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Computers - Technology / Re: firefox

« on: August 13, 2007, 10:06:13 pm »

Try a "clean install", it's the same as doing a re-install, but with 1 extra step:

1) Uninstall
2) Delete your profile directory
3) Install

Here is information about where your profile directory is:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder

If you're finding the folder through windows explorer, you'll need to turn hidden files off.

This will wipe all your personal settings, so it might be wise to back-up your bookmarks before hand, go to:

Bookmarks > Organise Bookmarks

Then:

File > Export

Save the file somewhere, then when you re-install go to:

Bookmarks > Organise Bookmarks

Then:

File > Import > From File, choose where you saved the file.

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Language Translations / Re: OLD - Re: Bit Che - Translators Wanted!

« on: August 13, 2007, 01:41:15 am »

I have a translation in romanian, even if there are another two.
Maybe it's useful.

Unless there is a reason why you think yours is particularly better or perhaps more updated?

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P2P - Filesharing / Re: what happened to azureus now?

« on: August 11, 2007, 09:57:08 am »

oh, do you know if they are still going to update 2.5? or is that abandoned

Honestly have no idea sorry.

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P2P - Filesharing / Re: what happened to azureus now?

« on: August 09, 2007, 04:28:57 am »

v3 is just v2.5 with Vuze, you can still get an updated version of 2.5:

http://azureus.sourceforge.net/download.php

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General Discussion / Re: why dont members post on forums

« on: August 08, 2007, 03:26:54 am »

Well said, we're all up for newbies posting, the more the merrier 

Lurking is some times useful, but this community is a very positive one.

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Computers - Technology / Re: DVD dual layer

« on: August 02, 2007, 12:52:39 pm »

using nero its set up to use mpeg2.
Is there any other way i can burn episodes to normal dvd disc but keep quality, was thinking of burning to hard drive and using dvd shrink to fit?

I'm confused, do you have them on DVD in the first place then?

In which case, reading about it, DVD shrink is probably worth looking in to. And yeah, Nero won't burn to dual layer, because dual layer isn't a standard for DVD file structures.

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Music - Movies - TV / Re: [TV] Heroes

« on: August 01, 2007, 09:32:23 am »

I just started watching season 1 from the beginning.

Quantum, let us know when season 2 comes out.

September 24th 

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Music - Movies - TV / Re: [MOVIE] 01-18-08

« on: August 01, 2007, 09:31:13 am »

Looks decent. I think it was originally tentatively called Cloverfield. is 1-18-08 the title of the movie now?

Date of launch I think more than anything.

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Computers - Technology / Re: DVD dual layer

« on: July 31, 2007, 09:04:17 am »

Yeah it will burn but i was trying to increase the quality as nero says low, episodes are 50 min, start nero and taking upto 25 hours to burn. Thought using a dual layer would be better.

What type of codec are you using? If you want good quality and small file size, use something like XviD or h264. If your burning them to disc DVD encoded and in mpeg2 so you can play them on a normal DVD player then you can't use dual layer anyway, most DVD players simply don't real dual layer.

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General Discussion / Re: does an1 kno how to make utorrent faster or kno a faster program

« on: July 31, 2007, 01:33:14 am »

Torrenting is all about popularity, the more popular the thing your downloading, the likely it'll download at an alright speed. There are however a few things you can do to make sure that everything is running smoothly,

1) Open the needed ports in your router (check your uTorrent settings for the correct ports).

2) Configure the maximum number of connections you can have on a torrent, this determines the amount of people you can connect to, more doesn't always mean better though, somewhere between 50 - 100 seems to be the sweet spot for most.

3) Always keep your upload 7 kb/s or above, uTorrent limits it otherwise, some sites work out your upload and treats you in kind.

4) Join a private site, people often have more incentive to seed well on a private site, less hit and runners.

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General Discussion / Re: google's new look

« on: July 30, 2007, 09:39:46 am »

wat is igoogle?

www.iGoogle.com

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Computers - Technology / Re: DVD dual layer

« on: July 30, 2007, 09:38:02 am »

I'm not quite sure why you need a dual layer disc, I've often found 12 episodes of something to fit nicely on to a single layer disc. If Nero can't cope with it then I have to ask the question, are your disks dual layer, can your burner burn to dual layer?

