Posts by IWantMyMTV

I love my Saitek P2600 ($25) so much that I bought a second one to share with friends...two analog sticks, a D-Pad, four action buttons on the front and SELECT and START buttons, and four shoulder triggers. It's a rumblepad, but will...

Gotcha now hifiking... That picture makes a whole lot more sense...the M170 does do its SPDIF combined with the s-video port...and the use of a dongle...you've restored my faith in the M170... Thank you. And a question for...

Exactly... You can still use the Toslink cable to send the game sound to the receiver but it won't be in 5.1... I missed the original question...I thought he was just trying to connect the laptop and the receiver...

You completely lost me hifiking... Why would the digitial out be bundled with the s-video out? The s-video out comes off the graphics chip (in the case of the M170, the 6800 Go or the 7800 GTX Go) and the SPDIF would come from the...

Quote: Originally Posted by marcussf is there any way to hook up my M170 to my nice 7.1 amp? I'm surprised that the M170 doesn't have an SPDIF out...I couldn't find out anything from the specs on Dell's page...

Yep...You can use the Audigy 2 ZS Notebook's SPDIF out to send a digital signal to your amplifier, but it's optical not coaxial. You have to buy a Toslink cable (approx. $30), and plug the 3.5mm end into the headphone jack of the Audigy...

Quote: Originally Posted by hulk2006 after I sell it i will make a post on how much of profit i made on it - stay tuned. I don't think you're going to make much of a profit at all...you would have been better...

Quote: Originally Posted by jddcp At first I agreed with the PC guys that with my XPS there was no need for an XBOX360. Good... Quote: Originally Posted by jddcp However, there is a flaw...

Quote: Originally Posted by GBmanNC You guys are for the most part completly forgeting that their just isn't any good games for 360 right now. But there are some really good faceplates...

Summary of argument to this point (as I understand it): If you own a 9300, please sell it and buy an XBox 360. If you own an XPS Gen 2 (or M170), then it comes down to what you like more...the XBox 360's removable faceplates? Or...