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It seems the big topic of today is HD TV. Almost every TV you buy today is HD. My noted interest is what TV shows are broadcast in HD. And the first thing I noticed is that HD shows are in 16:9 aspect ratio. And because of that the TVs displays are also 16:9. But if you are not watching an HD channel it is in a 4:3 aspect ratio. Now if you are watching a 4:3 on a 16:9 TV it will not fill the screen. Unless you tell it to be 16:9. But then the picture is out of the real horizontal/vertical ratio. The objects and people are fatter or wider than they really are. I first notices this in restaurants and bars with the TVs all over the place. Now there are more HD programs, so it is not a big a problem. But I thought it was interesting that with the weight problems in our country, that everyone looked heavier on these TVs.
The topic today is home computers. We have four computers in our home. Or it could be five if you count the server. My son, Jacob, is a computer network wiz. He set up one of my old cpu's as a server. He put 2000 server as the operating system. It is relatively slow, but a the sever doesn't have to be. It has a 50 gig hard drive and that is only about 15% used right now. it is tied to a Netgear router which is hooked to the internet through a DSL connection to our ISP. The router is hard wired and wireless. I have two desktop computers hard wired to the network and one laptop using a wireless card. One of my computers is in my office and the other is in my garage/sport room upstairs room. All can communicate to the server hard drive and the printers attached to the network. That is nice. I store almost all items on the server hard drive. Each CPU has its own software stored on each of there own hard drives. The data files are stored on the server hard drive. This makes it very convenient. That way I can open a file at each different computer. I also store all my photos on the server hard drive for the same reason.
I have installed a card reader. It is hooked to the network and it can read almost every card out there. I use it for backing up files and reading my camera's cards. I like it.
I have a simple yet high density scanner. It is an Epson 1250. It is a less expensive unit, but does all I need. My office computer has two 19" CRT monitors. They are both NEC Multisync FP950. They are not made anymore, but they are good. The monitors are hooked up side by side and act as one screen left to right. I really like that. Outlook on the right screen and the internet browser on the left.
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