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" It if we don't look tracked down someone who does he reached out you who just got back from vacation. Let's cut vacation I was little flight on Friday like did did you get did you get yanked his side that TSA because it. I saw it about what it was your it looked at an onion I -- notebook power supply for the notebook the Kindle in a couple of cables. And it exodus of clutter my day. Absolutely -- Monday place. Did the drug check them not -- the bomb Jacqueline. Removed everything. Read through it all and in the end we want to point out that. That there's been a bit of an issue with my airlines regarding the tickets so you know Mexico and Canada that he. Thickened like it would be walking back this effort Cisco they run it through a third time they decide that it's safe."

" That's good it but yeah. I don't hear that kind of stuff but now the time I had exactly that same set up probably add my laptop -- adapter Kindle Kindle charger a movie pack. I thought oh I that I have better camera is one camera lots and lots of cables like -- lot of cables."

" A winner because they have like. Eight toothbrush rolled up in the sure -- stuff in there maybe thousands of it was weird. It was really funny watching the responsible Twitter rightfully though accomplishment or cable -- normally I carry eighteen notebooks it started 200 devices they never stop being so apparently yeah general consensus is on shifty looking."

" Yes. I -- baby. It's the behavior that I was not Bradley wouldn't be such as traveling so you get stopped if I'm going only court shoots or something Britney get stuck because we carry -- camera equipment let's -- we have like battery chargers like the big one lesson camera equipment and hard drives and notebooks and laptops and everything. So we always get stopped but I've never -- personally. Interest well that you are shifting but I did it respond to our first question and it comes from Britain who's not just the she says I'm looking for a small it's got its external hard drive that whole time. Ex what is the best one to get for a good price. I have all my thousands of pix a large external hard drive but want to just -- for backup the news this I want a daily basis which is this Catholic. Cool this is actually --"

" This is actually I've I've. We we go through hard drives in this building Blake they're going out of style yeah especially the portable ones. You're to divert to it happens hard drives same size and want to go inside the notebook big powerful USB port that's the best thing about them they can have. The drive and the USB cable and you're done. Fiber to gigabytes is about as big as they go these days if there's a new release it you know citizens of it like -- between what we tape this when you're watching this. That that's -- biggest size but the biggest one. 320 super cheap obscene those for under eighty bucks I could breads from Brady books. For the fiscal drive itself by -- you might as big user to get. A lot of folks love policies they of the shiny orange robber wrapper is around the silver thing quickly you -- hit them all day long don't trot down to that. The Western Digital my passport should be bomb proof they -- an array of colors if you're do. You know tight -- and it drives I don't want to have. You like giving color -- island. -- hardware I like stuff stuff I don't know I'm I'm a sucker for our Q. Raping me -- you can spray paint it make everything the same color and -- change everything and significant as my --"

" I don't want no matter what color should write about a hundred point box Seagate notebook drives are key to its super easy to buy cheap enclosure drop the drive inside. We probably won't save much money that is leveraging -- if you upgrade the drive your notebook to put your old notebook drive in an external enclosure -- like twenty bucks everywhere."

" I have to violent replace my hard drive and need to get new battery can't -- just fine laps -- this point well. Thirteen inch MacBook pro it's that -- it is tempting because you can use it and revealed because got that you know yes ideally you'd yes if you if it."

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" He can do it well within guidelines of the revenue service here that states. Still because somebody that looks old little catch what -- you pick as your netbook computer especially for going to college. What run OS-X and Macintosh are curious about windows seven we've got netbook help comment. Right now what we got your attention."

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" Netbooks are all the rage people with a number of options out there can -- picking one really difficult despite the fact available all run the same chipset. Kevin out Bakersfield asked us hey Patrick product I was thinking of picking up a -- this summer for the school semester in the fall but with so many out there I don't know which what is right for me I don't need much just when the surf the web take notes in class and -- of videos of Hulu or Netflix. Big the student cheaper is better in the suggestions thanks Kevin in Bakersfield California. You have more netbooks and eighty what I know. I can't hear you well."

" Don't Italy and one. Yeah it's committee 1000 in the Dell mini nine the Dell is currently and a Macintosh state Ryan had a little weekend project where he used it running. And it always says it's running OS-X. And it runs pretty well actually -- have this but we got be followed the got out of his mind did it's it's a very good notebook for doing. A."

" Basically it's like so compatible -- and operatives everything works. Use it when you turn -- OS-X on other machines you like. You don't have this have -- heard that the unsound doesn't work yet there's -- that they'll write that looks had a policy -- sound and Internet video problems that yeah that's our yes that's a fail in my book. Okay so you're buying one you're gonna get almost until the next generation processor at least you're gonna an -- point six gigahertz processor 512 or one gigabyte of ram. Anywhere from a -- hoping screen though Microsoft has anything to do that's gonna be sub twelve inch screen of the future. An interesting to watch that Microsoft's making all these of the announcements on how they want they want that would sort artificially stuff netbooks -- doing it lower power category."

" Yeah critically bad things inaccurate and have to decide if you Softscape tracker you're on a regular hard drive. This one's running paying. Sixteen gigabytes out to attract them. Do list third to Duisenberg. Windows seven actually install in the -- well there's only like four gigs left on it records but it's there."

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" Especially assist d.'s because the ones especially if you're finding an older one it's like it's got. You know like to eight gigabyte flash drives -- or worship an eight gigabyte G four gigabyte partitions and you can -- you can actually install any updates of windows XP and that. Unless you slip streaming do a lot of other work most about an hour coming out like 160 gigabyte hard drive which is nice at -- and space disease for and I still have good battery life. Battery life three cells verses six cells."

" Yes this is actually a three cell model on my got it a couple of days for the six cell became available on H committee 1000. How many hours you can then of the three cells on. Three usually with -- continued use it it's pretty decent -- and -- seven the battery started. Lasting a lot longer than when I had the harmony -- there."

" Yes and the big one the big differentiation for me between these two machines in between all of notebooks and netbooks rather -- Is to keep port yes because this one has a 90% keyboard and I think that these MSI wind and the Acer also have night."

" Thank keyboards in a sign win the Acer blind. Tell me the ten the Dell mini twelve to -- couple night now this and I court is the -- I do not enjoy it very much and it's not a matter of hand size if you're it's more like if you're touch typist. I challenge anyone to touch type any speed only when of the."

" Professions someone can edit it takes a while to be extra pressure gets that thing that takes awhile to use to a -- side. I'm mouse buttons you on the track pad after the HP mini 1000 a lot of people complain about that I used it very quickly personally."

