The "New Toys" Thread - Page 315

Shawn · October 6th, 2008, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by anTo

since we're all ranting about Canada, internet packages are pretty brutal as well, my home service is like 1.5 mbps and it's like almost 40 bucks a month :\

Who are you with? Novus is downtown only, but I get 10mbps for $38ish.

Even Shaw I think offers 6mbps for the cheapest plan.

Also, just checked out Novus' site, and it looks like I've gone from 60gb/mo. to 110gb! That's a nice deal for sure.

killpanda · October 7th, 2008, 09:01 AM

Maybe I should stop buying old computers I actually don't need

Anyway, I present you the NetBook ancestor, the Apple eMate 300 ^^

Shawn · October 7th, 2008, 09:12 AM

Oooo, retro. I like it.

Do you have a Newton as well? Those are just epic win.

killpanda · October 7th, 2008, 09:14 AM

I have a Newton MP120 as well

Shawn · October 8th, 2008, 06:17 AM

Picked up a Asus Eee PC 1000H this afternoon.

It's quite decent. I found the keyboard really difficult to use, but got used to it in a few hours. It's pretty heavy for a netbook, but then again you do get a 10" screen, 160gb HDD and a 6 cell battery.

Only thing is it plays 720p really choppily, but I'm hoping to fix that with a codec or something. I knew it wasn't a multimedia powerhouse, but I didn't think it would be so choppy on 720p to make videos unwatchable.

There isn't much point playing HD videos on the 10 inch screen, but it would be a hassle for me to re-acquire all my HD videos in non-HD for the Asus.

jensked · October 8th, 2008, 10:09 AM

Finalleh got me Popcornhour A110 on my Samsung TV (don't know the "). I got a Seagate 1TB drive to put in it.
In total (shipment + taxes + hard drive) it cost me 320 euros, but for that i have a 1TB NAS + torrent facility + great multimedia portal that plays from hard drive, USB and network without a glitch.

I ordered it on august the 27th, it shipped on september 29th and i got it on october the 1st. Shipping works great.

Plays HiDef really really well. Torrents also work great, but it's a pity you can't select files in that torrent that you don't want. Also, the torrent client doesn't work on some trackers.

Actually, I don't see that much difference between standard HDTV rip and a 720p rip...

It runs a bit hot, so i'm planning to put a 30*30*10mm fan in it, but I can't seem to find one here in Belgium.

geeman · October 8th, 2008, 02:17 PM

Got myself a netbook too. Aspire One with 120GB hdd and 1GB of memory.

matt2000 · October 8th, 2008, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jensked

It runs a bit hot, so i'm planning to put a 30*30*10mm fan in it, but I can't seem to find one here in Belgium.

eBay my friend, plenty of old PCs with fans in them.

smib · October 8th, 2008, 04:38 PM

Hell, I might be able to find one in an old PC here at work(we seem to leave a lot of them laying around) and ship it to you. Although I have no idea how expensive that'd be, but probably a bit.

TechZ · October 8th, 2008, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jensked

Finalleh got me Popcornhour A110 on my Samsung TV (don't know the "). I got a Seagate 1TB drive to put in it.
In total (shipment + taxes + hard drive) it cost me 320 euros, but for that i have a 1TB NAS + torrent facility + great multimedia portal that plays from hard drive, USB and network without a glitch.

I ordered it on august the 27th, it shipped on september 29th and i got it on october the 1st. Shipping works great.

Plays HiDef really really well. Torrents also work great, but it's a pity you can't select files in that torrent that you don't want. Also, the torrent client doesn't work on some trackers.

Actually, I don't see that much difference between standard HDTV rip and a 720p rip...

It runs a bit hot, so i'm planning to put a 30*30*10mm fan in it, but I can't seem to find one here in Belgium.

Another PCH user!

It's by far one of the best buys ever.

Werner · October 8th, 2008, 08:08 PM

...in silver.

1TB of goodness, i was on the lookout for a WD, but they were sold-out at the shops...Then i read on the box that it actually has a WD disk inside it, so it's still is WD

Yaco · October 9th, 2008, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Werner

[External Hdd]

...in silver.

