Sunday, October 15, 2006

Movie of the week

Kenny

A very funny Australian movie about Kenny, a portaloo plumber.

Good luck finding it.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Zenith ZDV-512 divx player update

I found the Zenith ZDV-512 is excatly same as the
LG LVC737 combo player

Same menu
Same controller

That was why I was able to run the country code unlocker for the lg on the zenith.

cheap computers on sale at staples/bureau en gros pt3

HP Pavilion a1540n $749.95

Athlon 64 x2 live 4200
2 gig ram
250 gig HDD
Lightscribe burner
Nvidia Geforce 6150 LE intergated video

17 inch xplio monitor

Pros
Fast AMD dual core CPU
2 gig ram (what kind??)
large HDD (SATA)

Cons
250 gig hdd probably IDE (find out in store)
Intergrated video
crappy 17 inch xplio lcd monitor ..(not for game playing)
$50 US mail in rebate

Conclusion
Nice price, run CPUZ to make sure this is socket AM2
Find out speed of ram if its only ddr 400 then might not be worth it
Check if HDD is sata

cheap computers on sale at staples/bureau en gros pt2

Compaq Presario sr2020nx bundle $699.95
19 inch monitor
Athlon 64 3500
DDR2 4200 512
160 gig sata HDD
Lightscribe burner
Nvidia Geforce 6150 LE

Pros
fast ram ddr2 ram 800mhz?
lightscribe burner...heard you can make fancy patterns on your dvds with these
19 inch viewsonic lcd monitor

Cons
only 512 of the ddr2 ram
intergrated video card

Conclusion
Good deal for $699.95
Check with CPUZ
to make sure it is socket 939 so when you have more cash you can upgrade the cpu ram and video card.
Make sure it is also PCI Express (PCI - E)

cheap computers on sale at staples/bureau en gros

Missed a few weeks, once because i lost everything i typed

Acer AST180E bundle
with 17 inch Acer monitor
$499.95
Sempron 3200
DDR2 512 Megs
Sata 80 Gig HDD
Geforce 6100

Pros
Basic
Cheap
Expandable when u get some $$$

Cons
Sempron 3200
only 512 megs ram
only 80 gig hdd

Conclusion
You would need to make sure this is 939 or AM2 (motherboard socket type) to make the processor upgradable in the future when you have some money
Its very cheap take in CPUZ and ask them to run it