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Posted on: Willing to Pay More for Green?
JohnnyGreen (12/16, 12:25 PM)
The premise that green electronics cost more is inaccurate and perpetuates the myth. On top of that when you add energy efficiency, longer product life and trade-in value, they actually cost less.
http://www.greenelectronics.com is a good site for finding all the latest green electronics and green computers.
Posted on: Build Your Own Multimedia PC
Francis Vale (12/16, 08:59 AM)
Hey, save yourself some real $$. Buy a car that goes no faster than 55 MPH…
Posted on: Build Your Own Multimedia PC
Brad (12/16, 12:22 AM)
This is the most idiotic article on system building I’ve ever read. What’s especially charming is the way in which the author brags about saving $50 by overclocking and then proceeds to throw away far more than that on what could only be called sheer stupidity (note that his aftermarket cooler alone eats up the savings and voids the CPU…
Posted on: Q&A with Steven Hill of Straight Wire
the dude (12/15, 07:19 PM)
ixion has it right - what a pile of poo. low-level balanced cables have a direction because of shielding and grounding. Speaker cable - sufficient gage for the length of run. 12-2 romex would provide as good of signal as the $1,000 cable this guy is trying to sell you. HDMI cable - it carries digital signal - if you…
Posted on: Q&A with Steven Hill of Straight Wire
ixion (12/15, 11:40 AM)
What a crock of sh** !! This is a blatant advertisement. You do not have to pay 10% of the price of your AV on cables, that is pure cable-industry crap… the same HDMI cable you use on your $1000 TV will work fine on your $5000 TV. Go to Monoprice.com for some of the best cables at great prices,…
Posted on: Attack of the Uber-Speakers
John Holmes (12/15, 07:43 AM)
another article with unavailable pages. Page one will just have to be good enough, I guess
Posted on: Q&A with Steven Hill of Straight Wire
John Holmes (12/15, 07:38 AM)
Page 0ne of this article was interesting. Pages 2,3, and 4 were unavailable. I was especially interested in reading about these expensive HDMI cables.
Posted on: Why Your Electronics Suck (Energy)
Tony (12/15, 01:39 AM)
I have a Comacast digital cable box and measured same amount of power consumption (~35watts) whether it’s on or off!! I used the Kill-A-Watt device to measure. I couldnt’ believe it!
Posted on: Attack of the Uber-Speakers
Steve Fox (12/14, 08:13 PM)
What a lack luster, teaser of an article!
Why not just get to the real meat of the “Worlds most expensive speakers” by doing a listing like you’ll find at the following link and dispensing with useless verbiage that is becoming ever so prevalent with Electronic House!
http://www.higherfi.com/spkrlist/speakerlist.htm
Posted on: Canon Plans Portable DVD Burner
larry (12/14, 06:43 PM)
I just purchased a Canon HV 20. Now I read that HD may become extinct. Whats the story here?
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