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1st off, I looked for but couldn't find the PC tuner card forum. It seems to have been removed? 
OK, I've got a real mess going on..
I just put a brand new ASUS screen on my satellite PC.
It's a PC screen not a TV but I'm using it primarily as a TV.
In the past I had two screens on the pc, one is a Vizio 720p 32" screen in another room and the other was an OLD school GIANT pc screen with a tube, it weighs like 100lbs. Really. It's a 21" screen and it's huge.
The Vizio runs at 720p but the other screen runs at a different resolution. And the sound, in one room it was over the laser wire and in the other room it's from regular wires to little PC speakers.
A total mismatched setup.
Every time I would go from one room to the other I would have to terminate the satellite app, My Theater, open the sound card properties in windows and change it from the laser sound to the wired sound (or the other way around), turn off the screen, go to the other room, turn on the screen and speakers in there.
If I didn't do it just like that, the My Theater app would crash badly and cause me a lot of grief, it would go into a black screen that you can't get out of.
So, enough was enough. I have had too much of that and I decided to change things up a little.
So, I bought a new screen to replace that monster beast screen, it's an ASUS VH238 LED screen.
And to make sure that ALL the screen in the house run the same resolution I bought a box for the HDMI to split it 4 ways.
It has one HDMI in and four out. It passes the sound through as well.
I also bought an Nvidia GTS 450 video card.
And to hook them all up, I bought a 6; HDMI cable, a 30' HDMI cable and a 50' HDMI cable. They are a little long but I found out the hard way, cables don't stretch very well. Better to have extra and not need it than not enough.
So, from what I ~think~ should happen, the pc sends HDMI video and sound to the splitter box which then sends it to the two screens. Two for now, two more in the future.
I had total h*ll getting the Nvidia to work. It came up, windows tripped out in it's pants and spent 30 minutes "installing drivers" which I could not interrupt. I did not want windows to install anything.
So I go to Nvidia's site and do the automatic thing and it tells me what to download, I do, install it and it goes through it's own 30 minute install routine!
Then it reboots and I have proper video. It came up in 1920x1080 but I didn't want that, I wanted it in 720p to match the capabilities of the Vizio as it can not do 1080p, it can only do 720p or 1080i and I don't want 1080i !!!!
So I reset the screen resolution to what I want and it looks GREAT on the new ASUS screen. But, no sound.
So I spent another two hours uninstalling, reinstalling, uninstalling, reinstalling Nvidia drivers.
Finally, I got the bleepin sound to play over the HDMI wire and I'm super happy with that. Looks awesome, sounds awesome!
But now, My Theater? Flakey. Sometimes I get a picture and sometimes not. I always get the sound but the picture just comes on sometimes. All the other My Theater stuff shows up, the menus, the EPG guide, all indications that it's functioning normally but it's not.
More times than not it has no video and it's a throw of the dice as to if it will work or not.
I can have a channel on, it looks great, sounds great then I change channels and it's a black screen with sound. It's not crashed or locked up because I can bring the My Theater menus up.
I checked to be certain the the video is turned on as there is an option to turn video on/off, I use it frequently when I switch screens from one room to another, a recent trick I learned a few months ago. So that is not the problem.
There is a screen in the menus about the IVR. I have no idea what IVR stands for but I know you can change the screen resolution with it. I tried all the various settings, namely the one for 720p and the one that says IVR with screen resolution. No help with those or any of the others.
There is a screen with stuff about "graphs" which I had to fiddle with after the nvidia drivers installed, it changed the sound card settings and MT complained that it couldn't connect to a graph so I went a-clickin till it quit complaining and the sound started working. I had video and sound so I left it alone after that. I do not know what graphs are for. Someone tried to explain it to me once and it went right over my head. I am not a programmer or a hacker. I can click things and follow basic directions but that's the limit of my PC skills.
Also, I opened up the VLC player and played back all sorts of things and they all play back perfectly. I have sound and video on everything, it's all in sync and it looks and sounds great to me. So that tells me the problem is with My Theater.
Can someone help me please? I'm tired, frustrated, hungry and have a terrible migraine from these stupid machines. I just can't think clearly to reason this out so I could sure use some clear headed guidance, I'm stuck here unable to watch satellite and it's a major bummer..
I'm open to suggestions and advice because I'm fresh out of everything and at the end of my last nerve on this thing.
Thanks guys!
OK, I've got a real mess going on..
I just put a brand new ASUS screen on my satellite PC.
It's a PC screen not a TV but I'm using it primarily as a TV.
