New Multifunction Printer: Dell 2335dn

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on May 5, 2009 10:28 PM

A few days ago, my Canon PIXMA MP830 stopped working—it just wouldn't turn on. A little over a year ago, I had it repaired for other problems; it was actually three months out of warranty...

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Last Post: May 7, 2009 10:08 PM by Matt Whitlock

HDMI Woes

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on February 11, 2009 7:08 PM

As a Christmas present to myself, I purchased an Onkyo TX-SR705 A/V receiver . I've been very happy with it, especially since I can utilize the three HD audio options on Blu-ray Discs: uncompressed PCM,...

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Product Review: LG DP889 Portable DVD Player

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on June 12, 2008 6:03 PM

While on a family vacation to Disney World recently, I realized how bad the battery in my laptop had gotten—it would only work for about an hour of DVD watching, so I explored some portable...

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Last Post: September 17, 2009 12:28 PM by niki3

HD Format War Over: Blu-ray Wins

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on February 21, 2008 6:10 PM

It's done. For those of you who have been hesitant in buying one format or the other, now you don't have to decide. From High Def Digest: Following several days of rumors, Toshiba has confirmed...

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Playstation 3: The Only Future-Proof Blu-ray Player

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on January 14, 2008 9:05 PM

If you've been following my high-def disc news ( here , here , and here ), you'll notice that I've been busy. After more research, I found out that there are now three "profiles" for...

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An E-mail from Toshiba

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on January 8, 2008 6:58 PM

If you read two of my previous entries concerning HD DVD and Blu-ray, you'll note that—due to Warner Brothers dropping support for HD DVD—I returned a Toshiba HD DVD player and got a Sony Blu-ray...

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Last Post: April 26, 2009 1:35 PM by Pavel Kopecky

Before You Go Buy An HD DVD Player

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on January 6, 2008 4:07 PM

You may want to read this . With Warner dumping HD-DVD in favor of Blu-ray, that will leave HD-DVD with only about 25% of the market. I'm pretty sure the remaining studios will follow suit....

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Last Post: January 12, 2008 2:46 AM by Robert75

PIXMA MP830 & Canon Customer Support

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on January 3, 2008 4:06 PM

A little over a year ago, I decided that it was time to get a multifinction printer—printer, copier, scanner, FAX. After reading a number of reviews, I decided on the Canon PIXMA MP830. Prints were...

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Xbox Live Issues

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on January 2, 2008 4:54 PM

It seems Microsoft didn't anticipate the sudden increase in users this holiday season. A few days ago, Matt had problems just getting into Xbox Live. Today, I had to end my Call of Duty 4...

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HD-DVD Woes

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on December 31, 2007 9:22 PM

Since HD-DVD drives are in their third generation, I figured it would be pretty safe to purchase one. I got the add-on HD-DVD drive for my Xbox 360 a day before I got a Toshiba...

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My Must-Have Gear While Travelling

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on October 25, 2007 7:18 PM

Here is a list of some electronic gear I brought with me on my last work trip (some I carried on the plane, some went out ahead of me on one of our travel busses):...

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USB to DVI Adapter

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on October 9, 2007 7:41 PM

I was just sent this by a company I've done business with. Looks like an easy way to add multimonitor support without adding video cards.

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Interesting Read on Bose Speakers

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on October 5, 2007 5:19 PM

http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html Right after I moved into my house, I began looking for an appropriate 5.1 setup to use in my rather small living room. Of course, my first thought was Bose, but then I did...

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Halo 3 Online Co-op

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on September 29, 2007 9:41 AM

A few months ago, there were rumors about online co-op, but no solid information. Just before Halo 3's release, the rumors were confirmed. After playing Halo 3 co-op on my LAN last night, I have...

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Last Post: October 6, 2007 8:39 AM by Yog-Sothoth

Read This Dam Blog Entry!

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on September 27, 2007 7:04 PM

This is an actual letter sent to a man named Ryan DeVries regarding a pond on his property. It was sent by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Quality, State of Pennsylvania. This guy's response is...

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Audacity: Free Audio Editor

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on September 12, 2007 4:38 PM

For those who have read some of my other blog entries, you'll notice that I'm into audio recording, at least voice recording (for now). The program I use to put my voice tracks on top...

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"Dedicated" Subwoofer Amplifier

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on September 11, 2007 10:01 PM

Not that there are many passive subwoofers these days, but I'd thought I'd share how mine is powered. Instead of connecting the main L/R speaker outputs of my receiver to the inputs of the subwoofer,...

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Media-Convert.Com: Free Online File Converter

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on September 10, 2007 6:51 PM

http://media-convert.com Description from their web site: Why use Media-Convert ? Simply because Media-Convert is the best manner of converting audio files, video, presentation, document, spreadsheet, etc. Media-Convert advantages : More secure because you do not...

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Recording Telephone Greetings Using Computer Audio Files

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on September 9, 2007 12:06 AM

Since I've been doing radio spots for my work, it was only natural for me to also record our telephone "Event Line" (a listing of our upcoming performances). Naturally, I figured that simply using the...

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My New Audio Recording Toys

Posted to blog Lurker at the Threshold on September 1, 2007 4:40 PM

As Matt will tell you, I get a little excited about new stuff. Anyway, since I've started doing spots for a local radio station, I needed a way to record them at home. For the...

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Last Post: September 4, 2007 3:20 PM by Yog-Sothoth