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The Best Satellite Dish

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There is no “one” best satellite dish. The best satellite dish for you depends upon several factors. Satellite Dish Size The larger the satellite dish, the better it will receive signals. Therefore, the largest satellite dish available is always the best satellite dish — except that few of us want a nine foot satellite dish bolted onto our home. A satellite dish should be as small as possible, while still being large enough to deliver good signal quality. Closer to the equator, smaller satellite dishes work perfectly well. The closer Read More

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DirecTV Slimline Dish

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The DirecTV Slimline Dish is a relatively recent addition to DirecTV’s collection of HD-enabled satellite dishes. A DirecTV Slimline Dish is roughly 18” tall and 22” oval. Since DirecTV satellites are positioned in the Southern Hemisphere, all DirecTV Slimline Dishes must have a clear view of the Southern sky in order to receive DirecTV services. When installed properly, however, a DirecTV Slimline Dish provides the user with clear, high-definition television and Internet. How DirecTV Slimline Dishes Work A DirecTV Slimline Dish works in the same manner as most other satellite Read More

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How to Work My SanDisk MP3 Player

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SanDisk is a popular electronics manufacturer that has a number of MP3 players on the market, including the Sansa player product line. SanDisk players are designed to sync and update with a computer running the Windows Operating System. SanDisk players’ storage capacity range from 512MB up with many of the recent models being able to play color videos, pick up radio stations, and have an expansion slot for a flash memory card. The large storage capacity of the player coupled with the flash memory card capability have made the SanDisk Read More

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How to Convert AVI to WMV

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The AVI (Audio Video Interleave) format is a higher-end video format first developed by the Microsoft Corporation. The format is minimally compressed resulting in high video quality, but large file sizes. The WMV (Windows Media Video) file format is supported on a greater number of software platforms and saves disc space when saving video content. A common task that arises for Windows users is to convert AVI to WMV which can be accomplished using free software or web applications. Steps to Convert AVI to WMV Using MediaConverter.org Step 1 – Read More

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How to Convert MP3 to WAV

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The MP3 (Moving Pictures Experts Group) audio file format is compressed in order to allow playback and exchange over the Internet and other size constrained media. Although most audio playback devices and software support the MP3 format, the WAV (Waveform audio) format is uncompressed and capable of storing more detail when further manipulating audio files. A common task that arises for end-users is to convert MP3 to WAV format. The task can be accomplished using online tools or free/low-cost software available from third party vendors. Convert MP3 to WAV Using Read More

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DVD Benchmark

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DVD is short for ‘Digital Versatile Disc’ and it is an optical disc storage media format that is capable of storing large amount of data. DVD benchmarking tools are used to analyze the quality of the disc. Both the audio and the video quality of the disc are tested with the DVD benchmarking tools and a quality score is usually provided at the end of the test. The quality score can be used for comparing quality of the DVDs. DVD benchmarking tools carry out a number of tests to determine Read More

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Dish Network

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Dish Network is a leading U.S. provider of satellite television entertainment services founded on March 4, 1996 by Charlie Ergen (Founder & chief executive). It is headquartered in Meridian, Colorado.  Dish Network currently provides satellite entertainment services to over ten million customers using DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) technology. Dish Network provides advanced digital satellite television to the home, including hundreds of videos, audios and data channels, personal video recording, HDTV, sports and international programming. It’s corporate management comprises of Charles Ergen (Founder, Chairman, President and CEO), Carl Vogel (Vice Chairman), Read More

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AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)

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Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is a standard compression and encoding format for digital audio. AAC is part of the MPEG-4 standard, which was established by the Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG), the committee that developed the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 standards that are used all over the world in CD-ROM and DVD discs and other technologies. AAC is similar in many ways to the popular MP3 format. The encoding and compression techniques are designed in such a way that some information is discarded because of limitations of the human ear. This Read More

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Convert WMA to MP3

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Windows Media Player has significant market penetration throughout the world. When audio files are imported from CD or DVD, the software defaults to storing the music in the Windows Media Audio (WMA) format on the target computer. Unfortunately, the WMA format is not supported by all digital music players available on the market due to being a proprietary Microsoft format. To successfully play or import on alternative music players, end-users must convert WMA to MP3 format. How to Convert WMA to MP3 with Windows Media Player An inexpensive method to Read More

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How to Convert JPG to Text

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There are two primary reasons that computer users will convert a JPG file to text: 1 – To convert a text document that has been saved as an image back to text format for editing and 2 – To Add a JPG image to a rich text file or document. Since the JPG image format is a compressed format (also referred to as “Lossy”), the quality and amount of text that can be satisfactorily recovered during the conversion process will depend on the quality of the scanned document. Many times, Read More

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