Category Archives: Entertainment

New TV for the balcony

Posted on 11/10/2014 by AlanM52

Off this morning after tending to Dusty (horse) to JB Hi-Fi to purchase the Soniq 40″ Full HD LED-LCD TV on sale for $299 – that’s a good price. This is to replace the balcony AWA 37″ that we returned … Continue reading →

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Foxtel Go now available on T-Box

Posted on 26/05/2014 by AlanM52

I don’t have a compatible mobile device but I have installed Foxtel Go on my desktop PC and it works well. The PC has a HDMI connection to a Soniq E40V14A 40″ Full HD LED-LCD TV so that gives another … Continue reading →

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Home theatre room

Posted on 16/12/2013 by AlanM52

Finally making some progress to clean up the downstairs rumpus room and turn it into a home theatre area. At one point there was so much stuff stored in there about all you could do was open the door. Lounge … Continue reading →

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Do you want Foxtel broadband?

Posted on 03/12/2013 by AlanM52

 

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Australia

Posted on 01/12/2013 by AlanM52

Movie night last night in the downstairs home theatre room, watching one of my birthday presents – Australia – and about 3/4 in suddenly realised it was nearley 1.00am so I will be off soon down there to finish the … Continue reading →

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Telstra T-hub 1

Posted on 07/08/2013 by AlanM52

My recently “acquired” T-hub 1 synced to Office Outlook 2007…and to Hotmail via the Outlook-Hotmail connector and to Telstra MyConnect – crikey!  

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Update: Telstra Home TV Bundle

Posted on 02/11/2011 by AlanM52

One of the things I did back in July 2010 when I retired from work (nice) was to rationalise and consolidate all our finance stuff like banking and super, household utilities and – entertainment. After a bit of research decided … Continue reading →

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Sony MHC-EC709iP Mini Hi-Fi System purchase

Posted on 30/08/2011 by AlanM52

  Add high-quality audio to your bedroom, living room or office with this 360W Hi-Fi music system. You can play CDs, listen to the radio, or connect your compatible iPod or iPhone. Powerful 360 Watt (RMS) music system Two-way bass … Continue reading →

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Lancer car audio upgrade

Posted on 22/07/2011 by AlanM52

Back in March this year we upgraded the wife’s 1997 Mitsubishi Lancer GLXi to a 2006 ES model. We weren’t actually looking for a car but this one owner private offer was to good to pass, little old lady not … Continue reading →

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Home entertainment review – bundling stuff

Posted on 07/07/2010 by AlanM52

Recently I have made a few diary posts about my retirement, this is my last week of work and there are lots of things to do such as a review of our phone, internet and cable TV services. For the … Continue reading →

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