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Hello techies! So, after the lift on software updates for my Huawei, I got access to this neat feature on my phone: Digital balance, which basically measures my screen time in different apps, and also gives me nice summaries on what I actually spend my time on doing. My question to you is, do you know of any other programs on Windows that would do the same? Saving statistics on the kind of programs that are in focus, and how long they've been used? I've attached a screenshot of the Android app for those who haven't seen it yet
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Western Digital to release 20TB HDD This is pretty cool, but however since Bennett himself said that they don't know when it will be released, so this is a far far future. Sauce: https://mybroadband.co.za/news/hardware/306138-western-digital-to-release-20tb-hdd.html
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Hi... How's life? So here's the problem. I have a Smart TV with a cable connection and it hs two kinds of channels on its menu. ATV and DTV channels. The ATV channels are all open but the DTV ones have a key displayed on their sides and are all locked. The DTV ones had gotten unlocked a few days ago after another person in at my house said that she simply did autotune, but they all got locked again by themselves automatically after a day or two. And the autotune can't seem to get them back again. Any ideas???? Looking forward to all kind responses. Thank you.
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Source: Android Police Google has launched a series of digital wellbeing apps designed to balance the user's health and wellbeing on a digital scale, such as keeping track of how many times you open an app, scheduled a tailored time to receive mobile notifcations, and other intuitive new applications. Unlock Clock: We Flip: Post Box: Morph: Desert Island: Paper Phone: I like the idea of digital wellbeing applications to review how often you're using your device as well as what you're doing in particular. I would certainly be interested in getting something like these for my iPhone, as I would definitely like some insight as to how I am managing my digital wellbeing. I praise Google for developing these applications and allowing Android users the chance to monitor and give insight as to how they use their devices, which hopefully nudges them to adjust their usage pattern. We all know some people who are glued to their devices, and these types of digital wellbeing applications are very welcome to the addicted few.
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I have an Acer Predator XB271HU. I love almost everything about this monitor, the image quality is fantastic, the refresh rate is as smooth as butter on a frying pan and being able to connect my PS4 to it helps a lot (yes I know putting a PS4 Slim on a 1440p monitor makes the image blurry but I can live with that over having a seperate monitor just for that). The only real downside to it is that the audio quality is god awful! Firstly everytime I play something with audio, be it a video, music from my Spotify or a game, I get a roughly 1 second delay before the audio starts playing, by which point I've missed a second or 2 of audio and depending on what I'm paying attention to, that's not good. I don't mean as in things are out of sync, I mean it will play the video, song, you name it and will still play it in sync with what's happening on screen. It will just skip the first second or so of audio and start playing for where it's meant to be at according to what I'm playing. Not only that however but the audio itself is dreadful, everything just sounds messy and not as good as it should sound. Is there a way I can fix this? Would purchasing a DAC help in anyway, do I have to buy some speakers? If so, will connecting them to the monitor affect the quality coming out of the speakers, ideally I want the audio to come out of the monitor because I have my PS4 connected to my monitor as well and I don't want 1 system to get good audio while the other has to suffer. Has anyone got any suggestions? Would be most appreciated. P. S. I have look at reviews for the monitor and it seems like in terms of the delay I'm seem to be the only person with this issue. Very strange.
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Hello Mates, I have recently upgraded my speakers to Logitech Z906, and I mostly play Games and Watch movies, no music on PC (so lets not talk about how bad Z906 is with Music - I know that already). My question is if anyone has any experience with this Z906 with 5.1 channel through the 3.5 mm cables provided and getting an optical cable would make any difference when the device decode the sound all by itself. It is interesting for you to know that the onboard audio is ALC1220 (Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming 2.0). Should I keep the 3.5mm analog configuration or I should try for the digital input for the speaker? Will there be any major difference in Game/Movie sounds?
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Hi, Anyone here have recommendations for a tablet? Specifically for writing notes, like thats the only purpose Im gonna use it for... Up until now, I'm still using good'ol yellow pad paper for taking notes but my main problem about it is that when I need to review something, Most of the time, I need to flip a billion pages before I even find what I was looking for. I tried to search for any digital notepads on google, some looks good like the reMarkable and the Sony DPT-RP, but they cost like $900, lul. Most people though recommends iPad with Apple Pencil. It does cost $500 in total from where Im from, but is it really worth it? Just for reminder again, Im only going to use it for note taking, its kinda part of my job. I dont really need anything like video playback and coconuts or whatevs. I do need it to have at least an SD card or internal memory. I also found some cheap ones on amazon like these guys: https://www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?__mk_ja_JP=カタカナ&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=電子メモ But I can't tell if theyre good. Also one more thing that I'm looking for is something with good precision, because I write very small. I want to cram as much info in one page so I don't have to flip many pages when looking at them. Another problem with the ones on amazon is that most of them dont have SD card slot, so you have to use a companion mobile app to save your notes on your phone or tablet.