" You like the only person -- really can't -- to -- nobody can email me about it but this is also the only netbook out there where they've put. The track -- everything from the bottom here like every laptop -- existence most of the specs are really similar a lot of people like that deals on the at a site where it could -- be available more often six cell batteries. Acer notebooks tend to have all sorts of different configurations spinning what channel that being stolen -- in the store suit definitely shop around of these if you're looking for super cheap you. One that you Dell is their outlet makes it really easy to buy returned notebooks were refurbished notebooks were or unopened notebooks -- refuse. You can ecstasy if -- hundred bucks. 350 to 450 dollars with the exception Sony model which is like 800. But it's -- And certainly that's the -- I. -- Costco actually is is a really good place check these is the usually have the Acer -- BHP. And occasionally you may have a -- inside there that may be beyond crack -- they always -- discount deals because. And that dollar and there. Or hot dog are hot and one of those B four pound buckets or army giant -- separately ten bucks like that option that -- that book it pizza actually. Two things we should mention memory and this is really what they really such about the uses a lot of work appear with 512 megabytes from the factory. Upgrade to gigabyte as soon as you can upgrade to gigabytes if you can't. A lot of that books are actually hardware restricted to a single byte which. Sox took the crippling. This seemed to be a lot of basically Microsoft has -- a deal that. You're dead basically or or forcing vendors who have degraded specs on hardware in exchange for the operating system so yes. Like they want people still -- make laptop apparently they want people to buy big full size laptops. Or at least they're operating system license or people's -- talk about excellent state track that kind of thing yet. I'm not sure 160 -- pretty typical. The solid state drives the smart policy drives -- pain in the -- great if you're running a little -- Linux distribution -- by the loss of battery life. If you're running windows XP the first -- I was they had to four gigabyte partitions. You could actually install any updates -- windows XP many security updates on us without slip streaming and created a special you know crunch down version of windows XP."

" says the sixteen gigabyte solid state drive on it. Was there an engine for windows of the Elvis like -- excellent ethnic analysts say it many documents or files -- computers so it hasn't made too much finish. -- video really comfortable experience and other you know really videos a little bit guilty a little bit staggered. If if that's something you really want to do all the time it's awfully small areas -- Julio. It's probably not going to be your best bet you."

" My want to wait till Nvidia's got the UI on chipset coming up to assist clear our our graphics accelerators designed to work with the out of style low power processors. That might be worth waiting for we're we're actually kind of eagerly waiting -- proclivities. What out yet. --"

" When seen through YouTube video clip anywhere there's like there's like ten different brands you can look up -- have I'll be requirements that you need. I his they had like would be important for you -- can't assault ever say."

" He had me emphasize reveals -- is great to those eight PC DPC. Are pretty yeah once it sees her abilities us. Texas yeah aces I was really frustrated the first basis -- here that notebook are viewed netbook -- you they've gotten considerably better and I believe they've finally have a big -- keyboard. For humans. Like that."

" Very good point have a lot of block -- to check up on. I'm that we do have a follow up question now Austin who wrote it in the market for in new netbook and want to know what you guys so would be the best one for OS-X."

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" It was amazing photos is he on Flickr that he'd popped with color and contrast ever wonder how they pull it off are they magic photographers. Actually it's kind of a -- into the digital photography expertise is called high dynamic range imaging. It's actually pretty easy -- arcade photo magic just little bit of time it's pretty straightforward and mr. Roger Chang is joining us give us the lowdown."

" HR. Yes HDR high dynamic range imaging the but what that basically means is that devices like cameras even digital cameras computer screens each -- TV's. They have them much. Shorter. Range. That they can display versus the human -- what you can see. That's like people talk about it so lifelike it's you know brilliant it's it's talking about all these things because these devices. Are are poor in quality to what we can actually see with our own I've also what it -- them I'm looking at a sunset over Bakersfield -- is as big red orange and work -- the distance and there's like. Junk yard with a bunch of old trucks and it in -- particular pictures to that the -- not X overexposed in the top after the picture. Did all the junk yards lost ark and it right. Can see the detail the junkyard than the sun -- exploded this giant sheets like actually you're basically compensating for the fact that if you choose them right. All the dark you deal gets lost he she some dark you're gonna start to lose and a lot of the hot bright highlights. Typically photographers normally use things like flash flash photography to kind of fill in that way. But for most people you know you don't even have -- it takes -- it takes to on the set up portraits of you know it's that if it's an actual sort of scene of the building ever or you know -- it's kind of hard to have a big enough. Fill flash yet and end and they -- and it's somebody came out around the turn of the twentieth century. And essentially the idea is what I can't get everything in one shot so point 98 -- not do multiple shots of the same scene at different exposures so anything when it a really bright bright exposure. One and not so right wanted to medium wanted medium dark when it really dark and the great thing is most digital cameras today with in the past past two years have a functional they call."

" Otto auto exposure reckoning. And where they basically give you the ability within the camera to set three exposures. In one not one shot it. And and quick success quick secession so. Say I set this up and I can brighten up to two stops at two stops down I pressed the button once it takes a normal press it again it takes at a lower than normal. Press of one more time it takes that it really."

" Okay so I've got my three images I've gotten them onto my notebook I've I've got it to stops up two stops down or whatever the bracket range are. How do we turn those endure. High dynamic range image so. What we're. Essentially doing is compositing all three of those images on top of each other in order to bring up those qualities that we want from each one. So are likely -- Yeah asking masking selective masking and and bring up the layers the elements of those there's no one is there is this like a painful afternoon in Photoshop or is there a secret shortcuts. And Photoshop there's a secret shortcut you can actually do each DR. We finish and they'll do for you. You can try it with game which can only kind of mimic each -- because. When you do I got high dynamic range B key we're behind dynamics that put keywords. -- is only need it. -- so Photoshop 32 bit and so you're gonna lose you make your -- a lot of color yet because what you're doing is you're taking 32 bit image intriguing and he beat each DR image so you know and it's like start with an MP3 re encoding it that is the impact yet. So there's another to a their thoughts and a pain it's based off key and and it's designed for film makers and -- the you know to -- coloring and adjusting exposure and all that does have 32 bit I have not personally tried it. So what I am actually recommending is using a lot of the third party tools are freely available and the -- dedicated Tuesday CR yet they're dedicated today and it really makes it so much simpler. For a lot of reasons one because you don't need to kind of figure out what. What what you need to do is gonna make it's so simple Brady gonna tell you how to do it with Photoshop for your other favorite photo again tool you can learn that on the Internet if you have if you get tied to the limited resource and especially because I know a lot of people really can't afford Photoshop the full version of Photoshop not the elements. It's actually a lot quicker in many cases the result will be allowed more pleasing with the third parties so where there's like -- different software packages out there that few weeks you are what's your favorite. Four automatics pros that is pay for suffered a hundred bucks. But it's pretty much what everyone says is the benchmark for each GR. Photo generation. It it's really easy to use infected. But simple to use it should have probably heard what the technical term I literally have it running right here and you can see it's just this little window also."

