you to choose bitrates & resolution!....its just got 4 preset "speeds" like stand alone recorders... |
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Forum: Tech Support/Reviews Topic: whats the best computer brand? answers please!.. |
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:54 pm
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| Im interested in surfing the net with a broadband connection & recordin TV shows and burning them to DVD.....Im ALSO interested mainly in reliability and longevity as well.....WHATS the best computer brand for this? the nearest store has sony, HP, and emachines...Im also considering a dell....an... |
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Forum: Tech Support/Reviews Topic: NEED answers to Video capture/DVD bitrates!!.. |
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 1:44 pm
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| I was just reading more info at a DVD info site.....these are the bit rates for various media: VHS VCR in SP mode: 2 MBPS comercial DVD 8MBPS MPEG-3 for HD : 20-40MBPS HD: 55MBPS a 4.7MB (actually 4.37MB) standard DVD blank disc will record 1 hour at a average bit rate of 9.7MBPS. on resolution a st... |
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Forum: Tech Support/Reviews Topic: NEED answers to Video capture/DVD bitrates!!.. |
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:55 am
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| THANKS for the input.....Ive seen duel layer discs a while back and they were an insane $10 each at walmart!!!....I get a DVD RAM disc for $3.50 and buy DVD -R discs on sale for 35 cents each.....NO way am I buying the duel layer discs....I dont think the recorder can record them anyway. I was wonde... |
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Forum: Tech Support/Reviews Topic: NEED answers to Video capture/DVD bitrates!!.. |
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:31 pm
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| I have a panasonic DMR-E85H that I record TV shows with. this unit (and most DVD recorders) have the following stats in these recording speeds: XP speed: 704X480 resolution with a 8-9 megabites per sec (MBPS) SP speed: 704X480 resolution with 4-5 MBPS LP speed: 352X480 resolution with 2-2.5 MBPS EP ... |
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Forum: Tech Support/Reviews Topic: Panasonic HHD/DVD owners beware on discs!.. |
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:29 pm
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| sherlock, I should have updated this earlier....I have bought Maxell -R discs in the 25 and 50 count spindals and they work perfectly, got them for 35 cents a disc. about 50% of Fuji discs worked and ZERO memorex discs worked. Buy Maxell for your panasonic...(UNLESS its the RAM diss, on those I stic... |
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Forum: Board Updates and Suggestions Topic: Rules Clarification |
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:48 pm
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I dont have pics but I saw personally 2 top news and shopping babes in the act.....is THAT good enough??  |
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Forum: Board Updates and Suggestions Topic: Rules Clarification |
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:58 am
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| is it OK for me to "out" a anchor or shoppng host who is a lesbian or bi?? |
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Forum: Links Topic: Celebrity Bra Sizes |
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:24 pm
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| where's tiffani amber thiessen??? ....before and after boob surgury? |
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Forum: Tech Support/Reviews Topic: storing DVD's, my torture test of a DVD... |
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:34 pm
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Replies: 3
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| Thanks for the link, I think Ill store them vertically in the spindle |
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