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    Need to upgrade TV after 10 years (1-1.5 lakh)

    My suggestion is not to bother with curved TV's. They serve no useful purpose at your viewing distance. OLED TV's are very expensive because the technology is new and it will take some time for it to permeate into the mainstream (like LED replaced LCD in TV background lighting) but go for it if...
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    Need to upgrade TV after 10 years (1-1.5 lakh)

    It takes a little less than 30 seconds to boot up i.e. from power off to TV signal display.
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    Need to upgrade TV after 10 years (1-1.5 lakh)

    I picked up a VU 65" Iconium 4K TV in July last year and absolutely love it. It has a lot of features like wifi and network connections, android based apps etc. but my philosophy is that a TV should be just for the picture. To that end, I have a Nvidia Shield console for streaming, Videocon d2H...
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    Budget 21-30k Mini ITX HTPC

    Here's another photo of the rig (apologies for the poor quality; my regular camera is shot so I had to use my cellphone camera which isn't too good). Like I said, this is a jury-rigged setup since no VESA mount is available on the monitor itself. I had a carpenter who was working on some...
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    Budget 21-30k Mini ITX HTPC

    It's funny you should ask that. I was actually using a 46" 1080P LED TV as a monitor for a long time and downsized to the 27" AOC monitor after I started developing headaches and eye pain. After that, it's been very comfortable from a viewing distance of about 3 feet which is also about the...
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    Budget 21-30k Mini ITX HTPC

    I have a vacuum cleaner that also doubles as a blower when the pipe is connected on the opposite end, so I just use it to blow the dust off the MB once a week or so. I have also seen a lot of dust accumulate within a cabinet computer too over a long time but it still runs fine, so it's really...
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    Budget 21-30k Mini ITX HTPC

    I recently built a mini-itx rig that I'm happy with: MB: Gigabyte GA-H77N-WIFI Motherboard (Rs. 7.5K on sale from Flipkart) CPU: Intel G2010 Processor (Rs. 3K on sale from Flipkart) Cooler: Scythe Schuriken Rev. B (that I had lying around after removing from an earlier build) (price was about...
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    CPU/Mobo Processor 4-Pin power cable extension

    You can always make your own. I wanted to shorten the same cable from my power supply to avoid having ugly looking tie-wrapped bundles for my mini-itx build, so I went to SP Road in Bangalore where there is a shop selling just connectors, bought the required plastic plugs/sockets along with the...
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    CPU/Mobo PC not starting

    Hi, I am having the same symptoms with a Gigabyte GA-H77N-WIFI that I purchased off of Flipkart. The motherboard booted into BIOS turned off while I was tweaking the settings and when I turn it on again, the CPU fan twitches and stops. Tried resetting CMOS, different power supplies, different...
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    CPU/Mobo Looking for a LGA 1155 mini-itx board with PCIE x16

    Thanks again! I'll check them out.
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    CPU/Mobo Looking for a LGA 1155 mini-itx board with PCIE x16

    Thanks for the reply. Has anyone ordered from them and how reliable are they?
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    CPU/Mobo Looking for a LGA 1155 mini-itx board with PCIE x16

    I am looking to build a compact system for basic use (web surfing/WP/Full HD Video). I have a AMD 6450 PCIE x16 card lying around that I want to use. The other option that I require are USB 3.0 ports. Can anyone suggest a mini-itx board for this purpose? The Gigabyte GA-H77N-WIFI MB will do...
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    PC Peripherals Avoid APC products

    This reminds me of an old story about how soothsayers in Africa would tell guys venturing into lion territory that they would be safe and would escape if a lion attacks. If the guy went out and got eaten by a lion he wouldn't come back so he wouldn't be able to blame the soothsayer, but if he...
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    PC Peripherals Avoid APC products

    OK, so I went back and asked myself what exactly ticked me off and I figured out it was basically the third-rate service that was offered by APC repair and service. When I was told that they would charge me for just coming and diagnosing the faulty UPS, I expected someone who was knowledgeable...
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    PC Peripherals Avoid APC products

    On the night it malfunctioned, we had a thunderstorm where I live that knocked out the local transformer down the street and we lost power. I have phones, TV, refrigerator and other appliances that were running at that time either without UPS protection or on the Su-Kam inverter and absolutely...
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    PC Peripherals Avoid APC products

    I have had a APC Smart-UPS XL 1000VA for about three years now and now it's developed a fault (panel lights blinking all the time). When I called their service dept., they sent out some third-party company fellow who was totally unprofessional (all the while discussing personal problems on the...
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    Gnex or Micromax Canvas HD A116

    I had a Samsung Galaxy S Duos and it progressively got laggy and slow until it became almost unusable. I dumped it and bought the Micromax A110, have been using it for about two months now and have never experienced any of the issues that you describe. I would suggest waiting for the reviews on...
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    Mobile Phone for 12k-14k

    I owned the S7562 and over time it became extremely laggy and slow (I am guessing it's mainly because of the single core processor and the Samsung interface software). So much so that I dumped it and picked up a Micromax A110 which is a good buy if you don't mind it being a tad large for the hands.
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    Monitors 27" Monitor recommendation?

    18.5K including taxes from Ashirwad Computers, S.P. Road, B'lore. terence_fdes: This is interesting. A budget 27" that serves the purpose .....not yet. You will end up screwing your eyes (esp if your viewing distance is from a tabletop). I am not viewing it from a tabletop; I am using it...
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    Monitors 27" Monitor recommendation?

    Yeah, I know. The larger the panel, the greater the distance between your eye and various spots on a monitor the closer you get to it, making the strain greater as the eye struggles to focus. The 27" AOC looks just about right in this regard from two-three feet and I can barely see the pixels...
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