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laptop Laptop for image production + gaming
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Hi! I recently got accepted into a university for a digital image production program (3 years in Sweden). The school suggests to bring your own laptop and therefore i now need to purchase one. Use cases are for animating, graphic design, image editing, movie editing and tiny amounts of gaming (if i ever get the free time). With that said, the school had some recommendations on what specs to look for: Intel Core i7 Processor 8-16 GB of memory (At least) 256 GB SSD Nividia Geforce 1060 GPU or similar Can any of you recommend a solid laptop with specs similar to the ones above? It doesn't need to be a "flashy" gaming pc since i will be using it at the university mostly. I'd honestly prefer one with a sleek and proffesional (not over the top) design. I have done some browsing myself of course, consindering the Dell Inspiron 7000 as an alternative. However, i wanted to get some feedback from the community since i might have missed some good options out there. Dell Inspiron 7000 link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-Inspiron-15-6-inch-Anti-Glare-Gaming/dp/B06VV992PY For this, either the configurations: (Intel i7-7700HQ, 256GB SSD, Nvidia GTX 1050Ti) or (Intel i7-7700HQ, 512 GB SSD, Nvidia GTX 1060). The laptop needs to be able to be shipped to sweden, and preferably i want it to cost below 1500$ US (don't be afraid to recommend slightly more expensive ones however) Thanks for the help! -
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Just realized, NewEgg and Amazon does not carry HIS video cards anymore. I know they are still around -- HIS lists a IceQ X2 RX-580 on their product page. They even have Vega 56 and 64 cards listed as well. The last time I really noticed them was back during the R9-300 and R9-Fury series. To be honest, not a big fan of their gold GPU shroud...or their "unique" shroud designs as of late. However, their UV reactive fans, and at one point UV reactive shroud, is pretty freakin' neat. I still remember droolilng over a HIS IceQ4 Radeon HD 4850 back in the day.... MUCH better than what Sapphire, MSi, Gigabyte, ASUS offered at the time Anyone have any input(s) on what happened to them?
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So I've slowly been working my media collection of DVD's and Blu-Rays into Plex. I came to Stargate Universe however and realized I don't have season 2 on bluray. So I scoured the internet looking for a copy. Come to find out they don't exist, I got my hopes up when I found I UK version on Amazon only to find out it was cancelled as well. So my question is how can I get my hands on a 1080p copy? Can I buy it on DIGITALLY on Amazon, Play Store, or iTunes and put it into my Plex library or is my only option to buy the DVD set and try upscaling or something of the like? I have the first season on bluray and it would kill me to ruin the first half. If it was only ALL on DVD it wouldn't be as painful. HELP
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I wanted to share my experience of the warranty process through Western Digital. Since I started building PC's many years ago, I chose WD for their internal hard disk drives. I now have had two failed 1TB Black hard drives due to bad sectors, both purchased 3 years apart if you were thinking its a batch issue. When the first one failed I didn't even think to check the warranty which was definitely still valid. When the second one failed about a month ago I went on the website, registered my product, and realized I have 3 years left. The first step, I tried was testing it with their proprietary software Life Guard Diagnostic. I did both quick and extended and it showed "failed due to bad sectors". It asked if I wanted to try and repair I chose yes, but unfortunately it did not work. So I started a support ticket. I asked if there was anything else I could do to fix the drive and also why it kept happening to me. They never answered instead they asked for my serial number then told me to follow this link to RMA the drive. The link was broken and stated "no results found". Then they sent a proper link. Next I was trying to add my shipping address to my profile for the replacement hard drive. The support portion of their website is https://westerndigital.secure.force.com/ which is run from India. It would not allow my address to be entered. It would tell me my address in invalid. I live in South Florida. I could not continue the RMA process. I googled the issue and come to find the same problem has been around since January 