[home-theater] Forum Topics

So I have a Windows 7 PC running Media Center (home theater situation). I have one of those LG super-everything drives that can play Blu-ray as well as HD DVDs. Most of my movies are Blu-ray but a still have a few goodies on HD DVD and I've been itching …

I have many old Blu-ray discs, such as: The Last of the Mohicans: Director's Definitive Cut [Blu-ray] (1992), Beauty and the Beast (Three-Disc Diamond Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging) (1991), Toy Story 3 (Four-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) (2010), The Karate Kid (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) (2010) Have watched them again and …

Hi everyone, I have on original xbox v1.6 but the hard drive is broken , the program HDDRegenerator says the complete disk has bad sectors. I have an new harddisk, but how can I read the eeprom without eeprom reader. I have no materials for it, and I have no …

Hi, I have had Call of Duty Modern Warfare for a while. About 6 months ago, I updated the game to version 1.7 and when I go to the multiplayer, I click refresh and no servers come up. I have looked at infinite other threads at different websites and none …

hi, i am looking for the most realistic racing simulator. I want it to be like real driving. And i also want it to be a free roam racing game. i prefer an offroad racing simulator. i use windows 7 64 bit. nvidia geforce 8400 gs low profile. Intel(R) Core(TM) …

Ok so my parents bought a Nintendo Wii to use for Netflix, which is overall pretty sweet for me during the two more months I'll be living at home. So far I'm loving Netflix, but is there any way to pre-load movies instead of streaming them? I would like to …

hey folks! who has a home theater / media center at home? what kind of hardware do you have? is it PC driven? post specs, details and pics here. I'll be sharing mine soon...

So I bought this Xbox for my family for Christmas and didn't even have it for 4 months when the Xbox started saying the discs were unreadable.Took good care of it,(always supervised the boys on it, cause you know boys), and troubleshooted, but eventually had to do a Microsoft Repair …

I have a 42" SAMSUNG LCD tv. The last few years there appeared a shadow on the right upper part of the screen. Now it is spreading. I read that it could be dead pixels and that it would be cheaper to buy a new tv then get it fixed. …

What do you recommend under 500$

I just thought of joining a tech forum as we are into this business of home goods for long now. So let me just help you with your hardware and software stuff. Daniweb seems a great place to connect to techies.

Although the Aurora is, theoretically, a portable speaker system it’s not really that easy to lug around with your laptop unless you do away with a slimline carry case and replace it with a small suitcase. The tubular super-woofer, two tennis ball satellite speakers and not forgetting the power cable …

hey, I recently downloaded the Burnout Paradise The Ultimate Box legendary cars pack for pc. [url]http://www.criteriongames.com/packs/legendary_cars.php[/url] I downloaded it and installed it but for some reason I dont know how to get the cars. I dont know if this problem has to do with the online multiplayer because whenever I …

I bought a Memorex BD Player with Netflix streaming. The streaming worked fine unless you use the machine to play a disc. After that, the Netflix video would be scrambled unless you unplugged it, plugged it back in, and reset the wireless connection to the router (Linksys). We returned the …

Hello, I've been taking my time with the Samsung BD-P3600 and I can't seem to figure out how to use it with my DLNA home server. I got everything set up on my PC, and the only trouble I'm having is with the DVD player itsself. I know it supports …

Hi folks, Got a customer who is using a Dell Inspiron laptop , a MyBook external drive and has a karaoke business they run on weekends. They store approx. 67GB of music on the two 'drives' - They are running Vista home prem. problem is : when the boy downloads …

So I have an Xbox 360 and it is NOT hacked in any way. I am a gamer but I do mostly PC gaming therefore I do not my Xbox for gaming much, at least not online. My xbox is used primarily as a Media Center extender and I love …

If you have not used one of these 'universal' programmable remote control devices for a while then prepare yourself for a shock of stellar proportions: this thing is really easy to use. No, I mean it, really easy. One For All rightly claims that it is just a three button …

Is the connection of Sony home system HT-DDW7500 compatible with LG 42PJ350R Plasma TV Sunday

The cost of an Xbox 360 is dropping like a brick, which is just as well considering [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21179/532/"]so many things can go wrong[/URL] with the Microsoft games console. In fact the whole Red Rings of Death thing has led to some frustrated users [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21290/532/"]taking Microsoft to court[/URL]. Jesse Maiman, a …

every time i try to connect to the internet it says i have to update the xbox and when i say yes to it this comes up.Status Code 3080-0000-0080-0700-8007-2741. can somebody tell me whats going wrong????????:?:

Hello, I am currently building an HTPC for a client that will be strictly watching videos; both downloaded, and DVD / Blue ray, and im looking for some suggestions, as i have never built a HTPC before. Current hardware configuration: Asus M4A88TD-M AM3 DDR3 AMD Athlon 2 x4 640 3.0ghz …

I cant play mp3 songs on my sony music system free donwloading from net i am using windows media player & nuro express 6, pl help me jayrak

I've recently downloaded some movies that have what appear to be two file extensions. See this example ( No Highway in the Sky (1951).avi.az!). I know that windows only recognises the extension after the last period so this means that the true extension is AZ!. Really wierd isn't it. But …

When I loaded Windows I alowed the internet connection protocol to go to the 1394 port thinking "ok, cant hurt if it only makes it a usable connection source if it was ever needed, but noooo, now it's the only connection I show and now I don't know how to …

[ATTACH=RIGHT]18413[/ATTACH]Are all [URL="http://www.hdmi.org/learningcenter/faq.aspx"]HDMI[/URL] cables created equal? Without lab equipment it is difficult to tell the difference between HDMI [or any cables] at short lengths [under 6 feet]. But signals traveling greater distances do degrade and that is a fact. The longer the wire, the greater the resistance and weaker the …

Hi, I am about to get a PS3. I know that you install Linux distros for the system. Anyways, I would like to play XBox 360 games on my PS3. Does anyone know any good emulators for that?

I'm having to help people at work (I work at Office Depot) a lot with DVDs and CDs and the biggest question is "Which is the better one for me to use?" I've heard many sides to the story, one of which is that DVD+ is newer tech and is …

These days, video game consoles aren't just for video games anymore. There's a CD, DVD and Blu-Ray player, internet, Twitter, Facebook, chat and more. But don't you wish you could watch MOVIES? Oh, wait, you can. Think the way you watch movies on your console is good enough? One company …

Is there a patch for the EzCap? or something else I am missing? I bought one recently and have tried several times to install it on my computer. windows 7 64 bit. Main reason I bought it is becasue (like a lot of people) I have recordings of my daughter …