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Markp 11-17-2007 10:12 PM

Xmas came early, I am such a freakin' geek.
 
Two HP-W2207 Monitors and a NVidia 8600 512mb GT Overclocked Card.

Now I can surf Firedog's websites and still answer email at the same time.

Mark

Ben 11-17-2007 10:37 PM

Yeah, 2 x 22" 16:10 monitors are always necessary :)
Dual screens FTMFW.

RickA 11-17-2007 10:47 PM

Bitch please, where's the SLI 8800GTX's?!?!

Stealth97 11-17-2007 11:10 PM

nothing wrong with that.

y8s 11-18-2007 01:48 AM

geeks are ok. i built four high-end head-mounted VR displays over the last week. next weekend is our big show.

they're dual LCoS SXGA near-to-eye displays with a 60 degree field of view. we'll also be showing a new product with 120ish degree FOV.

it's kinda like sitting in the first row or two of an IMAX movie, only it's on your head.

http://www.iitsec.org/ is the show. anyone in/near orlando? besides rican.

RickA 11-18-2007 08:31 AM

I'm in New Smyrna Beach this week, about an hour from Orlando

EDIT ~ I checked out the video on the main page. It looks like it's next week, but I'm leaving on Friday. Looks pretty cool though

m2cupcar 11-18-2007 10:01 AM

I just picked up two 1tb drives from cc.com for $200 each - more space for the "media library" :D

y8s 11-18-2007 10:27 AM


Originally Posted by m2cupcar (Post 175560)
I just picked up two 1tb drives from cc.com for $200 each - more space for the "media library" :D

nice. the new directv hr20-700 has an esata port to hook an external HD so you can increase your capacity.

m2cupcar 11-18-2007 10:39 AM

That's smart. I hacked my tivo, then moved on to ReplayTV and finally went with the HTPC running snapstream apps. No hidef stuff yet. I'm waiting for a true digital pc (decoder/card) tuner solution. That and probably pc upgrade - something at "gamer" level I'm sure.

Right now I've got movies, music, videos, photos and dvds spanning a 500 & 250, and space is running out. I'm actually going to leave those in the htpc and set these drives up as a mirror raid NAS. I can then access it when I'm outside of the house. Will serve well for work stuff too.

TheBandit 11-18-2007 12:13 PM

And I thought my single 22" Samsung was big.. Two ought to be pretty crazy!
-Michael-

neogenesis2004 11-18-2007 12:29 PM

You arent baller until you have a dell 30" monitor. I had one for a while, I miss it so much.

m2cupcar 11-18-2007 02:06 PM

I had an HP 58" 1920x1080... but it died :sadwavey: :gay: hp ftl :vash:

Markp 11-18-2007 03:07 PM

LOL, well I may not be a "Baller" and I don't have a mad 58 inch set, but I am pretty happy with these 22" units... Porn looks better than ever. ;) My Plasma is only a 42" and my LCD HDTV is only a 32". Somehow I manage.

Mark

Philip 11-18-2007 03:32 PM


Originally Posted by Markp (Post 175612)
LOL, well I may not be a "Baller" and I don't have a mad 58 inch set, but I am pretty happy with these 22" units... Porn looks better than ever. ;) My Plasma is only a 42" and my LCD HDTV is only a 32". Somehow I manage.

Mark

I have a 37 LCD in the bedroom and a 65 RPTV in the living room. Next spring I think I'll get a 55 or 60" for the livingroom

SamS 11-18-2007 03:42 PM

We have a 37" LCD in our 11'x15' dorm room.

Trent 11-18-2007 03:46 PM

I have a 42" Panasonic plasma in my tiny living room. I love my TV. lol. My old 17" flatpanel monitor is in dire need of replacement though. At work i have a 30" Dell flatpanel. :)

Markp 11-18-2007 04:56 PM


Originally Posted by RickA (Post 175504)
Bitch please, where's the SLI 8800GTX's?!?!

LOL, This is gonna sound really sad, but I am polishing a turd here. I only have one PCIe slot in the gay little Emachines box I have. (AMD Athlon 3200+ with 2 gigs of ram.)

Mark

m2cupcar 11-18-2007 05:00 PM

My mad 58" set is dead. HP bent me over weeks out of the warranty. :dancegay:

mazda/nissan 11-19-2007 08:47 AM


Originally Posted by Markp (Post 175630)
LOL, This is gonna sound really sad, but I am polishing a turd here. I only have one PCIe slot in the gay little Emachines box I have. (AMD Athlon 3200+ with 2 gigs of ram.)

Mark

since you said the 8600 gt overclocked, i presume you mean 8600 GT XXX?
I'm gonna run two of those in tandem

Joe Perez 11-19-2007 02:12 PM


Originally Posted by Markp (Post 175630)
LOL, This is gonna sound really sad, but I am polishing a turd here. I only have one PCIe slot in the gay little Emachines box I have.

I have such very little sympathy...

Of my four machines at home:

The primary machine is a socket 478 P4-2.4, 1GB, 300GB, using the on-board VGA, SND, and LAN.

The Media PC in the living room is a socket 754 Sempron 3100+, 512MB, 500GB, using on-board SND (S/PDIF) and LAN, and a $20 AGP video card (64MB GEForce 440). It's driving my 55" HDTV set (3CRT RP) through a friggin' S-video (Y/C) port, since my TV is an eight year old first-gen unit with no VGA, no HDMI, no DVI, and no Firewire. Just composite, component, and S. I've tried two different methods to try and generate a usable 480p component output from the computer, neither of which worked for shit. If anybody had a good quality VGA-Component converter or a good AGP card with a component output they want to sell, lemme know.

The tertiary machine is a POS Compaq Presario with a Celeron 2.7, 256MB, 80GB, and it doesn't have an AGP or a PCIx slot.

The CarPC is a P3-400, 128MB, 6GB, and an 800x600 display.

Pong, anyone?


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