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USB Turntable $20 FS

Just slightly off-topic so please excuse (Mods - I am being courteous!). I have been wanting to do this for sometime. I have shelves of vinyl that I would like to convert to MP3. I have seen various USB turntables over the years but was always skeptical of the quality. OTOH, I suppose...
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- Post #9
- Jun 13, 2012
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Vizio 55" LED $1399 + Free ship (VF552XVT)

By brother-in-law just purchased one of the through Sam's Clubs auction site. Paid about the same after shipping and tax. Overall, it is a pretty nice TV. As you may be aware, this is a backlight (zones) LED rather than edge which helps improve contrast and black levels. It is not ultra...
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- Post #17
- Feb 6, 2011
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Hot 54" Panasonic G25 series $1080 at HHGregg B&M only

Where and how do you get that info?
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- Post #2
- Feb 6, 2011
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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1080P HDMI to Component Video + Audio $49.76

It comes up at $143.82 for me???
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- Post #10
- Jan 18, 2010
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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1080P HDMI to Component Video + Audio $49.76

If this device will take encrypted content from an HDMI input and convert it to either 1080i or 1080p component (analog) output, it is an illegal device and the media industry will come after it with a vengence. The forced migration to HDMI has been one of the worst examples of the powerful...
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- Post #8
- Jan 18, 2010
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Need PCI card to drive new 1920 x 1080 LCD

Yes it does have a DVI connector.
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- Post #3
- Sep 8, 2009
- Forum: Displays
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Need PCI card to drive new 1920 x 1080 LCD

Upgrading my wife's Dell office system with a new 23" monitor with 1920 x 1080 native res. Problem is the mobo built-in graphics tops out at 1280 x 1024. The mobo has only PCI slots so looking for a low cost PCI card for office apps only. I can pick up a Diamond Stealth ATI Radeon 9250 PCI...
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- Sep 8, 2009
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Displays
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Acer 23" LCD with HDMI for $169.99 @ OM and $179.99 @ Buy.com

I'm picking up one of these for my wife's aging office PC. Because her office computer has built-in graphics that tops out at 1280 x 1024, I need a recommendation for an PCI video card that can drive this monitor at the native resolution of 1920 x 1080. Since this is for office apps and not...
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- Post #7
- Sep 8, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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SIG SAUER - Gives you $200 "CASH For your KLUNKER* Handgun"

This smacks of a troll. The P226 is a standard issue firearm by both law enforcement agencies and the military. You don't get that business if your weapon is a "big headache". I have a P226 that was given to me by my brother-in-law, is a retired police officer. I wouldn't say the P226 as...
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- Post #10
- Sep 6, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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CoolerMaaster Cool Drive 6 LHD-V06

I appreciate the input but a little confused with remarks about "Seagate" when I stated that the two new drives were Samsung which seemed to get high marks for reliability. The fact that these were 5400 rpm drives made them more attractive for my intended purpose since the presumed lower...
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- Post #4
- Aug 3, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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CoolerMaaster Cool Drive 6 LHD-V06

Cooler Master Cool Drive 6 3-4 years ago, SVC had an unbelievably low price on these hard drive coolers and I bought 4 of them. Once I received, I had a double take on whether to install. There were thermal pads that needed to be applied to the bottom of the drive and also what appeared to be...
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- Aug 3, 2009
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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CoolerMaster Cool Drive 6 LHD-V06

Cooler Master hard drive cooler 3-4 years ago, SVC had an unbelievably low price on these hard drive coolers and I bought 4 of them. Once I received, I had a double take on whether to install. There were thermal pads that needed to be applied to the bottom of the drive and also what...
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- Aug 3, 2009
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Camera Sling Bag - Sam's Club $31 - YMMV

It is not a huge bag. My use would be for a prolonged day hike or perhaps a shoot when I will need more than one lens and perhaps flash. Don't have it in front of me now but would estimate the outside dimensions to be around 12" wide, 19" or so height and 7" deep. The inside dimensions...
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- Post #7
- Jul 27, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Camera Sling Bag - Sam's Club $31 - YMMV
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- Post #4
- Jul 26, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Camera Sling Bag - Sam's Club $31 - YMMV