" The left and what I want to do I wanna generate an -- image. I click browse and now I'm gonna select the images that I want. The -- of the -- features is that for the Mac supports raw files some depicting history. And finish you see at the tops a select differently exposed images just in case you didn't."

" Being offered full. Click select in the click OK. It's gonna give me a bunch of functions and -- sources claim it's better than that we've by default. -- each DR. The cool thing is put a Mac Pro is free trial where it does not timeout the only copy I've been. Is that when you finish with finished our photo there's -- dual -- one. Experiment with -- if you want. Yes and union if you really think it's something that you wanna owning it 99 dollars that you can afford on it that it's it's great a lot of people like it it is the standard it is pretty much a standard as you can see here it's finished it earning one image. Com now it's."

" It's not completely done just to give any idea compared comparison. This is essentially the the normal image. That has been you can see side by side. The blues are flat the buildings don't -- we look at these buildings that are Paquin -- every day yeah HCR images much more. It's much more alive yet it seems to a can of cola. And the thing is."

" You know now we can go on to what is tone mapping now what each -- does for light tone mapping kind of does for color it's basically replaces one caller for another -- kind of compressing that entire range of of colors into an eight bit. Range that almost sounds like coaster rising anger -- getting -- me it is in me in many ways. Because we know some people don't like tone mapping because I think during her adultery. The photo. If some people like because they think it's really cool looking it adds a lot of life to something physics so what to look artificial but it facility is it busy and while that's really cool."

" That's like what are the classic religious arguments of photography so it should be watched the film captured it proved to be exactly -- from the back of the camera it's what you want it to be right now you can you can stop break years. Yeah. So you know an and the thing is as you -- tone mapping actually brings it a little back on earth and it does kind of set. It's it's a little of the greens little more cartooning this guy's a lot taller -- is it it's you know it's one of those things -- like -- More colorful and had been it is in in reality right because you know if you have the specialized card. Com. But it looks. -- look really accurate before. Probably signed that I should that it photography for a living well it knows it it is an accurate portrayal -- is being shrunken down into arranged. Unity that display can show accurately. Point it may mean if there's things are being lost that you can't see because. It can't be good news -- we're we're further the less expensive packages -- with there's actually a great program called -- says give me. I hope I'm pronouncing that way the picture there's a really cares unity he this -- Totally free available Lennox OS-X. Windows so that you're not limited. To anyone that put agnostic network and in many ways you can actually get the same. Kind of quality. Using this application it does take a little more. Tweaking -- but not as much as you would say I can Photoshop or an image editing tool. So again the same thing and just load the images. This actually support."

" So."

" Raw files as well although I had issues with the windows one crashing when I tried to use raw files for some reason the OS and version doesn't. Many ways this is actually preferable because it's a little more analytical it actually gives you exposure. Meetings conditioner on. Yeah like you can say well that's incorrect it's actually this exposure instead of what it's saying that I'm gonna go with whatever it is so versus its. Sort those I don't know that much about for dietary. As you can see you know it has that might also I have my day my in the mine actually this is normal with the exposure measuring. -- that's that's that's what the camera gives out in the -- file it's saying this is what it was. So auto align again. And the thing is that's is whether where the tripod comes in handy if you don't have to handle that you don't need -- you can just. In the area. Let it do its magic but this is the part -- Yeah I'm actually quite surprised -- how well this application runs in my notebook. Right so it's done now I have an option to tweak around some -- the profile settings. Continue to it just everything by default works great. In my experience as you become more familiar with it I'm you -- around with a lot of these settings so what's the whole Linear each year are. That's just basically you know. So basically try them all suit what you like move forward Daniel a lot of it just has to do with the way the program response to certain you know. Changes in in an instant in it's been movement. But as you can see here it's done it doesn't look that much different from what rarity had the sister of and now a lot of people actually preferred QTP. Professes to be beaten especially the really hardcore because it's true where again the whole Kenneth. Whether or not it's lifelike or not. Now we can tell -- not tone mapping it's good again welcome to me it is kind of what most people assume is HDR. Because that's what -- just the finals that it's a final stage I mean tone mapping is a subset of of doing the high dynamic range imaging it's one it's it's another process that you will do. In addition to this standard compositing with a -- algorithm choices for these -- algorithms these -- the way that. QTP access you're you'll kind of figure out how to map out and tone match but to -- the collars. I suggest at all another thing is with this application. The algorithm is based on resolutions so your final output resolution will kind of determined. How the formula the opera and actually works so if you can do it in and you do a large size so you might be written native size of that image. To a kind of funky. And funky I mean and ugly -- change this to like 95. In beta and you can just click apply. And it will basically generic image -- it now if you don't like -- you can go back and tweak. In need these sliders now be aware again that any time you change the output resolution here to -- size you may. You'll change it so what it looks like it -- example the entire yet what it looks like it a smaller image will not look the same when. Brought to a larger resolution so somebody what's county the next step really get your geek on what is your photography. We're that you I suggest you go online and join one of the kind of forms that deal with it there's. Flickr -- slate epic about Flickr has a bunch of them if you are partial to one particular camera manufacturer for example like John Candy and -- you know even the Olympus. They do have sections in the event that talk about that subject because it's so popular. And the great thing is to so many ways to do there's you. There's no just just the only way you can do it right there are people have Photoshop techniques people have. Techniques using multitude of different applications and get the best. Quality it's amazing is people will peoples but a lot of time playing with different ways to us and actually it's look at the final image so right now we have this."

" Final image ranger wing poster are still in 1940s. 1920s post cards yet and you know this is the great thing because there's some again so many ways to do this most people it's not -- this and the sides. Now what you can also do is you can do like the -- yeah and this would give me a very dull version of this image. And -- you can take those two when they're done receive them out as -- you finally -- exactly that's what I was gonna say I know it seems kind of odd. And in in and kind of counterproductive but. I assure you it's not now I have those two images and -- again in Photoshop so we can muster against together again. And services this is what it looks like -- lake all the way when it was. And I can tweak it down now so Leo capacities of up to the bottom. Because things through and you can see it can just -- a little consciousness yes so I can now select how punch you don't want it without it being too surreal part just a real enough so I."

