Home theater systems have come way way down in the past years, and for the price of a used Honda you can get a pretty good setup. I am running an NEC HT1000 system at home on a 100 Inch screen. With DVD's it rocks....with DIVX...well lets just say I won't be giving up my DVD collection anytime soon. In a large screen environment that is running the same number of pixels as a typical computer screen, quality counts! Surround sound certainly counts. Viewing movies downloaded from Kaaza will not change my movie going habits.
I go to see new movies in the theater environment.
I go to take my Girlfriend out on a date.
I go because even on a decent home theater system, sometimes you have to see it on the BIG screen.
I was actually purchasing DVD's but perhaps my money is better invested in the guys who make media and burners. At least they never nag me.
You still use Thermal Grease when water-cooling. The water block just replaces a heatsink. The biggest problem with thermal grease and water cooling is that you lack the vibration of the fan to help the grease settle properly into the tiny gaps, so it actually takes a couple of weeks to get a noticable change in temperature. Maybe this stuff would help, I don't know the/. effect seems to have cooked their server.
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Home theater systems have come way way down in the past years, and for the price of a used Honda you can get a pretty good setup. I am running an NEC HT1000 system at home on a 100 Inch screen. With DVD's it rocks....with DIVX...well lets just say I won't be giving up my DVD collection anytime soon. In a large screen environment that is running the same number of pixels as a typical computer screen, quality counts! Surround sound certainly counts. Viewing movies downloaded from Kaaza will not change my movie going habits. I go to see new movies in the theater environment. I go to take my Girlfriend out on a date. I go because even on a decent home theater system, sometimes you have to see it on the BIG screen. I was actually purchasing DVD's but perhaps my money is better invested in the guys who make media and burners. At least they never nag me.
You still use Thermal Grease when water-cooling. The water block just replaces a heatsink. The biggest problem with thermal grease and water cooling is that you lack the vibration of the fan to help the grease settle properly into the tiny gaps, so it actually takes a couple of weeks to get a noticable change in temperature. Maybe this stuff would help, I don't know the /. effect seems to have cooked their server.