2016. Many people not able to enter their address and continue the RMA process. So, back to the e-mail and asked them to enter it for me which they obliged. At this point I started to feel they would do whatever they could to not fill the warranty. After getting that squared away the RMA instructions were incredibly long. I had to print it and it was 3 pages worth. The shipping instructions were very particular stating two inch packing material, exact type of packing material to be used. Serial number written on 3 sides of the box in BOLD letters. RMA barcode to be taped to the top side. Which they gave you two labels to choose from (I still never understood which one was right). All the while the instructions telling me if anything was not right they would invalidate the RMA and nothing would be returned. Alas I received my new hard drive and they received my broken one. The one (very) positive outcome is they sent a 2TB back, although i'm not so sure its a Black, it doesn't say anywhere on the label, but it made the situation a lot better. After receiving the new hard drive I wanted to be proactive and register the hard drive right away. That's when I find out the new hard drive has 100 days left on the warranty. I felt it should at least be the 3 years left I had on the last one seeing that I sort of purchased a 5 year warranty with the drive. Back to the e-mail and it was fixed. Now I have to say this is the first warranty I have ever done, so maybe they are all like this, but it just seemed to me they were making the process so difficult to where I would not return the hard drive. I have been using Western Digital products for a very long time and its just a bummer their customer support was well, what it was. Sorry if it sounds like I am crying about it, but I waited a week to write this so I wasn't irritated anymore.
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Hello, I want to connect my digital piano to both my computer and phone. The piano has one USB 2.0 type B port. I understand that I cannot use the piano on both my computer and phone at the same time. I don't want to switch cables every time I want to use my other device so will the device from the link do the job? And will there be any additional latency (important for MIDI devices to have as less as possible). Thanks https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01CU4QCRS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=AXZ3JQ1GVFPIF&psc=1 Or will this one work? https://www.reichelt.nl/?ARTICLE=180134&PROVID=2788&wt_gnla=46505243199_225942633078&PROVID=2788&gclid=CjwKCAiA8P_TBRA9EiwAJrpHM0reLadLElGWHrgaQSs-lSXg4mUwv8JN6lRY-a1rrxa0wiyAbq8UQBoCyvMQAvD_BwE
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Hi We just bought a new 4K tv which has a digital audio out port. And our analog Sony receiver has only analog rca inputs. I searched online for digital to analog converters, and there are a ton of cheapo ones, but i don't really trust them. They look cheap, all that i found look the same, just the brand logo what differs. Has anyone got experience with one of these devices? And the one, that i found ok, is it looks ok to you as well? And of course the point is to find a good 5.1, not a stereo one. Thanks guys Here are the ones that I mentioned: Ebay cheapo 1 , Ebay cheapo 2 and almost the same on Amazon Ebay one, that looks ok to me
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At the moment I am considering converting all of my VHS tapes to digital files. After doing some research I have come to a roadblock. The first is what type of hardware to get. The two main types are usb capture devices and the second dedicated pcie expansion cards. With the USB cables they tend to be cheaper, off brand going for $30-$50 and the elgato going for $65. The PCIE cards go for $150. With the USB ones I often see people complaining about video quality. I really just want to get this right the first time and not have to go through returns. My second concern is software. The brands i'm looking at are Elgato, StarTech.com, Diamond, and Hauppauge. With the elgato I know the software will be fine but they are on the expensive side and only have a usb version. With Startech.com and Hauppauge I'm worried that their software will be unusable. So my questions. 1. Which type of device should I get? 2. Which brand of the three i mentioned get? 3. Have you used any of the products I have mentioned?
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Source Click M3 My primary language is not English, so is this true? I am asking because I do convert videos/audios on my PC all the time, so I want to use the proper terms...
