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    Advice for replacing 10yr old DVD player with something media/user friendly

    Hey man I hope you get this check out this little linux product this should make it easier for you http://xbmc.org/download/ Its XBMC and a min. linux OS that when your PC starts up XBMC opens instead of just the OS. Well still havent gotten my HTPC going yet. my mobo I ordered lets just say...
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    Advice for replacing 10yr old DVD player with something media/user friendly

    Thats cool about the hardware excell. in xbmc Ill dl it as soon as Im done dling ubuntu. Let me know how u like it Ill do the same.
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    Advice for replacing 10yr old DVD player with something media/user friendly

    Yeah me too about the pins, well my new mobo should be here around 2:30-4:30 tomorrow, filthy mobo sitting drying again. Man that stuff fights back in certain area's. I didn't realize goo gone would be ok for mobo's I have a lot of that laying around the house I'll give it a whirl.
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    Advice for replacing 10yr old DVD player with something media/user friendly

    Thats cool about the PS2 I find it stereotypically hilarious that it reeked of pot and the last viewed movie was about pot smokers. I took a look at it a little bit earlier and I was able to rub off the white stuff the mobo looked good underneath it, tomorrow Im going to go buy some distilled...
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    Advice for replacing 10yr old DVD player with something media/user friendly

    Dang that is a nice case, wasn't expecting that. I like it but I enjoy the simplicity of that black one better. I'm pretty cure the mobo is unrepairable I noticed a syrupy type substance on the bottom of it. I think one of my friends spilled a coke and it somehow got underneath it. It was...
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    Advice for replacing 10yr old DVD player with something media/user friendly

    I hate it when Progs get proggy with people. I'll check it out when i get this i3 up and running. I put it together last night and I tried posting it today. Got nothing I believe its the mobo Checked the seating of everything perfect, I've tried 3 different PSU's on it no go, I tried the screw...
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    Need help picking a new TV to buy

    http://www.amazon.com/VIZIO-E371VL-37-Inch-Class-HDTV/dp/B004T1YA5W/ref=sr_1_5?s=tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1383470861&sr=1-5 2 HDMI's nothing fancy Vizio has a great picture, good customer service. its 60hz with a 360 thats all you need.
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    Advice for replacing 10yr old DVD player with something media/user friendly

    Yeah that IR is pretty big, remote looks similar to the one I used to have. Everytime you talk about xbmc I think about my best friends old project he did for a similar system just like xbmc, Media Portal his app is called moving pictures he designed it and he also did their "radio" app as well...
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    Advice for replacing 10yr old DVD player with something media/user friendly

    http://www.amazon.com/G-Box-Midnight-MX2-Android-Streaming/dp/B00CH643A8/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1383444157&sr=8-7&keywords=android+mini+pc Comes with a remote, say's it plays just about anything. Does 1080p streaming signal must be strong. This was the one I was looking at for myself instead of...
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    Advice for replacing 10yr old DVD player with something media/user friendly

    yeah sorry man The best way to go would be mini pc probably 10"x10" all in 1 with VLC run about 150-200, unfortunately you gotta "go native" to do what you want anymore especially with that stupid copy write protection stuff even guys like you and me who bought the material and use back-ups r...
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    Advice for replacing 10yr old DVD player with something media/user friendly

    Get a PS3 dvd-blueray. plays mp4 and mkv about $50 more than $88.00 but non-regional coding also it plays everything you want. You might get one for $100.00 somewhere or closer to christmas. Contains netflix and what not its pretty much entertainment in a box I doubt sony is planning on cutting...
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    garrrhhh 120hz tv edid override issues

    Im hoping Im posting in the right forum. I have a samsung 50" 120hz tv as a monitor for my pc. no smart, 3d, wifi functions just a straight up led, which I use all the time for gaming, watching movies, shows, and what not. I have a receiver hooked up to it I am trying to unlock the 120hz mode...
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    weird question but I have to ask

    Ok the only thing I can think of myself that would be possible using a card like that is by slowing the rate at which lightboost strobes(wrong word Im sure only one coming to mind). So you would still have to have that hardware in your TV but you could control it using an app written to one of...