In the past I had two screens on the pc, one is a Vizio 720p 32" screen in another room and the other was an OLD school GIANT pc screen with a tube, it weighs like 100lbs. Really. It's a 21" screen and it's huge.
The Vizio runs at 720p but the other screen runs at a different resolution. And the sound, in one room it was over the laser wire and in the other room it's from regular wires to little PC speakers.
A total mismatched setup.
Every time I would go from one room to the other I would have to terminate the satellite app, My Theater, open the sound card properties in windows and change it from the laser sound to the wired sound (or the other way around), turn off the screen, go to the other room, turn on the screen and speakers in there.
If I didn't do it just like that, the My Theater app would crash badly and cause me a lot of grief, it would go into a black screen that you can't get out of.
So, enough was enough. I have had too much of that and I decided to change things up a little.
So, I bought a new screen to replace that monster beast screen, it's an ASUS VH238 LED screen.
And to make sure that ALL the screen in the house run the same resolution I bought a box for the HDMI to split it 4 ways.
It has one HDMI in and four out. It passes the sound through as well.
I also bought an Nvidia GTS 450 video card.
And to hook them all up, I bought a 6; HDMI cable, a 30' HDMI cable and a 50' HDMI cable. They are a little long but I found out the hard way, cables don't stretch very well. Better to have extra and not need it than not enough.
So, from what I ~think~ should happen, the pc sends HDMI video and sound to the splitter box which then sends it to the two screens. Two for now, two more in the future.
I had total h*ll getting the Nvidia to work. It came up, windows tripped out in it's pants and spent 30 minutes "installing drivers" which I could not interrupt. I did not want windows to install anything.
So I go to Nvidia's site and do the automatic thing and it tells me what to download, I do, install it and it goes through it's own 30 minute install routine!
Then it reboots and I have proper video. It came up in 1920x1080 but I didn't want that, I wanted it in 720p to match the capabilities of the Vizio as it can not do 1080p, it can only do 720p or 1080i and I don't want 1080i !!!!
So I reset the screen resolution to what I want and it looks GREAT on the new ASUS screen. But, no sound.
So I spent another two hours uninstalling, reinstalling, uninstalling, reinstalling Nvidia drivers.
Finally, I got the bleepin sound to play over the HDMI wire and I'm super happy with that. Looks awesome, sounds awesome!
But now, My Theater? Flakey. Sometimes I get a picture and sometimes not. I always get the sound but the picture just comes on sometimes. All the other My Theater stuff shows up, the menus, the EPG guide, all indications that it's functioning normally but it's not.
More times than not it has no video and it's a throw of the dice as to if it will work or not.
I can have a channel on, it looks great, sounds great then I change channels and it's a black screen with sound. It's not crashed or locked up because I can bring the My Theater menus up.
I checked to be certain the the video is turned on as there is an option to turn video on/off, I use it frequently when I switch screens from one room to another, a recent trick I learned a few months ago. So that is not the problem.
There is a screen in the menus about the IVR. I have no idea what IVR stands for but I know you can change the screen resolution with it. I tried all the various settings, namely the one for 720p and the one that says IVR with screen resolution. No help with those or any of the others.
There is a screen with stuff about "graphs" which I had to fiddle with after the nvidia drivers installed, it changed the sound card settings and MT complained that it couldn't connect to a graph so I went a-clickin till it quit complaining and the sound started working. I had video and sound so I left it alone after that. I do not know what graphs are for. Someone tried to explain it to me once and it went right over my head. I am not a programmer or a hacker. I can click things and follow basic directions but that's the limit of my PC skills.
Also, I opened up the VLC player and played back all sorts of things and they all play back perfectly. I have sound and video on everything, it's all in sync and it looks and sounds great to me. So that tells me the problem is with My Theater.
Can someone help me please? I'm tired, frustrated, hungry and have a terrible migraine from these stupid machines. I just can't think clearly to reason this out so I could sure use some clear headed guidance, I'm stuck here unable to watch satellite and it's a major bummer..
I'm open to suggestions and advice because I'm fresh out of everything and at the end of my last nerve on this thing.
Thanks guys!
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If you can do 150mph in a 1/4 mile, you definitely have my respect!
sorry, i have nothing more to offer..
If you can do 150mph in a 1/4 mile, you definitely have my respect!
sorry, i have nothing more to offer..
The guy in your avatar, I kind of feel about how he looks. Not the drums guy, the angry, screaming guy.. I feel like that today...
As for 150mph and 1/4 mile, I just made up arbitrary numbers out of thin air. It sounded crazy fast to me.