1TB of goodness, i was on the lookout for a WD, but they were sold-out at the shops...Then i read on the box that it actually has a WD disk inside it, so it's still is WD

How much did that bad boy cost you? I was thinking of giving that to my uncle for a Christmas present. Link please?

Viper007Bond · October 9th, 2008, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yaco

How much did that bad boy cost you? I was thinking of giving that to my uncle for a Christmas present. Link please?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...88&Order=PRICE

Werner · October 9th, 2008, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yaco

How much did that bad boy cost you? I was thinking of giving that to my uncle for a Christmas present. Link please?

cost me €99,-. that's about 135 dollars at the moment

Cosworth · October 9th, 2008, 11:57 PM

4GB of Crucial RAM for my MBP, not that it was lacking or anything, but you can never have enough power

gir · October 10th, 2008, 05:23 AM

I just scored myself a brand new Nokia N96. I'd take a picture, but it's also my camera, so you can see the bind I'm in.

Andrew911tt · October 10th, 2008, 06:44 AM

here is my new toy

I got it last sure Friday as a perk from work
(after only 5 days of working)

It is a th-50pz700u (actually and pre-production model) in great shape. I was going to buy a th-50pz800u so it saved me $2000

Just got it mounted so decided to show it off. I get the mount from monoprice for $87.59 here is the thread about that

IceBone · October 10th, 2008, 08:01 AM

Nice powerdrill.

Shawn · October 10th, 2008, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gir

I just scored myself a brand new Nokia N96. I'd take a picture, but it's also my camera, so you can see the bind I'm in.

Use a mirror!

October 7th, 2008, 09:01 AM	#6282
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October 7th, 2008, 09:14 AM	#6284
killpanda Joined: May 22nd, 2004 Last Online: 01:09 AM Location: China/Qingdao for a month Age: 22 Posts: 730 Car: 2001 Ford Fiesta 1.8TDdi Ghia Rep Power: 24	I have a Newton MP120 as well __________________ Ouh yeah !

October 8th, 2008, 06:17 AM	#6285
Shawn FG's Highest Paid Male Whore Joined: May 26th, 2005 Last Online: 02:01 AM Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 8,322 Car: IS250 RWD Rep Power: 86	Picked up a Asus Eee PC 1000H this afternoon. It's quite decent. I found the keyboard really difficult to use, but got used to it in a few hours. It's pretty heavy for a netbook, but then again you do get a 10" screen, 160gb HDD and a 6 cell battery. Only thing is it plays 720p really choppily, but I'm hoping to fix that with a codec or something. I knew it wasn't a multimedia powerhouse, but I didn't think it would be so choppy on 720p to make videos unwatchable. There isn't much point playing HD videos on the 10 inch screen, but it would be a hassle for me to re-acquire all my HD videos in non-HD for the Asus. Last edited by Shawn; October 12th, 2008 at 08:46 AM.. Reason: Added mah own pic

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jensked Joined: Mar 31st, 2005 Last Online: November 28th, 2008 Location: Flanders, Belgium Age: 25 Posts: 3,987 Car: RIP Opel Astra -> 2006 Toyota Corolla Wagon Rep Power: 40	Finalleh got me Popcornhour A110 on my Samsung TV (don't know the "). I got a Seagate 1TB drive to put in it. In total (shipment + taxes + hard drive) it cost me 320 euros, but for that i have a 1TB NAS + torrent facility + great multimedia portal that plays from hard drive, USB and network without a glitch. I ordered it on august the 27th, it shipped on september 29th and i got it on october the 1st. Shipping works great. Plays HiDef really really well. Torrents also work great, but it's a pity you can't select files in that torrent that you don't want. Also, the torrent client doesn't work on some trackers. Actually, I don't see that much difference between standard HDTV rip and a 720p rip... It runs a bit hot, so i'm planning to put a 303010mm fan in it, but I can't seem to find one here in Belgium. __________________ Last edited by jensked; October 8th, 2008 at 10:12 AM..

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