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Xbox RROD Project – Cheap way to buy an XBOX 360?

25. January 2010

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Xbox RROD Project – Cheap way to buy an XBOX 360?

I recently just bought 2 RROD Xbox 360's off Ebay after doing a bit of research on common Xbox 360 RROD problems.  I must admit, I quite enjoy getting my hands dirty with this sort of thing and being a long time PC builder, this exercise was quite easy. Upon initial inspection of the console, the [...]

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Broadcom Crystal HD in Australia

18. January 2010

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Broadcom Crystal HD in Australia

The Broadcom Crystal HD Hardware decoder comes as a PCI Express Mini Card that enables support for H.264 and VC-1 video compression like the playback of Blu-ray discs and streaming 1080p high definition multimedia content. It is designed to reduce CPU utilization and allows for full HD real-time decoding support for mobile platform solutions [...]

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Denon AVR 790 Unboxing and setup

31. August 2009

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Denon AVR 790 Unboxing and setup

Recently purchased this little beauty, The Denon AVR 790 as an upgrade for my aging Pioneer. It is interesting to note as per this AVS forum post from user Batpig that: Q. What is the difference between the three-digit models (e.g. AVR 790) and the four-digit models (e.g. AVR 1910)? A: Essentially, NOTHING. Denon puts out two parallel [...]

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HTPC Setup

26. July 2009

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HTPC Setup

Finally got round to finishing my HTPC room with a nice bargain entertainment unit from Dare Gallery.  Had a few issues with trying to get the HDMI cable into the HTPC - was a bit too short though finally managed to squeeze the damn thing in. Here are some pics of the destruction in action: Now to [...]

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Overstock Australia

28. June 2009

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The incredibly popular US Internet online retail outlet overstock.com is now shipping to Australia. Overstock.com now accepts orders from 34 countries. Available products, shipping rates and fees may vary though you can find some great gear not available anywhere else at great bargain prices. The most noteworthy aspect about this big online retail giant would have to [...]

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Get a Mac campaign

8. June 2008

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Apple have made it a fine art marketing style over substance. Its a concept born from creating mediocrity and hiding it with fancy window dressing. Apples latest round of adds prove (only to themselves), theres no better way of hyping a product than with constant bashing of your competitors products. Get A Mac Campaign Selling and promoting [...]

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Get a Mac

8. June 2008

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AzzX: Get a Mac If you spend more time trying to get your computer to work and less time doing what you want, it’s time to get a Mac. Because Apple makes both the software and the hardware, they control the cost and and limit your freedom based on their own perspective, just like all Apple [...]

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Microsoft Surface Parody

10. March 2008

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This is one of the funniest parodies I've seen in a while. Who needs an iphone, when you can have a big assed table! The technology is still very impressive: Microsoft Surface    

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No audio in Soundmax

28. February 2008

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Just recently fixed a computer for someone that was doing my head in for a couple of hours. The system was based on an m2npv-vm Asus motherboard with an onboard Soundmax High Definition audio chip. The problem? Windows xp was not detecting any sound devices, regardless how may times different revisions of [...]

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