On Saturday I purchased a Western Digital TV Live from my local Currys/PC World. I wouldn’t normally advocate buying anything from there, but it is currently on offer at £76 making the price very reasonable indeed. Link here if you are interested… I have included a gallery showing the unboxing and initial set-up below. First impressions are that it works really well. It seems to play everything I throw at it and effortlessly passes Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS out of the Optical Audio jack for my amp to decode. Since the device itself doesn’t have an internal hard …
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Netflix UK on Wii – Quick Review
Posted by Chris
on February 15, 2012
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I’ve recently taken a free trial from Netflix UK with the intention of evaluating it as a replacement for Sky Movies. I have a couple of devices I can play it on, but last night I chose to try it on my Wii console (because I couldn’t be bothered to connect my laptop to the TV). I am thinking it is time to shift my TV to Virgin Media (due to my flaky Sky+HD box) and VM want a wallet busting £30 per month for the Sky Movies Collection. If new movies are what you are looking for, then Netflix …
The journey so far…
Posted by Chris
on November 22, 2011
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I have been attempting to automate my home for some time and I have only just decided to blog about it. So where am I at the moment and what have I achieved so far? My heating is controlled by a collection of what I will call FHT devices. These appear to be available under a couple of different brand names. The first I bought was from HouseTech and branded HouseHeat. Later I discovered that you could buy the same kit from a German company called Conrad Electronic who have an English website. The first one I bought from there …