TechLore - Media Servers and PCs

laptop vaio and slingbox

ivtec — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:13:26 GMT

Hi guys,i just bought a sony vgn fw290jtb and a prohdsling box, and i intend to install everything in a few days, anybody here know if this is a good Laptop,and what about the prohdsling box will it work good with this laptop? for slinging remotely or around the house?

Reeding skematic recorded on cd with rar files

ivtec — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:02:22 GMT

hi guys; i downloaded some tv skematics on cds and did downloaded at that time rar files and i was able to see the skematic, now some time later i went check the cd sckematics and i downloaded one of the trieals rar files and i only see o's or #'s the skematic ics not there no more, could it be the rar files that i downloaded are no good or my computer is only the millenion windows? anybody know a good and trustyworthy rar filles.

PC to TV - Getting Digital Audio Through HDMI

rxe — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:40:41 GMT

hi,connected HP laptop(vista) to 32"LG LCD TV using HDMI cable, with HDMI cable suppose to get audio as well, picture,video quality is excellent,but no audio coming from TV,is coming from laptop but not from TV,can anyone tell me what to do?

blank cdr media

donaldbst — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:48:57 GMT

i need to know if off brand cdr blank media will slow the burning speeds down, or cause problems later, like burning bad dvd media do, where some times dma have to be reset. i recently bought some nexxtech cd media, i don't know if this is a good media. thxs don

cd/dvd rw drive will not burn discs

maverick16 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:25:50 GMT

my sony dvd rw dw -u14a drive will not burn discs, when i try to burn it shuts down the computer and re boots,or ejects the disc. i have tried varius media but get the same results. yet this drive will read and play cd no problem.nero says an installable 16 bit dll programme is missing, what is this ?and how can i install it if possible, can any one help as i need to burn a video of my grandson track racing on his bike, many thanks bamps

Managing Your Bookmarks

Matt Whitlock — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:52:43 GMT

Question: Is it possible to export/import/transfer Favorite bookmarks from Internet Explorer to Firefox? -submitted by Pappy Answer: In may almost seem like an afterthought, but after years of web surfing, the bookmarks we accumulate become invaluable. In my browser, I have at least 50 different bookmarks that I seriously doubt I could find again should they ever be lost. Moreover, as browser preferences change (or if you're commonly surfing from several different browsers), it's often handy to have all your bookmarks move around with you. Thankfully, managing your bookmarks and favorites isn't all that difficult if you know where to go in each respected browser. If you're jumping ship from Internet Explorer to Firefox 3 (common these days), the folks at Mozilla have made it super easy to bring your bookmarks with you. There's a long way to do it (which I'll show you in a second), but if you're trying to load your user preferences from IE into Firefox, you can use the simple method. Launch Firefox, then click File --> Import You'll be greeted by a window asking if you want to import bookmarks, options, passwords, etc. from various browsers installed on your computer. If you only have...

how to get your computer off of safe mode

alexisbrat101 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:33:10 GMT

to get your computer off safe mode fo people who have emachines e19t6w hd-ready monitor, you have to shut down your computer when i it says start normal you press enter and thats how it works if it doesnt then email me asap =)

How to Rip DVD to iPod, MP4, AVI, WMV, etc. and edit the video with CROP,ZOOM,TRIM

monicawing — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:00:35 GMT

With the development of technology, various of media portable players emerged and have enriched our daily life greatly. We enjoy our favorite movies and music with all kinds of portable players such as iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, mobile phone and so on. At the same time, DVD players gradually lost its dominance. People would like to enjoy their movies and music with smart portable players anytime and anywhere rather than just stay at home or carry big DVD players when outside. Thus, we need to convert our DVD movies to our portable players or any other formats. Now I will introduce you good ways of ripping DVD movies to iPod, MP4, AVI, WMV and other popular video and audio formats in high quality. What’s more, during the conversion, you may edit your videos with crop, zoom and trim functions. Part 1: How to rip DVD to iPod, MP4, AVI, WMV and other popular video and audio formats? Part 2: How to edit your video with crop, zoom and trim functions? Part 1: How to rip DVD to iPod, MP4, AVI, WMV and other popular video and audio formats? To rip your DVD to other video and audio formats, you only...