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Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 26, 2009 2:02:07 pm PDT #11024 of 25501
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Can anyone tell me how to install a settings.xml file in Windows XP that's supposed to tell Smart Connection plug-ins where to find the server they're intended to log in to?

On the Mac just dropping the .xml file into its own folder in Library/Preferences does the trick automatically, but I have no idea what to tell a PC user about getting it to work on her computer.


Sophia Brooks - Aug 26, 2009 2:04:18 pm PDT #11025 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Problem:

My cursor randomly moves when I am typing.

Examples from trying to post this

I have a very strange problem.pcurer moves without me doing anything,ing, my

Sometimes, when I am ty

Sometimes, whencursor moves without me doing anything. I am typing, my


Laga - Aug 26, 2009 2:10:07 pm PDT #11026 of 25501
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Could it be sabotage? Phantom Keystroker


Sophia Brooks - Aug 26, 2009 2:55:44 pm PDT #11027 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

That is too funny!

I suspect I am accidentally doing something to cause this, but I can't figure out what!


le nubian - Aug 26, 2009 3:15:39 pm PDT #11028 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I think you may need to clean your mouse/trackpad/trackball.


Gris - Aug 26, 2009 4:11:07 pm PDT #11029 of 25501
Hey. New board.

Okay, I have now tested every almost every aspect of this Blu-ray player except it's playback of, well, Blu-Ray discs. Because I don't have one yet. Because I can't access my mailbox, because my GF took our only mailbox key with her when she went out of town. Oops. She'll be back on Friday, and I'll experience Blu-Ray Iron Man and Tru Blood .

Until then, here's my final summary:

  • Netflix playback is as good as the Roku player, exactly. As in, when I'm in the Netflix setting, I can't tell the difference. Both of them still have some aspect ratio issues, with lots of should-be-widescreen content only available in 4:3 and some cinemascope widescreen content coming across as full 16:9. But Netflix streaming is more for the convenience than the pretty anyway.

  • Youtube is fine. You can search, it's well-organized with featured content. I haven't tried to log in to an account or anything, as I don't really do that stuff. The quality is, naturally, rather bad, though the HD stuff looks okay and it's nice to have the sound coming out good for things like "D*ck in a Box".

  • Music playback over the network / off a USB key is mediocre. Folder browsing only, which isn't terrible, but it's not the fastest file browser in the world. Can't shuffle or do playlists. It'll work for me, as I only listen to full albums which are correctly folder-organized anyway, but I won't use it often.

  • Picture viewing... hasn't been tried. Oops. I'll give it a spin at some point, but I honestly don't have that many pictures.

  • Video playback over the network / off a USB key, as mentioned earlier, is amazing. It played every file I threw at it - mostly XviD AVIs and x264 mkvs. I didn't try anything fancy like iPod-encoded MP4s, so I may be missing some problems, but I'm fully satisfied. Did I mention it didn't need a DLNA server? It doesn't need a DLNA server! I was so happy.

  • DVD up-scaling / playback is great. Definitely better than I was getting before - admittedly, I was using a PS2 for DVD playback. Even with my receiver doing up-scaling, I couldn't expect it to be good. THIS, however, is fantastic DVD playback. Quick to respond, great detailing, looks better than a DVD ever has on my TV.

Overall, I think it's one of the coolest almost-all-in-one devices I've used. I would love a Hulu setting for it, but I can always try to use PlayOn to stream it to the Blu-Ray player; I have to decide if it's worth the trouble / potential cost.


Deena - Aug 26, 2009 4:12:14 pm PDT #11030 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

I think you may need to clean your mouse/trackpad/trackball.

That's the reason it was happening to me last week. Old mouse with a trackball when my newer mouse died. I couldn't figure it out because I hadn't had a trackball to clean in so long.


le nubian - Aug 26, 2009 4:33:12 pm PDT #11031 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Gris,

can you link to the kind of player you bought?


Gris - Aug 26, 2009 4:43:43 pm PDT #11032 of 25501
Hey. New board.

Oh yeah!

It's an LG BD390.

I just checked pictures and the CinemaNow feature. Pictures are like music - you can do a slideshow for pictures in a folder, but nothing more sophisticated. And the CinemaNow looks pretty nice if you want to pay to rent a single movie - the quality on trailers is really nice at least, definitely better than DVD. I might use it if I ever MUST see a movie right then and can't wait for Netflix.


le nubian - Aug 26, 2009 5:33:07 pm PDT #11033 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

thanks! I wish it could play hulu though...