" I cannot see the details on the right we're talkin' masculine not -- here people yet and it's in the you know it's such it's one of those things that it's up to the person's particular preference there is no right there's no wrong if you like it to look -- that's fine. Roger. You know we still people -- Monroe it yet you haven't seen he -- who won our shows on kind of have a range photography you can check those out at revision3.com slash pixel perfect. We'll have the links up in the show notes. And actually we get some more questions coming in your ways like can use an external drive and creature DVR capacity. Well. Just -- a second 'cause it's time to think one of our sponsors Squarespace. "

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" Have faith fire up those tweaks. I here's a question thing is that appear Alley I jotted Arizona writes most retail store selling technique data showing external drives that they say can be attached to study to be ours to increase -- hard drive storage capacity. Back to tent full. Once you start using this external drive can you ever remove it -- the DVR recognizes and starts -- to actually mess things up after awhile I disconnecting it. You might know that it is recorded on those external drives are encrypted. It. Can you disconnecting external drive for Mike Cox DVR walk it over to my friend's house who also has a Cox cable DVR and the content on her system. I had to question one yes you can remove that you haven't been sneaking up -- severely actually --"

" In most cases there's an internal hard drive and a lot of cases. They've they've right you you plug in the external hard drive -- USB port. And essentially writes the operating -- hard drive and everything runs off that you hard drive meaning you can't in any case you can't access and -- recorded program on the hard drive inside the box yeah. But when you unplug the UV you expanded external hard drive then you can access everything that was on the old parker."

" Right and doctor questions to it depends on the model of the DVR that you had been -- service plan. We your service plan may or may not allowed on some only allow on device is connected to the same account -- friend -- was gonna give your friend your Canon well. Somehow I don't think it'll."

" In -- I haven't really had the chance to try it I can take my DirecTV box I can unplug my. Hard drive external hard drive yank the card out of the front of my DVR go to somebody else's house or you in the event of a sudden you know -- VR twenty. What we want whatever model one at this point disintegration. And they send out a replacement box should be able to you know. -- little light key card in my external rifle content into the new machine which is actually one of the best reasons to have your content on external drive. -- I had the chance to do that yet because my external drive. Put it fits in palpitations. Before -- can have a chance to upgrade to a -- DVR now doubts really stinks you got like. The entire season of like your son's three favorite shows have like several dozen. HD movies in the wrong way. -- You have believed we could be recording Jack's big music show blue's clues but the thing is it what it remember this is. Eat yet actually probably the single best upgrade you're DVR they typically have 250 to 350 device. Yeah if you're lucky -- five per gigabyte hard drive which seems to be like. Seven HD movies and half a season of insert your favorite program here when you. Put these larger like one I don't but the largest hard drive I can afford on any one of them could. At least after you check before it was for that particular device or or check with the the the cable company currently working -- to see what they've tested it out with because it's easy how many more movies -- Gibson insists --"

" And finally we have a video question from Sarah who want to know about adding more monitors."

" I Tekzilla quick question and how to connect three monitors the PC. And you need a special graphics card on building new PC from scratch say would appreciate any suggestions things."

" protect me a little more Intel on her situation like that she need to use the reedy for example I was apparently they're doing it like yeah can that I've seen that you -- you we --"

" Like the pictures of the Wall Street trading for those guys -- frantically stomping around them like not monitors on the desk. A -- that kind of a big desk for reboot yeah. -- you'll see and that she's got some handed setup that accommodate three monitors the third of the grasses like I have enough trouble with two monitors on my work -- but. Bright you receive there's been some filters on here number one filter is is is this gonna be used for three game."

" mini games that can handle three monitors and you isn't independence short of stretching out. The well it's it's kind of like I mean if it -- of the flight simulator I concede that -- one of."

" It's it's you know Vista and windows seven now require you know that the souped up version of -- victory for acceleration for the for the interface the kids. T three need to work across all three screens if you do. -- if you have to PCI express slots you've you've graphic cards with dual output that would give you the for a long others if you just have one basically like the PCI express sixteen bit slot on. On the board you can actually NE TI board that combines two boards on a single PCI express the X sixteen slot -- for graphic -- to essentially have. The big fat card that's got. The equivalent to complete graphics cards in four dvi outputs. Sapphire and like 1000 troops and yes -- because the model number two or fifty bucks for monitor outputs single slot."

" Yeah that's a big doctorate there it's like human incentives like 250 bucks yet this yet how -- that compared to getting two separate almost exactly the same. And it -- what the benefit there would you get like one a lot of."

" Other ports is especially on less expensive machines have just hasn't won a sixteen why and exactly or you've got the weird form factor something like that. The X one interface which I'm not that familiar with. Apparently you can most recent motherboard have at least one or two -- slots. So there's like a little secondary video card you can drop in an excellent interface figure like a hundred bucks for that you -- recent monitor. One of my favorites if if performance and that the third monitors the big deal because like you gotta graphics card. It should have TVA dvi ports if not for fifty bucks you've got two monitors covered in the single slot exact. If he just needs of it works like it's gonna be your your FaceBook page or something on the thermometer right rob display works -- it's USB -- BG IA or dvi. It's like under a hundred bucks. It takes it is a little penalty is is basically rendering -- CPU clocks to create a chief software these graphics monitor that runs out over the USB port. -- the little box. But it's -- works especially well yeah notebooks. Yeah he's a little extra workspace that's kind of perfect yet so we got the four in one card you do you use cue cards for and one cards BX one slot adapters or get a display port."

" Yeah I mean since she's building this PC she has her options pretty wide open points ten. And decide what you want to do it looked like maybe your video editors I'm guessing you probably want. Probably one -- high quality you know dvi and stuff if there's -- out foreign media and liking it -- forward in one cards -- that spaces or form or do that would be say you like yeah. City law hot. But last week about using command T to selector -- and Mac but here's another way. Mike okay from Australia says here's a better way to do that good system preference since good keyboard and mouse that full keyboard access all controls and -- it tapped the do not save. Function that having to mouse over to it and works apparently in safari and camino as well so what's happening is more your style. As opposed to hitting command. Network for in the body to add to these verses tapping -- getting better. Because it's that it's the same line. 12. X number of yeah the answer is probably only need one text it's the first but I haven't actually tried it important that might be and shorter. But we haven't confirmed this yet but try it later."

