Posts by lorax1284

I can recommend the SlingBox. You plug your cable TV and other devices right into it. It can control the devices remotely via "IR Blaster" I have an ANTENNA hooked to mine and I get HDTV over the air for free, and can watch...

Quote: Originally Posted by Josh nickels So, are there connectivity problems on the Acer Aspire One or is this an isolated problem that could happen to all notebooks? WPA connect problems. WEP I hear has no...

Quote: Originally Posted by |-007-| Are you hitting that with the 6800 Ultra Go in your signature? Oops... sorry... no, my 6800Ultra died (it too got very hot, so instead of throw the notebook baby out with the...

Quote: Originally Posted by |-007-| My 7800 GTX Go overheats in all of the latest games. Not over-clocking, I see temperatures in the 100C range. I thought I was going maaaaaad! I just picked up Portal...

by the way: did you patch your bios on your 6800 card so you could overclock it? I think that's what did my 6800 in... it ran fine for years, then all of a sudden, the machine became VERY over the area around the LOP: keys, where it...

Quote: Originally Posted by In$pired How did you end up paying taxes and duties? Did you bring the box with you back to Canada? Well, when you declare your purchases over your weekly limit, you pay taxes (no...

Quote: Originally Posted by scottwilkins P.P.S. loraz1284, I didn't want a BR/HD debate, but a force debate on forced purchased upgrades. If it were HD-DVD I'd be as ticked about that too! Neither are that good...

PLEASE don't turn this topic into a Blu-Ray / HD-DVD debate! I'm BEGGING you!

Quote: Originally Posted by sleey0 When you call or chat with a Dell rep and ask these questions, they are going to tell you WHATEVER you want to hear in orde to sell you a $4000 system.... That was an...

Quote: Originally Posted by newfiejudd Got burned on the old XPS gen2. Upgrade my A%$. I bought my XPS Gen2 through Dell.com and my purchase coincided with a business trip to the US, so I had it delivered to...