Tuesday, January 28, 2014

I really need help deciding what surround sound Bose speaker system to get for my room?

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I have about a 12 by 12 foot room. I want a high quality system with at least four speakers, including one bigger than the others.It needs to be wireless so I can play music from my computer. I also need to have a jack for my ipod to connect to.


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If you want a high quality system then absolutely do not buy Bose. For the same price you spend on Bose, you can get a much better sound system. The only thing superior about Bose is their marketing.

Right now, I would say that JBL, Klipsch and Polk Audio are probably the 3 leading speaker companies that consumers such as yourself should be looking into. They all have equivalently priced products as Bose, but with superior sound in that price bracket.

Another thing I would like to try to talk you out of is a wireless system. So much stuff these days rely on wireless technology (cell phones, computers, keyless entry key chains, baby monitors, etc.) that you will often get interference and bleed-over into your wireless speakers. Cell phones can produce a popping noise while things like baby monitors can actually cause voices to be heard in the background, behind the music.

And since these wireless speakers are active, meaning that they have to be plugged into an AC outlet for power, they can also get interference from "dirty" or unstable power coming from your wall socket. Unstable power can be caused by electric motors such as refrigerator compressor pumps, washer and dryers, and more. So one minute you may be listening to some clean music and the next minute music with a fuzzy background noise because your refrigerator kicked on.

To prevent dirty power, you can buy power filters. Of course you would have to buy one for each speaker. The good thing is that most of these power filters have built-in surge protection (which you will also want). The bad thing is that they start at about $60 per filter. So if you bought a 5.1 style speaker system, you would need $360 just for filters.

So think about it. Do you really want to spend a grand or more on "quality" speakers just to have them play hissing and buzzing sounds just because you wanted a wireless system? I wouldn't. Take the time to run some wires and do the job right. You can't half ass quality.

And if some sales person says to you that you will not get this kind of interference, just remember, it's his job to tell you this.

As far as your sound system goes, to choose a nice one, you need to take a few things into consideration like:

1. What is your budget?
2. Will this be primarily for watching movies or for music?
3. How many speakers do I want? Specifically. 4 plus a sub woofer? 5 and a sub? This makes a big difference in price.

Once you have figured these things out, then your question can be better answered.

What is the best recording software for PC?




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I have tried multiple recording softwares and none seems suit me.

I want to start a YouTube channel, but they stop me in that.

- Bandicam, problem is (for me at least) bad sound quality.
- Fraps, huge file size.
- Dxtory, crashes my game when I attempt to record.
- BB FlashBack, it has lag, can't even handle the game.

So I'm looking for a good recording software to use for games like CoD, Minecraft, World of Wacraft and such. It would be good if it provided lower file size (as Bandicam), free if possible, good quality sound/video quality + provides me good FPS.

Thanks.



Answer
There are a number of good "Screen Capture" recording software.. the problem is, most games lag or show hesitations on 'screen capture' software.. especially if the game of high quality like "call of Duty"..

You can remedy these by having a really powerful computer:
pump up the ram to max, the graphic card to max and anything that makes a gaming computer better to max..

while keeping the quality of picture lower, like setting the game graphics to lowest settings, and the quality of recording to lowest settings with standard definition SD instead of high definition HD..

All of which will produce a poor quality video..

To improve the recording quality, you may consider lightweight, simple or less sophisticated Screen Capturing software that require less system resources (less memory, less processor power, etc..) like FastStone screen capture video recoder http://www.faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm and CamStudio screen capture video recorder http://camstudio.org/ which are baby software in comparison with high-end expensive tools that may and may not work as you hope, like: Camtasia (the best software for screen capture video recorder) at http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html , Adobe Premier http://www.adobe.com/PremiereProâ and Corel VideoStudio at http://apps.corel.com/lp/emea/webinar/index.htmlâ ..

The problem is always that there is not enough resources for both high quality games and screen capture video recording especially if your computer is not up to the challenge..
and you may have to sacrifice the quality if you wish to use software to record the game..

The answer is going hardware.. what most gamers on YouTube do is set up a camera behind them while playing in front of the monitor or the TV screen..

YEAACH, I know.. but to produce HD quality picture, consider Hardware screen capturing devices.. and you'd need three things:
1⢠upgrading your Graphic card to the ones that support HDMI first (but read a bit about HDCP in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdcp )..
2⢠buy a good Screen Capturing device.. my experience is with Hauppauge HD PVR http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hdpvr2plus-gaming.html
3⢠devices like Hauppauge require a second computer or a laptop to perform the actual recording, but it doesn't have to be a high end computer.. my old laptop 5 years old with no 3D graphic card can do just that.. (just borrow your friends' laptop for a while, I hope its not a big deal)..

See the picture below, and instead of the Xbox being connected to the Hauppauge device, imagine your gaming computer is connected through that plug instead.. and the laptop is the second computer that runs the Hauppauge device..
Oh and by the way the TV is just optional.. you don't have to have the HD TV connected..

4⢠if you encounter an HDCP problem (that's why I ask you to read a bit about them)..
99% of the time, HDCP is not an issue while recording a game from a PC HDMI output but there is this 1% of the time that HDCP is an issue..
Most professionals remedy that by buying HDMI splitters that has the ability to override the HDCP protocol and cancel them.. or use additional professional tools like HDfury 2 or HD fury 3.. http://HDfury.com

And that's how professionals do it..
All the best.. and good luck




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