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No Broadband? No Need To Despair!

May 2nd, 2008 at 12:16 am » Comments (0)

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Not having heard of Hughesnet before, when I came across the company, I decided to do a little research. In a nutshell, they are a satellite comms ISP. If you live, or work, where ADSL, cable or other ‘normal’ broadband services are not yet available, you are probably currently restricted to dial up services, [...]



LCD Picture Frames

March 21st, 2008 at 4:18 am » Comments (0)

We went and had a meal over at Walton and Asel’s last weekend, and noticed they had a digital photo frame, much like the ones Irina’s mum bought recently. This one actually had a traditional wooden frame around it, rather than the more usual iMac-like translucent white acrylic. Although I prefer the modern look in [...]



Avoid HD DVD Players?

March 13th, 2008 at 12:39 am » Comments (0)

With the near certain demise of the HD DVD format recently, you will probably find that stand alone players will soon be getting quite cheap as shops on websites try to sell off their remaining stock.
Sony appear to have won the format war this time (I’m just about old enough to remember the VHS vs. [...]



Plasma Mountains

February 6th, 2008 at 4:18 pm » Comments (0)

A recent idea I had for a science fiction book…
Inhabitants on a planet, completely unlike our own. Not being carbon or even silicon based, they view energy in a much closer manner to the way we ourselves conventionally see matter, with their local geography mainly consisting of huge electric lakes and plasma mountains.
OK, so perhaps [...]



Take Me Home

January 21st, 2008 at 7:48 am » Comments (0)

Having recently finally finished watching the Sopranos TV series, I can see the advantages of having proper home theater seating installed, however you may want to hold fire until you actually have a big screen, or projector setup, to ensure you really get the total immersion factor, when it comes to watching the [...]



TV Researcing And Purchasing

November 26th, 2007 at 2:52 am » Comments (0)

As you may remember from April’s posts, we bought a new TV this year, our first ever flat screen. The process of researching availability, models, other customer’s opinions etc. took a while, but we ended up with a good screen. We did look at a couple of hitachi 50 LCD televisions, but plumped for a [...]



Best Priced Brands Review

September 17th, 2007 at 3:41 pm » Comments (0)

For anyone currently searching for a Direct Distributor of Apple, Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft Products, then BestPricedBrands have a web site that will be of interest to you. The first time I loaded the site, there were no products on the front page, though a quick refresh sorted that temporary issue out.

When you arrive at the [...]



Noise Reducing Headphones

August 18th, 2007 at 12:20 am » Comments (0)

One of the problems with using earphones to listen to your music is background noise. If you turn up the volume enough to drown out other distractions, you can easily damage your hearing; if you leave the volume at a safe level, the noise around you can seriously distract your from your music. One option [...]



Completing A Home Theatre System

August 4th, 2007 at 12:01 pm » Comments (0)

I am not sure how difficult to persuade Irina of the virtues of such a concept, but I have admit the idea of a popcorn machine in our flat would be quite a cool idea. Whenever we stick a movie on, we could just fire up the machine, and soon have a carton of fresh [...]