So, after a little Googling, successfully configured my old PC for output to both the 19" monitor (DVI-D) and the 47" HD TV (VGA). The GeForce 6200 AGP is actually capable of driving both the 1680 x 1050 over DVI-D and the 1920 x 1080 over VGA. I'm impressed.
Next up, testing out some Karaoke software. Right now I'm looking at KSongLover and HomeKara2. Once I figure out which one we want, we'll order a remote/receiver set to go with it.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
PC HDMI Audio w/ Radeon HD 4870
Downloaded Realtek's ATI HDMI Audio drivers and HDMI works silky smooth. PowerDVD is able to bitstream Dolby Digital and DTS to the Denon receiver.
Now the question is whether Windows Media Player is able to do the same, so I don't have to buy PowerDVD. But I do like the picture output by PowerDVD and the enhancement options it provides. I could go with the Standard edition for $50 and get all the functionalities I need.
Of course, I should look at other options as well. One of which is DVD X Player, which claims to be an all-region player. Worth a look.
Now the question is whether Windows Media Player is able to do the same, so I don't have to buy PowerDVD. But I do like the picture output by PowerDVD and the enhancement options it provides. I could go with the Standard edition for $50 and get all the functionalities I need.
Of course, I should look at other options as well. One of which is DVD X Player, which claims to be an all-region player. Worth a look.
Monday, August 23, 2010
To-Do List for Tonight
- Hook up Acer PC to receiver.
- Try HDMI connection for audio.
- Remove Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS PCI card from old PC and test on Acer PC.
Update; Home Theatre work to be done
It's been soooo long since I last posted on here I feel ashamed of myself.
Joyce and I are trying to get our house in some kind of order... our big project right now (aside from raising that little bugger named Mr. Bean) is the Home Theatre in our basement.
The basement itself is almost finished, with only carpeting left (we're waiting on this guy to come back from vacation). What we've got downstairs right now is this:
LG 47" LCD TV
Denon AVR-790 630W 7.1 receiver
Klipsch F1 Synergy 5.1 speakers+subwoofer
Xbox 360
Sony BDP-S550 Bluray player
VSonic all-region DVD player
Telus internet wireless router
Telus TV box
Acer Athlon 64 x2 desktop PC w/ Radeon HD 4870
Old Athlon desktop PC (for karaoke)
LG 19" LCD monitor (for karaoke)
Pair of Yorkville powered studio monitors (for karaoke)
Mackie ProFX8 mixer (ordered, on the way - for karaoke)
The plan is to hook everything (except karaoke components) up through the Denon receiver, which is of course outputting to the Klipsch speakers.
Xbox 360 -> Denon = HDMI
Bluray -> Denon = HDMI
Telus TV -> Denon = HDMI
Acer PC -> Denon = HDMI + 5.1 analog or Toslink
DVD -> Denon = Component
Denon -> TV = HDMI
For karaoke, we'll hook up the following:
Old PC -> TV = VGA
Old PC -> 19" monitor = DVI
Old PC -> ProFX8 = Mini stereo to L/R RCA
ProFX8 -> Studio monitors = 1/4"
That's about the gist.
The 47" TV will be wall-mounted (tiltable), with the center speaker sitting on a wall-shelf under the TV, and the subwoofer below that. The Yorkville studio monitors will sit on either side of the center speaker on the wall-shelf.
The 19" monitor will be wall-mounted (full-motion) around the top-right corner of the room and be tilted down and in. It's basically for picking songs for karaoke.
All other components will sit on a custom-made 48"x20"x18" shelf in the corner, with 5 compartments plus the top of the shelf.
I'm still undecided over the audio output from the Acer PC to the Denon receiver. I can choose between 5.1 analog out from the SoundBlaster card I rip out of the Old PC, or the Toslink from the onboard audio. I'm not sure if I can do both simultaneously. Toslink would allow me to play DVD's and such on the Acer PC, ensuring that the audio is decoded by the receiver.
But games won't output audio by Toslink. In which case, I could either use the 5.1 out from the onboard sound, or stick the SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS into the Acer PC. I'm still under the impression that the Audigy 2 ZS has internal Dolby Digital and DTS decoders... so I'm hoping for the best.
Joyce and I are trying to get our house in some kind of order... our big project right now (aside from raising that little bugger named Mr. Bean) is the Home Theatre in our basement.