My son tells me "You drive like old people." I told him "I am old people."
So 10 mph over the speed limit is crazy fast to me..
I think I fixed it. My remote control is working again after a week or more of not having one at all. THAT was annoying.
I'm not sure if the video is going to work right though, it seems to be after 8 hours of use. I guess I'll know after a few more days..
Fixing PC's is no fun.. I have no patience for it.. Or skills..
I'm not sure if the video is going to work right though, it seems to be after 8 hours of use. I guess I'll know after a few more days..
Fixing PC's is no fun.. I have no patience for it.. Or skills..
Um, kinda fixed it..
Since I put the new video card in, and this one is waaaaay more powerful than the one it replaced, the picture is "jerky"
It looks like everything is playing in stop motion. Several times per second the picture freezes for just a split second, just enough to cause the picture to be very unsmooth, like an old stop motion animation film is the best way I can describe it.
When watching anything with motion, it's unbearable. I'm trying to watch the ballet on PBS right now and it's horrible, it's making me insane!
HD stuff, it's really, really bad. Lo-res stuff like MeTV, This, etc. it's not very noticeable. It never did this before I changed the video card...
So..
I installed the latest Nvidia drivers. I just checked for updates and it says none are available. I have driver 290.36 installed and I have it even checking everyday for beta updates.
I'm using Mytheater, still, and under settings, Autograph, I have it set for Cyberlink video DVD9.
The Cyberlink DVD thing is a few years old. So I got the new one, #11 and installed it.
Now I can not find any way to uninstall the old one, #9. I went to windows uninstall and it's not listed in there, at all.
I looked in the Cyberlink 9 folder and there is no uninstall app listed. I checked for hidden files and have it clicked to show all files, hidden and system.
I got an app called "de-crapify" (really) and it scanned the PC for everything it thinks is installed. It turns up a lot of stuff but not the Cyberlink #9.
I installed the new #11 version and it shows up in the windows "uninstall programs" list but not the #9. Both apps are co-existing on the PC, I can run either program but the only one with an uninstall app is the new one.
I would have thought it would replace and remove the old one during the install.
Now when I go into Mytheater is does not list the new #11 version. I can only select the old version..
Why are these things so STUPID?? I really hate computers and they hate me back..
I should just pour gas on my house, toss a railroad flare over my shoulder, go to Tibet and become a Buddhist nun...
Since I put the new video card in, and this one is waaaaay more powerful than the one it replaced, the picture is "jerky"
It looks like everything is playing in stop motion. Several times per second the picture freezes for just a split second, just enough to cause the picture to be very unsmooth, like an old stop motion animation film is the best way I can describe it.
When watching anything with motion, it's unbearable. I'm trying to watch the ballet on PBS right now and it's horrible, it's making me insane!
HD stuff, it's really, really bad. Lo-res stuff like MeTV, This, etc. it's not very noticeable. It never did this before I changed the video card...
So..
I installed the latest Nvidia drivers. I just checked for updates and it says none are available. I have driver 290.36 installed and I have it even checking everyday for beta updates.
I'm using Mytheater, still, and under settings, Autograph, I have it set for Cyberlink video DVD9.
The Cyberlink DVD thing is a few years old. So I got the new one, #11 and installed it.
Now I can not find any way to uninstall the old one, #9. I went to windows uninstall and it's not listed in there, at all.
I looked in the Cyberlink 9 folder and there is no uninstall app listed. I checked for hidden files and have it clicked to show all files, hidden and system.
I got an app called "de-crapify" (really) and it scanned the PC for everything it thinks is installed. It turns up a lot of stuff but not the Cyberlink #9.
I installed the new #11 version and it shows up in the windows "uninstall programs" list but not the #9. Both apps are co-existing on the PC, I can run either program but the only one with an uninstall app is the new one.
I would have thought it would replace and remove the old one during the install.
Now when I go into Mytheater is does not list the new #11 version. I can only select the old version..
Why are these things so STUPID?? I really hate computers and they hate me back..
I should just pour gas on my house, toss a railroad flare over my shoulder, go to Tibet and become a Buddhist nun...
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
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Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
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An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.
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IS Amiko MIRA 3 any good ???
Can you recommend the best to cover all bases. NO BEEPS on certain channels 101w (NEWSMAX ,NEWS NATION), a clock that keeps working STEADY for timed recording ,solid unit with good lifespan. My Amiko died AND my Linkbox has NO Favorites Button and BEEPS on many channels. Picking up 105 west with a NEW SHED IN THE Way with 6 foot Cband ..95 percent quality ...unbelievable.
