I am supposed to be a Smart Person and understand technology, but trying to price out and determine the right components for a modest home-audio setup is apparently beyond me.
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posted by Tomorrowful
on Jan 10, 2011 -
21 answers
How do I replace a 2005 Chrysler Town & Country's DVD player without spending obscene amounts of money?
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posted by ehamiter
on Jan 7, 2011 -
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I need to get a few small .avi files burned onto a DVD that will play in a standard DVD player. Complication: I don't have a DVD burner. Are there any shops in Manhattan that will do it for me while I wait?
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posted by booksandlibretti
on Dec 16, 2010 -
14 answers
I'm out of the loop on the current state of legal duplication of commercially available movies on DVD. Please help.
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posted by FlamingBore
on Dec 8, 2010 -
17 answers
I just bought two sapphire 6850's and want to do some dvd authoring plus I have a 6 core amd 2.8Ghz. What can I use that would utilize this the best way possible.
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posted by Chamunks
on Dec 7, 2010 -
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Gift Filter: Help me pick a present for my step-dad. He's Canadian, 65ish, living in Hawaii. He's a nurse, not a huge drinker or reader. He enjoys watching sports to relax, specifically baseball and football- but I wouldn't characterize him as a huge sports fan. Same goes for gadgets- he's got an iphone and some nice stuff, but he's not over the moon for them. He adores my mother and doesn't seem to have a ton of hobbies. He really enjoys watching the History Channel, so I've heard. He and my mother also enjoy meaty thriller serials (24, Alias, BSG).
He's a wonderful, caring man, and I'd like to get him something he'd really enjoy. I'm thinking about a boxed set of DVDs, but I need some advice:
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posted by paddingtonb
on Dec 3, 2010 -
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I'm trying to install a game on my Win7 PC. The DVD drive isn't seeing the disk. How do I get it to recognise the damn disc? Pertinent info inside.
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posted by ninazer0
on Nov 23, 2010 -
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To archive some work in a class I'm teaching, I would like to record a series of video clips, burning each student's clips to their own rewriteable DVD as we go. Then, on the last day of class, I'd like to quickly finalize a DVD for each person that constains only that person's clips.
What device do I want?
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posted by pseudostrabismus
on Nov 18, 2010 -
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I have some brand new DVDs and when I try to rip them (for LEGAL use, I OWN them) I keep getting told they ALL have bad sectors. What to do?
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posted by arniec
on Nov 16, 2010 -
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Back to the Future DVD. Deleted scenes used to play as normal; now I can't figure out how to watch them.
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posted by John Cohen
on Nov 15, 2010 -
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Why can't I find "32 Short Films About Glenn Gould" on DVD? I really loved that movie -- a drama/documentary about the brilliant, eccentric Canadian pianist who played the works of J.S. Bach like no one else. I haven't seen it in 10 years though, so I'm not sure how it has held up. I tried to find it recently and it doesn't seem to be available on DVD. There are some VHS tapes on eBay, but I don't want a VHS tape and don't want it bad enough to pay $100 for it (some copies were moving for over $300 on Amazon.) Does anyone know why it (presumably) hasn't been released on DVD? A poor money risk for a studio? Rights problems of some kind? Thanks.
posted by Buffaload
on Nov 9, 2010 -
9 answers
Soliciting suggestions from the hive for a simple application for converting DVDs to an Ipad friendly format. Using a mac
posted by citybuddha
on Nov 1, 2010 -
13 answers
If I were to compile a small collection of live performance Jazz DVD's (say, 5-7ish), what *needs* to be in that collection? Specifically if my interests in jazz run less in the orchestra area and more in the trio-octet range?
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posted by Ufez Jones
on Oct 29, 2010 -
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i want to adjust the color of my monitor dvds people appear blueish and navigateing the monitor is apain in the butt i would prefer a convinent program to manage colors any suggestions ?
posted by quseio
on Oct 13, 2010 -
3 answers
If I wanted to watch Fringe, what episodes should I watch If I don;t want to watch a lot of boring monster-of-the-week stuff?
This list seems like a good starting point, though I'll happily include episodes that are watchable or good rather essential to the overall series mythology. For bonus points, which disks of the DVD library should I get from the video store to see the good episodes?
posted by Artw
on Oct 7, 2010 -
8 answers
Does anyone know of a place in the Los Angeles area where I can buy an AC power adapter/charger for a Zenith DVP615 portable DVD player?
