Why cant my Blu Ray player get a signal from my router?

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galaxychic

I have a Samsung Blu-Ray player that is hooked up to Linksys Cisco Gaming adapter. I have this problem often where the Adapter(Living Room) will not pick up signal from my Linksys Router(Bedroom). Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt. So I am unable to watch Netflix. Are these two not compatible? Do I need a specific router/ adapter? Someone please help!

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No if it sometimes works then what you probably need to do is get your wireless adapter up higher. If it is stuffed in the back of your player the signal is most likely being blocked. So you need to somehow get it extended.

Time to do some measurements and research:
Does it use a standard RJ45 plug ( Ethernet plug ) if so get a Ethernet coupler at RadioShack and a few extra feet of Ethernet cable and some Velcro.

If the wireless adapter uses USB, then get a USB extension cable and some Velcro.

Stick the wireless adapter up high out of the cabinet you might have it in.

Rule of thumb: Higher is always better when it comes to antennas.

Personally.... I would just run a long Ethernet cable from your router to your DVD player. But that's me. Pure signal no chance for error.

How can i get my Blu-ray player to play at 240 hz?

yruonme213

I just recently bought a a Sony Blu-ray player. I have already had a samsung 240 hz tv. When i play a movie such as 300 on the blu-ray player, it only says that it's on 24hz. I'd like to be able to play it at a full 240 hz. Or does it not matter what the input signal says and its just the tv? Thanks in advance.

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240 Hz is mostly fiction. LCD screens do it because LCD's struggle to switch fast enough for action movies. It is a way of telling the consumer that this TV plays action movies really well. The only thing that does 240 Hz is the TV itself. Movies, on the other hand, are filmed at 24 Hz. The only way to get them to run at 240 Hz is to use interpolation to artificially generate 9 non existent frames between each real one. It is NOT worth doing so thy don't.

Not only is there no material that runs at 240 Hz, there is no material at 120 Hz. As for 1080p 60Hz, while possible, I do not know of anything that does. Programs on your TV are broadcast at 1080i or 60 half frames. This resolution is no worse then anything else as your LCD panel MUST capture both halves of the frame, then integrate them before displaying. So, while your signal is 1080i, the TV MUST make it 1080p for display. That is, it takes 60 half frames and makes 30 full frames out of it. This is true for both Plasma and LCD. In some ways, it is better then your Blu-ray movies in that it has 6 more frames per second. However, Cable and Satellite both compress the crap out of the signal, far more then Blu-ray movies.

The really short answer is, don't worry about it.

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What do you prefer out of the PS3 or the Wii and why?

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mrscross78

I personally prefer the Wii as it's really great fun and interactive.
Thanks for any replies.

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Both systems appeal to different markets.

The Playstation 3 is a Blu-Ray player capable of streaming music, videos or pictures off your computer and displaying them onto your TV. It can upscale standard definition DVD's to 720 and 1080 resolutions. It is able to download movie trailers from the Playstation store. It's more than a gaming console, it has the potential (some already exhibited) to be the center of your home entertainment center. Video is output purely digital via HDMI along with audio. Audio support is up to 7.1 surround sound. The Playstation appeals more to people who enjoy high definition gaming along with surround sound audio which allows you to be fully immersed into the experience. Alot of the games released are for a more mature audience. The Playstation interfaces with the Playstation Portable. You are able to turn on, off and control your Playstation 3 with your PSP. This includes watching movies, viewing photos or listening to music. This allows you to take your PSP anywhere in the world, access the Internet wirelessly and interface with your PS3. The PS3 controller supports the ability to sense both rotational orientation and translational acceleration along all three dimensional axes so there is some feedback with the controller and interaction with games. There is a rumble enabled controller coming soon. Some versions of the PS3 support backward compatability with the huge library of PS1 and PS2 games. You are also able to install Linux and stream games that are installed onto your computer to your Playstation 3 and play them using a USB keyboard and mouse attached to it.

The Wii on the other hand does basically one thing and one thing very well - games. It does not offer any sort of movie playback - high definition or even standard DVD's. It does not support putting video out digitally, it uses RCA or Component for video, both are analog. It outputs display at 480, it will not output at 720 or 1080 resolutions. It does not support anything more than 2 channels of audio. Most games are rated E or appeal to a younger audience with less violence, gore and language. You cannot play any music on it, stream any videos or photos to it and then onto your TV or home audio system. The Wii does not interface at all with the Nintendo DS. The Wii does support GameCube games and they have and are releasing more NES games that you can purchase and play.

As you can see, both systems offer things the other doesn't and both have different places they will end up being used. I personally purchased a Playstation 3 for Blu-Ray movie playback. I have since enabled it as a streaming movie, music and photo player. I also enjoy some gaming on it, although I am primary a computer gamer. I purchased a Wii and while very interactive, found the experience to be fairly shallow and at times when I didn't feel like being interactive, unable to do so. I returned it. I don't have kids (more of a Wii friendly console) or an interest in the interactivity the Wii allows and don't generally find the Nintendo library unappealing. I prefer high definition movie playback, standard definition movie upscaling, 7.1 audio surround sound and 1080 resolution gaming. I'm glad you enjoy your Wii. The key to any system is to be happy with it and make sure it fits your needs/wants.

I have a semi proffessional video camera that uses hdv tapes, whats the best way to transfer them?

Sal

whats the best way to transfer them for editing and then putting it on dvd so that I retain the image and sound quality?
sorry, a bit new to all this. thnaks if you can help:)

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Connect a firewire cable to the camcorder's DV port and the computer's firewire port.

USB won't work. USB-to-firewire cable/converteradapter things won't work.

Launch the DV/HDV capable video editor and import or capture the video.

This will be uncompressed, 1080i, high definition video. 60 minutes of this will consume about 44 gig of your computer's hard drive space.

After editing, you can export or render to whatever you want or need. For uploading to a video sharing site (like YouTube), an h.264 encoded MOV or AVI file at high quality is good.

For a regular standard definition DVD, you can use that same h.264 file with a DVD rendering app (like iDVD or DVD Maker) to make a DVD-player readable standard definition disc (VOB file).

For high definition video, you should render out to a "Blu Ray" format (MTS) file and burn to a Blu Ray disc using a Blu Ray burner (LaCie makes good ones). This disc will playback only in a Blu Ray player.

Since you did not tell us which camcorder, computer, operating system or video editor, there's not much more detail we can provide...

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