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High Def TV

voodoo — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:21:19 GMT

I have my eye on a 42 inch [url=http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11285621&whse=BC&topnav=&browse=&lang=en-US]Phillips LCD[/url] for $999.

Also considering a 40 inch [url=http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Samsung-40-LCD-HDTV-LN-T4042H/sem/rpsm/oid/174197/catOid/-12869/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do]Samsung LCD[/url] from Circuit City for $899.

I'm leaning towards the Phillips because it is larger and it's a 1080p. Both have 3 HDMI inputs, btw. Thoughts? What do y'all have?

my new computor :)

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Wireless help

voodoo — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:24:44 GMT

OK, got the laptop. Got the router (Netgear WPN824).

Correct me if I am wrong, and I actually feel stupid for needing help, but the cable connects to the modem then connects to the router than on to the PC.

Right?

Why the hell am I not able to connect? What am I doing wrong? Or is the router bad?

Bought myself a new laptop today

voodoo — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:08:43 GMT

Got some money for Christmas so the wife and I indulged and bought a laptop. A Toshiba Satellite T2330. Nothing fancy at all. Only $449 on sale at Best Buy this week. A friend has a wireless router he will give me (along with an external hard drive).
It's a Pentium dual core with a 120 gb hard drive, 1 gig of memory expandable to 2. It's bare bones in that no Office product is installed but I will get that later. For now it's just for basic surfing and storage stuff.

[url=http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8669951&type=product&id=1196470792281]my new baby[/url]

Flash drive help

voodoo — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:21:06 GMT

I have a couple of large capacity flash drives that I store and transport music on (to and from work mostly) and one of them is no failing to open up when I plug it in to the USB. Is this thing done forever now? Is there any hope of it ever working again?

Webisite issues - why is this happening?

voodoo — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:49:53 GMT

OK, here's the issue. My wife is a moderator on another message board. A few weeks ago, before we left for vacation, she all of a sudden could not access the message board. I tried everything I could think of to solve the problem (firewall, anti-virus, all kinds of settings, ports, etc) but nothing worked. She still could not get to the page. What was actually happening was that the page would begin to load, then a blank screen would appear, and at the bottom left the word "done" showed up. Now, if she received a private message, with a notification in her email, she could get to private messages and all the controls with no problems using the link in the email. She could navigate through all that stuff, even access buddy groups and friends accounts, and send a new PM. At that time she was not the only user having issues, either. The site upgraded the server and all was well for a few weeks. Then yesterday the same thing happened, and she cannot get on to the site. I tried using both Firefox and IE, and neither worked at home. I can get on here at work, and my sister-in-law can get in. And we both have the same ISP.

What the hell is going on? What other settings on my computer could be blocking access to this one website, and only when trying to get to the main message board? She could access it in the morning but not yesterday evening. Nothing has changed since then, that I am aware of. This is driving me INSANE!!!!

The site's url is http://www.twinstuff.com/.

Apples iPhone

voodoo — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:32:59 GMT

Anyone have one?

Not me. Too rich for my blood. Just curious to hear what others have to say about it.

Microsoft Surface

voodoo — Wed, 30 May 2007 04:22:54 GMT

Not sure what to make of this at the moment but it looks damn sweet! I imagine the possibilities are near endless.

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

PSP

emericanidiot903 — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:24:31 GMT

I have a psp being shipped to my house as i type. I recently bought a slimline PS2 and games like madden 06 and the other games that offer psp connectibilty and special features just for the psp. What do you guys think of it?

VoIP Solutions

Queen_Diamond — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:14:42 GMT

I work for a small university and we have recently extended our campus to another state. Cost of communication between the two campuses has become a major issue. I am now researching VoIP solutions. Our current system is Mitel (Superset 4025, to be specific) and Mitel offers VoIP, but after meeting with the sales rep, I feel that in the end we would get screwed because of all the plug-ins you have to buy to have this capability. I think it might be cheaper to go with a whole new system. So, has anyone had any experience with a Mitel upgrade to VoIP? I am also evaluating Cisco VoIP solutions.

Any feedback, personal experiences, suggestions, or heresy is appreciated. :)

A+ Certification

Queen_Diamond — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:15:36 GMT

If anyone is wanting a start into the tech world, I have made ISOs of the Test Out discs for CompTIA's A+ certification. Just let me know and I'll direct you to the ftp. I also have Net+, Security+, and some Cisco discs from Test Out.

