Category Archives: Admin

Bags of boxes – giveaway

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve done a little tidy-up and as a result I’ve got about two hundred empty DVD cases. Happy to give them away to anyone who wants to come and pick them (or some of them) up. All of them work. … Continue reading →

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Time to stop using ZoneAlarm for my protection, it seems

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Well, that’s irritating. For quite a few years I’ve been using ZoneAlarm Pro for my computer security needs. I’ve currently got three licences for three computers. It provides a firewall, antivirus, and a few odds and sods to keep my … Continue reading →

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Back up, and thanks!

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

I’m back. An excellent Telsta/Bigpond tech guy came around first thing this morning and got me going. Something was definitely wrong at the other end. He provided a new Bigpond two wire gateway for my ADSL connection. My old Alcatel … Continue reading →

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Speed demon

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

One word describes why I felt I needed a new computer: Blu-ray. My old computer would not play Blu-ray discs in any watchable way. Not that I watch them on a computer, but when checking things out, half the time … Continue reading →

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Visiting elsewhere

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

That’s naughty of me. I’ve been hanging around elsewhere over the last ten days or so. Primarily here. That is a site for gathering detailed statistical information on Blu-ray content. I’ve contributed some information on a few discs, thanks to … Continue reading →

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VHS Help!!!

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Independently of each other, my brother and my daughter have both suggested that I should do a pictorial comparison of VHS to DVD to Blu-ray. I think it’s a smashing idea and I’ve got the technical capabilities to do it. … Continue reading →

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Audio calculations

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

The editor of Australian HI-FI, for which I write, has just emailed me a link to the most incredible and useful set of calculators I’ve ever seen at Sound Studio and Audio Calculations Online – Acoustics Conversion Engines. Okay, they’re … Continue reading →

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HELP! Taking screen shots of Blu-ray

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Does anyone know of a tool which allows you to take full frame grabs from Blu-ray and HD DVD on a Windows platform? You can’t do it with PowerDVD (although this does provide it for DVDs). I would love to … Continue reading →

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Disc Database

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

One of the things I’ve been doing since not long after the introduction of the DVD has been building a database in Microsoft Access of details relating to discs. I’ve added additional fields over the years to allow for bits … Continue reading →

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Terms and Conditions

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

There is no real fixed system for obtaining gear for review. It’s all over the place, with different companies and relationships. Do I get to keep the stuff I review? Unfortunately, no. Otherwise I would be a very wealthy man. … Continue reading →

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