Posts by wanderingbison9

People spotted Toto hovering near Russell's tires with what looked like a scalpel.

Dana Murphy4 said:I guess Mercedes-Benz never makes a mistake? Let's go, Sergio

Not when Lewis Hamilton is behind the wheel, of course. Isn't it just so incredibly transparent, yet somehow played off with such subtle acting that you almost have to admire it?

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silverviper44 said:George Russell takes fastest lap.

Who was it that claimed the driver actually matters??

Forget the driver. It’s all about the car, the car, the car, and then maybe—just maybe—the driver.

At the end of the day, you just need to be in the right team at the exact right moment, because everything else is just a minor detail.

Keith Johnson96 said:I just updated the drivers. Thanks for the tip regarding h264, because I think we actually solved the issue 👍 I tried running two 1080p videos at the same time and everything runs significantly smoother now. It still stutters a little bit in Firefox or Opera, but in Chrome, it’s perfectly seamless 😁

No worries at all, since h264ify doesn't actually perform any conversion; it simply "forces" the player to use the h264 version of the clip, which is something YouTube keeps available anyway for devices that can't handle VP9. On paper, that Intel HD 610 should be able to handle VP9 playback without breaking a sweat, but in practice, who knows? It might just be right on the edge of its capabilities, much like how you see things play out with polaris AMD hardware.

wiredotter14 said:What exactly is the benefit there?

I mean, shouldn't VP9 be natively supported in Chrome by now?

From what I can gather, that Pentium seems to be struggling with hardware VP9 decoding, which would explain why the CPU usage is hitting such high levels.

It might also be worth double-checking if the latest drivers have been installed.

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Keith Johnson96 said:I wouldn't say it's incorrect, since I'm getting a steady 30 Mbps on a wired connection, and I run speedtests pretty often, so the stability seems consistent.

Yeah, I checked the Task Manager and my RAM usage is sitting at about 5.5 GB—it hasn't ever pushed past 6 GB—but my CPU usage stays quite high, and my integrated graphics (Intel HD 610) are also hitting around 80% during certain spikes.🤔

Try right-clicking on a YouTube video and selecting "Stats for nerds" to see if the codec listed under Codecs is avc1 or H.264. If you see H.264, maybe try grabbing the h264ify extension for Edge.

I’m definitely adding my vote to the Iiyamu camp. Honestly, an Ultrawide VA panel—even if it were curved to help minimize image distortion at the edges—doesn't really sound like my cup of tea. Is deep black level even a dealbreaker when you're just running Football Manager? It's certainly not like I'm sitting there watching cinematic blockbusters on it anyway...

If I might jump in here, there’s a bit of a difference when you're talking about gaming versus general desktop use; you often notice much less grain—or sometimes nothing at all—when the PPI is slightly lower, like on a 24" 1080p setup or a 32" 1440p monitor. For that reason, I might actually lean toward a 32" 75Hz screen just to get that extra sense of immersion, don't you think?

Hmm, that’s an interesting way to look at it. For me, it isn't strictly necessary for it to be a Ryzen 5000 series chip, provided it hits that sweet spot of being at least twice as fast as the 1600X while remaining affordable when I finally pull the trigger. Perhaps a Ryzen 3000 would actually suffice?

Timothy Kim60 said:If you happen to be running a 300-series chipset motherboard, have you ever wondered how much headroom you actually have for future upgrades? There’s some talk going around that they might be working on a BIOS update, isn't there?.

I’m really hoping things work out that way too. My own strategy was to pick up a decent X370 motherboard paired with a super affordable Zen 1 processor—which is exactly what I ended up doing—all while holding onto the hope that Zen 3 would actually be compatible with the board, just like they promised it would be since it's the final generation for the AM4 socket. ☕

Is there any way to actually dial back the motion blur even further when switching from 144Hz up to 240Hz?

analogtiger19 said:Regarding the $0.50, that 32" IPS with 1440p resolution, FreeSync, and a 75Hz refresh rate... is definitely worth picking up. I actually grabbed one for my wife's home office last week, and she's been absolutely loving it. 👍

It’s certainly a solid choice; I ended up getting the D32-q20, which is supposedly identical, though I did pay a bit extra since this cheaper version popped up shortly after my purchase. For an IPS panel, the contrast levels are actually quite impressive compared to the usual standard.

wiredotter14 said:That model actually has a brightness of 300 nits and built-in speakers, so it might even be a better fit for an office setting, though the listing says it's currently out of stock.

When I originally posted that link, it was the very last one they had in stock, wasn't it?

wiredotter14 said:Fair enough. Who knows? It might actually be the exact same panel used in the Dell monitors.
If I were looking to pick up something for work within that specific budget, I’d definitely lean toward a 32" 1440p setup.

