[cts-newsletters-html] Leo & Patrick Sounds/Color Calibration
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- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:03:26 MST
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CUSTOMIZE YOUR WINDOWS SOUNDS
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LEO & PATRICK ON YOUR COMPUTER
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First in a three-part series.
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HOW TO MAKE YOUR COLORS WORK
Martin Sargent talks about color matching
on your printer and computer.
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TELL US ABOUT YOUR MP3 COLLECTION
Napster's days are numbered. How much
downloaded music do you have?
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The Screen Savers Show Notes for Monday, February 12th,
2001...
* Build a BattleBot!!
Jacob from Harrison, Arizona wants the scoop on how to
build a BattleBot for the Comedy Central Show, BattleBots.
Basically, it features warfare between remote controlled
robots. Not particularly digital, but tres fun:
http://www.battlebots.com
Leo says the BattleBot a guest brought on the show a
couple years ago ripped a few holes in our floor. More
importantly, he said over the years he'd been building it,
he'd dropped "several hundred thousand dollars in it.
Woah... I'd rather own a house.
We doubt you have to spend that much money. We'd start
cultivating friends at machine shops right now. Here's the
BattleBots' own set of links that show you how other
BattleBot builders do it:
http://www.battlebots.com/build.html
* Netscape don't play that
Emil from Elkins, West Virginia just finished his first
Web site. An MPEG video he's got on it plays fine through
Internet Explorer, but not Netscape. We'd check to make
sure the browser has an app set up to play that MPEG
viddy, such as QuickTime or Windows Media Player or Real.
While you're at it, try playing it from someone else's
Netscape install to make sure it's not just yours!
* Video Card Drivers
Doug from Austin, Texas has an Elsa 3D video card, and
wants to know if he should use the drivers from nVidia, or
from Elsa. We use both the 'reference drivers' from the
chipmakers (In this case, nVidia.) and the drivers
provided by the folks that build the board you actually
buy with the chip on it. (In this case, Elsa.) It really
depends on what we're doing with the system.
The board makers usually have WHQL certified drivers;
that's the Windows Hardware Quality Labs. They're
guaranteed to run safe and sound by Microsoft's rules.
WHQL drivers are often a touch slower for gaming. Here's a
link to the WHQL pages:
http://www.microsoft.com/hwtest/default.asp
The drivers from the board maker might have special
features. Some over clock the board, or tweak other
settings, such as the color on the screen. Board makers
often have both WHQL certified and non-certified drivers.
I'm convinced that the latter are usually faster on 3D
games, though I usually use the WHQL certified drivers for
machines I don't use for gaming.
The drivers from the chipmaker usually lack these
niceties. Play around with the latest drivers from each.
We often benchmark 'em to see which run faster.
Here's an article Robert Heron wrote for us on nVidia's
Detonator 3 drivers on just how fast they really are:
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/story/0,23158,3302059,00.html
* DSL protocols
Jody from Nashville, Tennessee has a DSL broadband
connection. His ISP said gave him the option of connecting
to their servers by PPPoA, PPPoE, or a bridged config.
PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) has become
very common, as it allows ISPs to better govern their
networks.
It's also a huge pain to use, since you have to 'dial up'
the ISP whenever you want to browse the web. We say go for
the bridged config! Your 'net access will always be on.
Just run some firewall software to keep your system safe.
We're not fans of PPPoE:
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,23008,2443984,00.html
DSLReports.com has a ton of info on this:
http://www.dslreports.com/information/kb/PPPoA
* CD Video Quality
Joshua from Loretto, Tennessee has an ATI All-In-Wonder
and wants to use it to record video from his satellite
dish and record it onto a CD. And he wants it to be at
least VHS quality. That's gonna be tough, Joshua.
The existing specification for VCD (video compact disc)
does not allow for better than VHS quality. In fact, if
you want more than an hour of video on that CD, you'll
have a tough time getting video that good on it. Even MPEG
4/DiVX;-)compression tends to show artifacts if you
squeeze it too tight. (And it definitely won't play on a
DVD player!)
Here's Leo's article on how to make VCDs:
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/story/0,23158,3308675,00.html
* Sound card conundrum
Kevin from Kingsport, Tennessee wants to know how he can
make his sound card play audio from more than one
application at a time. It depends on the card, Kevin.
Leo's positive your SoundBlaster 16 won't do it.
Fortunately, you can get a new sound card pretty cheap
these days; we've seen PCI boards for under $30.
* Overclock your Palm... hehehe
Steven from Wynnewood, Pennsylvania wants to know if he
can really overclock his Palm Pilot. Yup, Steven, you can
hot rod your PDA. You'll want to download a program called
Afterburner, or Afterburner II. We found it over at
PalmGear HQ:
http://www.palmgear.com
You might be able to make the processor in your Palm run
at 175% of its original speed. One thing to worry about;
we've heard overclocking your Palm will absolutely KILL
its battery life. At least that's what the folks that use
it to run Liberty, a GameBoy emulator for the Palm OS,
tell us.
Have you backed up your favorite files today?
Patrick
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