Re: Computer hardware for sale, cheap

On Jan 28, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Thomas Charron wrote: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Mark Komarinski > wrote: >> 4800kbps (4.8MB) is the max for HD on Netflix. No US ISP can sustain that. >> >> http://techblog.netflix.com/2011/01/netflix-performance-on-top-isp-networks.html > > Those are

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On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Mark Komarinski wrote: > 4800kbps (4.8MB) is the max for HD on Netflix.  No US ISP can sustain that. > > http://techblog.netflix.com/2011/01/netflix-performance-on-top-isp-networks.html Those are aggregate averages, disregarding variations based on service. Th

Re: Computer hardware for sale, cheap

On 01/28/2011 11:18 AM, Thomas Charron wrote: >At maximum quality, which the server defaults to, Netflix streams at > 4.8Mbps, which would lead to 2.1 gigs per hour of streamed content. > I'm not sure where the 'bottom' is, the 4.8 is the starting point for > 'max quality', and they downshift b

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>I would have preferred to have gone with fiber but when Granite State >Telephone came out to the house they were talking about trenching >through my driveway and my neighbors driveway, plus it would be some >unknown time in the future. I would have given up my whole driveway and half of my front

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On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Ed Robbins wrote: > We started bumping into this over the Christmas break.  We streamed > Netflix everyday, all day long and I was surprised to see how much > bandwidth we where chewing through.  The kicker was the snow days that > lasted into the beginning of Jan

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On 01/26/2011 05:33 PM, Bruce Dawson wrote: > Just keep in mind Comcast's 250 GB cap, which we ran up against in > November. Nearly got shut down until we bought another internet-only > line (and modem) and divided our traffic between the two. Unfortunately, > even with a 2nd line we still don't ha

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>  My response to any company which doesn't want to do business with me > is to give them what they want. > >  I don't need TV to survive. I don't need internet to survive either. :-D But we digress. Their lack of ability to stream live baseball games lies with the problems with broadcast T

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I pretty heavily use Netflix instant watch and my higher months barely break 200GB, but I think most of that is downloading media from alternative sources rather than Netflix itself because the ligher months where I'm not doing much alternative downloading (but my Netflix watching is about the same

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Dan Jenkins writes: > On 1/26/2011 11:07 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: >> Benjamin Scott writes: >>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Mark E. Mallett wrote: And interested in any other comments, of course, which is why I'm not replying off-list .. >>>I canceled cable TV and watch all m

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On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:05 AM, Dan Jenkins wrote: >>  http://www.netflix.com/BrowseSelection >>  Use the "Watch Instantly" box in the lower left to limit to diskless >>  content. > > FYI, the above only works if you are not logged in to a Netflix account. > If you are logged in, it redirects to

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On 1/26/2011 2:18 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Dan Jenkins > wrote: > >> There's no equivalent listing I can find in Netflix. > http://www.netflix.com/BrowseSelection > > Use the "Watch Instantly" box in the lower left to limit to diskless > content. FYI, the

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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Bruce Dawson wrote: > Just keep in mind Comcast's 250 GB cap, which we ran up against in > November. Nearly got shut down until we bought another internet-only > line (and modem) and divided our traffic between the two. Unfortunately, > even with a 2nd line we stil

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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Thomas Charron wrote: >  I'm in the same boat, no cable, all internet based.  I was planning > on subscribing to MLB.TV, which is available for the PS3, to be able > top watch Red Sox games this year.  Come to find out, they black out > local games, aka, I can't ev

Re: Computer hardware for sale, cheap

Just keep in mind Comcast's 250 GB cap, which we ran up against in November. Nearly got shut down until we bought another internet-only line (and modem) and divided our traffic between the two. Unfortunately, even with a 2nd line we still don't have enough bandwidth to do everything we want. How m

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Uhg. I feel I new subject coming on, but I don't have the heart to go there yet. DRM is such a joke. Pirate says: "You put pixels on my screen? I can capture them." Who do they think they are? DRM serves no purpose but to make it more difficult for legitimate users to get at the content they

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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: >  Mythbusters I have to go to the Discovery website to watch. > >  I have to go to a friend's or a sports bar to catch the Pats games > now.  I can live with that. I'm in the same boat, no cable, all internet based. I was planning on subs

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On 01/26/2011 10:30 AM, Mark E. Mallett wrote: > > I'm not speaking for these, (and understand #2 is gone) but I'm curious > as to why you're getting rid of them; what are you using in their > places? Hi, Mark: I wish you could have joined us at Wings Your Way last night! It seemed like a ex-Myt

