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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.
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
Could it be sabotage? Phantom Keystroker
That is too funny!
I suspect I am accidentally doing something to cause this, but I can't figure out what!
I think you may need to clean your mouse/trackpad/trackball.
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.
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.
Gris,
can you link to the kind of player you bought?
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.
thanks! I wish it could play hulu though...