Posts by Gav H.
35 posts • joined Tuesday 27th November 2007 09:51 GMT
Posted in Steve Jobs unveils iPhone 4
Let me be the first to say...
...that I, for one, welcome our next generation iPhone overlords.
Posted in Blur vs Split Second Velocity
Combat racing game
I think Rage by id Software might make it out one day - that should be a half-decent combat racer with some FPS thrown in.
Can't we just leave Twitter to the BBC Technology News brigade?
The website itself, email newsletters and an RSS feed already do the job very nicely :)
H.R. Giger
I hope he's involved.
Posted in Topfield Freeview HD set-top announced
Topfield
Interesting, we're getting there but I'll pass until a HD replacement (including a HDD) for the 5800PVR is announced.
I have to say though, I'm a big fan of Topfield kit. For those so inclined the functionality and interface mods available are second to none.
Posted in Nokia C6: is the 'C' for Centro?
E Series
So are Nokia trying to bring the virtues of some of the E Series models to the masses? I can't help but think that it looks a little cheap compared to an E71/E72.
Deja vu
Reminds me of something, ahh yes the Nokia E71 in my pocket.
Nothing to see here, move along...
Panic Buying
Crayfish sandwiches... that's another keyboard and monitor covered with coffee. Well done :)
Posted in O2 and Be Broadband speeds dip
Re.
This is exactly what I'm noticing; especially with eBay UK and Google...
A good read
I thoroughly enjoyed that.
Posted in LG 42SL9000 42in LED-backlit TV
Re
Err, there's nothing foolish about using an aux tuner to supply your screen with an image. In fact it has some benefits depending on your requirements.
Posted in Blu-ray Players
Denon
Surprised by the Denon, shame on them for the load times, especially at that RRP. In terms of the physical design it wins hands-down in my book though.
Paint Shop Pro
I still have Paint Shop Pro v6.01 running on Win 7. Pre-Corel it was a great lightweight alternative to Photoshop.
Posted in Apple cult leader emails outside world
If this response is genuine...
...and regardless of the legalities of the case then I despair for Mr Job's displaying such poor attitude.
I remember when Pearl Jam...
...tried and failed to take on the might of Ticketmaster in the mid-90's. It's a sad state of affairs.
.fail
Oh well, at least they've learned an additional lesson on accepted formats and proprietary standards.
Posted in YouTube on your telly
No thanks
I'll stick to a good old VGA from the TV to a laptop. Why limit yourself to YouTube? You can watch the whole Interwebs!
Fuel
Yeah, those boats they use require marine diesel. They should swim instead. Then sink.
PayPal
Scum. That is all.
Posted in Yamaha DVX-1000 2.1 home cinema system
No thanks
A £1000 for a 2.1 stereo with upscaling DVD player that pretends to be a home cinema? A fool and his money...
Posted in Group Test: Universal Remote Controls
@Joe K
Amazon had them for under £80 recently, I've just checked though and they've gone back up :(
Posted in Group Test: Universal Remote Controls
No Harmony One?
With a recent price cut (by some retailers) to roughly £79.99 the Harmony One might have made a worthy inclusion.
No thanks
Any shop that mobs me as I walk through the doorway loses my custom no matter what they're hawking. They just don't understand the difference between informed advice (welcome) and the blind hard sell (unwelcome).
They're second in line to my throne of Consumer Hate only to DSG :)
Posted in ITV gets adverts into video
ITV
I'd rather watch an empty space than endure ITV's current output. Without ads of course.
In this context...
...I'm sure it was Marcus. It's a good old chuckle-inducing term 'aint it? :)
Wider Changes
This is just another step in the direction of re-alligning the business to be more like a traditional online retailer rather than an auction house.
Recent pricing structure changes make it almost certainly loss-making to list some items in certain categories, and the new search tool is just horrendous to use; pop-ups to select/deselect options that were previously available on the main results is at best frustrating and at worst infuriating.
My selling days are over, but for some categories (for instance vintage musical instruments) eBay is still a fine resource of inventory of often difficult to find items.
Sadly, I don't think it will be long before auctions are abandoned entirely in favour of fixed prices.
Name
As in true rap tradition doesn't he spell his name Timbaland as opposed to Timberland? To be down with the kidz and all that...
Bundles
That's a shame. They were one of the few high street retailers that could match online outfits, especially for console bundles, on price and choice.
Posted in Dixons grinches Christmas
DSG
The tech-savvy realise that the only thing they're good for is eye-balling gear before going home and ordering online. Why anyone wants to pay £100ish over the odds for any large electrical item is beyond me. And don't even mention the patronising tone of their advertisments and sales staff.
Posted in UK's toads menaced by fungal attack
Scientists Prediction
Well, those scientists have sure toad us straight.
I'll get my coat...
Potential Use
Perhaps Google will order a few as a GDrive storage solution.
Posted in IBM to shove ads onto DVDs
Paying for ads?
The notion of paying to watch media that includes ads is absurd. Add this to region encoding, non-skip trailers, and the insistence of anti-piracy warnings on paid-for discs and the format will be dead within months!
Legend
I don't think even Chuck Norris could have survived this.
Self amputation is one thing, but self amputation with a pocket knife whilst being eaten alive by an ablaze piece of industrial machinery is the stuff of legend.
