George L. Schmauch Jr.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

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The HD baseT systems use HDCP.  In fact, you still need a standard HDMI chip in the mix for HD BaseT to work.  So that means that HD BaseT is also probably hacked.
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Yeah… ain’t it cool!  :-X

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

[quote=”Mikinho”]
I personally think it should be an optional choice during the install.  My reason is that that driver updates in an ideal world will improvefix settings so your custom settings will most likely no longer be accurate.
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If you’re talking about the drivers changing your card’s settings so that playback or gaming is optimized, I’m with you, especially with how good ATI has proven to be at tweaking their settings for particular cards and disabling features which will negatively impact performance.  However, position of the screen, pixel format, along with numerous other options aren’t going to be “fixed” or improved, so there’s no reason to reset those.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

[quote=”Mikinho”]
I personally think it should be an optional choice during the install.  My reason is that that driver updates in an ideal world will improvefix settings so your custom settings will most likely no longer be accurate.
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If you’re talking about the drivers changing your card’s settings so that playback or gaming is optimized, I’m with you, especially with how good ATI has proven to be at tweaking their settings for particular cards and disabling features which will negatively impact performance.  However, position of the screen, pixel format, along with numerous other options aren’t going to be “fixed” or improved, so there’s no reason to reset those.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

I think it’s only a matter of time before there’s software out there which fixes HDCP so it’s wide open.  In turn, hardware manufacturers will probably quietly add HDMI capture right alongside component inputs.  Thankfully, from what little has been said thus far, this fix doesn’t seem to need to be built into the hardware itself, which would mean they aren’t running afoul of the DMCA.  I’d expect to have to run a little software program to put the fix in place so the hardware sees a valid HDCP handshake and be done with it.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

I think it’s only a matter of time before there’s software out there which fixes HDCP so it’s wide open.  In turn, hardware manufacturers will probably quietly add HDMI capture right alongside component inputs.  Thankfully, from what little has been said thus far, this fix doesn’t seem to need to be built into the hardware itself, which would mean they aren’t running afoul of the DMCA.  I’d expect to have to run a little software program to put the fix in place so the hardware sees a valid HDCP handshake and be done with it.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

BTW… wanted to chime in and thank you guys, as well.  I had been fighting the same issue for over a month and forgot about that setting.  Turns out that CCC resets the pixel format when you upgrade your drivers and it apparently doesn’t save that particular setting to the profile.  In turn, I went in and named the profile using the correct pixel format, so I wouldn’t forget next time.  Also, I’d like to gripe about how difficult it is to even get to these settings!

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

BTW… wanted to chime in and thank you guys, as well.  I had been fighting the same issue for over a month and forgot about that setting.  Turns out that CCC resets the pixel format when you upgrade your drivers and it apparently doesn’t save that particular setting to the profile.  In turn, I went in and named the profile using the correct pixel format, so I wouldn’t forget next time.  Also, I’d like to gripe about how difficult it is to even get to these settings!

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

This is usually due to a USB device waking the computer up.  If you’re on Windows 7, you can change each device’s setting so that it is not allowed to wake the computer.  The usual culprits are mice and keyboards which aren’t behaving nicely.  Obviously, this will cause issues if you actually DO want those devices to wake the computer.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

This is usually due to a USB device waking the computer up.  If you’re on Windows 7, you can change each device’s setting so that it is not allowed to wake the computer.  The usual culprits are mice and keyboards which aren’t behaving nicely.  Obviously, this will cause issues if you actually DO want those devices to wake the computer.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

Feel free to Google the software’s name…  1fu//i@  😉

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

Feel free to Google the software’s name…  1fu//i@  😉

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

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What irks me is that while many quality shows get cancelled, lots of mediocre programs seem to survive.[/quote]

It’s all based on the Nielsen ratings, so whatever those–supposedly representative–households are watching, that’s what stays on the air.  It’s ridiculous.

[quote]I’ll never understand why all of the networks want to put up their best shows in the same time slots on the same night against each other.
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My understanding is that those days are the most expensive for advertising, so they WANT to put their “best” shows up against the other networks’ best, on the best nights.  It simply keeps the advertising revenue up, which is what helps pay for the shows, which dictates how much of a budget the show gets.  Again, that’s how I understand it works, but I could be wrong.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

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What irks me is that while many quality shows get cancelled, lots of mediocre programs seem to survive.[/quote]

It’s all based on the Nielsen ratings, so whatever those–supposedly representative–households are watching, that’s what stays on the air.  It’s ridiculous.

[quote]I’ll never understand why all of the networks want to put up their best shows in the same time slots on the same night against each other.
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My understanding is that those days are the most expensive for advertising, so they WANT to put their “best” shows up against the other networks’ best, on the best nights.  It simply keeps the advertising revenue up, which is what helps pay for the shows, which dictates how much of a budget the show gets.  Again, that’s how I understand it works, but I could be wrong.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

[quote=”Mikinho”]
[quote=”shadymg”]
i’ll just wait for y’alls reviews of the new shows before i waste my hard drive space…so keep em coming! 🙂 wtf is Terriers about?
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Totally wrong mentality.  Record everything and buy more hard drives to hold it longer.
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ROFL!  Can’t really argue that, given my previously mentioned 400-some recorded episodes of Law & Order.  But, I decided to alleviate that “buy more drives” issue with tons of storage from the beginning.  Now, I’m just refusing to buy more drives until they shrink them.  I actually have 3 spare 1TB drives sitting around, but won’t install them.  Ideally, I want to slowly replace each 1TB drive with a 2-platter 2TB drive.

[George L. Schmauch Jr.]

[quote=”Mikinho”]
[quote=”shadymg”]
i’ll just wait for y’alls reviews of the new shows before i waste my hard drive space…so keep em coming! 🙂 wtf is Terriers about?
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Totally wrong mentality.  Record everything and buy more hard drives to hold it longer.
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ROFL!  Can’t really argue that, given my previously mentioned 400-some recorded episodes of Law & Order.  But, I decided to alleviate that “buy more drives” issue with tons of storage from the beginning.  Now, I’m just refusing to buy more drives until they shrink them.  I actually have 3 spare 1TB drives sitting around, but won’t install them.  Ideally, I want to slowly replace each 1TB drive with a 2-platter 2TB drive.

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