Use Raid 0 for OS (with cavets)

You should seperate the data you use vs the programs and OS that you use.

Additionally assuming you can plan ahead build the OS and programs on Raid 0 which will double your read write speeds that allows the system to self distruct if something goes wrong but can easily recover if you have an ongoing backup solution..

instead of the 1200MBit/sec you can have 2400Mbit/sec (remember that this is shared so it drops down by half or more with multiple operations)

OTA HDTV in GVRD (free)

I don't want to pay for TV signals, the why bundles work you typically more economical to however I don't like the idea of being cut off from local news. Fortunately this is where OTA comes in. This is just a pointer to a old page that has kept up with making as well as recieving the 4-6 OTA channels.

• CBC – CH. 58.1
• Global – CH. 22.2
• CTV – CH. 33.1
• Omni – CH. 42.1

http://johnbollwitt.com/2009/01/20/getting-over-the-air-ota-digital-television-dtv-in-vancouver/

I hope allow my multiple TV's through a signal cable but that would mean having multiple wires throughout the house.

I may have to resort to streaming via DLNA.. won't that be fun. http://alenblog.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/watch-online-tv-ppstream-pplive-etc-on-tv-via-dlna/

Maximum throughput

theses are real life bandwidths unless noted

Real World Speeds
		Mbit/sec	MB/sec
Conventional PCI (32-bit)	shared? Theorectical max	1064	133	Therorictical
AGP 8X			2,100	Therorictical
PCI Express 1x	250 [500]*		250	Therorictical
PCI Express 2x	500 [1000]*		500	Therorictical
PCI Express 4x	1000 [2000]*		1000	Therorictical
PCI Express 8x	2000 [4000]*		2000	Therorictical
PCI Express 16x	4000 [8000]*		4000	Therorictical
PCI Express 32x	8000 [16000]*		8000	Therorictical
IDE (ATA100)		800	100	Therorictical
IDE (ATA133)		1064	133	Therorictical
IEEE1394B [Firewire 800]	~100 *	800	100	Therorictical
Esata		640	80
Sata		nt	nt
Sata II  (3Gbit)		nt	nt
Sata III (6Gbit)	velociraptor 10K 600GB	1200	150
Sata III (6Gbit)	Newest 2012 SSD	4440	555
USB 2.0	Using a ssd	280	35
USB 3.0	high speed memory or raid config	880	110
Thunderbolt	high speed memory or raid config	9600	1200
100BaseT Ethernet	Sustained	88	11
1000BaseT Ethernet	Sustained	640	80
1000BaseT Ethernet	Burst	1200	150
Rogers 3G		8	1
Rogers LTE Existing		20	2.5
Rogers LTE Future		40	5

Truth about LED backlit

LED is a newer technology primary reasons for introduction is lower power consumption in laptops (CCFL of the past drain the battery very quickly in comparision) and the longer life of the LED itself.

The problem is if you care about color. LED backlight especially in the lower end of the pricepoint have inaccurate color. ACER is known for this, samsung apparenty has a better reputation but it has to do with the design of the LED, it does not generate white light instead it gives off a blueish white which will effect your colors accuracy.

It's actually cheaper to make LED but because of the limited supply it has jaked up the price.

In short LED backlit laptops are good since portability is more important but when it comes to desktop units, color if that is important to you shouldn't be sacrificed and you need to look at the screens for yourself if you can tell.

Also remember backlit can mean edge lit the most common or more expensive backlit where the entire back is being lit. the TV market gave up on this because it was so expensive to produce.

samsung tablet Series

480 (1280 x 800) 10.1 @ dual 1.0
250 (1024 x 600) 7 @ 1.2 - ir
480 (1280 x 800) AMOLED 7.7 @ 1.4 - ir

the 7.7 normally retails for 700 becuase it has LTE,, the 250 version also comes with an IR

all reports that the AMOLED is better than the Ipad 3 in terms of display

USB 3.0 'speed'

all this future proofing is a hard gamble. Things will always be faster or sometimes get sent aside..
SATA-III - 6Gbit/sec
Sata II- 3Gbit/sec has a bandwidth of 600MB/s
Some high end SSD bare drives can write at well over 300MB/s 
Mechanical drives peak at a sustained 140-150MB/s or so.


SSD based raid USB3 connections can be 300MB/s

Clunky and manual way to redo your library

If you move media files around you'll end up with missing entries. I found it's easier to do the following to renew your media files on your local computer:

Stop service
Windows media plyer networksharing services

delete all files *.wmdb
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player

restart the wdinows media player