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My 4K TV adventures/chaos continue unabated.
SWMBO and I were sitting there watching a move via the HTPC, and she asked, "Why is there a dark green border around the picture?"
I had noticed it a month ago, but was happy to let it go as long as SWMBO didn't mention it. I did some research, and found that my current video card didn't have the juevos necessary to support the (almost) 4K resolution of the TV, and what we were seeing was a 1920x1080 display on a monitor that was capable of 3840x2160, which resulted in an unused portion of the screen.
My motherboard has a PCI 2.0 slot, but the only video cards capable of 4K resolutions at 60Hz are PCI 3.0. Apparently, I can still use a PCI 3.0 card in a 2.0 slot, and reap the benefits of the higher resolution. I ordered a GTX 1050-based card ($170), so I guess we will see. Funny coincidence - we currently have about $4K invested in our upgrade to 4K TV.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I am on the opposite side:The Wife barely appreciate the difference between the 4K TV and the ancient CRT one. 
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As does mine.
Except, a while ago she had to go to the guest room at look at a show on the old CRT, just to come back to me and ask what's wrong with the TV.
Apparently the picture was unsharp.
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My owner is as short sighted as I am and she's also used to watch poor quality streaming of obscure TV series which the creator failed to destroy completely... and I don't watch the TV unless she forces me in a professional wrestler headlock.
My 300€ HD ready TV is more than enough!
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den2k88 wrote: obscure TV series which the creator failed to destroy completely
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: we currently have about $4K invested in our upgrade to 4K TV.
WTF!
I got a 50 inch 4k UHD TV for 500 notes. PC runs fine into it over HDMI too.
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75-inch full back-lit here, and we needed to get a 4k-capable bluray player, a new HT receiver, hdmi 2.0 cables , and now the video card. We also got a Harmony remote because we had five remotes on the coffee table. The upside of the new remote is that SWMBO doesn't know how to make all the devices work, so I'm in charge of that (which is the natural order of things anyway).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Funny coincidence - we currently have about $4K invested in our upgrade to 4K TV.
If that's how that works, you'd better start saving your pennies now for the 8K TVs...
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I need a pdf editor that allows me to insert pages into a pdf at any point. In the past I have used pdf printers like PrimpPDF and NitroPDF but when you print to them it is slow and also you can only append to the end, you can't insert at a specific point.
That's about all I need, to be able to insert pages at a specific point of an existing pdf. I used the trial version of PDFEscape and it was great. Very fast, very nice, but they don't have a one time purchase (that I could find) but instead have a monthly fee and I don't want to do that.
I don't even need to edit the pdf using form tools or anything. Just want to be able to combine pdfs into a single one with ease.
Thanks.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I use Corel PDF Fusion, but it's not free (though they do a free trial version)
IIRC, it came free with one version or other of Paintshop Pro which is why I have it ...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Didn't know Corel was still around. Does it open in less than 10 minutes?
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I just timed it: 2.85 seconds (including loading a 1.7MB PDF from my NAS).
That's on a 4GB RAM, 1TB SSD, dual core machine - so not exactly state of the art.
Yeah they are still going, still adding bugs and making software harder to use... 
Problem is, Paintshop Pro was soooooo damn good when it was JASC that owned it that I've kept with it - even Corelized it's way better than GIMP and immensely cheaper than Photoshop.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: SSD
Ya, but I don't have SSD.
OriginalGriff wrote: JASC that owned
Wow! Wasn't that like 20 years ago?
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Pretty much. It didn't work too well under Win 7 - Aero turned off when you ran PaintShop Pro which made cleaning screenshots for manuals a PITA - which is why I started the slow transition to the Corel version.
If you don't have an SSD, get one! It's the biggest improvement you can make to a PC, everything works faster and loads quickly, so you tend to close apps when you are finished with them, and that frees up RAM - which makes apps run even faster!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I use PDFEditPortable and it does the trick.
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den2k88 wrote: PDFEditPortable
Do you have a link? I google it and it looks like SPAM or Malware.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I searched for it and found nothing reliable. We have it in our shared folders but the source is unknown!
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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https://commerce.adobe.com/anyware/checkout/?clientId=adobe_com&countryCode=US&languageCode=en&marketSegment=COM&items%5B0%5D%5BofferId%5D=5FE3ED67620407B125ABAB7E427BE8B7&items%5B0%5D%5Bquantity%5D=1&returnUrl=undefined
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I've not used it but I am aware of FoxIt PhantomPDF. I believe SodaPDF will also do what you want and can be purchased.
History is the joke the living play on the dead.
modified 15-Feb-18 22:23pm.
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good way to lose weight. (as long as you can keep of the rats and roaches.)
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Just out of curiosity: How many calories does a standard size rat contain? 
And considering the weight difference, what is the wiser choice if you want to slim down? Rats or roaches? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Both are good for a low carb diet.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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