Apr 15 2012
Last night, I got along to check out the new range of Panasonic televisions, recorders, players and Hi-Fi out at Dunbar House in Watson’s Bay, NSW. The venue was very swish with some tasty food on offer and it presented a setting similar to what you’d expect to experience when you’d be using home entertainment …
Feb 01 2012
Google are rolling out some updates to Google Maps allowing you to see 3D buildings, 45 degree imagery and other visual enhancements to the viewing experience dubbed “WebGL”. Usually, this is just a matter of clicking the “Try it now button when offered to enabled it in Google Maps and but in some instances you’ll …
Nov 01 2011
Finally, my university semester drew to a close yesterday after a tough exam which meant I could finally play a Nintendo 3DS game I picked up two months ago, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. Whenever I restart my studies I put gaming on hold to minimise distractions and to provide myself some …
Oct 20 2011
The title pretty much gives it away but I have pre-ordereed a Lytro camera which I have previously written about here. I went with the graphite 8GB model and it is expected to ship in early 2012 (whenever that ends up being). There has been a gripe or two about the lack of video capture …
Oct 02 2011
Last time, I covered the Panasonic washing machine that was shown off at the recent Panasonic home appliance launch last week. Today, I am going to cover off the new cordless phone that will be added to the existing lineup. Granted, these days landline telephony might be viewed more as a legacy service compared to …
Sep 27 2011
Tonight, I attended a launch event with a number of the Insider Crew for the Panasonic DMR-BWT800 Full HD 3D Blu-ray Disc Recorder (henceforth called “the recorder”) at Panasonic HQ in Macquarie Park. This was the first time that we had a go at live streaming the event so that Insiders who weren’t lucky enough …
Aug 22 2011
Ever sat in front of your screen and have been disappointed by how blocky or pixelated things look but then find that other content looks fine? Not all content is created equal and is one factor that will impact an optimal viewing experience. To keep things simple, the viewing experience is influence by three factors, …
Aug 19 2011
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 …
May 12 2011
Hopefully you’ve had a chance to read yesterday’s blog on my adventure to the Panasonic 2011 launch event and I covered a bit of what happened during the evening. Today, I’m going to flesh out some of the highlights and what Panasonic will be rolling out to the masses this year. One major initiative from …
May 11 2011
I have just gotten back from the Panasonic 2011 launch event which allowed selected members of the Panasonic Insider Crew in for the first time with the media and major retailers. We were seated and presented to separately from the commercial folks at the Hoyts cinema complex at Fox Studios in Moore Park, NSW. I …
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