Samsung NC10

freshy · 29 Jan 2009 at 10:49

I have a few questions I am hoping may get answered:

How are you lot cleaning your NC10 lids?

How do I make it so the dimmer does not apply to media player - I know there is the option for exceptions but how do I actually do it.

Finally, using IPOD headphones I find the volume to be rather low; are the IPOD headphones just bad and can anyone recommend headphones that will give better sound (only looking to spend 30 if possible).

THanks so much

mrk · 29 Jan 2009 at 11:00

I'm surprised your iPod phones volume is low, my Sennheiser HD555 kick out plenty of sound even half way it's loud.

To clean the lid I keep a lens cleaning cloth in the pouch which sorts that out. I have no idea what you mean by dimmer though! I have dynamic dimming turned off and always use it on bar 2 manually (FN+ARROW UP/DOWN).

Clown · 29 Jan 2009 at 12:14

mrk said:
720p is beyond the res anyway and is jumpy so 1080p is nowhere near possible. 480P at best is possible.

720p works fine on my stock NC10.

mrk · 29 Jan 2009 at 12:16

what format though.

h.264 is what I found to jerk.

Clown · 29 Jan 2009 at 12:24

.mkv x264 over wireless, using CoreAVC and Media Player Classic. I've only tried TV programs and not movies though, so I don't know if that affects it much.

mrk · 29 Jan 2009 at 12:26

Hmm coreavc may be why then, I suppose quality doesn't matter on a 10.2" screen but coreavc on my 24" had worse image quality compared to divx-hd and ffdshow/qt-lite

Clown · 29 Jan 2009 at 12:44

All I know is CoreAVC helps on lower specced computers

mrk · 29 Jan 2009 at 12:45

And I will be trying it tonight!

atheos · 29 Jan 2009 at 14:40

My first netbook and i think it is a beauty.

As i browse the internet most of the day and game for a few hours only at night, i can leave my power-hungry pc turned off. My housemates will be pleased next electricity bill

atheos · 29 Jan 2009 at 14:51

freshy said:
How do I make it so the dimmer does not apply to media player - I know there is the option for exceptions but how do I actually do it.

1. Go into battery manager

2. Options -> LCD auto dimming -> Register excluded programs (and search for your media player executable)

mrk · 29 Jan 2009 at 15:14

I am very tempted by the higher capacity battery really. £75 but if I can sell the current battery then the price evens out for the extra few hours gained!

willy · 29 Jan 2009 at 21:48

How many cells?

mrk · 29 Jan 2009 at 22:56

9 cell

ShaolinDreams · 30 Jan 2009 at 11:21

any pictures?

mrk · 30 Jan 2009 at 11:22

eBay

willy · 1 Feb 2009 at 15:09

Is NC10 a lot slower compare to normal laptop with C2D/Centrino?

Pilky01 · 1 Feb 2009 at 15:11

willy said:
Is NC10 a lot slower compare to normal laptop with C2D?

It depends on what it is used for.

willy · 1 Feb 2009 at 15:18

I probably only use it to watch films/music and browsing the net also storing and photo gallery.

ShaolinDreams · 1 Feb 2009 at 18:21

appart from youtube HD , and games it can do most tasks comfortably

was comparing mine and a mates NC10 today... pretty much the same thing

willy · 1 Feb 2009 at 18:45

Nah, probably not gonna use it for hd anyway. The reason i asked because NC10 cost around £300 and C2D laptop cost around another £100 already included optical drive.