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  • in reply to: Re: For Sale: 2x SiliconDust HDHomeRun Network Dual Digital HDTV #1021
    mikinho
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      Bump (the only one I’ll do)

      mikinho
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        Bump (the only one I’ll do)

        in reply to: Re: Surge Protector for TV? #1079
        mikinho
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          I installed the [url=http://www.smarthome.com/4860/Leviton-Whole-House-Surge-Suppressor-Surge-Protector-51120-1/p.aspx]Leviton Whole House Surge Suppressor Surge Protector 51120-1[/url].  I’ve been very happy with it.

          I purchased a new town home in a “developing” area and have “dirty” power (spikes, surges, sags, and brownouts) coming in.  This was wrecking havoc with my home automation and lost at least 2-3 switches a month.  Since installing the Leviton I haven’t lost a device, well over a year now.

          An added benefit is that when Gatinha is vacuuming the lights no longer dim if the washerdryer are running.

          in reply to: Surge Protector for TV? #27937
          mikinho
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            I installed the [url=http://www.smarthome.com/4860/Leviton-Whole-House-Surge-Suppressor-Surge-Protector-51120-1/p.aspx]Leviton Whole House Surge Suppressor Surge Protector 51120-1[/url].  I’ve been very happy with it.

            I purchased a new town home in a “developing” area and have “dirty” power (spikes, surges, sags, and brownouts) coming in.  This was wrecking havoc with my home automation and lost at least 2-3 switches a month.  Since installing the Leviton I haven’t lost a device, well over a year now.

            An added benefit is that when Gatinha is vacuuming the lights no longer dim if the washerdryer are running.

            in reply to: Re: Surge Protector for TV? #1078
            mikinho
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              Absolutely, you’ll still want surge protectors at each device.

              in reply to: Surge Protector for TV? #27936
              mikinho
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                Absolutely, you’ll still want surge protectors at each device.

                in reply to: Re: Surge Protector for TV? #1076
                mikinho
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                  I’d suggest a home surge protector versus a UPS.  Once I installed my home surge protector I haven’t had any flicker on my lights, LCD HDTV, etc…

                  The actually install was extremely simple, less than 30 minutes.  If interested I’ll post the model I used.

                  in reply to: Surge Protector for TV? #27934
                  mikinho
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                    I’d suggest a home surge protector versus a UPS.  Once I installed my home surge protector I haven’t had any flicker on my lights, LCD HDTV, etc…

                    The actually install was extremely simple, less than 30 minutes.  If interested I’ll post the model I used.

                    in reply to: Re: Crossfire or SLI HTPC? #1069
                    mikinho
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                      The only issue I know of is with Eyefinity and DHCP but it doesn’t sound like that would be an issue for you.

                      in reply to: Crossfire or SLI HTPC? #27927
                      mikinho
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                        The only issue I know of is with Eyefinity and DHCP but it doesn’t sound like that would be an issue for you.

                        in reply to: Re: Adobe Flash Player #1058
                        mikinho
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                          I hope so as well but the performance wasn’t up to par.  With Chrome 6.x-dev, FF 4-beta and IE9-beta all supporting hardware accelerated HTML5 that will hopefully be changing.

                          in reply to: Adobe Flash Player #27916
                          mikinho
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                            I hope so as well but the performance wasn’t up to par.  With Chrome 6.x-dev, FF 4-beta and IE9-beta all supporting hardware accelerated HTML5 that will hopefully be changing.

                            in reply to: Re: Adobe Flash Player #1056
                            mikinho
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                              I can confirm that Hulu does with with IE9 + Flash Square x86-64.

                              Can you confirm the below?

                              1- You installed Flash Square x86-64 ActiveX?  If so,

                              2- You launched “Internet Explorer (64-bit)” and not the default “Internet Explorer”?

                              For Hulu Desktop to work with Square you need to install the 32-bit version of Flash Player.

                              in reply to: Adobe Flash Player #27914
                              mikinho
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                                I can confirm that Hulu does with with IE9 + Flash Square x86-64.

                                Can you confirm the below?

                                1- You installed Flash Square x86-64 ActiveX?  If so,

                                2- You launched “Internet Explorer (64-bit)” and not the default “Internet Explorer”?

                                For Hulu Desktop to work with Square you need to install the 32-bit version of Flash Player.

                                in reply to: Re: Replacement for MSI NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT #1061
                                mikinho
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                                  EVGA manufacturers my preferred NVIDIA cards.  They have several newer G210 cards that are low profile and will perform at least as good as the 8500 GT.

                                  A few of the G210 they offer are passively cooled but I actually prefer their single slot cards with fans since the fans are only on when needed.

                                  In terms of NVIDIA cards the GT220 or GT240 would be a better card but I believe are only a few low profile GT220, none of which I particularly like.

                                  I had a MSI G210 and currently own an EVGA G210, GT220 and GT240.  My own experience with them started off poor with some color space issues and poor performance but they have fixed almost all the issues and the latest drivers have been very stable.  The upside to their cards is CUDA and 3D support but unlike the ATI counterparts they do not support HD Audio bitstreaming.

                                  You should also look a mid-range ATIAMD 5xxx series.  I believe you have a few more choices for low profile cards.

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