Browser

emericanidiot903 — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:58:16 GMT

A poll of browser popularity

EXTERNAL NIGHTMARE !!!!

DZ2573 — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:12:51 GMT

Well ...I Finally get around to saving up my pennies and getting me another Hard Drive for all my Vids and games and my ever growing collection of Mp3's . And so I get my HD installed .. hehehe .. a whopping 32o gigs ! YAY .. and my pc reads the whole drive so just to make sure I copy all my Vids ands games over .. and i keep copying till i fill the whole drive .. Which it does ..All with 3 gigs of free space. Well, then i delete what i copied and move some of my mp3's --my ROCK collection ..that's on my 2oo gig external.

AND that takes me all of 1 night .. so it finally completes the move and i shut down to Crash .Next day (sunday) I get ready to turn on my PC and ...what do i notice ... my external won't open the drives.. after numerous attempts,unplugging,reboooting and Then some ill mannered curse words .(which still did no good) I just unplugged it. Well...come MOnday morning I wake up grab my external and come to work... So my hopes of getting it to work on my work PC are soon CRUSHED ..as it just won't happen..

And after this long boring story ... i get to the MAIN concern . The remainder of stuff on this external was my METAL mp3's almost 100 gigs worth ..

Possible New Laptop Config

Bare — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 07:48:12 GMT

I'm looking at buying the following laptop:

HP DV8000T

Windows XP Pro
Intel Core Duo processor @ 1.83Ghz
17" WSXGA Brightview display (1680x1050)
256MB NVidia GeForce 7400 video card
2GB DDR2 SDRAM
100GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Disk
DVD+/-RW/R CD-RW drive with Double Layer
Intel Pro Wireless 3945 abg
Bluetooth
6 in 1 Media Reader

This is a big laptop (17") and weighs in at about 8lbs.

Thoughts?

Computing & Technical Forum

Bare — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:36:08 GMT

Besides being a metalhead, I am also an extreme computer tech geek dude.. So, I thought why not start a forum where we could discuss computing and technical topics... and who knows, probably even provide some assistance in these areas, to fellow LivingForMetal.com members.

Revised Browser Poll

emericanidiot903 — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:11:27 GMT

The list is endless. I will be making my own soon. I will call it jBrowser

Maxthon Browser

Bare — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:36:23 GMT

I found a cool new browser and thought I would share it with all...

It's called Maxthon (http://www.maxthon.com). It uses the Internet Explorer engine, but has its own interface. It provides a lot of cool features that are not in IE... (Tabbed browsing, URL Aliases, Mouse Gestures)..

I've been using it for a couple of days and I really like it..

Give it a look... and let us know what you think..

Music Software

Bare — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:38:24 GMT

What Music Software do you use on your computer?

I prefer MusicMatch Jukebox over them all... I have my entire collection ripped to MP3's...

I also use iTunes, but only because it is the only way to get my music onto my iPod..

Spyware and Adware

Bare — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 07:39:26 GMT

I'm currently fighting some hellacious Spyware and Adware on my computer. This is really my first significant attack... I'm a mature and smart internet browser.. but I obviously clicked on the wrong thing... argghhhh..

.NET 2.0

Matt — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 10:58:22 GMT

Hey Bare... have you been working with 2.0 yet?

It has made programming 100x funnER... I'm rebuilding MetalReview.com from scratch with 2.0... should be done this weekend. Download Visual Web Developer 2005 Express if you haven't already.. it's soooooooo nice.

The New Apple G5

Ripper5500 — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:26:47 GMT

Hail To The Newest Version Of Apples G5 Currently it is the fastes piece of technology on the face of the planet. Where the X box 360 was expected to be the fastest a a dule core prossesor the new apple skipped tri core and went Streight to Quad Core Processors. Running at nearly 13.4 Mhz. With 4 Gigs of memory you can run up to 10 ram hungry applications off of this piece of work. This computer is the best for downloading and listening to your fav Heavy Metal Music also is a Great Machiene to use if you are a recording Artist There is Zero Latency thats right 0 so if you are jamming on your guitar and recording your tune the second you hit the string its on the computer changed from Analog to Digital with awsome Quality.

But thats all Fokes