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Author :: Brett Griffin  |
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| Article Title :: Help, I Need a New HDTV! (Part 3 of 5) |
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| Feeling overwhelmed in selecting a new TV? With all the choices these days, you may feel like, “Where do I start?!”In part 3 of our 5 part article, we the discuss what HDTV is.HDTV stands for High Definition TV. Clarity and detail are clear and crisp and truly unmatched. After watching HDTV on a regular basis—it’s hard to go back!Technically defined, HDTV displays vertical resolutions of 720 or 1080. This refers to the number of horizontal lines on the screen that make up the picture. Don’t get caught up in the number of lines, it doesn’t necessarily make for a better picture. While this may hold true for Plasmas, LCD and DLP TV’s are evaluated differ (read full article) |
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Author :: Brett Griffin |
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| Article Title :: Help, I Need a New HDTV! (Part 4 of 5) |
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| Feeling overwhelmed in selecting a new TV? With all the choices these days, you may feel like, “Where do I start?!”In part 4 of our 5 part article, we the discuss "do I really need an HDTV?"---Right now, stations are moving towards HDTV programming. Although available for free over the air in major metropolitan areas, this process will take a few years to fully unfold. To be honest, an HDTV, plus components, plus the service can add up. But, if you are ready for top-notch quality… then dive in!Do beware… it’s more then a choice of size, price, and a few extra features. Many consumers purchase an HDTV thinking that they can plug it in and get HD progra (read full article) |
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Author :: Jennifer Shatos |
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| Article Title :: Help, I Need a New HDTV! (Part 5 of 5) |
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| Feeling overwhelmed in selecting a new TV? With all the choices these days, you may feel like, “Where do I start?!”In the final part of our 5 part article, we the discuss tv recommendations by room.--Bedrooms and kids rooms. You will typically see the size range from 20” to 40” due to the size of the room. If you desire to mount the TV on the wall, LCD makes a good choice. If your kids have a computer in their room, you may want utilize it for the TV as well. Since LCD has takes less space, and has no burn in problems they make a good choice for any bedroom.Kitchens and bathrooms. For similar reasons to the bedrooms, LCD’s also do well in these are (read full article) |
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Author :: Jay Corrao |
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| Article Title :: DVD The Ultimate Consumer Digital Media |
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| Digital Video Disc or as it is sometimes referred to Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) has for the last several years been Hollywood’s primary video delivery method and with good cause. This inexpensive, compact media delivers excellent video and audio quality. This same media has also become the preferred medium for many multi-media professionals and audiophiles. Technological advancement and availability have pushed this media into the consumer market for a number of reasons and its use and popularity will only increase over time. I will attempt to highlight some of the advantages this medium offers. This article is only intended to be an introduction to this incredibly diverse digital me (read full article) |
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Author :: George Chamoun |
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| Article Title :: If You are the Only User on Your Windows XP Computer, Do You Think One User Account Is Enough? |
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| I am going to assume that you are running windows xp on your machine, and you are the only user on this machine. That is right, no one else uses your computer except you.Let me ask you a question:
How many user accounts should you have on
your computer?You probably guessing, one user account is
the answer, since you are the only user on your
computer. This is what most people will
answer, one, just like you thought.Here is the problem, you can run your your machine
with only one user account. But, it is not a good
practice.The best practice is to have two accounts,
even if you are the only user on your computer.Here is why:
when you install windows xp, (read full article) |
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Author :: Serdar Yegulalp |
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| Article Title :: Compile .BAT Files into Native Windows Applications (.EXE) |
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| Since the DOS days, batch files have been one of the most convenient and immediate ways to accomplish certain tasks. Even today it's possible to find some remarkably sophisticated utilities written as command-line batch files.On the downside, batch files are easily hacked, edited, and reverse-engineered, making them problematic to rely on in certain situations.I've written before about some ways around this, such as using elevated or deprecated privileges, but one of the more interesting tools I've seen for working with batch files is a program called Quick Batch File Compiler (QBFC).QBFC takes any command-line batch program and compiles it into an encrypted executabl (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Scott Hendison |
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| Article Title :: Be Your Own IT Department |
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| If you use a computer, you need to know more than just how to use your email and surf the web. You need to know that you are protected. If there isn’t someone responsible for the computers in your home or office, then pick someone, quick. Their job is to assure you that everything I’ve listed below is getting done on a regular basis so you can relax a little.AntivirusThis should go without saying, but I still run into computers with expired Antivirus software quite often. In 2005, Antivirus software needs to be updated daily, and paid for yearly. If you haven’t paid for a subscription, then you don’t have current Antivirus Software.Every month, someone should (read full article) |
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Author :: Carol A Hill |
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| Article Title :: Buying A PC Flat Screen Monitor |
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| For six years, my Samsung PC 13.8 inch SyncMaster conventional
monitor has served me well.Since the appearance of the flat screen LCD monitor, it has become obsolete. Perhaps, the flat
screen's image of flat and thin is more pleasing than large and
bulky. Because impulse buying controls the marketplace, for me it's a matter of a want verses a need. As an average consumer,
I want the best value for my money as well as a comparable price
within my budget.For viewing purposes, my purchase of a seventeen-inch size LCD flat screen monitor is wise because the larger screen makes it easier to read the printed text and it cuts down on eyestrain. After carefully reading some product reviews (read full article) |
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Author :: Paul Curran |
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| Article Title :: Why There Are Color Differences in Printing from Your PC |
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| This article describes the basic properties of color, what the relationships are between them and the differences between what you see and what you actually get using your inkjet cartridges.PropertiesMost of you will have come across these three; Hue, Saturation and Brightness; if you have ever messed around with color settings of your images.Hue: For example; blue, green and violet are all hues. They are colors. The dictionary definition of 'Hue' is; "the attributes of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue or an intermediate between any adjacent pair of these colors."Saturation: This refers to how vivid the color is. (read full article) |
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Author :: John Deprice |
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| Article Title :: Home Video? Bring it On |
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| So you got yourself a digital camcorder. If you want to be able to edit and produce awesome home videos, you'll need some tools.VideoCharge
http://www.deprice.com/videocharge.htmVideoCharge is a quick, easy, and simple processing solution for Video, Audio, or Image files. VideoCharge is a full-range editor, which allows users to perform practically any operations with incoming files such as: splitting files up into several scenes, merging several files into a single file, cutting scene(s) out of video files, creating video file(s) based on selected scene(s), creating thumbnails for video files in manually or automatically mode, addition Watermark to movie(s) or thumbnail (read full article) |
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