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Back from the United States
20/08/2009 16:53
This morning I returned home after spending just under two weeks in the United States.
The primary purpose of the trip was for HostingCon, "The World’s Largest Gathering of Hosted Services Professionals", which was very worthwhile. I have a lot of ideas, and made a lot of new connections which I'll be spending the coming weeks and months exploring.
I also took a few days of leave and spent some time doing the tourist thing.
More info to come in time.
The primary purpose of the trip was for HostingCon, "The World’s Largest Gathering of Hosted Services Professionals", which was very worthwhile. I have a lot of ideas, and made a lot of new connections which I'll be spending the coming weeks and months exploring.
I also took a few days of leave and spent some time doing the tourist thing.
More info to come in time.
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Moving on from HD DVD
04/01/2009 12:24
After being my usual stubborn self, I have finally decided to embrace Blu Ray as my preferred high definition format and move on from HD DVD.
To get started, I’ve purchased the following Blu Ray movies over the past few weeks:
Quality is of course excellent at 1080p (HD DVD was at 1080i due to limitations in the player I was using) and I haven’t been disappointed yet.
As a result of this, I’m selling my entire HD DVD collection (74 items) on eBay. Much to my surprise, quite a few have already sold using “Buy It Now” and the remaining items either have bids or several people watching them.
Want to buy some of them? Have a look here within the next few days.
To get started, I’ve purchased the following Blu Ray movies over the past few weeks:
- 21
- Blood Diamond
- Casino Royale
- Die Hard 1
- Die Hard 2
- Die Hard with a Vengeance
- Die Hard 4.0
- Get Smart
- Hitman
- I Am Legend
- Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest
- Spider Man 1
- Spider Man 2
- Spider Man 3
- Wanted
Quality is of course excellent at 1080p (HD DVD was at 1080i due to limitations in the player I was using) and I haven’t been disappointed yet.
As a result of this, I’m selling my entire HD DVD collection (74 items) on eBay. Much to my surprise, quite a few have already sold using “Buy It Now” and the remaining items either have bids or several people watching them.
Want to buy some of them? Have a look here within the next few days.
Phantom of the Opera
07/07/2008 12:26
I still remember the excitement of seeing Phantom for the first time and falling in love with the production. In the past 16 years I’ve listened to the soundtrack countless times (Andrew Lloyd Webber is ranked 2nd on my Last.fm profile) and have now seen the production three times.
I flew down to Melbourne in August last year to see Phantom for the second time and have just seen Phantom for the third time this Saturday just passed.
All three times the production was fantastic, with Anthony Warlow delivering a brilliant performance as The Phantom.
If you have not yet seen Phantom of the Opera, I would strongly recommend doing so.
Foxtel HD+ Is Here
30/05/2008 21:34
After an extensive wait, Foxtel HD is now finally here broadcasting content in 720p and 1080i
The initial line up includes five dedicated HD channels as well as the feature I’m most excited about - Foxtel Box Office in HD (and on demand).
I registered my interest when the pages first appeared online and received a call last week offering the upgrade.
The upgrade fee seems set in stone, but given what’s in the box (4 tuners, 320GB storage, etc) it’s still quite reasonable (and half what Foxtel charged to upgrade to the IQ when it first came out).
I have however decided to move the existing IQ to my bedroom. Foxtel agreed to waive the installation fee for the outlet as well as the ongoing IQ fee which I was pleased with.
In any case, the upgrade should go ahead on June 17. I’ll be sure to post back sometime after that date with my experiences!
The initial line up includes five dedicated HD channels as well as the feature I’m most excited about - Foxtel Box Office in HD (and on demand).
I registered my interest when the pages first appeared online and received a call last week offering the upgrade.
The upgrade fee seems set in stone, but given what’s in the box (4 tuners, 320GB storage, etc) it’s still quite reasonable (and half what Foxtel charged to upgrade to the IQ when it first came out).
I have however decided to move the existing IQ to my bedroom. Foxtel agreed to waive the installation fee for the outlet as well as the ongoing IQ fee which I was pleased with.
In any case, the upgrade should go ahead on June 17. I’ll be sure to post back sometime after that date with my experiences!