Vision of the HD future (LCD v Plasma)

It’s been well over a year since our rather extravagant spending spree on home cinema equipment. For years we’d used our trusty Yamaha DSP-AX2 av amplifier, 32inch Panasonic widescreen CRT TV and Pioneer DVD player. With our new attic space nearly complete, and our Panasonic CRT getting a little long in the tooth (and too large to get upstairs), we decided the time had come for a change. We’d been spoilt with the fantastic picture quality of the Panasonic CRT over the years, so would it be an LCD or Plasma TV which would replace it? Continue reading

When Sky goes wrong (time for a new approach)

It had been a long weekend away working on a big job. We’d completed everything our clients needed whilst on-site, which meant when we got home, we could sit down in front of our TV with a nice cold beer and watch a recording of the Grand Prix. Little were we to know that something rather unpleasant was waiting for us when we got home. Continue reading

Sign of better weather? Time to uncover

We’re now part way through March, and it looks like the worst of our very strange weather is well and truly over. Over the last couple of months, both Sally and myself have had to work in all sorts of conditions. Rain, wind, snow, ice, cold and yesterday sunshine. This leads me nicely into a topic I’m often asked about. Protection Continue reading