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  1. BigEd

    Need help buying AV items from Joburg

    Hi gang As it says on top. Obviously I'm in Cape Town. Let me ask this first - have anyone bought something from "Eric's Quality Counts", 123 Rahima Moosa St, Johannesburg, 2000? I am not looking at spending top notch dollar here, but he has something I really can use. Anyone? Alternatively...
  2. BigEd

    VHS/C to pc

    Hi all. Hope this is the right place for it... I have a very old video recorder from 1996 and to go with it a lot of videos I made for years till about 2002/3. Now I see all these adverts for EasyCap connectors and they are not expensive but do they work? What have you guys used with what...
  3. BigEd

    DAC questions

    From another thread... :o
  4. BigEd

    I need help - MAC OS X (Maverick or not)

    Hi gang I made a mistake end last year by upgrading (or rather downgrading) to Maverick 10.9 I've had Windoze like issues since. Last week something went wrong with my EFFI  or something and I thought I'd just quickly re-install my OS. Big mistake! I am still trying and swearing a week later...
  5. BigEd

    SCAM ALERT?

    Sorry if this is the wrong place for it, but I thought I had to point something out. http://www.gumtree.co.za/a-other/jansenville/apple-macbook-air-13-3-laptop-june-2012/1001120505550910255254309 A great price - maybe too good, but then this oke is selling items in all the provinces. Just...
  6. BigEd

    Using a tv (led or lcd) as monitor for a pc

    Specific a Mac mini. Seems 32" LED tv's are pretty cheap compared to large monitors. Any reason why i can't or shouldn't use a tv as pc monitor?
  7. BigEd

    Need help - video cover conversion to DVD cover

    As it says on the top. I've copied my important videos over to DVD and I now what to make the inserts/covers too. Of course they will be a different size. Does anyone know of free software that can do this easily? MODS: If this is the wrong place to ask this please just remove.
  8. BigEd

    Cleaning of vinyl?

    I saw something on CSI last night. A guy used glue (looked like wood glue) to clean a vintage vinyl. As seen on tellie: you spread the glue evenly, let it dry and then lift it with all the crud right off. Anyone else seen it? Will it work? Is it advisable?
  9. BigEd

    LF: 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM chips 2GB or 4GB

    Hi gang Can anyone help? Laptop chips for my Mac Mini. I'm in Cape Town, Northern 'burbs
  10. BigEd

    Proline Qbox Nanoware Mini desktop - anyone know how these are?

    I need the collective experience here. Anyone know these or better yet, use them? I have an itch. My Mac Mini died, but I won't replace it. I'd rather go a Windoze option as its what I know. I got used to the small amount of clutter on the desk though...and I'm married... Any feedback will be...
  11. BigEd

    Alternative hobbies - model trains

    Anyone here, or specifically in Cape Town into model trains? It's my big/favourite hobby I practice while I listen to music, especially Pink Floyd and Genesis. I model US prototype Union Pacific (not a specific era) in N scale. No home layout, but busy building a modular layout in the man-cave...
  12. BigEd

    Stupid question: what's the difference between AVR and AVI?

    I am seriously out of my depth regarding audiophile items and terms. I have a Harman / Kardon AVI 200 and looking at buying a AVR 20. Now, I just wondered - what the heck is the difference?
  13. BigEd

    Mac OS X upgrading

    The background: I bought a Mac Mini recently (my first Mac) from a mate. He didn't use it much in the 18 months he owned it. It's running Leopard 10.5.8 at the moment. Now, I have to load Cytrix (so I can remote to my work PC) but it will only load on Snow Leopard 10.6.+. I thought, not...
  14. BigEd

    Marantz CDP remote not working

    Hi gang I'm not by any means useful with any tools, however, I need to try and fix this one. Its a CD-63 Mk2 that I picked up for a R200 on gumtree (a stroke of luck). Is there any way to test/fix easily? What do I check for? I know how to check if infra red signal is being "sent" (see, I...
  15. BigEd

    Games and old platforms

    Hi gang New around here. So, apologies if this has come up over the last 5/6 years I have original PC games bought over the last 15 or so years, but they are now all obsolete due to the MS Windoze platform "upgrade/changes".  Games like Doom/Doom2/Quake/Wolfenstein to name a few. Am I...
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