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posted by SpacemanStix
on Oct 1, 2010 -
6 answers
Help me reduce the footprint of my home theater components. Any and all options welcome.
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posted by bondcliff
on Sep 17, 2010 -
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How do I get the highest possible quality when ripping clips from DVD's? I've been using AoA DVD Ripper software to make .avi files, and while some of them look just fine you can sometimes see a huge difference in quality. Should I be using different software or settings?
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posted by hermitosis
on Sep 17, 2010 -
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I'd like to get more exercise, and I think an exercise DVD or two might be the answer. Can you recommend any? Other cheapskate exercise solutions also welcome, but the answer "go for a run" is unfortunately no longer a good answer for me.
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posted by handee
on Sep 12, 2010 -
16 answers
I have some avi files that I want to turn into a video DVD that is watchable with a standard DVD player. Here's the catch-- I want to do it using Ubuntu. What's the easiest way to do it?
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posted by Mayor Curley
on Sep 10, 2010 -
13 answers
My Dad burned me a DVD of home movies. Is there an easy, free way to extract clips in a common format?
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posted by sidereal
on Aug 30, 2010 -
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For a home user, what is the best storage medium for backup files to be left at an offsite location? Portable Harddrive, USB drive, SD Card, burnt DVDs?
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posted by WhackyparseThis
on Aug 28, 2010 -
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Help me preserve memories and save money... I have several old VHS home movies I'm trying to digitize so I can preserve them and edit together the good parts. I used a GoVideo machine to create DVDs that are playable.
But I can't copy the DVD files to my PC or otherwise rip them. I sent one of my tapes to a company and their DVD copies to my PC and into my movie editor without a hitch. What gives? Do I have to suck up the cost and send the rest in to the service? Anything I might be doing wrong?
posted by timnyc
on Aug 3, 2010 -
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I recently bought The Twilight Zone Season 2 box set on DVD. I'm wondering how to turn the set of DVDs into a nice TV show series in iTunes complete with episode titles and other information about each episode. I've tried using Handbrake, but all of the DVD chapters are of the same length and it looks really confusing. I have an iPad and would like it to look like other TV show seasons do that are purchased from the iTunes store. Anything super automated and created for this purpose?
posted by antgly
on Jul 16, 2010 -
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I want to start recording TV programmes at home to use at school, but I haven't used any kind of TV recording equipment since VHS tapes.
Ideally what I want to be able to do is record TV programmes from a Freesat box (including iplayer programmes) onto a USB external HDD.
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posted by mairuzu
on Jul 8, 2010 -
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1x 1 year old daughter, 1x Sony Vaio and 1x IT Team that will do whatever I ask them to (nicely). How can I turn my old Vaio into a mini entertainment and gaming system for my little fairy?
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posted by HopStopDon'tShop
on Jul 6, 2010 -
5 answers
What is currently the best method to convert an Xvid video (or series of videos) to DVD?
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posted by cm0007
on Jun 28, 2010 -
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Please help us decide: our home video arrangement is very old-tech and simple, with cable feeding a VCR/DVD combo, then into an older CRT TV. My wife programs the VCR to tape TV shows for single viewing, ala TiVo. The DVD player has been very temperamental for a couple of years, basically worthless by now. We have less than $100 to spend.
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posted by methinks
on Jun 19, 2010 -
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How do I create a single .VOB file for each TV episode from a ripped DVD in Snow Leopard, when it looks like the episodes span multiple .VOBs?
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posted by DakotaPaul
on Jun 18, 2010 -
5 answers
How can I force carriage returns and non breaking spaces in Adobe Encore subtitles?
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posted by _dario
on Jun 17, 2010 -
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I need software recommendations for converting my hard copy DVDs into a full res digital library accessible from the couch and portable on our iPhones. MacMini and/or Xbox360+Windows7 desktop.
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posted by phritosan
on Jun 13, 2010 -
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FlipVideo question, two parts: First, is there a (cheap or free) way to stabilize a wobbly video shot on a flip video? Second, what is the best (cheap or free) way to create a DVD with multiple Flip videos on it?
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posted by Eyebrows McGee
on Jun 7, 2010 -
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I keep buying low-end home theatre systems and they keep breaking. Maybe I'm not actually buying the right thing?
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posted by roll truck roll
on Jun 4, 2010 -
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