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So also yesterday, we picked up a cheapie little $100 5.1 system with DVD player and am/fm tuner at Sears. It's okay, and it makes the HUGEST difference in the sound. We used to have to crank the TV really loud to hear the dialog on most movies and TV shows, and would be deafened when music or sound effects played. Now, with a center speaker and a subwoofer, even cheap ones, we can keep the TV at a much lower volume and hear dialog perfectly.
Right now I'm only using it as 3-channel stereo (+sw), as the cables for the front speakers are actually pretty short and I had to use one of the surrounds as my front right channel so it would stretch to where the tuner is (don't get me started on the geography of the living room). I think I want to wall mount the speakers, but I'll almost certainly have to splice in extra speaker cables on more than one speak in order to place them where I want.
Thank Drew I'm a sound guy and I've done this a hundred times already.
I knew that would pay off eventually.
What I need now is a good way to get a few remaining files off my iPod and back onto my hard drive. There's about 7 that I had purchased and not backed up -- and they're tantalizingly just out of reach (but listening distance!) on the iPod!
Surely there is a good program or two that will do that for me. Mind you, I'm not trying to rip Apple off, just to retrieve files
that I actually did pay for.
Please?
Theodosia, Mac or PC? If Mac you can go to www.senuti.com
Mac! Ha, senuti would be iTunes backward!
Worked like a charm, in fact. My restore is very nearly complete.
What am I missing? $5.99 for a 640x480 webcam? Seriously?
I'm venturing into this thread rather warily, since I lack tech-experience with anything computer-related, other than knowing how to turn the thing on and use it in not much more than its most basic way. However, I've finally decided I have to upgrade my 2000 Dell (with WindowsME) with my first notebook, since I'm hoping to start grad school in the fall (program through the internet, with occasional visits downstate to attend school in person). I just filed my taxes, and I'll be getting about $700 back, so I'd like to keep the price at about this level or, at most, $100-200 more.
I know I'd like a CD/DVD player/burner (so I can finally get iTunes loaded up and burn some CDs--no MP3 player to dowload into--and possibly eventually DVDs if I get a digital video camera someday), and I'd like to be able to continue using my monitor so I don't have to squint at the small laptop screen when I'm here at home. I know I should have as much RAM as possible, but I've been told it's relatively easy to install an upgrade myself for cheaper than it's usually available pre-installed. Other than that, I don't know what I should be looking for!
I have been looking online, and found these two that look in my price range and might be decent quality. Any opinions on these choices would be greatly appreciated!!
The last two days at work, I've started Firefox (2.0.0.1) only to see it stuck at using 80% or more of the CPU, making it a huge PITA to use. Each time, I've restarted Firefox and it's been fine.
