Comments on: Unboxing the Dell Inspiron 537s – Video http://liliputing.com/2009/10/unboxing-the-dell-inspiron-537s-video.html Compact Computing Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Adam Comiskey http://liliputing.com/2009/10/unboxing-the-dell-inspiron-537s-video.html#comment-47799 Adam Comiskey Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:08:15 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=13829#comment-47799 Little disappointed it maxes out at 4gb of ram. Saw someone selling barebones 546 dell boxes on ebay, case, mobo etc ~$90. I assume I could probably swap for that board which takes 8gb of ram. Will be going to 7 as well, unfortunately mine came with vista basic so I'll be shelling out some cash for the upgrade. Little disappointed it maxes out at 4gb of ram. Saw someone selling barebones 546 dell boxes on ebay, case, mobo etc ~$90. I assume I could probably swap for that board which takes 8gb of ram. Will be going to 7 as well, unfortunately mine came with vista basic so I'll be shelling out some cash for the upgrade.

]]> By: Brad Linder http://liliputing.com/2009/10/unboxing-the-dell-inspiron-537s-video.html#comment-47798 Brad Linder Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:56:59 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=13829#comment-47798 Nice. I stayed away from the scratched and dented options because I was worried about how they would look... but they were generally a bit cheaper than the other refurbished items. <br><br>Sounds like you got a pretty awesome rig. I toyed with getting one with Blue Ray, but figured I have a 720p TV and DVDs will probably be fine for now. I can always add one later. Nice. I stayed away from the scratched and dented options because I was worried about how they would look… but they were generally a bit cheaper than the other refurbished items.

Sounds like you got a pretty awesome rig. I toyed with getting one with Blue Ray, but figured I have a 720p TV and DVDs will probably be fine for now. I can always add one later.

]]> By: Adam Comiskey http://liliputing.com/2009/10/unboxing-the-dell-inspiron-537s-video.html#comment-47797 Adam Comiskey Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:49:14 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=13829#comment-47797 That so funny, I have the same tv stand (target) and bought the same 537s last week. Got mine with 3.0 core 2 duo, blu ray, 4gb, 320gb, ati 4350. I was going to put mine in the same spot as yours there but thats where my ps3 lives. Just unboxed it last night. I was very happy with how quiet the machine is, will make a great htpc. I also bought a scratch and dent but was unable to find any flaw at all. That so funny, I have the same tv stand (target) and bought the same 537s last week. Got mine with 3.0 core 2 duo, blu ray, 4gb, 320gb, ati 4350. I was going to put mine in the same spot as yours there but thats where my ps3 lives. Just unboxed it last night. I was very happy with how quiet the machine is, will make a great htpc. I also bought a scratch and dent but was unable to find any flaw at all.

]]> By: Brad Linder http://liliputing.com/2009/10/unboxing-the-dell-inspiron-537s-video.html#comment-47800 Brad Linder Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:51:05 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=13829#comment-47800 I've been using BeyondTV for the past 4 years and so my wife and I are used to it. It's one of the few apps that right out of the box makes it incredibly easy to mark commercial breaks and automatically convert all recordings to divx or h.264 to save space on the hard drive (and makes it easier to transfer them to a portable media player). <br><br>I know you *can* do both of those things with other apps, but it takes much more configuring. I've been using BeyondTV for the past 4 years and so my wife and I are used to it. It's one of the few apps that right out of the box makes it incredibly easy to mark commercial breaks and automatically convert all recordings to divx or h.264 to save space on the hard drive (and makes it easier to transfer them to a portable media player).

I know you *can* do both of those things with other apps, but it takes much more configuring.

]]> By: Adam Comiskey http://liliputing.com/2009/10/unboxing-the-dell-inspiron-537s-video.html#comment-30433 Adam Comiskey Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:08:15 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=13829#comment-30433 Little disappointed it maxes out at 4gb of ram. Saw someone selling barebones 546 dell boxes on ebay, case, mobo etc ~$90. I assume I could probably swap for that board which takes 8gb of ram. Will be going to 7 as well, unfortunately mine came with vista basic so I'll be shelling out some cash for the upgrade. Little disappointed it maxes out at 4gb of ram. Saw someone selling barebones 546 dell boxes on ebay, case, mobo etc ~$90. I assume I could probably swap for that board which takes 8gb of ram. Will be going to 7 as well, unfortunately mine came with vista basic so I'll be shelling out some cash for the upgrade.

]]> By: Brad Linder http://liliputing.com/2009/10/unboxing-the-dell-inspiron-537s-video.html#comment-30432 Brad Linder Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:56:59 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=13829#comment-30432 Nice. I stayed away from the scratched and dented options because I was worried about how they would look... but they were generally a bit cheaper than the other refurbished items. <br><br>Sounds like you got a pretty awesome rig. I toyed with getting one with Blue Ray, but figured I have a 720p TV and DVDs will probably be fine for now. I can always add one later. Nice. I stayed away from the scratched and dented options because I was worried about how they would look… but they were generally a bit cheaper than the other refurbished items.

Sounds like you got a pretty awesome rig. I toyed with getting one with Blue Ray, but figured I have a 720p TV and DVDs will probably be fine for now. I can always add one later.

]]> By: Adam Comiskey http://liliputing.com/2009/10/unboxing-the-dell-inspiron-537s-video.html#comment-30431 Adam Comiskey Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:49:14 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=13829#comment-30431 That so funny, I have the same tv stand (target) and bought the same 537s last week. Got mine with 3.0 core 2 duo, blu ray, 4gb, 320gb, ati 4350. I was going to put mine in the same spot as yours there but thats where my ps3 lives. Just unboxed it last night. I was very happy with how quiet the machine is, will make a great htpc. I also bought a scratch and dent but was unable to find any flaw at all. That so funny, I have the same tv stand (target) and bought the same 537s last week. Got mine with 3.0 core 2 duo, blu ray, 4gb, 320gb, ati 4350. I was going to put mine in the same spot as yours there but thats where my ps3 lives. Just unboxed it last night. I was very happy with how quiet the machine is, will make a great htpc. I also bought a scratch and dent but was unable to find any flaw at all.

]]> By: Brad Linder http://liliputing.com/2009/10/unboxing-the-dell-inspiron-537s-video.html#comment-30428 Brad Linder Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:51:05 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=13829#comment-30428 I've been using BeyondTV for the past 4 years and so my wife and I are used to it. It's one of the few apps that right out of the box makes it incredibly easy to mark commercial breaks and automatically convert all recordings to divx or h.264 to save space on the hard drive (and makes it easier to transfer them to a portable media player). <br><br>I know you *can* do both of those things with other apps, but it takes much more configuring. I've been using BeyondTV for the past 4 years and so my wife and I are used to it. It's one of the few apps that right out of the box makes it incredibly easy to mark commercial breaks and automatically convert all recordings to divx or h.264 to save space on the hard drive (and makes it easier to transfer them to a portable media player).

I know you *can* do both of those things with other apps, but it takes much more configuring.

]]> By: pixel qi fan in waiting http://liliputing.com/2009/10/unboxing-the-dell-inspiron-537s-video.html#comment-30416 pixel qi fan in waiting Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:56:09 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=13829#comment-30416 Use Linux MCE (Linux Media Center Edition) as it is much better and you can use a 3 button Gyro Mouse/controller . Google it and see the videos of how easy it is to setup and run. Use Linux MCE (Linux Media Center Edition) as it is much better and you can use a 3 button Gyro Mouse/controller . Google it and see the videos of how easy it is to setup and run.

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