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" It if we don't look tracked down someone who does he reached out you who just got back from vacation. Let's cut vacation I was little flight on Friday like did did you get did you get yanked his side that TSA because it. I saw it about what it was your it looked at an onion I -- notebook power supply for the notebook the Kindle in a couple of cables. And it exodus of clutter my day. Absolutely -- Monday place. Did the drug check them not -- the bomb Jacqueline. Removed everything. Read through it all and in the end we want to point out that. That there's been a bit of an issue with my airlines regarding the tickets so you know Mexico and Canada that he. Thickened like it would be walking back this effort Cisco they run it through a third time they decide that it's safe."

" That's good it but yeah. I don't hear that kind of stuff but now the time I had exactly that same set up probably add my laptop -- adapter Kindle Kindle charger a movie pack. I thought oh I that I have better camera is one camera lots and lots of cables like -- lot of cables."

" A winner because they have like. Eight toothbrush rolled up in the sure -- stuff in there maybe thousands of it was weird. It was really funny watching the responsible Twitter rightfully though accomplishment or cable -- normally I carry eighteen notebooks it started 200 devices they never stop being so apparently yeah general consensus is on shifty looking."

" Yes. I -- baby. It's the behavior that I was not Bradley wouldn't be such as traveling so you get stopped if I'm going only court shoots or something Britney get stuck because we carry -- camera equipment let's -- we have like battery chargers like the big one lesson camera equipment and hard drives and notebooks and laptops and everything. So we always get stopped but I've never -- personally. Interest well that you are shifting but I did it respond to our first question and it comes from Britain who's not just the she says I'm looking for a small it's got its external hard drive that whole time. Ex what is the best one to get for a good price. I have all my thousands of pix a large external hard drive but want to just -- for backup the news this I want a daily basis which is this Catholic. Cool this is actually --"

" This is actually I've I've. We we go through hard drives in this building Blake they're going out of style yeah especially the portable ones. You're to divert to it happens hard drives same size and want to go inside the notebook big powerful USB port that's the best thing about them they can have. The drive and the USB cable and you're done. Fiber to gigabytes is about as big as they go these days if there's a new release it you know citizens of it like -- between what we tape this when you're watching this. That that's -- biggest size but the biggest one. 320 super cheap obscene those for under eighty bucks I could breads from Brady books. For the fiscal drive itself by -- you might as big user to get. A lot of folks love policies they of the shiny orange robber wrapper is around the silver thing quickly you -- hit them all day long don't trot down to that. The Western Digital my passport should be bomb proof they -- an array of colors if you're do. You know tight -- and it drives I don't want to have. You like giving color -- island. -- hardware I like stuff stuff I don't know I'm I'm a sucker for our Q. Raping me -- you can spray paint it make everything the same color and -- change everything and significant as my --"

" I don't want no matter what color should write about a hundred point box Seagate notebook drives are key to its super easy to buy cheap enclosure drop the drive inside. We probably won't save much money that is leveraging -- if you upgrade the drive your notebook to put your old notebook drive in an external enclosure -- like twenty bucks everywhere."

" I have to violent replace my hard drive and need to get new battery can't -- just fine laps -- this point well. Thirteen inch MacBook pro it's that -- it is tempting because you can use it and revealed because got that you know yes ideally you'd yes if you if it."

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" Netbooks are all the rage people with a number of options out there can -- picking one really difficult despite the fact available all run the same chipset. Kevin out Bakersfield asked us hey Patrick product I was thinking of picking up a -- this summer for the school semester in the fall but with so many out there I don't know which what is right for me I don't need much just when the surf the web take notes in class and -- of videos of Hulu or Netflix. Big the student cheaper is better in the suggestions thanks Kevin in Bakersfield California. You have more netbooks and eighty what I know. I can't hear you well."

" Don't Italy and one. Yeah it's committee 1000 in the Dell mini nine the Dell is currently and a Macintosh state Ryan had a little weekend project where he used it running. And it always says it's running OS-X. And it runs pretty well actually -- have this but we got be followed the got out of his mind did it's it's a very good notebook for doing. A."

" Basically it's like so compatible -- and operatives everything works. Use it when you turn -- OS-X on other machines you like. You don't have this have -- heard that the unsound doesn't work yet there's -- that they'll write that looks had a policy -- sound and Internet video problems that yeah that's our yes that's a fail in my book. Okay so you're buying one you're gonna get almost until the next generation processor at least you're gonna an -- point six gigahertz processor 512 or one gigabyte of ram. Anywhere from a -- hoping screen though Microsoft has anything to do that's gonna be sub twelve inch screen of the future. An interesting to watch that Microsoft's making all these of the announcements on how they want they want that would sort artificially stuff netbooks -- doing it lower power category."

" Yeah critically bad things inaccurate and have to decide if you Softscape tracker you're on a regular hard drive. This one's running paying. Sixteen gigabytes out to attract them. Do list third to Duisenberg. Windows seven actually install in the -- well there's only like four gigs left on it records but it's there."

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" Especially assist d.'s because the ones especially if you're finding an older one it's like it's got. You know like to eight gigabyte flash drives -- or worship an eight gigabyte G four gigabyte partitions and you can -- you can actually install any updates of windows XP and that. Unless you slip streaming do a lot of other work most about an hour coming out like 160 gigabyte hard drive which is nice at -- and space disease for and I still have good battery life. Battery life three cells verses six cells."

" Yes this is actually a three cell model on my got it a couple of days for the six cell became available on H committee 1000. How many hours you can then of the three cells on. Three usually with -- continued use it it's pretty decent -- and -- seven the battery started. Lasting a lot longer than when I had the harmony -- there."

" Yes and the big one the big differentiation for me between these two machines in between all of notebooks and netbooks rather -- Is to keep port yes because this one has a 90% keyboard and I think that these MSI wind and the Acer also have night."

" Thank keyboards in a sign win the Acer blind. Tell me the ten the Dell mini twelve to -- couple night now this and I court is the -- I do not enjoy it very much and it's not a matter of hand size if you're it's more like if you're touch typist. I challenge anyone to touch type any speed only when of the."

" Professions someone can edit it takes a while to be extra pressure gets that thing that takes awhile to use to a -- side. I'm mouse buttons you on the track pad after the HP mini 1000 a lot of people complain about that I used it very quickly personally."

