Broadband – What Affects Your Speed?
By: Nick Cox
Broadband providers have been under scrutiny recently, as it has come to light that broadband speeds advertised by ISP’s (Internet Service Providers) are not matching actual broadband speeds that customers receive.
It’s proving to be a frustrating time for many customers. Many have been promised speeds of up to 8 Meg, but they are finding themselves with connection speeds, that in some cases are only marginally better than dial-up. Continue reading
Overview Of Transferring VHS and 8mm Tapes To DVD
By Richard Morse
Many of us have boxes of tapes that were recorded onto either VHS or 8mm. If stored properly tapes will last a long time. However there are some considerations that make converting your home videos to DVD a worthwhile process. –It is easier to share a DVD with friends and family. They make a great gift.
–You can create chapters to jump to your favorite scenes.
–You can easily add background music or edit out boring scenes.
–Many times the you can increase the quality from the original source movie Continue reading
Proper Care For Your DVD
So, you’ve recorded your cousin’s wedding on your new digital camcorder, and burned it to DVDs to save for posterity. There are a number of things you can do to keep that DVD readable for a long span of time.
DVD-Rs and (even more so, DVD-RWs) have a limited shelf life. When loaded into a drive, especially after they’ve been written to, they get warm – which causes the very thin film of mylar that’s had a series of microscopic dots burnt into it to degrade and change color, which effects playback performance. Continue reading
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