I'm in the UK (DVD region 2). I just received a DVD which it turns out was meant for sale in Region 4 and is marked up as "NTSC Region 4" and has the number '4' in the region world …

A friend has offered me a nice cabinet that'd be perfect to keep my components in except it has wooden doors so IR control will be an issue. My friend suggested I could get an IR b …

Question Does there exists some device that only takes audio as input and produces a HDMI signal? Background I know that there are several "VGA and audio to HDMI", "composit vid …

My existing TV is on borrowed time and I'm starting to look at new models. In today's electronics flyer, I noticed Sharp has new models including a technology called Quattron. Her …

I've a PC with an IrDA port. I've tried using universal remote software with it but without success. Is this even possible or do I need a different type of IR port?

I wanted to view the album cover only (no song titles or written information) i.e. grid view of all my albums under the 1 genre - children's music. I can't work out how to do this? …

I have recently bought an ATI Radeon 5700. It produces great pictures, but I get black bars all round the edge. I can't for the life of me find out how to get rid of them. Any help …

I'm mostly happy with AnyDVD HD, but for some Blu-rays I get the commentary track and video as well in the .m2ts file. So when I play it on VLC I get two video windows, one for the …

I just noticed my local cable company Rogers Cable (here in Ontario, Canada) is starting to offer a new Cisco Explorer 8642 HD DVR / PVR, in addition to the Scientific Atlanta Expl …

I need a decent pair of headphones for home listening. Mobility isn't an issue as I'll be sat down at home whenever I use them. i've spoken to a few friends about it and got confli …

I have a Tivo Series 3 DVR, Cat-6 cabling and HDMI wall-plates. Plugging the Tivo into the wall-plates, I get HDCP/HDMI errors and the screen goes grey, with a nice security messa …

MP3s from different sources often have wildly different levels. How can I adjust the playback levels so I don't have to change the volumes from track to track?

If I set up a PC with Linux would I still be able to use my iMON VFD?

I have a whole shelf of DVD box sets of TV series I'd like to rip and convert to MKV format. Is there any tool that simplifies the process and would allow me to create the episodes …

Should vlc 1.0 be uninstalled before installing vlc 1.1.0 or should I just install it over the top of the old install?