" You like the only person -- really can't -- to -- nobody can email me about it but this is also the only netbook out there where they've put. The track -- everything from the bottom here like every laptop -- existence most of the specs are really similar a lot of people like that deals on the at a site where it could -- be available more often six cell batteries. Acer notebooks tend to have all sorts of different configurations spinning what channel that being stolen -- in the store suit definitely shop around of these if you're looking for super cheap you. One that you Dell is their outlet makes it really easy to buy returned notebooks were refurbished notebooks were or unopened notebooks -- refuse. You can ecstasy if -- hundred bucks. 350 to 450 dollars with the exception Sony model which is like 800. But it's -- And certainly that's the -- I. -- Costco actually is is a really good place check these is the usually have the Acer -- BHP. And occasionally you may have a -- inside there that may be beyond crack -- they always -- discount deals because. And that dollar and there. Or hot dog are hot and one of those B four pound buckets or army giant -- separately ten bucks like that option that -- that book it pizza actually. Two things we should mention memory and this is really what they really such about the uses a lot of work appear with 512 megabytes from the factory. Upgrade to gigabyte as soon as you can upgrade to gigabytes if you can't. A lot of that books are actually hardware restricted to a single byte which. Sox took the crippling. This seemed to be a lot of basically Microsoft has -- a deal that. You're dead basically or or forcing vendors who have degraded specs on hardware in exchange for the operating system so yes. Like they want people still -- make laptop apparently they want people to buy big full size laptops. Or at least they're operating system license or people's -- talk about excellent state track that kind of thing yet. I'm not sure 160 -- pretty typical. The solid state drives the smart policy drives -- pain in the -- great if you're running a little -- Linux distribution -- by the loss of battery life. If you're running windows XP the first -- I was they had to four gigabyte partitions. You could actually install any updates -- windows XP many security updates on us without slip streaming and created a special you know crunch down version of windows XP."

" says the sixteen gigabyte solid state drive on it. Was there an engine for windows of the Elvis like -- excellent ethnic analysts say it many documents or files -- computers so it hasn't made too much finish. -- video really comfortable experience and other you know really videos a little bit guilty a little bit staggered. If if that's something you really want to do all the time it's awfully small areas -- Julio. It's probably not going to be your best bet you."

" My want to wait till Nvidia's got the UI on chipset coming up to assist clear our our graphics accelerators designed to work with the out of style low power processors. That might be worth waiting for we're we're actually kind of eagerly waiting -- proclivities. What out yet. --"

" When seen through YouTube video clip anywhere there's like there's like ten different brands you can look up -- have I'll be requirements that you need. I his they had like would be important for you -- can't assault ever say."

" He had me emphasize reveals -- is great to those eight PC DPC. Are pretty yeah once it sees her abilities us. Texas yeah aces I was really frustrated the first basis -- here that notebook are viewed netbook -- you they've gotten considerably better and I believe they've finally have a big -- keyboard. For humans. Like that."

" Very good point have a lot of block -- to check up on. I'm that we do have a follow up question now Austin who wrote it in the market for in new netbook and want to know what you guys so would be the best one for OS-X."

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" It was amazing photos is he on Flickr that he'd popped with color and contrast ever wonder how they pull it off are they magic photographers. Actually it's kind of a -- into the digital photography expertise is called high dynamic range imaging. It's actually pretty easy -- arcade photo magic just little bit of time it's pretty straightforward and mr. Roger Chang is joining us give us the lowdown."

" HR. Yes HDR high dynamic range imaging the but what that basically means is that devices like cameras even digital cameras computer screens each -- TV's. They have them much. Shorter. Range. That they can display versus the human -- what you can see. That's like people talk about it so lifelike it's you know brilliant it's it's talking about all these things because these devices. Are are poor in quality to what we can actually see with our own I've also what it -- them I'm looking at a sunset over Bakersfield -- is as big red orange and work -- the distance and there's like. Junk yard with a bunch of old trucks and it in -- particular pictures to that the -- not X overexposed in the top after the picture. Did all the junk yards lost ark and it right. Can see the detail the junkyard than the sun -- exploded this giant sheets like actually you're basically compensating for the fact that if you choose them right. All the dark you deal gets lost he she some dark you're gonna start to lose and a lot of the hot bright highlights. Typically photographers normally use things like flash flash photography to kind of fill in that way. But for most people you know you don't even have -- it takes -- it takes to on the set up portraits of you know it's that if it's an actual sort of scene of the building ever or you know -- it's kind of hard to have a big enough. Fill flash yet and end and they -- and it's somebody came out around the turn of the twentieth century. And essentially the idea is what I can't get everything in one shot so point 98 -- not do multiple shots of the same scene at different exposures so anything when it a really bright bright exposure. One and not so right wanted to medium wanted medium dark when it really dark and the great thing is most digital cameras today with in the past past two years have a functional they call."

" Otto auto exposure reckoning. And where they basically give you the ability within the camera to set three exposures. In one not one shot it. And and quick success quick secession so. Say I set this up and I can brighten up to two stops at two stops down I pressed the button once it takes a normal press it again it takes at a lower than normal. Press of one more time it takes that it really."

" Okay so I've got my three images I've gotten them onto my notebook I've I've got it to stops up two stops down or whatever the bracket range are. How do we turn those endure. High dynamic range image so. What we're. Essentially doing is compositing all three of those images on top of each other in order to bring up those qualities that we want from each one. So are likely -- Yeah asking masking selective masking and and bring up the layers the elements of those there's no one is there is this like a painful afternoon in Photoshop or is there a secret shortcuts. And Photoshop there's a secret shortcut you can actually do each DR. We finish and they'll do for you. You can try it with game which can only kind of mimic each -- because. When you do I got high dynamic range B key we're behind dynamics that put keywords. -- is only need it. -- so Photoshop 32 bit and so you're gonna lose you make your -- a lot of color yet because what you're doing is you're taking 32 bit image intriguing and he beat each DR image so you know and it's like start with an MP3 re encoding it that is the impact yet. So there's another to a their thoughts and a pain it's based off key and and it's designed for film makers and -- the you know to -- coloring and adjusting exposure and all that does have 32 bit I have not personally tried it. So what I am actually recommending is using a lot of the third party tools are freely available and the -- dedicated Tuesday CR yet they're dedicated today and it really makes it so much simpler. For a lot of reasons one because you don't need to kind of figure out what. What what you need to do is gonna make it's so simple Brady gonna tell you how to do it with Photoshop for your other favorite photo again tool you can learn that on the Internet if you have if you get tied to the limited resource and especially because I know a lot of people really can't afford Photoshop the full version of Photoshop not the elements. It's actually a lot quicker in many cases the result will be allowed more pleasing with the third parties so where there's like -- different software packages out there that few weeks you are what's your favorite. Four automatics pros that is pay for suffered a hundred bucks. But it's pretty much what everyone says is the benchmark for each GR. Photo generation. It it's really easy to use infected. But simple to use it should have probably heard what the technical term I literally have it running right here and you can see it's just this little window also."

