Get help, advice and information on all your Computers and Technology issues. http://advice-and.info/Computers-and-Technology/home.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:49:05 GMT en Most people in the UK who use the Internet do so via a broadband connection and router that is directly connected by a wire to their PC or laptop. Of course this is perfectly acceptable, but what advantages could going wireless bring and how do you go about this? Well lets start by explaining what wireless means. Well pretty obviously it means that hardware devices, such as your PC and the router that connects you to the internet, transmit information between each other without the need for a wire; instead they use radio signals. Providing your devices are within the hot spot (or in range as we used to refer to it) then they can happily talk to each other as if theres a wire between them. As wireless devices use radio waves, then just as your radio signal varies depending on where you are, so does your device signal. This means that they tend to only work up to about 100 metres (still quite a distance) and numerous thick walls between the two devices may also cause problems. However, this mea ns that most devices will work happily in and around most modern houses without a problem. The first thing to consider is what type of network to use. The current flavours of wireless network are unhelpfully denoted by the numbers 802.11 followed by the letter b, g or n as follows: b This is the oldest and slowest and has a bandwidth of up to 11 Mbps and a fairly short range g Currently the most common and is faster at up to 54 Mbps with a greater range n Is the latest and has a bandwidth of up to 200 Mbps and an even broader coverage. Dont worry too much about the terminology; all you really need to know is that the greater the bandwidth, the faster the connection! This means that if you want to download huge files (such as films) whilst lounging in bed or sitting in the garden then the faster the better. However, it is worth noting that the speed reduces as the signal weakens so a category b network with a strong signal may actually be faster than a category n with a weak signal. http://advice-and.info/Computers-and-Technology/90814_Essential_Guide_To_Going_Wireless_In_Your_Home.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:04:45 GMT Watching movies is a neat escape from the stressful lifestyle we live in. Watching movies in a wide screen and surround sound take you far away and into the movie scene you are watching. You watch it as if you were there in the movie scene. Of late, we can only experience this escape in a cinema. However, modern technology may be able to provide this same sight and sound experience right in your own living room. We will discuss the basic components of a home theater system in this article. Read on to understand how these basic components can deliver the best cinematic experience to a home theater system. Home theater experts state that the most important consideration in setting up a home theater system is the size of the room where you will set up the home theater system. The most important component of the home theater system, which is the television, is dependent on the size of the room. Although, the recommendation is 27 inches television set at a minimum is necessary for your home theater set up. It is also a recommendation that a flat television is good for a home theater system because it exhibits fewer glares and produces a crisper image. Another major component of a home theater system that depends on the size of the room is the speaker. The number of speakers for your home theater system is dependent on the size of the room. You may add up to six speakers from the basic three speakers if you want a more lifelike sound. Adding a subwoofer may also be good to achieve a complete surround sound like in the movie theaters. 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Listening through cheap computer speakers and watching video on a computer monitor is not my idea of real entertainment; how about you? http://advice-and.info/Computers-and-Technology/78180_How_To_Connect_Your_Computer_To_Your_Home_Theater.html Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:01:35 GMT <p>Solar Hot Water Heaters are quickly becoming the most popular and cost-effective use of Solar Energy in the residential market across the United States.  At a time when the average American household spends up to (and in some cases, more) of their annual energy bills on heating their homes and their water for domestic uses, Solar Hot Water Heaters present a very efficient and affordable way to cut your rising heating bills by 65 to 85.<p><p>SunMaxx Solar Hot Water Heaters cover the most extensive and lowest-priced Solar Hot Water Heaters available on the market today.  Where most Evacuated Tube Solar Collectors for Solar Hot Water Heating, like the Thermomax Collectors, cost upwards of 2,000 a collector, <a href"http:www.siliconsolar.comsolar-evacuated-tube-collectors.php">SunMaxx Evacuated Tube Solar Collectors<a> are a great relief, retailing for only 825 per collector.<p&a mp;gt;<p>There is one additional service that SunMaxx provides that most Solar Hot Water Heater Dealers fail to mention to their customers is that hard water is extremely damaging to Solar Hot Water Heaters, and severely limits the efficiency of your heater, which also lengthens your payback period and lowers your lifetime return on investment dramatically.<p><p>The problem is that Solar Hot Water Heaters take advantage of Heat Exchangers to thermally transfer heat from the solar collectors to your potable hot water.  By design, heat exchangers are very thin, with extremely small water flow areas.  When your water is hard, it contains small (or large) amounts of substances like calcium that can build up on metallic surfaces (you have likely seen this on your faucets, sinks and shower) which can restrict, or even stop the flow of water through your heat exchanger.  If this happens, your Solar Hot Water Heater turns into a multipl http://advice-and.info/Computers-and-Technology/77189_The_Complete_Idiots_Guide_To_Solar_Power_For_Your_Home_-_Book_Review.html Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:39:53 GMT Power outages are inconvenient and can cause many problems for homeowners. 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Is your home and business secure? http://advice-and.info/Computers-and-Technology/69296_Security_Cameras_Choices_For_Home_And_Office_Security.html Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:00:55 GMT Light Emitting Diode or LED lighting has been in existence for many years, mainly in niche applications like small trinkets and indicator lighting. However, due to LED lighting being highly energy efficient, not to mention technologically superior over other light sources such as incandescent and fluorescent lighting, it is forecasted to reach beyond electronic applications into commercial and home LED lighting as well. In a recent report by Global Industry Analysts it is predicted that the market for fluorescent and LED lighting could climb to 97 billion by 2010. The spike in growth would be mainly from construction and industrial development industries. As more individuals become aware of the energy efficiency of LED lighting, the price of such items as LED bulbs will decrease in price. Currently, the price of one LED bulb is substantially higher than the price of incandescent or fluorescent lighting. However, the initial price for LED bulbs would more than pay for itself in the long run. On average, one incandescent 60-watt bulb lasts 1,000 hours whereas one 2-watt LED light bulb lasts 60,000 hours. Therefore, one would need to purchase 60 incandescent bulbs for every one LED light bulb. http://advice-and.info/Computers-and-Technology/66107_Led_Lights_The_Next_Generation_Of_Home_And_Outdoor_Lighting.html Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:01:17 GMT Depending on the size and style of the home, alarm systems can be easily installed using the old type of wired security devices. However, some homes use a wireless home security alarm system to make installation quick and easy. Installation of a wired system requires drilling and pulling wires through walls or into basement and attic areas, which can be time consuming and dirty work. Typically, this type of system is left to the professional while a wireless home security alarm system can be done by the homeowner with little effort. Additionally, the components of a wireless home security alarm system can be easily moved around the home to provide protection where it is needed. Adding on to this type of system is also easy, however every receiver has limitations on the number of devices it can handle and staying under the maximum acceptable number of devices will insure the system functions properly. Every device connected to a wireless home security alarm system has a built in transmitter, which sends a wireless signal to the receiver. Most of the less expensive systems will simply sound the alarm when a device is activated. The more costly ones will not only sound the alarm, but also indicate which device caused it to activate. 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