Camara Sling Bag If you are serious about photography and want to take your gear with you for an outing, a sling style backpack is very handy. Name brands (Lowepro, Tamrac, etc.) with the same set of features will start at $75. This no-name bag was selling for $40 and has been reduced...
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- Jul 26, 2009
- Replies: 13
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Network Lightning / Surge Protection

I live in Central Florida, lightning capital of the US. I installed a CAT-5 network in my home about 9 years ago and during the interim, I have had three separate instances where I have had to replace switches, NICs and JetDirect cards (HP Laser Jet) due to lightning surges. I believe the last...
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- May 18, 2009
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Networking
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DEAD: WD Caviar Green 1TB $89.99 shipped @ Newegg

Interesting observation. What types of data were you working with? Not trying to be pedantic about this but hard disk performance depends upon many things but assuming two drives are identical in configuration (same platters which assumes same areal density, actuator, etc.), a 7200RPM drive...
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- Post #10
- Mar 4, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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[DEAD]Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (bare drive) - OEM

Not necessarily so. I bought a 1TG Seagate from Dell about 2 mos ago. It did ship with the "hard drive shaped inserts" but the execution was off the mark. The box was too large, thus, the drive slipped out of the inserts and then flopped/slid around in the bottom of the box during shipping...
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- Post #42
- Dec 25, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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LITE-ON Black 4X Blu-ray Int. Drive - $80 shipped

Unfortunately, no. It does have a standard VGA input but is marked 640X480 res so doubt that would work. From the owners manual: VGA Input This input will accommodate most computers capable of supporting a VGA monitor. The only compatible display resolution is 640x480. The sync rate...
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- Post #17
- Dec 24, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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LITE-ON Black 4X Blu-ray Int. Drive - $80 shipped

Abaez, Thank you for the info. I went to Slysoft's website...the download costs almost $90, that's pretty stiff for SW that de-encrypts movies. Any other options? Are there video cards that will do that on that fly?
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- Post #13
- Dec 23, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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LITE-ON Black 4X Blu-ray Int. Drive - $80 shipped

I don't want to hijack this thread but this topic brings up a larger issue and hope others can help out. Here's the deal: I purchased a 65" Mitsubishi RPTV in 12/2003 that lacks an HDMI. Due to personal ignorance and a lack of disclosure by the electronics store, I didn't understand the the...
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- Post #11
- Dec 23, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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[DEAD]Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB SATA 7200 RPM 32MB Hard Drive

I should have followed others advice regarding this drive. After running less than 30 days, the drive died...no warning at all. PC was running fine, left it get a document and when I came back, the system had froze up. When I rebooted, I could hear a loud click and rec'd a message from...
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- Post #10
- Dec 6, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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eBay/Paypal coupons transerfable?

Well, I didn't receive one so the the big question is, will it work for me? More importantly, will it work in tandem with the Live Cashback? Thanks!
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- Post #4
- Nov 29, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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eBay/Paypal coupons transerfable?

My son rec'd a coupon code from eBay/Paypal good for 10% off, max of $100. He is not going to use it and sent it to me. Not sure that I can use it with my eBay ID/paypal account. Does anyone know if eBay/Paypal actually check the promo code against a list? Thanks. This is not a hot...
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- Nov 29, 2008
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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AMD Athlon XP retail CPU.....w/ free shipping

Wow. Nice find for anyone not interested in top performance. Very tempting though don't know what I'd do with it. With all the work involved with building up a new system, it almost doesn't make sense to use anything but current technology...unless you just have some old gear laying around...
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- Post #17
- Nov 23, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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How long does Arctic Silver last?

I upgraded my CPU, using Arctic Silver about 3-4 years ago and haven't touched it since. I OC a mobile Barton to 2300MHz. Temps have steadily increased lately and were getting up to around 120F but noticed today that there was a a lot of dust on the heatsink. A little blast of compressed air...
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- Post #20
- Nov 10, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Recommendations for PCI SATA controller?

