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  • Adventures in HD

    Now that I have a HDTV ( LC-46D82U ) and HD programming via Shaw , I've noticed that the quality of the HD broadcast varies from channel to channel and in some cases program to program. For example, not all HD programs are created equally. The CTV National News for example is very clear and detailed, but most ABC, CBS and Fox programming in HD shows evidence of image artifacts due to compression. I'm not talking about a little noise either... it's enough noise to be distracting. Technorati Tags:...

  • A Comparison of 3 Personal Media Players

    You might be asking what a Personal Media Player is. It's basically an MP3 player, but also includes capabilities for playing back video files. The market for this type of device exploded last year when Apple came out with new versions of their iPod and Nano players. At the time there were other vendors supplying the market with video players, but Apple brought it to the mainstream. I've had experience with 2 models of recent portable media players and will be getting a 3rd. The current information...

  • Part 1 of 2: ATI, you are dead to me.

    Don't buy ATI. For pretty much the last decade I've used both ATI and NVidia graphics products in the home PC systems I've built. Over the years my choice of which company's card I've used was the one that had the current fastest graphics card for 3D gaming. I've also used ATI for their TV tuner cards - these are provided as either an add-on "TV Wonder card", or integrated with your main video card as the "All In Wonder". ATI is a company that has such a poor driver install experience that a cottage...
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  • My New Server - Shuttle SN21G5 - Silence is golden!

    Usually when I get a new desktop PC, I'll delegate my home server duties to the PC I'm replacing. During my last PC upgrade I'd decided that my existing server system was just fine for what it needs to do, so I saved myself the hassle of doing a reinstall and migration of all the services from the old server. What I didn't expect was that when I got my new system set up, which was configured for speed and silence (see previous post) I realized just how noisy my old server system was. I've realized...
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  • Why do I think The Ultra-Mobile PC wont suck?

    A week or two ago, Microsoft attempted to start up a viral marketing effort on a new product they'd code-named ' Origami '. What this turned out to be was a new form-factor for PC hardware that they later officially named the " Ultra-Mobile PC ". This device is smaller than a ultra-portable laptop, but larger than a pocketable PDA. The big difference btween this and the PDAs availble today is that this is running a standard PC operating system - Windows XP Tablet PC 2005. The fact that these will...
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  • Impressions of the new PC

    So I've told you what I had before , and what I replaced it with . I haven't yet told you what I think of the new hardware I've put together for my new PC. Here's what it looks like all put together... I've now had some time to work with the new system and I can give you my impressions of the various components I chose to build my system from. The Case Normally, the case might not be an important part of your PC, but I had some specific expectations about my new PC. One expectation...
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  • My New PC - The Parts

    So I've told you what I had in a previous post. Now I'll tell you what I chose for the parts of my new PC. I jump right to the details you're interested in, the parts! What did Keith pick for his brand new PC? Wait no longer, here you are! I'll go into more detail about why I chose these parts in the final portion of this article, and tell of my satisfaction or dissatisfaction of my choices and why in my next post on this topic. In the following table you'll see images with vendor links of the items...
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  • Building a new PC (January 2006)

    Motivation for an Upgrade I use my home PC for everything: 3D gaming, media encoding, video playback, as well as programming (my day job). Early in January ’06 I made the decision to perform a whole system upgrade to my home PC. I perform incremental upgrades to my home PC several times a year. A hard drive here, a video card there… Every two years or so I do a complete upgrade to my PC because eventually my current motherboard doesn't support an emerging technology of upgradeable components. (See...
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