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Meater and its first challenge
And 20 CR2450 battery's not in photo.
Meater and its first challenge
And 20 CR2450 battery's not in photo.
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Vegan meat is so realistic these daysHome for baby drone
Meater and its first challenge
And 20 CR2450 battery's not in photo.
Picked up one of the uber cheap projectors from AliExpress and I've finally had the chance to try it out. Really impressed for £25 plus an old Chromecast and Anker speaker. Perfectly acceptable for occasional use.
Ignore the mess, had to do a bit of reshuffling to point it at an appropriate wall!
Ignore the mess, had to do a bit of reshuffling to point it at an appropriate wall!
Soldato
Whut?
Just feast your eyes on it's magnificence..
I mean it'll toast bread in exactly the same way a £10 Argos one would, but comes with the self satisfaction of being daft enough to actually buy one and share the fact on a PC nerd forum.
Get with the times bro
I do however very much like it.
I'm not convinced. We had a very functional, but quite nice looking, toaster that my wife replaced with a nicer looking one. The old one was excellent at toasting - very even toasting, four slots which could be timed two by two, and a popup thing so you could look at the toast without disturbing the timer.
The new one doesn't do any of those things.
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Classic case of Phantom charger always on the shelf next to batteries and all of a sudden it just vanishes, like magic, or as I like to call it, the OH just randomly puts it somewhere.
Rechargeable AA
Rechargeable AA
Picked up one of the uber cheap projectors from AliExpress and I've finally had the chance to try it out. Really impressed for £25 plus an old Chromecast and Anker speaker. Perfectly acceptable for occasional use.
Ignore the mess, had to do a bit of reshuffling to point it at an appropriate wall!
I bought my lad one of these projectors for Christmas and frankly speaking it's a bit crap but he loves it so it's still a win
.The image has an odd black spot near the centre which I think is debris between the internal screen and lens rather than dead pixels. My son won't let me take it apart to find out
. The focus is terrible around all four corners and it's adjustment has a sweet spot that is a tiny fraction of a turn of the focus ring - after a short while as the unit heats up the focus wanders anyway! So it needs constant manual refocusing.The refresh rate of the screen I assume is 30Hz so playing a game on it doubles my chances of a migraine. We played Satisfactory using the projector which was enormous fun at the ridiculous screen size but I kept having to look away because of the lack of focus and low refresh rate.
The sound from the internal speaker is atrocious and you have to turn it up quite high to get over the sound of the unit's fan which seems louder than the speaker can manage
.The remote control is cheap and if/when it fails then so does the projector as you need it to control it, even to switch to HDMI.
The 240V power lead that comes with it is unsafe in my opinion and I replaced it. The plug end is one of those cheap Chinese miniature ones that lack a fuse and the end that plugs in to the projector is too large, so you have to bend it a lot to be able to have the projector upright to project on the ceiling. That bending is going to cause broken wires inside the cable before time.
Great for the price, absolutely but I'd still get something else.
Associate
I had the same opinion, I'd bought one to play with and thought it was useful but flawed. So I bought another and gifted them to daughters for XmasI bought my lad one of these projectors for Christmas and frankly speaking it's a bit crap but he loves it so it's still a win
The image has an odd black spot near the centre which I think is debris between the internal screen and lens rather than dead pixels. My son won't let me take it apart to find out
The refresh rate of the screen I assume is 30Hz so playing a game on it doubles my chances of a migraine. We played Satisfactory using the projector which was enormous fun at the ridiculous screen size but I kept having to look away because of the lack of focus and low refresh rate.
The sound from the internal speaker is atrocious and you have to turn it up quite high to get over the sound of the unit's fan which seems louder than the speaker can manage
The remote control is cheap and if/when it fails then so does the projector as you need it to control it, even to switch to HDMI.
