George L. Schmauch Jr.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

Monopolies tend to work that way.  Phone companies, TV, and Microsoft.  😉

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

Monopolies tend to work that way.  Phone companies, TV, and Microsoft.  😉

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

[quote=”Meester.Rip”] For the people that pay 100 – 160 or more  a month on TV, I don’t see how they do it without having a serious attack of buyer’s remorse everytime they get the bill.
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Hey now, I resemble that remark!  😉  I admit it hurts each month, but I also get to watch quite a few things I wouldn’t be able to otherwise.  Between Syfy, DIY, Spike, HBO, and Starz, we’d be missing quite a few shows.  Could we watch them later using Netflix or something?  Sure, if I wanted to subscribe to their service instead.  It’s not like we could completely get rid of satellite and go Netflix and OTA only.  Besides, at that point, you start to negate the savings and you have to weigh the pros and cons.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

[quote=”Meester.Rip”] For the people that pay 100 – 160 or more  a month on TV, I don’t see how they do it without having a serious attack of buyer’s remorse everytime they get the bill.
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Hey now, I resemble that remark!  😉  I admit it hurts each month, but I also get to watch quite a few things I wouldn’t be able to otherwise.  Between Syfy, DIY, Spike, HBO, and Starz, we’d be missing quite a few shows.  Could we watch them later using Netflix or something?  Sure, if I wanted to subscribe to their service instead.  It’s not like we could completely get rid of satellite and go Netflix and OTA only.  Besides, at that point, you start to negate the savings and you have to weigh the pros and cons.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

[quote=”shadymg”]
I’m prepared to be flamed here, but egads i did not enjoy TS3 much at all. I didn’t watch it in 3D, but it just didn’t entertain me very much and seemed to go on foreeeever.
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Did you like the first two Toy Story movies?  I haven’t seen TS3 yet, but I definitely enjoyed the first two.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

[quote=”shadymg”]
I’m prepared to be flamed here, but egads i did not enjoy TS3 much at all. I didn’t watch it in 3D, but it just didn’t entertain me very much and seemed to go on foreeeever.
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Did you like the first two Toy Story movies?  I haven’t seen TS3 yet, but I definitely enjoyed the first two.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

I’m hesitant to bother trying that after reading [url=http://forums.bioware.com/viewtopic.html?topic=715382&forum=10]this[/url]:

[quote]EAX is only usable with a compatible Sound Blaster card with Creative Alchemy installed when playing on Vista or 7. You install the drivers for the appropriate card and then the Creative Alchemy program which translates newer hardware calls to the old type API from XP etc. and makes EAX available in older games.[/quote]

That would seem to confirm my own thoughts about this.  In essence, without Alchemy, it won’t work.  In order to get Alchemy, I need a compatible sound card, which I don’t believe any of the Auzentech are (you said the same thing).  The X-fi, however, does have Alchemy available for it.  So, I think I’m back to needing to pick up an X-fi.  Off to ebay…  🙂

Thanks again for all the ideas!

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

I’m hesitant to bother trying that after reading [url=http://forums.bioware.com/viewtopic.html?topic=715382&forum=10]this[/url]:

[quote]EAX is only usable with a compatible Sound Blaster card with Creative Alchemy installed when playing on Vista or 7. You install the drivers for the appropriate card and then the Creative Alchemy program which translates newer hardware calls to the old type API from XP etc. and makes EAX available in older games.[/quote]

That would seem to confirm my own thoughts about this.  In essence, without Alchemy, it won’t work.  In order to get Alchemy, I need a compatible sound card, which I don’t believe any of the Auzentech are (you said the same thing).  The X-fi, however, does have Alchemy available for it.  So, I think I’m back to needing to pick up an X-fi.  Off to ebay…  🙂

Thanks again for all the ideas!

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

That’s one of the reasons I didn’t even give it a shot.  In SD, I won’t watch anything I’m not already completely invested in.  Come on, DirecTV, BBCA, DIY, and AMC…  all in SD?!?!  What the hell?  But, I certainly appreciate all the locals you offer across the entire country, which have nothing to do with me.  And, this latest round?  Thanks for the Sony Movie Channel and the Mega TV channel.  What exactly airs on those channels?

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

That’s one of the reasons I didn’t even give it a shot.  In SD, I won’t watch anything I’m not already completely invested in.  Come on, DirecTV, BBCA, DIY, and AMC…  all in SD?!?!  What the hell?  But, I certainly appreciate all the locals you offer across the entire country, which have nothing to do with me.  And, this latest round?  Thanks for the Sony Movie Channel and the Mega TV channel.  What exactly airs on those channels?

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

I’m getting really confused after all the reading I’ve been doing.  Isn’t Creative’s “Alchemy” what I need in Windows 7 in order to get EAX to work?  The reason I say this is because I have an X-Meridian which supports EAX 2.0, but Baldur’s Gate will not let me enable EAX.  This is what makes me suspect I need Alchemy.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

I’m getting really confused after all the reading I’ve been doing.  Isn’t Creative’s “Alchemy” what I need in Windows 7 in order to get EAX to work?  The reason I say this is because I have an X-Meridian which supports EAX 2.0, but Baldur’s Gate will not let me enable EAX.  This is what makes me suspect I need Alchemy.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

[quote=”nwboater”]
Thanks for the encouragement and tips. I have only XP experience but am really looking forward to 7. Just think it will take a little time cause I run on autopilot with XP.

I have done lots of backups, but never made an ‘Image’. I do have a 2 or 3 year old copy of Acronis True Image, but doubt that will run on 7. If I have to get something new what do you suggest? BTW I do all our backups with our WHS.

Rod
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If you’ve got WHS, just use that then.  Manually create those two backups and lock them, so that WHS won’t delete them on you.  I go a little overboard with how long I keep my backups because I have the storage space, but you’ll probably be fine with more moderate settings.  WHS is a wonderful thing to be able to fall back on.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

[quote=”nwboater”]
Thanks for the encouragement and tips. I have only XP experience but am really looking forward to 7. Just think it will take a little time cause I run on autopilot with XP.

I have done lots of backups, but never made an ‘Image’. I do have a 2 or 3 year old copy of Acronis True Image, but doubt that will run on 7. If I have to get something new what do you suggest? BTW I do all our backups with our WHS.

Rod
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If you’ve got WHS, just use that then.  Manually create those two backups and lock them, so that WHS won’t delete them on you.  I go a little overboard with how long I keep my backups because I have the storage space, but you’ll probably be fine with more moderate settings.  WHS is a wonderful thing to be able to fall back on.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

Kinect?  Really?  I’m highly interested in both Kinect and Move, but I’m waiting to see how the games shake out first.  While people who have tried Kinect are impressed with the technology, the games are pretty much on rails, which usually doesn’t make for a very good experience and leads to boredom rather quickly.

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