Thursday, October 06, 2005

TV Tuners

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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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Thursday, September 29, 2005

Disaster! (Geeks to the Rescue)

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The news of late has been full of natural and manmade disasters, including the hurricanes on the Gulf Coast and an anniversary of the 9/11 horrors. In every disaster, it seems the highest priority is communication. To be sure, evacuation, food, water, shelter and medical care are critical needs, but none of it can be delivered without communication between the government and the responding agencies. You might not be the hero that runs into a burning building to save a child, but as a knowledgeable and prepared geek you can still have a big impact. We’ll talk about some of the issues you might face and how you could use your geek skills to improve the situation.

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Thursday, September 22, 2005

Computer Interconnections Part IV (Picture Perfect)

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As a major geek, I probably spend more time looking at the back of a computer than I do the front of a television. Even so, having the gadget freak side of a geek in me too, I just had to buy the family one of those new flat panel TVs.

If you think the back of your computer has a confusing assortment of connectors on it, look at the dark side of a recent model television and be prepared to be confused. This article will sort out this confusion, and in the process, we’ll note that more and more of the connections on computers are showing up on TVs and vice versa.

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Thursday, September 15, 2005

Computer Interconnections Part III (Wired for Sound)

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Early PC sounds were limited to beeps and boops, which made for some pretty boring games, and if you wanted to listen to music, you had a separate cassette deck to play your tapes. Now even laptop computers can play CD music in stereo, games come in surround sound and we do our music recording, organizing and playback on our computers. Here are some tips on how to connect all those pieces of a computer audio system together to get clear and satisfying sound.

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