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Hey Guys Just need a bit of assistance or advice AV Receiver is one month over its warranty :( Having issues with the right surround, its very dull and seems held back Tried swoping the speakers around (Didn't help) Tried using different cable (Also Didn't help) Have also checked under the...

Thanks guys Did double checked all wires were connected correctly  :) I ran an AUTO CAL last night a few times. I needed an AUTO CAL MIC (Didn't have but borrowed one) Worked well and increased the vocals, instantly made me smile and while testing ended up watching half of Transformers 2 :)...

Hey Guys I have setup my Wharfedale Diamond 10 (5.1) and Sony STR DN 1010 AV receiver I have Bluray connected, PS3 and HTPC Problem I have is no matter if I play .MKV files or a bluray in 5.1 sound, the talking or vocals in the movies are SO soft and sounds held back. I end up turning it loud...

Hey guys Recently built up a HTPC HP micro server Sony Bluray drive (3D) AMD HD6450 8Gb ram Windows 7 Samsung 27A950 It plays blurays in PowerDvd and total media theater fine But when I play 3D blus the CPU usage goes to 100% and it lags real bad Iv tried hardware acceleration on and off in...

Hey Guys Im sitting in my office (Far from the TV). Does anyone know an app for the iPad 2 or a website to live stream the rugby. I know i need the DSTV drifter, but dont have it so.... Must be another way  :) thanks

Hey thanks guys those are some really cool programs

The AC Ryan essential is the entry level media player. You get the HD and mini and HD2 versions aswell but little more pricey. I bought one for my parents and one for the inlaws, has played anything i've put on for them so far. Will admit the mede8ter is better, AC Ryan interface a little slow...

ZAKSpeed in Woodmead have Think the 500w about R700 http://www.zakspeed.co.za/_Uploads/productcategories/Transformer_20/Default.aspx

Esquire sell the AC Ryan essential for about 699ex vat. That pretty much plays allsorts http://www.acryan.com/product/playonhdessential/

agree with Mahleu Sometimes new HDD's need to be formated as they dont have a file system on them yet eg (NTFS,FAT32) So like Mahleu says, right click My computer>manage> disk management and format the drive then it will show in explorer, wheather you connect it in the machine or usb

I have to agree with Byrd I also have a HTPC with a HD 5450 card, HDMI out Videos were a tad average playing thru XBMC. If you press O while playing a movie it will show you the performance and my CPU usage was high about 60-70, but once i enabled hardware acceleration (DXVA2) in XBMC it came...

Hey iondb If you buy a sound card, what sort of output would you want to use for the sound. (RCA, Optical, Component, HDMI) Do you have a AV receiver or how will you do it If you looking at doing HDMI Most Graphics cards now come with Intergrated audio My current setup, i bought a graphics...

Great. Thanks very much guys. I've ordered the TP-Link W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Router

Lekker, thanks guys TP-Link W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Router This one looks pretty cool and cheap. Are they reliable compared to the likes of a netgear or billion

Hey Guys Anyone have a router they using at home or the office that has decent wifi range. Or if you know of a router that works well Im looking for something that will work in a multi layer enviroment (Up stairs and downstairs) Is there an online store that has good prices Price range max...

I know in networking, Cat5 cable is twisted pair and reason been attenuation (Loss of signal over distance) HDMI may work similarly, it carries audio, video and communication over the cable and will degrade over distance and or thru a poor quality HDMI cable / HDMI/CAT5 extender set Rolled up...

Samsung Galaxy s2 and iPad 2 Gave the phone to my girl and i have the iPad 2 and my bro has the Galaxy s2 aswell Samsung galaxy s2 is apparenty still one of the best smart phone devices. Just works really well. Camera is great and it plays MKV's so easy and smoothy compared to my iPad 2. I...

Also try http://www.prophecy.co.za/bnotebook-memoryb-ddr3-sodimms-laptop-c-118_121_742.html?osCsid=2f225c53069c8e4b3a3fd595181399a8 Remember you also have to have Windows 64bit to read 4gb or more

Thanks guys for all the help. @Joel some really valid points, things I didn't consider cause I had no idea. Glad I asked. Might hold back a bit on the idea of 3D @dotVIBE thanks that makes a bit more sense towards what I know

ha ha really, thats pretty awesome. Ok great thanks Audionote. Im not in a huge rush but some good advice, thanks. I think i will wait it out a couple of months and check the new stuff