Archive for March, 2007

PC to TV Screenshots

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

Not all PC to TV solutions are equal.
Our basic PC to TV converter is well suited to display pictures, video files, PowerPoint presentations etc., but it is not recommended for text based applications. Fine lines and small text will be blurred. In order for text to be easily legible, it is recommended that [...]

Win-Interlnk and Win-Intersvr with Windows Vista

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

If you are a fan of Win-Interlnk and Win-Intersvr, and just got a new vista machine, then don’t worry. The driver that Win-Interlnk uses to mount the client Fat16 drive is compatible with Vista. The only thing that you will need to be weary of is if Vista tells you that the drive has not [...]

TV Regions- PAL, NTSC, SECAM catergorized by Country

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Do you ever wonder what version of PAL, NTSC, or Secam your video sources or displays are using? I got this information from http://www.kropla.com/tv.htm.
Television Standards by
Country

COUNTRY
SIGNAL TYPE

AFGHANISTAN
PAL
B, SECAM B

ALBANIA

PAL
B/G

ALGERIA

PAL
B/G

ANGOLA
PAL
I

ANTARCTICA
NTSC
[...]

Express Card to PCMCIA adapter finally here!

Friday, March 16th, 2007

Do you have some PCMCIA cards laying around that you’ve been dying to use on your new laptop?
We’ve got a new solution that should be arriving in our warehouse on 6/15/2007. The new Duel Systems ExpressCard to PCMCIA adapter will solve your compatibility issues and save you from having to buy new cards. [...]

Expression through Modulation

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Modular adapters can be a technician’s dream. Imagine yourself having to troubleshoot devices and having to carry a variety of cable to match individual devices. It can be tedious and back breaking to have such a large array of cables. That’s why there is such a great advantage to something like the DB9 Modulator [...]

Prolific USB to Serial Adapter not installing

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

We had a customer who was having problems installing the prolific USb to Serial adapter. For some reason the install couldnt find the drivers. The following instrucitons helped resolve his problem.
1. Open the Device Manager
2. Right Click on USB-Serial controller D
3. Select Update Driver
4. If asked, don’t have the hardware wizard search the [...]

K2 Flat Panel Wall mounts

Friday, March 9th, 2007

Is it time to beef up the home theater already? We’ve got just the thing to spice things up. While we were at CES, cruising the floor looking for the latest tech we came across K2 Wall mounts and they showed us motorized flat-panel wall mounts.
Sweet mercy it moves!:
As if your 60 inch flat [...]

Mouth Watering Audio Technica Meatloaf

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

We’ve just started to carry Audio Technica products at Sewell Direct. I always love to see us get into the high-end audio equipment that I can buy for myself. Here are a couple items that I am eyeing:

 
The ATH-M30 Monitor Headphones are probably the best value for high-end Monitor Headphones. When [...]

Switching Between HDMI Devices

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

With all of today’s high end electronics available, it is important to be able to switch or alternate between sources quickly and easily. One of the most common digital audio and video connection methods used today is HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface). It allows the consumer to quickly connect nearly any HDMI-compliant equipment to a display [...]

Wireless PC to TV Interference

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Our wireless PC to TV converter runs on the standard 2.4 GHz frequency, so occasionally we have had customers experience interference problems with other wireless devices like cordlesss phones, or wireless internet.
Jonathan was digging around in the user manual and found how to change the operating channel (within the 2.4 GHz range, there are several [...]