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Hey guys. So I was looking at getting either a Grid+ V2 or corsair commander mini to control my 6 Coolermaster sickleflow 120mm 2000RPM fans but I see that both of these can only turn fans down to 40%. This is obviously very frustrating as I want to be able to either drop them very low or turn them off completely when watching a movie or chilling then ramp them up to 100% when I start more demanding tasks like gaming. Does anyone know of any digitally controlled fan controllers that can turn fans completely off? I have googled and googled to death and all I can find is analog fan controller Thanks in advance for everyone's help
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I am a young person that wants to start with digital art and design..... I would like to have your feedback on the hardware I am getting. I will be using are Photoshop and adobe illustrator but I would like to know if you have any better ideas. I am a left hander. I will be purchasing the Huion H610 tablet
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Hey guys/gals, I am in the market for a new camera for my mom. I bought the Canon Powershot SX200IS a while ago and it has performed well for family shots, it is very portable, and has a tripod mount, most of this is what I was looking for in a camera as I was trying to start out in photography. I got over the photography thing pretty quickly and went into more general tech. So, my camera fell into the hands of my mother who was still using her old film roll camera. This was a major jump for her as she is not incredibly technology literate. She has had issues adjusting to the new digital standard, but has done considerably well. It has been half a decade since we bought it, and I believe that it is time to upgrade her hardware. I am searching for a sub $500 digital camera, with an easy to use interface (this is key), a view finder if at all possible, and a tripod mount. I am not camera tech savvy, so if I am in search of a unicorn, please notify me, but if any camera buffs know of the creature I am in search of, you would be doing me and my family a great favor! Thank you!
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Hey people, I need some help. I am going to be transferring Windows 10 from my old HDD to my new SSD soon and I know putting it back in the same computer will be fine but I am going to be building a whole new computer and putting the SSD in that at the end of this month. So I'm wondering if having an entire new computer with an already used version of Windows 10 will cause problems? Like the digital entitlement thing not recognizing my computer and me having to call Microsoft and explain stuff to them. I know Windows uses MAC addresses, and the DMI codes on the motherboard to know which computer is using the version of Win. 10 and if it is the right one. Will that cause issues? My friend changed everything about his prebuilt computer except CPU, GPU and storage and it worked perfectly fine. Mine is also prebuilt but I want to move the OS on an SSD to an entirely new PC I'm building. Feel free to ask any questions that could help you help me. Any help would be fantastic because I really don't want to spend $100 on a whole new OS, thanks!
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What's the different of WD Black and WD Blue? I'm planning to WD Black but it's the same price for double the storage of WD Blue. To make things clear 1TB Black for 80$ (direct conversion from my currency) and 2TB Blue for 80$. So the rpm is the same (7200rpm). Only the warranty is 3 years more. Someone made a video about it showing that blue is actually faster than black. So why am I going to buy WD Black if im getting less speed? My objective here is to store my videos and games in it. Mainly my videos.I already have one ssd for the os and 1TB black for gaming purposes. So the Blue seems to be the winner here. But I can't decide. Googling only mix things up even more. Why don't linus do these tests =P
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Hello there fellow camera geeks! I've done a little bit of looking into it myself, but I wanted to get some thoughts from other people on good cameras, digital or DSLR, that are very compact and portable, yet will still yield the same quality as my DSLR. I'm not restricting myself to a certain brand, but I will say that I am primarily a Nikon user. Last but not least, I leave a list of required features. If there is no such camera under the restrictions and features that I want, I am willing to look to the next best thing to it. So, without further ado, my list of required features: Pixel count of at least 10 Megapixels At least a range of ISO 100-3200 At least 11 auto-focus points Must have a viewfinder Current Image resolution (1920x1080 or higher) Current file output (JPEG, RAW, etc.) Current Storage medium (SD, SDHC, etc.) Thank you to anyone who goes through the effort of helping me with this. It means a lot to me <3
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Brand New WD Caviar Black 2TB Strange Noise While Shutting Down
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Well just like the title says I just bought a brand new Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB and plugged it in formatted it with absolutely no problem. Didn't even write anything to it. And I turned the system off. While shutting down the hard drive makes a strange grinding noise that I've never heard from a drive before. Here is a YouTube video with that sound: the sound starts at 6 seconds and you might need to turn the volume up to hear it. What the hell is that sound? Is that the motor just slowing down and stopping? Is that head scratching the platters? What is that sound? I've heard that the black series can be loud and make noises from time to time but that sound doesn't sound normal. I've checked in Crystal Disk Info and it says the drive is fine. I don't believe it. -
In my local area WD gets bad press and thats why I avoid them. Most people talk about reliability issues with them, issue is my local computer store is now mostly selling WD drives and other manufactures have all but disappeared from there store. I am just wondering what peoples experiences are with these drives in terms of reliability.
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Apparently Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook is building a real life version of Iron Man's Digital Assistant 'Jarvis' in his home to help with his work. Mark said: Zuck wants to build his own AI (artificial intelligence) bot to help him run his life more efficiently — but he references Jarvis, probably the best example, to explain his lofty ambition. Source: TechCrunch
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