The basement itself is almost finished, with only carpeting left (we're waiting on this guy to come back from vacation). What we've got downstairs right now is this:
LG 47" LCD TV
Denon AVR-790 630W 7.1 receiver
Klipsch F1 Synergy 5.1 speakers+subwoofer
Xbox 360
Sony BDP-S550 Bluray player
VSonic all-region DVD player
Telus internet wireless router
Telus TV box
Acer Athlon 64 x2 desktop PC w/ Radeon HD 4870
Old Athlon desktop PC (for karaoke)
LG 19" LCD monitor (for karaoke)
Pair of Yorkville powered studio monitors (for karaoke)
Mackie ProFX8 mixer (ordered, on the way - for karaoke)
The plan is to hook everything (except karaoke components) up through the Denon receiver, which is of course outputting to the Klipsch speakers.
Xbox 360 -> Denon = HDMI
Bluray -> Denon = HDMI
Telus TV -> Denon = HDMI
Acer PC -> Denon = HDMI + 5.1 analog or Toslink
DVD -> Denon = Component
Denon -> TV = HDMI
For karaoke, we'll hook up the following:
Old PC -> TV = VGA
Old PC -> 19" monitor = DVI
Old PC -> ProFX8 = Mini stereo to L/R RCA
ProFX8 -> Studio monitors = 1/4"
That's about the gist.
The 47" TV will be wall-mounted (tiltable), with the center speaker sitting on a wall-shelf under the TV, and the subwoofer below that. The Yorkville studio monitors will sit on either side of the center speaker on the wall-shelf.
The 19" monitor will be wall-mounted (full-motion) around the top-right corner of the room and be tilted down and in. It's basically for picking songs for karaoke.
All other components will sit on a custom-made 48"x20"x18" shelf in the corner, with 5 compartments plus the top of the shelf.
I'm still undecided over the audio output from the Acer PC to the Denon receiver. I can choose between 5.1 analog out from the SoundBlaster card I rip out of the Old PC, or the Toslink from the onboard audio. I'm not sure if I can do both simultaneously. Toslink would allow me to play DVD's and such on the Acer PC, ensuring that the audio is decoded by the receiver.
But games won't output audio by Toslink. In which case, I could either use the 5.1 out from the onboard sound, or stick the SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS into the Acer PC. I'm still under the impression that the Audigy 2 ZS has internal Dolby Digital and DTS decoders... so I'm hoping for the best.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
周全浩文章反思
岳母大人分享的一份明報社評, 周全浩(香港浸會大學地理系教授)關於六四事件的意見和分析.
本人對六四事件來龍去脈認識不深, 故此如有錯謬之言, 敬請原諒.
以本人之見, 周教授在文章中有以下的觀點:
1) 中共一直試圖淡化六四事件, 讓"某些人"以他們的六四事件版本壟斷了所謂的真相, 其可信性可爭議.
2) 學生們佔領了天安門, 令中共無法運作，趙紫陽不肯認真處理, 逼使鄧小平下令鎮壓.
3) 同年聖誕節, 柏林圍牆倒塌, 蘇聯領導人戈巴卓夫沒有加以鎮壓, 導致東德倒台, 兩德復合, 91年蘇聯解散.
4）歷史證明, 鄧小平作出了正確的決定, 避免了中共倒台, 讓改革開放得以繼續, 並發展至今時今日的經濟實力.
5) 美國前總統甘乃迪被刺殺後, 調查委員會封存了文件75年(後至1992年已釋放了98%的文件), 美國人並沒有要求極力追究, 乃顧全國家利益的表現.
6) 每年為六四事件舉行紀念及要求平反乃西方國家用以掣肘中國的手法, 港人受人唆擺, 為外人所利用/愚弄, 不顧全國家利益, 不以大局爲重, 是不成熟的民主社會的表現.
以下我嘗試反駁周教授的論點:
1) 中共所謂淡化處理, 其實是逃避, 不肯正視事件, 並對事件真相有所隱瞞. 若"某些人"所散播的所謂真相不正確, 何以中共不加以澄清? 問題不在於民間/官方版本誰是誰非, 乃在於中共根本不肯也不敢說出内部秘密, 透明度等於零.
2) 也就是說手無寸鐵學生們不留餘地, 逼使中共暴力鎮壓了喲? 說得通麽?
3) 柏林圍牆倒塌, 東德解放, 兩德復合, 蘇聯解散, 共產政權下台, 冷戰結束, 東歐國家自由貿易, 都是壞事了?
4) 中共倒台了, 中國就會崩潰咯? 中共倒台了, 中國就不會繁榮咯? 周教授, 你是顧全國家利益還是黨利益?