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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Dan Jenkins wrote: > There's no equivalent listing I can find in Netflix. http://www.netflix.com/BrowseSelection Use the "Watch Instantly" box in the lower left to limit to diskless content. Or try for a less pretty, but possibl

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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: > Is all your TV actually available on Netflix and Hulu? Just about everything I cared about. There might have been something I lost, but if so, I don't miss it. I don't watch a lot of TV to begin with, and those two give me more content t

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On 1/26/2011 1:47 PM, Alan Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Dan Jenkins wrote >> From this discussion, I learned a few things I didn't know. I hadn't >> realized that Silverlight (required for Netflix) works under Linux. That >> was pleasing to find out. > I looked through the p

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I think the Silverlight compatibility in Linux is from Novell's Mono/Moonlight environment. On Jan 26, 2011 2:06 PM, "Alan Johnson" wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Dan Jenkins wrote: > >> From this discussion, I learned a few things I didn't know. I hadn't >> realized that Silverlight

Re: Netflix and Hulu [Was Re: Computer hardware for sale, cheap]

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Dan Jenkins wrote: > From this discussion, I learned a few things I didn't know. I hadn't > realized that Silverlight (required for Netflix) works under Linux. That > was pleasing to find out. > I've had a computer hooked up to my 52" TV for years now, even befo

Netflix and Hulu [Was Re: Computer hardware for sale, cheap]

On 1/26/2011 11:07 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: > Benjamin Scott writes: >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Mark E. Mallett wrote: >>> And interested in any other comments, of course, which is why I'm not >>> replying off-list .. >>I canceled cable TV and watch all my TV via Netflix and Hulu now

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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:59:13AM -0500, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Mark E. Mallett wrote: > > And interested in any other comments, of course, which is why I'm not > > replying off-list .. > > I canceled cable TV and watch all my TV via Netflix and Hulu now. I

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Benjamin Scott writes: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Mark E. Mallett wrote: >> And interested in any other comments, of course, which is why I'm not >> replying off-list .. > > I canceled cable TV and watch all my TV via Netflix and Hulu now. I > save $60+/month and have fewer commercia

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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Mark E. Mallett wrote: > And interested in any other comments, of course, which is why I'm not > replying off-list .. I canceled cable TV and watch all my TV via Netflix and Hulu now. I save $60+/month and have fewer commercials (none on Netflix). YMMV. --

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On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 06:58:41PM -0500, Ted Roche wrote: > Before I toss them up on Craigslist, then Freecycle then the local > transfer station, I wanted to give folks a shot at this stuff. No > reasonable offer refused. Pick up in Contoocook, ship at cost or > rendezvous at a LUG meeting. >

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The HDTV-5500 has been spoken for. PVR-150 still available... On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > Before I toss them up on Craigslist, then Freecycle then the local > transfer station, I wanted to give folks a shot at this stuff. No > reasonable offer refused. Pick up in Contooco

Computer hardware for sale, cheap

Before I toss them up on Craigslist, then Freecycle then the local transfer station, I wanted to give folks a shot at this stuff. No reasonable offer refused. Pick up in Contoocook, ship at cost or rendezvous at a LUG meeting. 1. WinTV PVR-150: $40; used lightly to record 180 episodes of X-File

Hardware for sale

I have some hardware that I can not use and would like to sell: ATI All-In-Wonder 9000 - $40. Does not fully work with Myth, but you can watch tv in Myth with this card (if you are up for the challenge to configure myth). 256 256MB RDRAM PC-800 nonECC - $20/each (have 2 of them). NEC MC-4R256FKE6

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My wife would KILL me. Kjel On 4/2/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/2/07, Neil Joseph Schelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sun Ultra Enterprise 3000 - $700 > http://www.oasis-open.org/home/sunservers/sun_ue3000.html > Sun Enterprise 450 - $500 > http://www.oasis-open.org/home/sun

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On 4/2/07, Neil Joseph Schelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sun Ultra Enterprise 3000 - $700 http://www.oasis-open.org/home/sunservers/sun_ue3000.html Sun Enterprise 450 - $500 http://www.oasis-open.org/home/sunservers/sun_e450.html Mm. Big servers with all their covers off. Nerd porn! ;-

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If anyone's interested in some fun hardware that my company is selling, please let me know: Sun Ultra Enterprise 3000 - $700 http://www.oasis-open.org/home/sunservers/sun_ue3000.html Sun Enterprise 450 - $500 http://www.oasis-open.org/home/sunservers/sun_e450.html The prices are ballpark what I