Well, if you’re in Sydney then you should hopefully be prepared for the switch off of old analogue television signals across the metropolitan areas this coming Tuesday, December 3rd. However, if you’re not sure then here are a few things to check out: If you have an older television then it may not support digital …
Tag: Television
Oct 29 2013
Finding Out When Digital Television Channels Change Frequency
Here’s a short tip. As part of the move from analogue to digital television there will be some shuffling of digital channels across the country to help consolidate the utilised spectrum. This might seem like a big deal but it needn’t be as most digital televisions will let you know when channels have changed and …
Jul 27 2013
Live Streaming Television with Vulkano
A while back I wrote about how I was looking at options to stream live television and my focus upon the Slingbox products but I never got around to purchasing one. Don’t get me wrong, I think the technology is fantastic but I’ve just not seen much in the way of innovation or the extension of …
Jul 01 2013
Panasonic Viera TH-P55VT60A Plasma 3D Television Unboxing
A while ago I decided it was time to upgrade from the Panasonic VT20A plasma television which I reviewed here and recently it arrived. However, I had to wait until last weekend to unbox it given that the process does end up taking up a lot of room and needed some help in filming it (I …
Jun 27 2013
Check the Compatibility of 3D Glasses
Another quick tip for today. It’s worth remembering that not all 3D televisions use the same sort of glasses to enable 3D viewing, There have been competing solutions out in the market and revisions of those solutions over the years. The main types of 3D glasses you will come across are: active 3D glasses (i.e. …
Jun 18 2013
Obtain a Second Screen on the Cheap
From time to time we may need to work from home on a laptop or maybe kick back and watch a movie. However, it can be frustrating dealing with gigantic spreadsheet or enjoying a Full HD movie on such a small screen. Laptops that have screens larger than fifteen inches these days aren’t as common …
May 01 2013
Incoming Panasonic Gadgets
I’ll keep this short as there a number of incoming gadgets from Panasonic on the radar but this is a significant swag to say the least. To put is simply, I am expecting the following in the next few months (as not all of these are available yet): Toughbook CF-AX2 Business Rugged Convertible Ultrabook (replacing my …
Dec 05 2011
Optus MeTV (Powered by FetchTV) Preview
This video is probably the longest one I have recorded so far for the YouTube channel (and hopefully I won’t record anything longer) but I managed to edit the video for the Optus MeTV preview. You’ll get a closer look at the device itself as well as how the initial setup works and some of …
Nov 27 2011
Optus MeTV Unboxing
Took a little while to get around it due to other commitments but here is the unboxing video for the Optus MeTV. It is a rebranded Yuxing YX-6936U with access to online offerings from FetchTV as well as containing digital tuners to record content to the 1TB internal hard drive (so you can pause and rewind live …
Aug 19 2011
Aim for “Centre Centre” With Your Television Mount
I don’t know how frequently people are buying a new television for their home these days but now that we have flat panel displays we now face a choice of either having it on a stand or mounted on a wall. Of course, when you have the television on a stand it affords you the …
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