Well, I got to check out one of the V-series (with WEGA or VVEGA or whatever the hell it’s meant to be) Sony BRAVIA TVs in JB today, and I’d have to say: I’m quite disappointed. Whatever VVVEGA image processing it’s doing seems to slow it down, both in terms of when the picture is [...]

I’ve been making my way through the first and only season of Space: Above and Beyond (SAAB). I’m having a great time with it. SAAB is a really engaging show when you get into it (the pilot – while it sets the story up – is a bit shaky. Stick with it!). It tells the [...]

Did a quick run-through of JB and DSE Powerhouse today. DSE are getting heavily into Bravia promotion, and had a 40″ S-series on display, which was impressive (and about $5200), but the sales guy suggested waiting for the V series (which according to their website is about $500 more expensive, but does HDMI and has [...]

So you’ve got your Media Centre PC with Update Rollup 2 installed, and you’re looking at setting up a network that might include a Media Center Extender (MCX) or XBox 360 (which works as an MCX). (sexy website). I’m a whore for a good gigabit switch and some UTP (that’s a wired network, kids), but [...]

News afoot on the MCE EPG front: Looks like Channel 9 were the first to blink, and obfuscated their TV Guide data. Bad news for the screen scraper crowd, for now, though it’s just a temporary setback – the actual information still ends up at the client, it’s just harder to get to. I’m sure [...]

Saw Serenity for what’s probably going to be the last time at the movies tonight. While DVDs are cool and all, it’s a pity that movies don’t get trotted out at the cinemas again more often. This time, there was a highly appreciative audience, and larger! (talk about peaking late… word is slow to get [...]