I’ve been repurposing an older notebook to become a media computer for the past couple of days. Since it’s a notebook the sound is stereo only, and that’s just not going to cut it. So I went out and bought a Creative Labs X-Fi USB at Best Buy for about 60 bucks. Turns out Amazon has it for $40, but Best Buy is down the street and I didn’t have to wait.
Plugged it in and after a little fidgeting got it outputting through an optical digital connection to my receiver. Then I noticed the problem. Movies had about a half second delay. Not a good situation since it made it seem like I was watching everything dubbed. Fortunately it was an easy fix. The drivers on the CD were from ’07. A quick visit to Creative’s website and a fresh set of drivers were downloaded and installed and the delay was gone.
So I’ve got some movies to watch…
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