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Baitball Blogger

(46,753 posts) Sat Nov 15, 2014, 12:59 PM Nov 2014

It's that time, when it's cheaper to buy a new computer than it is to fix the problem. Suggestions?

I have a $300 budget for a laptop that will be used for CCTV purposes. Very little internet use, unless my primary goes down. The one I'm using now put up a valiant effort, but in the end technology prevailed.

My only requirement is wide screen. I prefer not to go for Dell or Asus because I have had both and they require major upkeep. Anyone

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It's that time, when it's cheaper to buy a new computer than it is to fix the problem. Suggestions? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Nov 2014 OP

CCTV? Closed caption TV? MADem Nov 2014 #1

That's probably not a bad idea! Baitball Blogger Nov 2014 #2

MADem

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1. CCTV? Closed caption TV?

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 01:05 PM

Nov 2014

If you have one of those newer flat screen tvs, they usually have a CCTV button on them that brings up the CCTV scripts. You can leave it on all the time, or just when the sound is muted.

You can get a decent-sized flat screen, with a DVD player on the side, for under three hundred dollars if you shop around.

Baitball Blogger

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2. That's probably not a bad idea!

Reply to MADem (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 01:13 PM

Nov 2014

We would just have to pay for faster internet service.

Thanks for the suggestion!

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