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New to Home Theatre, any advice welcomed

Aikouka -- Thanks for the info! What do you think of Apple TV vs Roku XS?
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- Post #5
- Nov 17, 2012
- Forum: Audio Components
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New to Home Theatre, any advice welcomed

heat -- Thanks for the prompt and informative reply. I was thinking the Roku would be the most robust (and have access to the most content) streaming device of all of them -- nice to know I guess right once in a while! I'm a little hazy on Airplay. Does it only play content stored on your...
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- Post #3
- Nov 17, 2012
- Forum: Audio Components
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New to Home Theatre, any advice welcomed

For 17 years, my wife and I have been completely satisfied with our 27" Panasonic CRT TV, which not only refuses to die, but the picture quality of which seems as good as when new (maybe our eyes are just older). We have finally decided to go with HDTV, incorporating it into a whole new A/V...
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- Thread
- Nov 17, 2012
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Audio Components
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Another bit of novice idiocy

Thanks to all who replied, and unanimously, too! So, as I'll keep the Athlon XP3000, should I stay with the Soyo K7VME or go to another motherboard? If a new mobo is a good idea, any recommendations? Should I keep honkin' on this bizarre Soyo case and PS (listed as 350W), or spring for something...
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- Post #8
- Jul 20, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Another bit of novice idiocy

Pardon the insurrection, but I was wallowing about on this board several months ago regarding the dreaded Soyo K7VME barebones kit from Tiger Direct. I'm an all-Mac, all-the-time ex-graphic repairman who now owns a retail biz (hobby shop), and am forced, for technical reasons, to go to the Dark...
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- Thread
- Jul 20, 2005
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Computer Building
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Soyo K7VME EXTREME CASE MOD!!! GUIDE ADDED W/ PICS!!!

Interesting fix! I'm positioning the PSU on the "floor" of the case as wel -- so the 92mm Panaflo fan would be a good "PSU hole" filler. For the CPU fan I'm using the Thermaltake TR2. I'd like to try one of those CPU exhaust horns many Antec cases have -- looks like trumpet attached to the...
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- Post #2
- Jan 24, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Soyo K7VME Problem

I WISH I could finish MY adventure... but thanks for the tip on sending my lament to Soyo. Don't know why I didn't think of it before, as Soyo was the ONLY corporate entity that was willing to help me out, and summarily got Tiger to RMA the damned thing. So now I'm back at sqaure one, with an...
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- Post #108
- Nov 21, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Soyo K7VME Problem

Sorry, that should have read: "Athlon XP3000+..."
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- Post #106
- Oct 31, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Soyo K7VME Problem

And just to make matters even MORE delightful, after my initial quick look at my replacement Soyo K7VME to satisfy myself that the board, and therefore the CPU, are in exactly the same place they've always been, today -- my ONE day off each week -- I sat down to put this thing together, took the...
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- Post #105
- Oct 31, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Soyo K7VME Problem

RoyKaBob writ << Candiazoo, I wouldn't worry until you get the case in hand. It seems that TigerDirect and Soyo are shipping a different version of that case, one that is taller and with the mobo under the PSU. I suspect and hope that is what you get. >> Don't bet on it -- I just got my...
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- Post #100
- Oct 29, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Soyo K7VME Problem

Well, after examining every component, tearing down and rebuilding 6 or 7 times, I finally did what I should have done from the start (but was too inexperienced to know it -- should've read mechbgone's step-by-step all the way through): I reduced the whole thing to just the mobo, one stick of...
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- Post #81
- Oct 20, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Soyo barebones kit all built -- won't start up
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- Post #7
- Oct 6, 2004
- Forum: Barebones
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Soyo K7VME Problem
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- Post #78
- Oct 6, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Soyo barebones kit all built -- won't start up

Thanks for the hot tips, all of which I've already been through (check the rest of the thread, maybe?). As for RTFM, have you ever SEEN a Soyo manual? Apparently translated from the original Mandarin through Babelfish, it's as much help as your post was. Cheers Bart
- bartbrn
- Post #4
- Oct 6, 2004
- Forum: Barebones
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Soyo K7VME Problem

Did you buy the whole barebum kit or just the K7VME? I think I talked with one of TigerDirect's "Support" Reps, and he told me that I'd have to send the whole megillah back: case with PS, mobo, 52X No-Namo CD-ROM, clickety-clack keyboard, mouse, and the famous Soyo "Tin Ear" speakers. Kind of a...
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- Post #74
- Oct 5, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards

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