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Have you checked to make sure the drive and the enclosure are working properly? AKA: Plugged them into a PC? What are the specs on your set?

The appearance is so subjective I won't even try to approach that. If you like the look then that's what counts. As for the performance well... I find spending money on a high quality 2.1 system to be a better investment then the same money on a budget 5.1 or 7.1 system. That said it has a...

what do you mean by "losing picture" 1. Is it pixel-ated? (bad quality) 2. Is it filled with artifacts? (random colored bars/squares) 3. Is it flat out not there as in a blank screen? If it's 1. Its probably because you TV is capable of HD and anything less looks poor because the TV has to...

the Contrast ratios for Plasma tvs are all marketing. Here is a general rule of thumb when shopping around for flat panels. Contrast (higher = truer Blacks and truer Whites) LCD < LED-LCD < Plasma Plasma TVs have the best blacks because each "cell" or pixel is lit or unlit individually and...

If the monitor has the correct connections it can. For example the Samsung T240HD has component in connectors as well as HDMI which most modern DVD players have. However if the monitor only has a VGA or DVI input things can be a bit tricky. You'll need to hunt around for a converter box...

You could hook your laptop up to your TV and, using Windows Media Center (if both your laptop and desktop have vista or 7) stream from the desktop to the laptop which plays on the TV. To enable Media Center: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/windows-media-center/get-started/first-time.aspx

I can only comment on what I have experience with. For Point 2. Easy: Your PC should see the xBox if both are on and connected to the same network. Then you just set up the xBox as an extender. For Point 3. Again this is simple. If these computers have Vista+ Media Center you can set up...