Nero can cope with anything better than I've seen really.

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General Discussion / Re: Looking for new flat panel TV

« on: July 26, 2007, 01:47:24 pm »

Super info Quantum.
Had been looking at the Sharp LC-42D62U 42" LCD DISPLAY. prices still about £1,100 cheapest but coming down.
cheers

Sharp do fantastic LCD monitors and having a quick browse over the specs of that, it's good stuff. It's perfect if you know what you're getting yourself in to. Don't know if it supports 1:1 pixel mapping though.

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General Discussion / Re: Looking for new flat panel TV

« on: July 25, 2007, 10:03:17 pm »

Yet more limitations of HD. (Warning, the file sizes in these screenshots are actually quite large, about 3 megabytes each. Also the quality of the picture will vary from monitor to monitor, if you have a CRT you bought in the last 4 years and a TFT you bought in the last 2, I'd suggest comparing them so you can see that we've actually taken a step back in quality for saving space)

I'd just like to spend a little time discussing HD, the actual quality of HD in itself can change quite drastically, even if your getting the full 1080p glory.

Here's a screen shot from RAN, an HD DVD movie, this is in 1080p, but as we can see the quality is severely limited by the original source of the movie: http://www.freepicshost.net/pview.php?fid=677&fname=RanPHD2.png

Here's a few shots from the Blu-Ray movie 'House of Flying Daggers', while much touted, the encoders for whatever reason decided to encode it with MPEG2, the old DVD format, this doesn't scale to HD as well as other codecs like VC-1 and h264, so the picture isn't as clear or sharp as it should be:
http://shrani.si/?pdvd013v7tn.png
http://shrani.si/?pdvd011v7tk.png

I've developed a keen eye for spotting stuff encoded in mpeg2, I'm usually about 95% accurate, because it has a sort of fuzzy foggyness about the detail that VC-1 and h264 don't have.



All that aside, some times you do get fine looking movies, take the HD DVD version of Matrix Revolutions, a high quality source, a high quality codec and high bit rate all used. If you played this on a large high quality 1080p T.V this would look fantastic:

http://nwgat.net/woot/files/2/reloadedhddvd/3.png
http://nwgat.net/woot/files/2/reloadedhddvd/7.png
http://nwgat.net/woot/files/2/reloadedhddvd/9.png
http://nwgat.net/woot/files/2/reloadedhddvd/10.png

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General Discussion / Re: Looking for new flat panel TV

« on: July 25, 2007, 07:31:36 pm »

Hi Quantum,
When you say lower quality picture??? When I walk into Laser/Comet even Currys I am amazed at the quality of the pictures on LCD. Fantastic defination and clarity compared to my present digital tv. What am I missing, is it really that bad??
cheers

It's all about resolution, a top HD siginal is 1080p, which is: 1920 x 1080, a slightly lower HD signal is 720p which is: 1280 x 720. Apparently most people can't tell the difference between these 2 in a normal living room environment unless the T.V is 65 inches or bigger, personally I can.

Some HD TVs can only display 720p, so check that out before hand. But the real issue is that standard U.K T.V is 576p, which is 720 x 576, now when you stretch 576p to 1080p, especially on a fixed resolution device like a flat screen, you simply get a lower quality picture. The other issue is that LCD in particular is actually a lower quality picture than CRT, this is just fundamental to its technology at the moment, but it is improving a little bit at a time.

In all likelihood, what you see at places like Comet or Currys is an actual HD Movie being played, which requires a computer outputting an HD Signal to it, an HD DVD or Blu Ray Player or a Sky HD subscription (which costs an extra £10 a month on top of a normal subscription, plus it used to cost £300 for the Sky HD Box, but they may have got rid of that extra cost, I'm not sure). Also be aware with Sky HD, there are only a limited number of channels which are actually HD, a couple of the movies, a couple of the sports, a few nature documentary channels, SkyOne HD, BBC HD (very limited stuff on this) and maybe a few more.

Most people take their brand new large flat panel T.V home to find the picture looks almost exactly the same if not a little worse, because they simply haven't done their research and the shops have managed to trick them in to thinking the T.V can magically improve the current picture that they have.