All Posts Tagged With: "HDTV"
How Much Do You Spend On Gadgets Per Year?
How much do you spend on gadgets per year? How much have you spent already this year? A study conducted by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has determined that the average American household spends approximately $1,200 annually on electronics products:
According to the study, televisions are the most popular consumer electronics product, and can be [...]
I Built A New Home Theatre PC This Weekend
One of the reasons I’ve been so quiet over the weekend is I’ve been building a Home Theatre PC, which when finished will totally solve my HD video issues.
It’s just about finished (read about my problems below) and it looks very cool in the Antec Fusion case pictured, although I’ve decided I need to buy [...]
Quick Links 11-02-07
I’ve finally managed to clear Google Reader after some frantic J J J J S J J J J S action.
Here are the links I found that were interesting:
UK HDforAll campaign aims to secure high definition over Freeview
Vodafone to offer MySpace service
Microsoft’s Live OneCare and McAfee software fails to secure Vista
Five Things To Do With [...]
My HD Plans For 2007
I read 3 stories yesterday that have helped to shape my HD plans for this year. At the moment I have a great setup for music, pictures and normal DVDs and movies with my media center PC which has oodles of storage, and my Xboxs running XBMC which are connected to my my Plasma [...]
6Jan2007 | Everton | 0 comments | ContinuedWhat’s On Your Gadget Shopping List For 2007?
Last year I asked what was on your Gadget shopping lists. I made my own predictions for what I’d buy and looking back, I brought every item on my list plus a few more (Dell Axim PDA and HDTV)
I think I’m pretty much tooled up now, but what do you think you will be purchasing [...]
Telewest Inheriting ntl’s Bad Customer Service - Bodged TVDrive
I was fuming this afternoon when I got home. My plasma TV had a message on it saying that my Telewest TV Drive was updating, and that I wasn’t to switch off my set-top box while the update was going through. Telewest obviously hadn’t thought through the fact that remotely turning on the TVDrive set-top [...]
16Dec2006 | Everton | 0 comments | ContinuedCompetition: CustomPC Will Overclock Your Machine
Three lucky readers of CustomPC will get their PCs tweaked and overclocked by their resident overclocking aficionados, Gareth Ogden and James Gorbold. In addition, any upgrades will be thrown in for free so expect some goodies if you’re the lucky winner.
I’ve entered my machine as I think it’d make a nice little project because of [...]
Don’t Shop At Pixmania - Awful Customer Service
I recently ordered a new LCD TV to go in my bedroom from Pixmania. I’d never ordered anything from them before, and they looked like a good bet but I was shocked by the customer service. My TV went ‘missing’ in the post, and despite constant emails from me, my TV was never recovered. What [...]
14Nov2006 | Everton | 54 comments | ContinuedBBC HD World Cup Footage Is Amazing
I finally got my Telewest TVDrive fixed yesterday (the HDMI signal had died) and whilst my TVDrive was out of action the BBC HD and ITV HD channels had been added to the lineup. On the BBC HD channel there is a rolling demo of shows that will be broadcast, as well as a [...]
9Jun2006 | Everton | 1 comment | ContinuedWhats On Your Gadget Shopping List for 2006? Vote For Your Must-Have Gadget
Next year is going to be a huge year for gadget shopping with devices emerging with more features and storage, broadband speeds of 8Mb and above becoming the norm, HDTV broadcasts increasing and better VoIP offerings.What toys and gadgets devices are you planning on adding to your collection in 2006? A PS3 will surely [...]
13Dec2005 | Everton | 1 comment | Continued



