Comments on: Uninterrupted Skin

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Oct 2002 19:27:37 +0000

My Sony DRU-500A showed up today. 1 Â¢ shipping :-)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 06:17:38 +0000

Chris, I cannot recommend the ATI All-in-Wonder products without telling you to go back one version from the newest(that'd be the 8500/8500 DV now – check the groups for more good and bad on these) and then get the newest drivers. Even with the latest drivers, I always seem to have some glitch using the AiW cards – I'm on my second. I have several friends/neighbors/customers that seem to have good luck with the Hauppauge http://www.hauppauge.com tuner boards (don't know about XP though). I'm a hypocrite with ATI though, my next video card will be an All-in-Wonder too. As for internal Memory Card readers try Microtech's (www.microtechint.com) SCSI internal card reader. You could try to find an old IDE/ATAPI PCMCIA “drive” and then get the appropriate adapter, but personally, I'd get one of those USB card readers 5 or 6-in-1 units that mounts like a drive, and then run a USB cable from it to the rear of the system – maybe put a 4-6 port USB hub up front too (if your case doesn't have any USB). I'd have Yoshi do the case / slot-cover mods if I wasn't willing to try it myself first. The USB solution I just mentioned is in my plans currently – don't like all those external devices. Let us know how that Sony works – and compatibility with set-top DVD players too. Good Luck!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 06:02:22 +0000

TV Tuner cards- look no further than the ATI All-In-Wonder series. I've had the classic PCI 4MB one and currently use the PCI 128 16MB one. Both have worked like a charm. Also look into http://www.media-box.org (I found it from a LG newsletter myself) if you're building a pc to connect to your TV. I've been running it for well over a year.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 01:19:51 +0000

Dude, I got an adrenaline rush just reading about the DVD-R drive!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Oct 2002 20:34:55 +0000

Sorry I was a casualty of the copy/paste happy syndrome ;)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Oct 2002 20:33:22 +0000

I usually give up at the first no, if they donÂ’t want my money IÂ’ll find some other place that does
I usually give up at the first no, if they donÂ’t want my money IÂ’ll find some other place that does. But when it came to my Danger hitop device, I didnÂ’t take no.
My first no was "itÂ’s not on sale till the 15th",
second no was "not in stock",
third no was "cannot be activated",
fourth no was "$100 rebate doesnÂ’t apply"
All of this was false, and after and hour, I left CompUSA with my Tmobile Danger /Hiptop/ Sidekick device. BTW donÂ’t you go to local fairs? Sometimes you can get a bargain , specially for cases and cables.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Oct 2002 19:17:07 +0000

Yeah, AMDs offer better value for money. But then this is coming from someone with an Intel Celeron.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:34:23 +0000

Intel is fine, as is AMD. The real difference is price. Sure, Intel is a smidgen faster than AMD currently, but Intel costs nearly three times as much for just what is in my opinion, a marginal increase in performance. And one that negligible at that. But I don't have room to talk, I still run a Duron. :P

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Oct 2002 17:19:02 +0000

Specs. ..I need specs. …The anticipation of what is in your new system is killing me. Did you get a firewire card or what do you think of USB 2.0 ? All my computing friends tell me to use AMD but i've always had great results from intel (never a problem) . I think you get what you pay for. I'll go back to my corner now and shut up !