home theatre

  1. Product Review: iDeaHome Wi-Fi Speaker and Multi-room Music System

    The iDeaHome Wi-Fi speaker is an awesome value, able to deliver rich sound anywhere in your Wi-Fi network. read more Continue reading...
  2. Windows 7 Uninterruptible Power supply limits.

    This might belong in some other section, but my question concerns the amount of connections to an Uninterruptible power supply. See, I have an older, WW2-era wiring setup in my house, so I worry about too much on one fuse. I have the CyberPower model CP 1350c, with details, here: Link...
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    Windows 7 Realtek HD Audio driver / Retasking options.

    Hello fellas, I'm fairly new to this forum but lets not waste your time with me. So to the question: Several months ago I was using Vista when decided to upgrade my system to Windows 7, thus, I decided to update all of my drivers as well. The problem: I had the following jack retasking...
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    Windows 7 REALTEK HD AUDIO PLAYBACK - ANALOG & DIGITAL Simultaneously

    I own a EVGA NVIDIA 790i ULTRA with REALTEK HD AUDIO ONBOARD. I also use BUDPHONE (budphone.ca) which I make and receive calls from through my computer over the internet. Here is my problem: Whenever I want to listen to music from my Optical Digital Out and I hear the webphone ringing I am...
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    Windows 7 Dolby Digital 5.1 decoding through optical input of X-Fi Xtreme Audio

    I have recently purchased a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Audio 7.1 PCI-E OEM card. The main reason I got this card is because I play my Xbox 360 through the monitor and speakers on my PC. I have 5.1 surround speakers for the PC, and I thought rather than playing games using the analogue...
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    Windows 7 Why is media centre crashing when I try to add an extender?

    Installed Windows 7 ultimate on our media centre PC today and have managed to get it working nicely on the PC alone. We have 3 XBOXs which we use as extenders around the house and have worked perfectly under Vista. When I go to add extender, it shows me the box to put my number in but by...