Thursday, October 27, 2005
Scanning Photos and Film
You would think that chemical film photography is dead with all the digital cameras flying off the dealer’s shelves these days. I certainly haven’t taken as many snapshots on film as I used to, but there are certain situations where clicking off some exposures on film can’t be beat. Maybe it’s when you are on vacation and it’s raining, or you are going to the beach. You don’t want to get your expensive camera wet, (salt water is especially damaging to electronics), so grab a cheap disposable camera to catch those precious moments.
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Thursday, October 20, 2005
How to Build a HTPC Part II
In the first of a two-part series of Tech Tips on getting started with a Home Theater PC, or HTPC, we looked at the two most basic features to be considered: audio and video. With those areas addressed, there are still plenty of aspects worth considering that can help your computer become better integrated into your home theater for a truly enjoyable experience. Some of these aspects include component speed, cooling, noise, style, and the user interface.
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
How to Build a HTPC - (Home Theater Personal Computers)
HTPCs (Home Theater Personal Computers) are gaining in popularity as people spend more time and money getting comfortable in the living room, and as the availability and understanding of the technology becomes more user friendly. An HTPC can be used for a variety of things, including video/audio playback, streaming online media, big screen gaming, and watching/recording television, all of which make them quite appealing devices to have.
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Thursday, October 06, 2005
TV Tuners
There are many products available that make your computer seem less like a business tool and more like a home media center. Given this, the one component that may lack the popularity you might expect is the TV tuner card. There are sound cards capable of 8-channel surround sound stereo, high-powered speaker systems, and graphics cards displaying on high definition monitors/televisions.
TV tuners are becoming more common in computers as Windows Media Center Edition grows in popularity, but just about any computer with any operating system can tune in TV. This Tech Tip will look at some of the basics of computer TV tuners, including the interfaces, the technologies, and the performance.
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