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Rich, Actually the log shows "2" for the audio device numbers. The default system sound device was changed to w2c when i first installed it. i went and changed it back to the system sound card, still have the problem. if not for the error in my log the initivr 100 thing, it would be all good...

I moved my system over to vista, and things are working well, except for my way2call modem. I keep getting the following error in my startup log: error in initIVR: (100), value does not fall within the expected range. and, all my tts from hs seems to be gone...but the system tts from the...

I want this pc to be an htpc, hapc (automation), and a gaming pc (for in my theater) so, after MUCH thinking and research, I went with the 9600. bit more than I wanted to spend, but my wife is out of town...when I was in the store, i looked around, and said, "honey, if you don't want me to buy...

wow, you're right the one i was looking at isn't hdcp. I found some local retailers that sell the 512mb 8500 for about the same price (after adjusting for shipping). it doesn't have the onboard hdmi, though. If I put a dvi -> hdmi adapter on a dvi connector am I still going to get 1080p to my...

google tells me pcie2 is good with pcie, which i assumed would be the case, because agp 4x and 8x and etc x and all.

i looked at that, but I was thinking that for about the same $ the other one had twice the ram. what is purevideo? also, is a pci-express 2.0 card backwards compatible with good ole' pci express?

I'm thinking this card: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Sapphire-ATI-Radeo...1QQcmdZViewItem Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3650 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 Thoughts? Ian

I have a 2.4 ghz dual/quad core machine w/3bg ram. it currently only has the onboard video. I want to add a video card. it takes PCIe x16. I'd like to have a dvi connector, and I'm looking to spend $50-$100 bucks. I guess I could spend more if I was convinced, but i have seen TONS of cards...

wow, that's all very helpful! I'll go down to the basement this afternoon and inspect the inwall dvi cable, i think it is dvi-i, but i'm not sure. i'll also pick up a video card from ebay. looks like I could get one for about the same as one of the adapters that eliminates, and it feels like...

I have an inwall cable that is is dvi where my tv is, and dvi where the a/v closet is. As best as I can figure, it is a DVI-D cable, so it should be backwards compatible with DVI-A also, right? anyway, I want to connect my automation computer (which is in the a/v closet) to the tv. My...

That's a good idea! I'll have to dig it out, or have them fax a copy of it to me...I don't know why I didn't think of that! Of course, how would I compensate for the frequencies I have trouble with?

Maybe I'd see some improvement just running dvd player through an old pioneer receiver i have sitting around. I could use the existing speakers as a R/L and get a nice center channel speaker. at least then I could have "3.1" and boost center channel volume to my needs. I could run digital...

yeah...the hardwood floors, floor to ceiling brick fireplace, and sloped ceiling probably don't help the audio! Gosh, don't know where to begin to do the treatment... Can you suggest a speaker that is "transparent." I'm not familiar with that term.

2.1 would be just adding a sub, which would be fine, i guess. my main reason for wanting to do surround (5.1) in this room is because i think all my years of shooting guns, racing motocross, and running power tools has impacted my hearing. I find that watching most movies I really struggle to...

maybe under the tv then, either to the right or left?