5) 美國人到現時爲止, 依然有很多人相信甘乃迪被刺殺是有陰謀的, 可國家元首被刺殺和國家元首下令暴力鎮壓人民又有什麽關係呢? 調查委員會發表了調查結果, 美國人接受了, 然後文件封存. 中國又調查過了什麽? 我們反對的是當權者隱瞞事實, 扭曲真相, 為了維護自己的利益打壓同僚, 而人民沒有權力更換領導人, 亦沒有其他政治勢力制衡最高權力.
6) 和平請願是自由民主社會的權利, 動用這個權力就代表自由民主社會不成熟? 保持沉默, 逆來順受就是成熟的自由民主社會表現? 何況中國根本沒有自由民主, 成熟個屁?
在周教授看來, 大概我也不過是一個民主不成熟的西方國家傀儡. 在我看來, 周教授也不過是一個親共親黨的中共奴隸.
續: 我也不認同某些學生領袖當年曾希望籍流血來逼使中共讓步和引起外界關注. 可這是中共所說的"暴亂"麽? 我相信不是的.
本人對六四事件來龍去脈認識不深, 故此如有錯謬之言, 敬請原諒.
以本人之見, 周教授在文章中有以下的觀點:
1) 中共一直試圖淡化六四事件, 讓"某些人"以他們的六四事件版本壟斷了所謂的真相, 其可信性可爭議.
2) 學生們佔領了天安門, 令中共無法運作，趙紫陽不肯認真處理, 逼使鄧小平下令鎮壓.
3) 同年聖誕節, 柏林圍牆倒塌, 蘇聯領導人戈巴卓夫沒有加以鎮壓, 導致東德倒台, 兩德復合, 91年蘇聯解散.
4）歷史證明, 鄧小平作出了正確的決定, 避免了中共倒台, 讓改革開放得以繼續, 並發展至今時今日的經濟實力.
5) 美國前總統甘乃迪被刺殺後, 調查委員會封存了文件75年(後至1992年已釋放了98%的文件), 美國人並沒有要求極力追究, 乃顧全國家利益的表現.
6) 每年為六四事件舉行紀念及要求平反乃西方國家用以掣肘中國的手法, 港人受人唆擺, 為外人所利用/愚弄, 不顧全國家利益, 不以大局爲重, 是不成熟的民主社會的表現.
以下我嘗試反駁周教授的論點:
1) 中共所謂淡化處理, 其實是逃避, 不肯正視事件, 並對事件真相有所隱瞞. 若"某些人"所散播的所謂真相不正確, 何以中共不加以澄清? 問題不在於民間/官方版本誰是誰非, 乃在於中共根本不肯也不敢說出内部秘密, 透明度等於零.
2) 也就是說手無寸鐵學生們不留餘地, 逼使中共暴力鎮壓了喲? 說得通麽?
3) 柏林圍牆倒塌, 東德解放, 兩德復合, 蘇聯解散, 共產政權下台, 冷戰結束, 東歐國家自由貿易, 都是壞事了?
4) 中共倒台了, 中國就會崩潰咯? 中共倒台了, 中國就不會繁榮咯? 周教授, 你是顧全國家利益還是黨利益?
5) 美國人到現時爲止, 依然有很多人相信甘乃迪被刺殺是有陰謀的, 可國家元首被刺殺和國家元首下令暴力鎮壓人民又有什麽關係呢? 調查委員會發表了調查結果, 美國人接受了, 然後文件封存. 中國又調查過了什麽? 我們反對的是當權者隱瞞事實, 扭曲真相, 為了維護自己的利益打壓同僚, 而人民沒有權力更換領導人, 亦沒有其他政治勢力制衡最高權力.
6) 和平請願是自由民主社會的權利, 動用這個權力就代表自由民主社會不成熟? 保持沉默, 逆來順受就是成熟的自由民主社會表現? 何況中國根本沒有自由民主, 成熟個屁?
在周教授看來, 大概我也不過是一個民主不成熟的西方國家傀儡. 在我看來, 周教授也不過是一個親共親黨的中共奴隸.
續: 我也不認同某些學生領袖當年曾希望籍流血來逼使中共讓步和引起外界關注. 可這是中共所說的"暴亂"麽? 我相信不是的.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Fuming
Was fuming a few days ago about something.
Something.
Can't remember what it was now.
So I'll come back to it when I do.
Something.
Can't remember what it was now.
So I'll come back to it when I do.
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