Mike Garcen

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  • in reply to: Re: Anyone going to see The Expendables? #493
    Mike Garcen
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      hopefully y’all saw the Fandango Visa Signatures deal for B1G1 free coupon over at Slickdeals.net

      not on my plans to go see….it’s tough to justify paying to watch a movie outside when i just paid a lot to make my own home theater nice 🙂 that being said, the movie does look pretty good….except for Randy Couture…dude can fight, but terrible actor

      in reply to: Anyone going to see The Expendables? #27380
      Mike Garcen
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        hopefully y’all saw the Fandango Visa Signatures deal for B1G1 free coupon over at Slickdeals.net

        not on my plans to go see….it’s tough to justify paying to watch a movie outside when i just paid a lot to make my own home theater nice 🙂 that being said, the movie does look pretty good….except for Randy Couture…dude can fight, but terrible actor

        in reply to: Re: Seasonic X-400 Fanless PSU #489
        Mike Garcen
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          yeah, it aint cheap. but silence rarely is. the funny thing is that the Antec Phantom which came out around what, 4 years ago…and was 500 watts…cost $150. So 5 years later…still fanless, and 100 watts less…and costs around the same. Power supplies are an odd beast huh

          in reply to: Seasonic X-400 Fanless PSU #27376
          Mike Garcen
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            yeah, it aint cheap. but silence rarely is. the funny thing is that the Antec Phantom which came out around what, 4 years ago…and was 500 watts…cost $150. So 5 years later…still fanless, and 100 watts less…and costs around the same. Power supplies are an odd beast huh

            Mike Garcen
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              there is almost no chance the card that’s already activated to another device will work without un-re-pairing it to the new device. I’ve paired over 50 cards in the last couple years here in the Bay Area with Comcast and only had it work that way ONCE, and it was basically because the card was mis-paired to begin with (some channels didn’t work).

              By all means doesn’t hurt to try, just mentioning my experience 🙂

              Mike Garcen
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                there is almost no chance the card that’s already activated to another device will work without un-re-pairing it to the new device. I’ve paired over 50 cards in the last couple years here in the Bay Area with Comcast and only had it work that way ONCE, and it was basically because the card was mis-paired to begin with (some channels didn’t work).

                By all means doesn’t hurt to try, just mentioning my experience 🙂

                in reply to: Re: Review: Ceton InfiniTV 4 Quad CableCARD Tuner – Part I #305
                Mike Garcen
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                  4 should honestly be fine (of course more won’t hurt you) for only 3 extenders.

                  When i was working on a 8 tuner x 10 extender product last year it maxed out at 4 and while memory was close to fully capping it, it still made it. So you should be fine with 4gb and only 3 extenders.

                  in reply to: Review: Ceton InfiniTV 4 Quad CableCARD Tuner – Part I #27198
                  Mike Garcen
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                    4 should honestly be fine (of course more won’t hurt you) for only 3 extenders.

                    When i was working on a 8 tuner x 10 extender product last year it maxed out at 4 and while memory was close to fully capping it, it still made it. So you should be fine with 4gb and only 3 extenders.

                    in reply to: Re: Review: Ceton InfiniTV 4 Quad CableCARD Tuner – Part I #300
                    Mike Garcen
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                      as Mikinho mentioned, the memory utilization with HD streams is pretty intense, so depending on your number of Extenders it definitely helps to have 64-bit and more RAM.

                      in reply to: Review: Ceton InfiniTV 4 Quad CableCARD Tuner – Part I #27194
                      Mike Garcen
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                        as Mikinho mentioned, the memory utilization with HD streams is pretty intense, so depending on your number of Extenders it definitely helps to have 64-bit and more RAM.

                        in reply to: Re: Blog: I bought a new HDTV…and it`s not 3D #200
                        Mike Garcen
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                          couldn’t help but chuckling when i read this user’s comment…”Went to 2 Best Buys and it was by far the worse looking TV on the wall out of the 50 or so on display.”

                          still surprising to see it at such a low rating, but hey…that’s one person’s opinion 🙂 i’m loving it so far (of course, i did upgrade from…well, you know :-P)

                          in reply to: Blog: I bought a new HDTV…and it`s not 3D #27097
                          Mike Garcen
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                            couldn’t help but chuckling when i read this user’s comment…”Went to 2 Best Buys and it was by far the worse looking TV on the wall out of the 50 or so on display.”

                            still surprising to see it at such a low rating, but hey…that’s one person’s opinion 🙂 i’m loving it so far (of course, i did upgrade from…well, you know :-P)

                            in reply to: Re: Review: Ceton InfiniTV 4 Quad CableCARD Tuner – Part I #290
                            Mike Garcen
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                              [quote=”Meester.Rip”]
                              I am just curious if something in the software stops the CETON services from running if it sees the RAM is less than the requirement.
                              [/quote]

                              see below for actual answers 🙂

                              in reply to: Review: Ceton InfiniTV 4 Quad CableCARD Tuner – Part I #27184
                              Mike Garcen
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                                [quote=”Meester.Rip”]
                                I am just curious if something in the software stops the CETON services from running if it sees the RAM is less than the requirement.
                                [/quote]

                                see below for actual answers 🙂

                                in reply to: Re: Review: Ceton InfiniTV 4 Quad CableCARD Tuner – Part I #284
                                Mike Garcen
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                                  hrmm…i’m trying to remember if the ATI DCT did the same. I do remember seeing that Viewing Conflict before, just don’t recall when.

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