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It isn’t the size that matters, it is the ratio of size to sitting distance.  My 24″ monitor from 15 inches is pretty dang big.  It fills 50% of my view.  It fills more of my view than the 65 from 11 feet.

For the slow paced FPS games I play, bigger is better.  Often times I’m shooting at something only a few pixels big.  And I’m pretty dang good at hitting those few pixels with a bolt action rifle.  You don’t know how to aim until you’ve only got one shot every 2 seconds.

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As you’ll see from the first post I’ve replaced the harddrive with 2 different models.  The first time I replaced it with an identical 80GB harddrive (I have a ton of these laying around from Dell servers.  It is cheaper to buy harddrives online than from Dell) and then, thinking it just might not like that type of harddrive, I got a new 2TB drive for my server and yanked the old 750 for this machine.  The 750 has the same problems except now I’ve got a ton of extra space I’ll never use on it. 

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As you’ll see from the first post I’ve replaced the harddrive with 2 different models.  The first time I replaced it with an identical 80GB harddrive (I have a ton of these laying around from Dell servers.  It is cheaper to buy harddrives online than from Dell) and then, thinking it just might not like that type of harddrive, I got a new 2TB drive for my server and yanked the old 750 for this machine.  The 750 has the same problems except now I’ve got a ton of extra space I’ll never use on it. 

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A couple updates. 

I tried a SATA card I had laying around, and could not get it to boot from it.

There are 3 SATA modes.  AHCI, SATA, and RAID.

I had been running on AHCI since that is what I thought we were supposed to run under.  RAID mode got to the boot but blue screened shortly after.  SATA mode booted and I’m typing this on it right now.  I guess I won’t know if it really worked for a few more days / weeks.

I’ve never seen both AHCI mode and SATA mode since I thought they would be the same.  Maybe SATA mode really means legacy IDE mode?

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A couple updates. 

I tried a SATA card I had laying around, and could not get it to boot from it.

There are 3 SATA modes.  AHCI, SATA, and RAID.

I had been running on AHCI since that is what I thought we were supposed to run under.  RAID mode got to the boot but blue screened shortly after.  SATA mode booted and I’m typing this on it right now.  I guess I won’t know if it really worked for a few more days / weeks.

I’ve never seen both AHCI mode and SATA mode since I thought they would be the same.  Maybe SATA mode really means legacy IDE mode?

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Cnet has a review up of your S2

http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/panasonic-viera-tc-p46s2/4505-6482_7-33972953.html?tag=rb_content;carouselMain

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Cnet has a review up of your S2

http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/panasonic-viera-tc-p46s2/4505-6482_7-33972953.html?tag=rb_content;carouselMain

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The system is always under very light load.  It has happened only a few minutes after recovering from sleep.

The system is also stable under load from the occasional video game.

I don’t think it can be heat related.

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The system is always under very light load.  It has happened only a few minutes after recovering from sleep.

The system is also stable under load from the occasional video game.

I don’t think it can be heat related.

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Windows XP was way different than Windows 7.  I’ve heard that windows 7 was designed to be able to replace the harddrive controller.

Naylia had a good idea.  Instead of replacing the motherboard, I’m gonna try a pci-e SATA card I have laying around. 

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Windows XP was way different than Windows 7.  I’ve heard that windows 7 was designed to be able to replace the harddrive controller.

Naylia had a good idea.  Instead of replacing the motherboard, I’m gonna try a pci-e SATA card I have laying around. 

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So you are saying what I am dreading then.  The only solution is to buy a new motherboard…

That’s what I am thinking but I certainly don’t want to have to buy a new board.  It can’t be PSU.

Has anyone tried going to a new chipset on an existing Windows 7 install?  If I DO have to buy a new motherboard, I’ll probably get one with the AMD chipset so I can at least try to unlock another core.  At least I’ll get something out the deal right?

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So you are saying what I am dreading then.  The only solution is to buy a new motherboard…

That’s what I am thinking but I certainly don’t want to have to buy a new board.  It can’t be PSU.

Has anyone tried going to a new chipset on an existing Windows 7 install?  If I DO have to buy a new motherboard, I’ll probably get one with the AMD chipset so I can at least try to unlock another core.  At least I’ll get something out the deal right?

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No.  I consider a 50″ the minimum size for a main viewing room TV. [/quote]

Yep, don’t go any smaller… I love my 50″ for most TV watching, but when we watch a lot of HD movies (especially those in 2.35:1) I start to want a 58″/60″ plasma.

Even 50″ at ~10-12ft like most apartment living rooms your eye can’t resolve all the detail of 1080p (you can barely resolve the full detail of 720p at the size/distance), so you certainly don’t want to go smaller.

Here’s a good chart that’s been around the ‘net that I added different distance markers to.
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thats why I went 65″ at 11 feet.  I don’t think any bigger would be much of a benefit, and HDTV of questionable quality is still ok on it.

People that come by to take a look, think its the perfect size.  After almost a year, I would agree.

I have the 65″ V10 Panny and it has the THX mode.  I’ve only used the THX calibration that comes with THX certified disks, but I just downloaded the AVS disk after seeing it on HDNation and I’m looking for some time to calibrate it some more.  Overall, I find the THX mode pretty dang good and I just adjusted the brightness and sharpness settings.  I prefer a sharpness set to 0 because it gives a natural look.

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[quote=”Matt”]
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No.  I consider a 50″ the minimum size for a main viewing room TV. [/quote]

Yep, don’t go any smaller… I love my 50″ for most TV watching, but when we watch a lot of HD movies (especially those in 2.35:1) I start to want a 58″/60″ plasma.

Even 50″ at ~10-12ft like most apartment living rooms your eye can’t resolve all the detail of 1080p (you can barely resolve the full detail of 720p at the size/distance), so you certainly don’t want to go smaller.

Here’s a good chart that’s been around the ‘net that I added different distance markers to.
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thats why I went 65″ at 11 feet.  I don’t think any bigger would be much of a benefit, and HDTV of questionable quality is still ok on it.

People that come by to take a look, think its the perfect size.  After almost a year, I would agree.

I have the 65″ V10 Panny and it has the THX mode.  I’ve only used the THX calibration that comes with THX certified disks, but I just downloaded the AVS disk after seeing it on HDNation and I’m looking for some time to calibrate it some more.  Overall, I find the THX mode pretty dang good and I just adjusted the brightness and sharpness settings.  I prefer a sharpness set to 0 because it gives a natural look.

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