How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
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Why must I always have a/v issues. My PS3 won't display directly through the TV or through my receiver. The receiver won't display either the PS3 or 360 to the TV, but the 360 does display directly to the TV. So I'm guessing my TV is not the issue, but for some reason both the PS3 and Pioneer receiver are having issues with either sending, or the TV is having a hard time detecting either of them. I just want to watch some ******* HULU!!! The weird thing is it has sort of been getting worse with this. I would have to occasionally turn off the receiver or PS3 to make them detect. MY old Sony receiver had this same issue with detecting signals and formats. ****!
Why must I always have a/v issues. My PS3 won't display directly through the TV or through my receiver. The receiver won't display either the PS3 or 360 to the TV, but the 360 does display directly to the TV. So I'm guessing my TV is not the issue, but for some reason both the PS3 and Pioneer receiver are having issues with either sending, or the TV is having a hard time detecting either of them. I just want to watch some ******* HULU!!! The weird thing is it has sort of been getting worse with this. I would have to occasionally turn off the receiver or PS3 to make them detect. MY old Sony receiver had this same issue with detecting signals and formats. ****!
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I have plenty, thanks, and yes I've tried different cable. It worked fine with these cables for years, with only the occasional hickup. I can't get the PS3 to display even on my computer monitor, after resetting the video output settings. My receiver also won't display anything through any of the HDMI ports to my TV or monitor, though it will still do sound through optical for my TV. 360 will display directly to TV fine however, so I think that rules out the TV. I'm still not sure if this is just a big handshake failure clusterfuck, or if maybe a power surge fried components in both my receiver and PS3. Ugh... goddamn it.
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Then I also have to worry about audio inputs on the receiver and the formats. All I have after further looking is one measly optical in. So I guess I could run that to the PS3, but that would leave my other devices without surround sound support.
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A couple of these: Amazon.com: Digital Fiber Optical (Toslink) to Digital Coaxial (S/PDIF) Converter: Electronics
And one of these: (using only the yellow jacks to switch between four coax digital audio channels to the one digital audio input on my receiver.)
Bear in mind, my TV is analog and I don't use 1080p, so YMMV. I acknowledge that component is theoretically less optimal in terms of video quality when the display device itself is digital and has a fixed horizontal resolution.
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What, on the audio?
Of course not. TOSLINK and S/PDIF carry exactly the same data insofar as things like AC3 and DTS are concerned, with the only difference being the physical layer. You can convert freely between them with no transcoding losses at all, because no transcoding occurs in the process.
Of course not. TOSLINK and S/PDIF carry exactly the same data insofar as things like AC3 and DTS are concerned, with the only difference being the physical layer. You can convert freely between them with no transcoding losses at all, because no transcoding occurs in the process.
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Woot. Components fixed me up just fine. When I first hooked them up, I was a bit pissed off to see rolling horizontal lines. Found a spare computer power cable and broke the ground off of it... no more ground loop, no more horizontal bars! Image seems to be just as good as it was with HDMI. I do want to get the actual Sony component cables though. I'm using some really shitty, cheap looking universal cables that fit all consoles and have a few extra wires. Now to get a component switch.
I actually think the picture is better somehow. It seems softer, and less "harsh" with high contrasting colors or black and white.
I actually think the picture is better somehow. It seems softer, and less "harsh" with high contrasting colors or black and white.
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What does a $4,500 book about a car look like?
http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_22.pdf
http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_22.pdf
What does a $4,500 book about a car look like?
http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_22.pdf
http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_22.pdf
I would rock that on my bookshelf....if I was rocking that kind of cash that is.
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So this is kind of interesting:
“Dead Drops” preview at Aram Bartholl – Blog
This guy is basically just going around NYC embedding USB flash drives in random walls. I have utterly no idea what practical advantages such a system might offer, and there's no way in hell I'd plug my laptop into a random USB port which I found on the street (I don't even charge my cell phone on the public USB "power outlets" now commonly found in airports, simply out of paranoia) but it's certainly an interesting concept.
“Dead Drops” preview at Aram Bartholl – Blog
This guy is basically just going around NYC embedding USB flash drives in random walls. I have utterly no idea what practical advantages such a system might offer, and there's no way in hell I'd plug my laptop into a random USB port which I found on the street (I don't even charge my cell phone on the public USB "power outlets" now commonly found in airports, simply out of paranoia) but it's certainly an interesting concept.
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So this is kind of interesting:
“Dead Drops” preview at Aram Bartholl – Blog
This guy is basically just going around NYC embedding USB flash drives in random walls. I have utterly no idea what practical advantages such a system might offer, and there's no way in hell I'd plug my laptop into a random USB port which I found on the street (I don't even charge my cell phone on the public USB "power outlets" now commonly found in airports, simply out of paranoia) but it's certainly an interesting concept.
“Dead Drops” preview at Aram Bartholl – Blog
This guy is basically just going around NYC embedding USB flash drives in random walls. I have utterly no idea what practical advantages such a system might offer, and there's no way in hell I'd plug my laptop into a random USB port which I found on the street (I don't even charge my cell phone on the public USB "power outlets" now commonly found in airports, simply out of paranoia) but it's certainly an interesting concept.
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So this is kind of interesting:
“Dead Drops” preview at Aram Bartholl – Blog
This guy is basically just going around NYC embedding USB flash drives in random walls. I have utterly no idea what practical advantages such a system might offer, and there's no way in hell I'd plug my laptop into a random USB port which I found on the street (I don't even charge my cell phone on the public USB "power outlets" now commonly found in airports, simply out of paranoia) but it's certainly an interesting concept.
“Dead Drops” preview at Aram Bartholl – Blog
This guy is basically just going around NYC embedding USB flash drives in random walls. I have utterly no idea what practical advantages such a system might offer, and there's no way in hell I'd plug my laptop into a random USB port which I found on the street (I don't even charge my cell phone on the public USB "power outlets" now commonly found in airports, simply out of paranoia) but it's certainly an interesting concept.
(this may not guarantee >500mA charge rates however)