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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 10:49 pm
Yea, you can. But its one of those things where you have to have the picture on another source, like on Photobucket or Webshots. And then there's some sort of link or feature or something that you can then bring the picture over to the board. I remember opening a Photobucket account so I could try and post a pic on one of the boards, but I never could figure it out and just gave up. I also have a Webshots account.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, September 28, 2007 - 5:37 am
who, I use openoffice at home. it's a free open-source software and it allows me to read everything microsoft and allows me to save in the various microsoft formats if I need to send something. you can find it here Microsoft also has a free excel viewer. You can find it here sorry, can't answer your comcast question ...
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, October 12, 2007 - 11:30 am
This isn't about computers, it's about TVs, so I'm not sure if this is the right place... I'm thinking of buying a smallish (probably 19in) widescreen flatscreen tv. I want to fix it directly to the wall, but the trouble is that where I want to fix it the wall seems to be all drywall(?), i.e. the stuff that's about 3/4in thick with no studs. Does anyone know whether it would be ok to put a 19in tv, which apparently weighs about 15lb, on a wall if I can't put the screws in the stud? Oh, and just for fun we live in an earthquake area.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Friday, October 12, 2007 - 1:06 pm
Kitt: Just heard back from my dad - he knows about carpentry and electrical work - and he says hardware stores carry drywall anchors which hold up to about 50 lbs and don't require wall studs for support. However I don't know if they would meet safety recommendations for earthquake-prone areas.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, October 12, 2007 - 1:12 pm
Thanks Calamity for bothering your dad with my question! I think I know what he means, I've seen them for garages to spread the load so I know what to look for. Please thank him very much for me.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Friday, October 12, 2007 - 1:20 pm
Kitt, make sure you include the weight of the TV bracket in addition to the TV itself. The ones we have are all quite heavy, heavier than the TV's in one case.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, October 12, 2007 - 2:24 pm
I'm looking around and that's exactly what I'm finding. Plus it seems the cost of the tv bracket is $60 minimum. I'm beginning to think I should just find a pedestal stand but they're even more expensive!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, October 12, 2007 - 3:30 pm
Kitt, if you are in an earthquake area, you'll need more than drywall anchors to hold a flat screen in place. You'd probably also want to add brackets to hold both the top and bottom of the TV, in case of shaking, rattling, and rolling (so the TV doesn't pitch forward off the wall). Personally, if I couldn't find a stud, I wouldn't hang it. I live in a (mild) earthquake area, and all of my built-in, floor to ceiling bookcases (one in my office, one in my entry way) are bolted to studs. Just in case.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, October 12, 2007 - 3:42 pm
Thanks. I've found a pedestal stand (with a huge secure base!) that would work but it's $200, so now the whole thing is getting a bit expensive and I'm not sure whether I will do it! Thank you all for your input.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Friday, October 19, 2007 - 7:35 pm
Another TV question... probably for a Canadian poster to answer... I'm about to switch over to digital cable (about time, I know). I'm tempted to buy the PVR box as well. It says it has an 80 GB harddrive, but I'm wondering if anyone knows if the Shaw PVRs have capability to burn to disc? Or transfer files to the PC? TIA, if anyone knows!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, October 19, 2007 - 8:21 pm
I know Rogers don't. I absolutely love the PVR though. It truly does change the way that you watch TV.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 8:49 am
Definitely, get the PVR. My DVR's hard drive crashed last weekend. I lost all of the stuff I'd recorded and not yet watched (including the 2 hour season finale of Lost!). I also lost the ability to pause live TV, rewind live TV... you get the picture. I was suprised how much I missed that functionality. I guess I use it more than I thought (for example, pausing live TV to go feed the cats or dig in the fridge, then coming back and FF'ing thru commercials to get caught up to live again).
