Author Archives: Stephen Dawson

A Decade of Tuning Tips (Part Two) – 3

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

Oh, I’ve been so terrible. I was chatting to someone today and whinging about the British hifi media of the 1980s, only to remember that I had failed to follow up on a series of posts started a couple of … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio, Imperfect perception, Mysticism, Rant | 14 Comments

Twinkles in the picture, but from where?

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

If you’ve been reading this Blog lately you will know that I’ve been using some inexpensive HDMI cables lately, marvelling at how well they work (ie. just like expensive ones). But then, last night, I was watching ABC’s ‘Media Watch‘ … Continue reading →

Posted in Cables, DTV, Testing, Video | 4 Comments

A bigger (longer?) hammer from The Cable Connection

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

The other day I purchased some HDMI cables from The Cable Connection, following up on my previous post about Kogan’s inexpensive HDMI cables. In a comment to that post alebonau recommended TCC. Now I had little doubt that the Kogan … Continue reading →

Posted in Cables, HDMI | 1 Comment

A little IMDB treasure

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

The movie review section of the Internet Movie Database is often quite interesting. One of the reviews seems to be picked up randomly for the main page of a movie. Some of these seem to be from people spruiking the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, Misc | 1 Comment

Who needs the NBN?

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

Well, here I am in suburban Canberra on a modestly effective ADSL2+ connection with Bigpond. I’m reviewing a nice new LG TV which can, amongst other things, connect to Bigpond Movies. Here’s what it has to say about my Internet … Continue reading →

Posted in Online media | 7 Comments

Kogan provides hammer

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

A couple of weeks ago I was wandering around Myers here in Canberra, keeping a handle on what is presently on the market, and marvelling at the low sale prices of various products, compared to their RRPs/SRPs. And, of course, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cables, HDMI | 14 Comments

Just when you think they must be out of ideas

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

With its move from the main Channel 10/Southern Cross channel to Eleven, ‘The Simpsons’ is now being shown almost as soon as it appears in the US. For example, the most recent episode — ‘The Ned-liest Catch’ — premiered in … Continue reading →

Posted in DTV, Misc | 1 Comment

Less olden days Blu-ray reviews

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

Well, in addition to updating my DVD reviews, I’ve been doing my Blu-ray ones. Now you can find the following reviews here: 2012, After.Life, the Blu-ray 3D version of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Forrest Gump, Gamer, In the … Continue reading →

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Olden days DVD reviews

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

Years ago I started putting up my DVD reviews from Australian HI-FI. And then I stopped at the reviews published in 2004. Well, I’ve just brought it up to the start of 2005, with reviews of The Birds, Chinatown, Finding … Continue reading →

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Thank goodness for early adopters

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

Matt Ridley has an interesting article up on his site in which he extols the virtues of the cost cutters. His point is that while the inventor of something or other usually gets the credit, its the business people who … Continue reading →

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