" The left and what I want to do I wanna generate an -- image. I click browse and now I'm gonna select the images that I want. The -- of the -- features is that for the Mac supports raw files some depicting history. And finish you see at the tops a select differently exposed images just in case you didn't."

" Being offered full. Click select in the click OK. It's gonna give me a bunch of functions and -- sources claim it's better than that we've by default. -- each DR. The cool thing is put a Mac Pro is free trial where it does not timeout the only copy I've been. Is that when you finish with finished our photo there's -- dual -- one. Experiment with -- if you want. Yes and union if you really think it's something that you wanna owning it 99 dollars that you can afford on it that it's it's great a lot of people like it it is the standard it is pretty much a standard as you can see here it's finished it earning one image. Com now it's."

" It's not completely done just to give any idea compared comparison. This is essentially the the normal image. That has been you can see side by side. The blues are flat the buildings don't -- we look at these buildings that are Paquin -- every day yeah HCR images much more. It's much more alive yet it seems to a can of cola. And the thing is."

" You know now we can go on to what is tone mapping now what each -- does for light tone mapping kind of does for color it's basically replaces one caller for another -- kind of compressing that entire range of of colors into an eight bit. Range that almost sounds like coaster rising anger -- getting -- me it is in me in many ways. Because we know some people don't like tone mapping because I think during her adultery. The photo. If some people like because they think it's really cool looking it adds a lot of life to something physics so what to look artificial but it facility is it busy and while that's really cool."

" That's like what are the classic religious arguments of photography so it should be watched the film captured it proved to be exactly -- from the back of the camera it's what you want it to be right now you can you can stop break years. Yeah. So you know an and the thing is as you -- tone mapping actually brings it a little back on earth and it does kind of set. It's it's a little of the greens little more cartooning this guy's a lot taller -- is it it's you know it's one of those things -- like -- More colorful and had been it is in in reality right because you know if you have the specialized card. Com. But it looks. -- look really accurate before. Probably signed that I should that it photography for a living well it knows it it is an accurate portrayal -- is being shrunken down into arranged. Unity that display can show accurately. Point it may mean if there's things are being lost that you can't see because. It can't be good news -- we're we're further the less expensive packages -- with there's actually a great program called -- says give me. I hope I'm pronouncing that way the picture there's a really cares unity he this -- Totally free available Lennox OS-X. Windows so that you're not limited. To anyone that put agnostic network and in many ways you can actually get the same. Kind of quality. Using this application it does take a little more. Tweaking -- but not as much as you would say I can Photoshop or an image editing tool. So again the same thing and just load the images. This actually support."

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" Raw files as well although I had issues with the windows one crashing when I tried to use raw files for some reason the OS and version doesn't. Many ways this is actually preferable because it's a little more analytical it actually gives you exposure. Meetings conditioner on. Yeah like you can say well that's incorrect it's actually this exposure instead of what it's saying that I'm gonna go with whatever it is so versus its. Sort those I don't know that much about for dietary. As you can see you know it has that might also I have my day my in the mine actually this is normal with the exposure measuring. -- that's that's that's what the camera gives out in the -- file it's saying this is what it was. So auto align again. And the thing is that's is whether where the tripod comes in handy if you don't have to handle that you don't need -- you can just. In the area. Let it do its magic but this is the part -- Yeah I'm actually quite surprised -- how well this application runs in my notebook. Right so it's done now I have an option to tweak around some -- the profile settings. Continue to it just everything by default works great. In my experience as you become more familiar with it I'm you -- around with a lot of these settings so what's the whole Linear each year are. That's just basically you know. So basically try them all suit what you like move forward Daniel a lot of it just has to do with the way the program response to certain you know. Changes in in an instant in it's been movement. But as you can see here it's done it doesn't look that much different from what rarity had the sister of and now a lot of people actually preferred QTP. Professes to be beaten especially the really hardcore because it's true where again the whole Kenneth. Whether or not it's lifelike or not. Now we can tell -- not tone mapping it's good again welcome to me it is kind of what most people assume is HDR. Because that's what -- just the finals that it's a final stage I mean tone mapping is a subset of of doing the high dynamic range imaging it's one it's it's another process that you will do. In addition to this standard compositing with a -- algorithm choices for these -- algorithms these -- the way that. QTP access you're you'll kind of figure out how to map out and tone match but to -- the collars. I suggest at all another thing is with this application. The algorithm is based on resolutions so your final output resolution will kind of determined. How the formula the opera and actually works so if you can do it in and you do a large size so you might be written native size of that image. To a kind of funky. And funky I mean and ugly -- change this to like 95. In beta and you can just click apply. And it will basically generic image -- it now if you don't like -- you can go back and tweak. In need these sliders now be aware again that any time you change the output resolution here to -- size you may. You'll change it so what it looks like it -- example the entire yet what it looks like it a smaller image will not look the same when. Brought to a larger resolution so somebody what's county the next step really get your geek on what is your photography. We're that you I suggest you go online and join one of the kind of forms that deal with it there's. Flickr -- slate epic about Flickr has a bunch of them if you are partial to one particular camera manufacturer for example like John Candy and -- you know even the Olympus. They do have sections in the event that talk about that subject because it's so popular. And the great thing is to so many ways to do there's you. There's no just just the only way you can do it right there are people have Photoshop techniques people have. Techniques using multitude of different applications and get the best. Quality it's amazing is people will peoples but a lot of time playing with different ways to us and actually it's look at the final image so right now we have this."

" Final image ranger wing poster are still in 1940s. 1920s post cards yet and you know this is the great thing because there's some again so many ways to do this most people it's not -- this and the sides. Now what you can also do is you can do like the -- yeah and this would give me a very dull version of this image. And -- you can take those two when they're done receive them out as -- you finally -- exactly that's what I was gonna say I know it seems kind of odd. And in in and kind of counterproductive but. I assure you it's not now I have those two images and -- again in Photoshop so we can muster against together again. And services this is what it looks like -- lake all the way when it was. And I can tweak it down now so Leo capacities of up to the bottom. Because things through and you can see it can just -- a little consciousness yes so I can now select how punch you don't want it without it being too surreal part just a real enough so I."