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 10:06 am
Thanks, Jimmer and Costa. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna get it, regardless, it'd just have been nicer if I could end up with hard files on the computer. No worries. PVR sounds nice enough as is. Like I need a reason to watch more TV.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 1:18 pm
It is awesome. I don't think we've watched "live" TV since we've got it. And it's just so easy to record shows and pause shows, you'll probably find that you are doing it all the time. There are so many shows that I watch now that I would never have got around to seeing before (and the fast forwarding is great).
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Bob2112
Member
06-12-2002
| Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 2:01 pm
Karen: You could place a DVD Burner between the PVR and the TV and burn shows to DVD after recording them on the PVR. I do this all the time with my DirecTivo. You could actually record to the DVD directly, but it's easier to coordinate if you first record the shows to the hard drive.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 6:58 am
Actually, this depends on the PVR you have. My DVR doesn't provide the ability to transfer content between it and a DVD burner.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 7:03 am
i have my DVD/VCR combo in between the DVR box and the TV and all i do is have to watch the show and hit "record" on the VCR to record it. anytime after the show.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 10:49 am
Thanks, guys. I'll call Shaw and see what they say. Funny, from the image on the website they have, it looks like the back of the PVR has a USB input into it. I wonder if I can just connect the PVR as an extra drive on my computer... I'll see what they have to say. Either way, I think I'm hooking it up.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 8:21 pm
Anybody else have a Yahoo! 360 page? I just set one up, then read that they are going to discontinue the service! Too bad, becuase I was tempted to blog there, feels more homey than mySpace. Anyone know if it will really be discontinued? Thanks!
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 10:36 pm
Is anyone else using Yahoo! POP? I set up my Windows (Outlook) Mail last night, basically opened up a can of worms right there. First off, the server port would not work. Then I poked around and realized that I had to buy Yahoo! Plus to open the server portal, the only reason to buy it really. 20 bucks for the year. Then I was able to download the Inbox e-mails to Windows Mail. But none of the other folders download, subfolders and what not, Saved Mail, Sent Items, etc. I had to export the e-mails to archives using WinZip, then transfer them to the Windows mail by dropping into the folders there. Now when I check Yahoo! mail online, all the Inbox "Read" messages have disappeared. They should still be on Yahoo! server, right? Strange. I think the Yahoo! Pop has some kinks and I wouldn't recommend it quite yet. Conversely, I downloaded Windows Live Mail, which is like Outlook for idjits. I was able to open the program with ease, and add AOL mail account with ease as well. Anyway its a great little program if no one has tried it yet, but am not sure what Microsot is doing--why have Windows (outlook)Mail AND Windows Live Mail?: http://get.live.com/wl/all
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, November 09, 2007 - 7:22 am
Windows Live Mail replaced Outlook Express, I believe. And Windows Mail replaced Outlook. Just new names and branding for an older product. For your Yahoo mail, did you choose to leave messages on the server? If you didn't, once you opened Outlook and downloaded the email, it's deleted off the server. This is the same no matter what POP account you use.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Friday, November 09, 2007 - 8:27 am
Okay I'll check that out Costa. Thanks!
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Thursday, December 27, 2007 - 10:41 am
Dumb question here... I'm using Windows mail at my new job, using the computer I took over from the girl who just left. I've set up my own email address, no problem for when i'm composing a new message. But if I reply to a message that's been sent to my address, the reply address it's sending from is the other girl. I've set my account to the default one, and I can't delete her account fully because they haven't archived all the old emails yet. Any thoughts on how to set the FW and RE settings to default to my address instead of hers?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 6:22 pm
I need a new monitor for one of my computers. Where is a good place to get an inexpensive one?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 8:12 pm
If you can be happy with a CRT (the old, big ones), I bet you can get one almost free on craigslist.org. Lots of people have upgraded to LCD's and have perfectly good CRT's just sitting around. If you want to buy a new one, particularly an LCD, then check bensbargains.net daily until you see a really good buy. Or Best Buy sometimes has some very good deals. Check their Sunday newspaper supplement ad. A year ago I got Bigdog a 17" Westinghouse LCD at Best Buy for $109. I thought at the time that it must be a misprint because I have never again seen a price that good, but I managed to get one.
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