Can you recommend the best to cover all bases. NO BEEPS on certain channels 101w (NEWSMAX ,NEWS NATION), a clock that keeps working STEADY for timed recording ,solid unit with good lifespan. My Amiko died AND my Linkbox has NO Favorites Button and BEEPS on many channels. Picking up 105 west with a NEW SHED IN THE Way with 6 foot Cband ..95 percent quality ...unbelievable.
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Didn't see a thread like this so I figured why not start one. This is about natural supplements. If you aren't into supplements, fine, but please let those of us who do want to discuss this discuss it.
The first one I wanted to mention has been a real life changer. I'm 62 and still do all of my own install work at my business....also do all the yard work at the house. A few years ago I started noticing that I was losing my range of movement, it was even getting hard to bend over and lace up my boots. Almost got stuck in an attic because I couldn't get turned around once the work was done. Didn't think much of it and figured with age comes stiffness that was only going to get worse as time went on.
It was then that I stumbled across a video which was discussing rotator cuff tears and why they were to prevalent these days. Turns out, the culprit is a simple deficiency in MANGANESE which is key in keeping your tendons flexible. Most anti-biotics strip your body of any manganese it might have had which is why certain anti-biotics, especially those in the Cipro family. I actually knew a man who had two tendons tear while on that stuff.
Went to Amazon and ordered some manganese. Now it took a while, it wasn't instant, but gradually I have regained all of my flexibility. I can bend over and touch my toes while standing with no pain and putting on my boots is no longer a chore.
Pretty cheap too. The bottle I ordered was a 200 ct for under $13. They said to take double the normal dose for the first month because most people are severely lacking, then go to one a day.
The first one I wanted to mention has been a real life changer. I'm 62 and still do all of my own install work at my business....also do all the yard work at the house. A few years ago I started noticing that I was losing my range of movement, it was even getting hard to bend over and lace up my boots. Almost got stuck in an attic because I couldn't get turned around once the work was done. Didn't think much of it and figured with age comes stiffness that was only going to get worse as time went on.
It was then that I stumbled across a video which was discussing rotator cuff tears and why they were to prevalent these days. Turns out, the culprit is a simple deficiency in MANGANESE which is key in keeping your tendons flexible. Most anti-biotics strip your body of any manganese it might have had which is why certain anti-biotics, especially those in the Cipro family. I actually knew a man who had two tendons tear while on that stuff.
Went to Amazon and ordered some manganese. Now it took a while, it wasn't instant, but gradually I have regained all of my flexibility. I can bend over and touch my toes while standing with no pain and putting on my boots is no longer a chore.
Pretty cheap too. The bottle I ordered was a 200 ct for under $13. They said to take double the normal dose for the first month because most people are severely lacking, then go to one a day.
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Can't help but wonder if a worker overlooked checking the harness. I rarely ride a roller coaster anymore but when I do I check the harness myself pretty aggressively.
Can't imagine what the son is going through.
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Can't imagine what the son is going through.
Dad levitated and bled then fell to his death from coaster
Eyewitnesses have shared fresh details of the horrific accident that happened at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday afternoon.
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UPDATE: Six Flags is adding seatbelts to all 9 rollercoasters
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Six Flags adds important safety feature after teacher died
Hassan Kariem, 42, was killed at the theme park in Austell earlier this month, after he was thrown from his seat on the Goliath rollercoaster. Four others were injured.
Finally ....UPDATE: Six Flags is adding seatbelts to all 9 rollercoasters
Six Flags adds important safety feature after teacher died
Hassan Kariem, 42, was killed at the theme park in Austell earlier this month, after he was thrown from his seat on the Goliath rollercoaster. Four others were injured.
Season 2 order already in hand:
'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1
I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1
I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
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I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home thoughI don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ...
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I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.
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Love this guy's channel. Looks like Walmart has thrown in the towel when it comes to conventional car batteries.
I bought a new AGM battery from Walmart about a year ago, it is already needing replacing. I thought about just buying a regular battery but from what I've read, that might not be a smart move. Might check my Forscan program and see if I can change the battery type from AGM.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awe7kY5nvdU
I bought a new AGM battery from Walmart about a year ago, it is already needing replacing. I thought about just buying a regular battery but from what I've read, that might not be a smart move. Might check my Forscan program and see if I can change the battery type from AGM.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awe7kY5nvdU
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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Direct YouTube Link - Larry Ellison's Debt-Fueled Media Bet: Could It Spark a Crash? #shorts
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