My experience with LCD monitors is that they last longer than CRT monitors and can handle more abuse. I own quite a few computers for rental and I used to have all CRT monitors for them. I switched to LCD about 3 years ago and they stand up great and if they can survive as rental gear then they are doing pretty well.
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NoiseDesign - Dec 07, 2007 2:18:16 pm PST #3725 of 25497
Our wings are not tired
dcp - Dec 07, 2007 5:30:53 pm PST #3726 of 25497
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
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Frankenbuddha - Dec 07, 2007 5:47:40 pm PST #3727 of 25497
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Does the CD drive ave a pinhole? Perhaps pushing a straightened paper clip into the pinhole will move the mechanism into full receive position.
Yeah, I tried that at various points during the process. It really didn't do anything.
Juliebird - Dec 09, 2007 6:17:28 am PST #3728 of 25497
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
so I'm ahemming and the finished files are reading as MKV files and RO files, even though "avi" is in the file name. Is there any way to convert these or are they junk?
Gris - Dec 09, 2007 6:19:19 am PST #3729 of 25497
Hey. New board.
MKV files are video files, VLC can play them. Some people like them more than AVIs. Just change the filename and try playing it?
le nubian - Dec 09, 2007 6:27:00 am PST #3730 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yes, mkv should remain as the extension and try vlc player.
I HATE mkv files - 1) they usually are of poorer video/sound quality than avi and 2) they are ALWAYS bigger. Goodness.
Juliebird - Dec 09, 2007 6:33:23 am PST #3731 of 25497
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Okay, by changing the file name I am changing just the name or the file type?
I got rid of VLC cuz it fucked up my DVDShrink software, and I don't want to just play the file, but edit it.
eta fluffy buddha, I just went to videohelp.com and looked up how to convert, and it's ridiculously convoluted with the need for five different kinds of software (at the least that's the first thing I've found so far)
DXMachina - Dec 09, 2007 6:58:40 am PST #3732 of 25497
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I HATE mkv files - 1) they usually are of poorer video/sound quality than avi and 2) they are ALWAYS bigger. Goodness.
But... But... They're open source! ;)
le nubian - Dec 09, 2007 7:08:15 am PST #3733 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Julie,
I don't think you need to change the filename. If it is mkv, that's what extension should remain.
I don't know jack about converting mkv files. I've only worked with avi.
Juliebird - Dec 09, 2007 8:08:20 am PST #3734 of 25497
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
okay, another tact: if I dl'd the torrent from one particular site, would other sites possibly have different torrents, and therefore different, non MKV file formats? (don't know if I'm using the terms correctly)