" I cannot see the details on the right we're talkin' masculine not -- here people yet and it's in the you know it's such it's one of those things that it's up to the person's particular preference there is no right there's no wrong if you like it to look -- that's fine. Roger. You know we still people -- Monroe it yet you haven't seen he -- who won our shows on kind of have a range photography you can check those out at revision3.com slash pixel perfect. We'll have the links up in the show notes. And actually we get some more questions coming in your ways like can use an external drive and creature DVR capacity. Well. Just -- a second 'cause it's time to think one of our sponsors Squarespace. "

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" Have faith fire up those tweaks. I here's a question thing is that appear Alley I jotted Arizona writes most retail store selling technique data showing external drives that they say can be attached to study to be ours to increase -- hard drive storage capacity. Back to tent full. Once you start using this external drive can you ever remove it -- the DVR recognizes and starts -- to actually mess things up after awhile I disconnecting it. You might know that it is recorded on those external drives are encrypted. It. Can you disconnecting external drive for Mike Cox DVR walk it over to my friend's house who also has a Cox cable DVR and the content on her system. I had to question one yes you can remove that you haven't been sneaking up -- severely actually --"

" In most cases there's an internal hard drive and a lot of cases. They've they've right you you plug in the external hard drive -- USB port. And essentially writes the operating -- hard drive and everything runs off that you hard drive meaning you can't in any case you can't access and -- recorded program on the hard drive inside the box yeah. But when you unplug the UV you expanded external hard drive then you can access everything that was on the old parker."

" Right and doctor questions to it depends on the model of the DVR that you had been -- service plan. We your service plan may or may not allowed on some only allow on device is connected to the same account -- friend -- was gonna give your friend your Canon well. Somehow I don't think it'll."

" In -- I haven't really had the chance to try it I can take my DirecTV box I can unplug my. Hard drive external hard drive yank the card out of the front of my DVR go to somebody else's house or you in the event of a sudden you know -- VR twenty. What we want whatever model one at this point disintegration. And they send out a replacement box should be able to you know. -- little light key card in my external rifle content into the new machine which is actually one of the best reasons to have your content on external drive. -- I had the chance to do that yet because my external drive. Put it fits in palpitations. Before -- can have a chance to upgrade to a -- DVR now doubts really stinks you got like. The entire season of like your son's three favorite shows have like several dozen. HD movies in the wrong way. -- You have believed we could be recording Jack's big music show blue's clues but the thing is it what it remember this is. Eat yet actually probably the single best upgrade you're DVR they typically have 250 to 350 device. Yeah if you're lucky -- five per gigabyte hard drive which seems to be like. Seven HD movies and half a season of insert your favorite program here when you. Put these larger like one I don't but the largest hard drive I can afford on any one of them could. At least after you check before it was for that particular device or or check with the the the cable company currently working -- to see what they've tested it out with because it's easy how many more movies -- Gibson insists --"

" And finally we have a video question from Sarah who want to know about adding more monitors."

" I Tekzilla quick question and how to connect three monitors the PC. And you need a special graphics card on building new PC from scratch say would appreciate any suggestions things."

" protect me a little more Intel on her situation like that she need to use the reedy for example I was apparently they're doing it like yeah can that I've seen that you -- you we --"

" Like the pictures of the Wall Street trading for those guys -- frantically stomping around them like not monitors on the desk. A -- that kind of a big desk for reboot yeah. -- you'll see and that she's got some handed setup that accommodate three monitors the third of the grasses like I have enough trouble with two monitors on my work -- but. Bright you receive there's been some filters on here number one filter is is is this gonna be used for three game."

" mini games that can handle three monitors and you isn't independence short of stretching out. The well it's it's kind of like I mean if it -- of the flight simulator I concede that -- one of."

" It's it's you know Vista and windows seven now require you know that the souped up version of -- victory for acceleration for the for the interface the kids. T three need to work across all three screens if you do. -- if you have to PCI express slots you've you've graphic cards with dual output that would give you the for a long others if you just have one basically like the PCI express sixteen bit slot on. On the board you can actually NE TI board that combines two boards on a single PCI express the X sixteen slot -- for graphic -- to essentially have. The big fat card that's got. The equivalent to complete graphics cards in four dvi outputs. Sapphire and like 1000 troops and yes -- because the model number two or fifty bucks for monitor outputs single slot."

" Yeah that's a big doctorate there it's like human incentives like 250 bucks yet this yet how -- that compared to getting two separate almost exactly the same. And it -- what the benefit there would you get like one a lot of."

" Other ports is especially on less expensive machines have just hasn't won a sixteen why and exactly or you've got the weird form factor something like that. The X one interface which I'm not that familiar with. Apparently you can most recent motherboard have at least one or two -- slots. So there's like a little secondary video card you can drop in an excellent interface figure like a hundred bucks for that you -- recent monitor. One of my favorites if if performance and that the third monitors the big deal because like you gotta graphics card. It should have TVA dvi ports if not for fifty bucks you've got two monitors covered in the single slot exact. If he just needs of it works like it's gonna be your your FaceBook page or something on the thermometer right rob display works -- it's USB -- BG IA or dvi. It's like under a hundred bucks. It takes it is a little penalty is is basically rendering -- CPU clocks to create a chief software these graphics monitor that runs out over the USB port. -- the little box. But it's -- works especially well yeah notebooks. Yeah he's a little extra workspace that's kind of perfect yet so we got the four in one card you do you use cue cards for and one cards BX one slot adapters or get a display port."

" Yeah I mean since she's building this PC she has her options pretty wide open points ten. And decide what you want to do it looked like maybe your video editors I'm guessing you probably want. Probably one -- high quality you know dvi and stuff if there's -- out foreign media and liking it -- forward in one cards -- that spaces or form or do that would be say you like yeah. City law hot. But last week about using command T to selector -- and Mac but here's another way. Mike okay from Australia says here's a better way to do that good system preference since good keyboard and mouse that full keyboard access all controls and -- it tapped the do not save. Function that having to mouse over to it and works apparently in safari and camino as well so what's happening is more your style. As opposed to hitting command. Network for in the body to add to these verses tapping -- getting better. Because it's that it's the same line. 12. X number of yeah the answer is probably only need one text it's the first but I haven't actually tried it important that might be and shorter. But we haven't confirmed this yet but try it later."

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