Also, this one gives me the same impression regarding the panel:

It looks even more neutral to me than the Dell 😬—you know, that classic look a kid would probably draw when asked to sketch out what a typical monitor should look like...

P.S.: It turns out they aren't the same panel after all; this one is just 60Hz without FreeSync, strictly for office work. However, it does offer height, tilt, and rotation adjustments (though no pivot)... maybe that's exactly what someone would need...

wiredotter14 said:I wonder, why on earth does the description specify 1080p?🤔

It looks like there’s a bit of a mix-up here. The description explicitly mentions QHD resolution at 2560x1440, yet when you look closely at the technical specifications, it lists everything as 1080p. Isn't it strange how those discrepancies can slip through the cracks?

So, if we look at the title, we're talking about the C32, but then moving further down, it switches over to the D32... isn't that a bit confusing?😵

Here are the technical specifications:

I was just browsing through some technical specifications online and came across this particular setup for a Dell machine. It’s one of those deep dives into hardware configurations that you can get lost in if you aren't careful, isn't it? Looking at the details here, I found myself wondering how all these specific components would actually perform once they're bundled together in a real-world setting. Does anyone else find themselves obsessing over these spec sheets, trying to visualize the actual user experience before even touching the device? It makes you think about whether the balance between the processor power and the memory capacity is truly optimized for what most people actually need day-to-day.

Or maybe the Dell UltraSharp, if you’re looking for something with a slightly more refined design:

https://www.bestbuy.com/monitors...m_medium=click

Supposedly, it’s identical to my current D32, and seeing this price tag, I’m starting to think I might have overpaid for mine...

Jack Cook7 said:Hold up, let’s slow things down for a sec.

That hard drive inside an external enclosure is almost definitely just a standard SATA HDD tucked behind a SATA-to-USB converter. So, on the PC side, you've basically got a USB-to-SATA bridge making that drive look like a local SATA drive. From there, you can set it up to show up however you want. If you want it to act as a Windows share via SMB, it needs to be visible on the network.

So, how are all these devices actually hooked up? Is everything running through Ethernet straight into a router that's acting as a switch or a hub?

My PC and the Apple TV are both permanently wired to the router—though the PC is actually running through a Powerline adapter. The TVs are all on Wi-Fi. I'm not entirely sure if the router is behaving like a switch or a hub in this setup. For testing purposes, I even tried plugging the Apple TV directly into the Samsung TV, but the result was the same: the TV can see the shares on the PC and the router, but it can't actually access them. Interestingly, it sees the media servers on the PC and the other TV and can reach them just fine, yet not a single device can see the media server on the router, almost as if it isn't "announcing" itself at all, even though UPnP is definitely turned on.

Something feels completely off here. To make matters more confusing, I have a Samsung TV that supports SMB shares, and it worked perfectly fine at my other apartment when I was using an old AT&T Speedport. But now, in this place, the exact same TV just can't seem to access the shares on my PC; it actually detects them—the icon shows up white instead of gray—but then it just hangs. It sits there saying "Please wait..." before eventually throwing a "Connection to server failed" error.

The phone isn't really the priority right now.

I’m thinking that by unchecking the "use network storage" option in my router settings, I might have accidentally disabled SMB as well. Does that sound plausible?

I have my PC and an Apple TV both connected via Ethernet, yet neither of them can seem to find the media server on the router.

George Murphy12 said:Not sure if this helps since you're still waiting on an answer, but check out this manual below.
It mentions it on page 116.
https://help.cosmote.gr/system/templ...Manual_eng.pdf

Maybe try searching YouTube for something...
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...port+Plus+dlna

I'm out of ideas, but there...

Thanks. I've actually already gone through those instructions and followed everything exactly as described. Honestly, it really couldn't be any simpler than it is right now.

Jack Cook7 said:Man, that USB drive is basically a SATA drive to you now, isn't it?

Think of it this way: your router is acting as the SATA host and controller.

But here's the real question—how exactly is the router presenting that drive to the rest of your network?

If you're trying to set it up as a Windows share, you're essentially turning that router into a Windows SMB server. That means all your other devices have to act as Windows SMB clients, all tied together by their IP addresses.

Hmm, the drive is SATA inside a USB enclosure, so the enclosure should be handling the SATA-to-USB conversion itself.

My goal is to have both working. My home network—the part using the Windows share—is functioning perfectly fine, so that side of things is all set. It’s just this media server component within the router that's being stubborn; the router simply won't show up on any of the DLNA clients, even though UPnP is definitely enabled. Both of my TVs can see each other, and they can both see my PC, and the PC sees them just fine. But for some reason, they just won't recognize the router as a media server.

P.S. maybe I should check the technical specs in the PDF.