My girlfriend is a partner in a small print and design business. As such, she has a company credit card – but it usually only sees service to buy stamps and other minor things. She’s finally decided that it’s time …
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DVD Menu Overkill: Redux
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but due to my tendency to waffle on a bit, my 1200 word epic about the extraneous crap they put on DVDs has been more succinctly covered by this picture (click …
Read moreWhy can’t we have a common on-demand TV service?
For the past couple of weeks my Freeview TV reception has been dreadful. The BBC channels are okay, but most other things have a signal strength that is too low to watch – especially during bad weather. It appears that …
Read moreAnother use for 3D TVs
It seems that just about every manufacturer is planning to launch 3D-capable TVs this year. Most of them use high frequency refresh rates, synchronised with LCD shutter specs, to present a different image to each eye: the screen is actually …
Read moreWhat have they done to Bitzer?
I’m going to come out of the toy-chest here and reveal that I watch Shaun The Sheep. Yes it might nominally be a kids’ show, but if you think of it as “Wallace and Gromit Lite” then it’s not a …
Read moreI Hate HDTV
Okay, so it’s a slightly sensationalist headline – I don’t really hate HDTV as such, but I do hate what it’s done to the market for computer monitors. There was a time when televisions and computer monitors were universally 4:3 …
Read moreA few follow-ups
Just a quick follow up on some earlier posts: • British sci-fi Primeval, which finished with a cliffhanger and was then cancelled, has been brought back from extinction. It may not be the best programme in the world, but there’s …
Read moreAnother DVD Menu Fail
Having finally got to the episode selection screen on a DVD at the weekend, I was presented with a rather confusing screen. I wanted to watch the second episode, but what I saw was this: Episode Title Episode Title Episode …
Read moreWanted: Monitor IN, keyboard/mouse OUT
I have an arcade cabinet, connected to a computer running MAME via a JPAC adaptor. During the BIOS boot screen, the display is too garbled to read. That used to be fine, because it just booted with no problems. Now, …
Read moreNonimation
No, it’s not a misspelling of “Nomination”. It’s just me wondering if the English language needs a new word. It’s common to see the word “decimate” being used in reference to a near-complete destruction. Dictionary pedants are quick to point …
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