Thanks for the help. I was able to find the Syba 4 port controller on ebay brand new, cost $11.25 delivered. Took a little work to get it installed but finally got the kinks worked out and new 1TB drive is running smoothly (fingers crossed).
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- Post #7
- Nov 10, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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2GB Kingston SD cards for $3.99 shipped

Thanks, OP! Didn't really need any more SD memory but at $4 a card delivered....well I couldn't resist. I have used this memory before. It is OK but is on the slow side. Good find.
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- Post #6
- Nov 7, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Recommendations for PCI SATA controller?

Thanks for the tip. Because I don't plan on running as a RAID array, don't anticipate running into the 2 TB limitation. I just need something to support a large capacity HD. Saying that, because the RAID capability is unimportant, do you know if there are less expensive solutions that can...
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- Post #5
- Nov 2, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Recommendations for PCI SATA controller?

Thanks... I assume this is card you are referencing: Syba SATA Just to be sure, are there any limitations on the drive size for this?
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- Post #3
- Nov 1, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Recommendations for PCI SATA controller?

I just bought a new 1TB drive for an aging Asus A7N8X rig. When I attempted to install the system would freeze during the RAID BIOS init. After contacting Asus, I was informed that my mobo has the SiI 3112a chipset which has a 250GB size limitation. Only work around I can think of is to...
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- Nov 1, 2008
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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[DEAD]Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB SATA 7200 RPM 32MB Hard Drive

NIce find. Thanks OP. I had run out of space for my video files...this is perfect. Saw the other post re the bad batch, heat problems and such. I have a fairly well ventilated case (no silent running HTPC here) so hope that should mitigate any problems. Personally, I have always been...
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- Post #9
- Oct 25, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Kodak "Pre-Charged" AA LOSD Rechargeables - $5 OTD

I didn't see any AAA's, only the AA's.
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- Post #5
- Sep 23, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Kodak "Pre-Charged" AA LOSD Rechargeables - $5 OTD

I was in my local Target during lunch and saw on clearance Kodak "PRE-CHARGED" AA rechargeable NiMH batteries (set of 4) for $5. These are listed at 2100mAh. The blister pack says "Stays Charged 4X Longer than ordinary Ni-MH..." which I assume it means these are the newer low self discharge...
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- Sep 22, 2008
- Replies: 15
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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$399.99 cheap laptops o' the week 9/21

Nice deal on the Compaq. I bought an earlier model last December for about the same price AR (I think it was the 7210US). It had an AMD processor, 1GB with 120GB disk. I gave it to my wife for Xmas ... actually pretty impressed with the quality and features for a "cheap" laptop. Don't know...
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- Post #2
- Sep 19, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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It's Back!!

I bought two of the Topaz 24" monitors early this year. My wife and I couldn't be more pleased. My average cost was about $260 each. No dead pixels. No problems. And rich vibrant colors. For the $$, it was an excellent buy. The only "crappy" I can see is a thread crapper.
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- Post #32
- Sep 19, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Sandisk Extreme III 4GB SDHC w/Reader - $20 AR (or less)

If you are looking for high performance flash media, this is a deal. It was posted over at SlickDeals about a month ago but went out of stock. The rebate is rather steep but true high speed flash memory commands a premium. Sandisk Extreme III 4GB SDHC Rebate To make the deal better...
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- Mar 4, 2008
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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HIS AGP X1950PRO 512mb TURBO for $130 at newegg

Is this a better card than a Radeon 2600xt w/512mb DDR3? I have an aging Athlon2 system that still runs great but only supports AGP. Looking for a painless upgrade that will extend the system a couple of more years. From what little I know, I thought the 2600xt was the best "moderate"...
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- Post #5
- Feb 27, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Acer 24 inch widescreen LCD: $279.99 at Office Depot (starts Sunday)

Excuse my ignorance but what is the significance of TN and MVA/PVA? I have the Soyo and think it is great. Is one panel superior to the other?
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- Post #6
- Feb 23, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Best Buy: Westinghouse 32" LCDTV $349

I found some of these at my local BB but when they did a price check, it came up at $509... not very exciting given the lukewarm reviews that I read about Westinghouse LCD panels. Kind of odd, though. This model isn't even listed on BB website. At the store I visited, they were not even on...
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- Post #9
- Feb 7, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways

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