The 240V power lead that comes with it is unsafe in my opinion and I replaced it. The plug end is one of those cheap Chinese miniature ones that lack a fuse and the end that plugs in to the projector is too large, so you have to bend it a lot to be able to have the projector upright to project on the ceiling. That bending is going to cause broken wires inside the cable before time.
Great for the price, absolutely but I'd still get something else.
The replacement was almost 10x more expensive but not 10x better quality. Maybe at some point I'll get a laser projector to replace it.All very true (though I don't have the black spot), but for something which will usually live in a cupboard and come out occasionally to watch sport or movies with friends round, it does the job remarkably well for the price.I bought my lad one of these projectors for Christmas and frankly speaking it's a bit crap but he loves it so it's still a win
The image has an odd black spot near the centre which I think is debris between the internal screen and lens rather than dead pixels. My son won't let me take it apart to find out
The refresh rate of the screen I assume is 30Hz so playing a game on it doubles my chances of a migraine. We played Satisfactory using the projector which was enormous fun at the ridiculous screen size but I kept having to look away because of the lack of focus and low refresh rate.
The sound from the internal speaker is atrocious and you have to turn it up quite high to get over the sound of the unit's fan which seems louder than the speaker can manage
The remote control is cheap and if/when it fails then so does the projector as you need it to control it, even to switch to HDMI.
The 240V power lead that comes with it is unsafe in my opinion and I replaced it. The plug end is one of those cheap Chinese miniature ones that lack a fuse and the end that plugs in to the projector is too large, so you have to bend it a lot to be able to have the projector upright to project on the ceiling. That bending is going to cause broken wires inside the cable before time.
Great for the price, absolutely but I'd still get something else.
I'd love to get a proper setup at some point, but don't have the space for a permanent projector system at the moment.
I also have one of those projectors (HY320?) in my garage projecting on to back of garage door. Works great for when I just want to be away from the wife/dog/cats/the world.
It has some debris on the internal screen that casts some blobby shadows here and there, and I've found a door on the side, under the sticker that gives me access - I may just open it up and blast some air in to hopefully dislodge what's there, or more likely, make the whole thing worse
It has some debris on the internal screen that casts some blobby shadows here and there, and I've found a door on the side, under the sticker that gives me access - I may just open it up and blast some air in to hopefully dislodge what's there, or more likely, make the whole thing worse
Man of Honour
A dashboard camera.
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A dashboard camera.
Is that the whole unit + mirror and replaces fitted mirror.
How well does this work with all the sensors if so and model plz
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Man of Honour
It just replaces the original rain sensor housing with a custom one that the camera tatches to and uses the rain sensor wiring as a pass-through, the original housing:
The mirror doesn't need to be touched as its wiring is on its own.
Installation bits:
I accidentally ordered the 1080p version not 4K, so will see how it goes and then maybe update to the 4K one later given it's only about £65.
If you search on places like aliexpress your car model and then dashcam, chances are some company has done a similar one for many other cars, Audi/VW seem common too.
The mirror doesn't need to be touched as its wiring is on its own.
Installation bits:
I accidentally ordered the 1080p version not 4K, so will see how it goes and then maybe update to the 4K one later given it's only about £65.
If you search on places like aliexpress your car model and then dashcam, chances are some company has done a similar one for many other cars, Audi/VW seem common too.
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It just replaces the original rain sensor housing with a custom one that the camera tatches to and uses the rain sensor wiring as a pass-through, the original housing:
The mirror doesn't need to be touched as its wiring is on its own.
Installation bits:
I accidentally ordered the 1080p version not 4K, so will see how it goes and then maybe update to the 4K one later given it's only about £65.
If you search on places like aliexpress your car model and then dashcam, chances are some company has done a similar one for many other cars, Audi/VW seem common too.
Pretty good idea and one I would like to have added to mine with all the sensors there, but bought the Nextbase 522GW with rear camera.
Possible new car in the next few months, so might be looking around then for something that I can fit and forget.
Can the footage be downloaded or is it a memory card out jobbie
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Caporegime
I can't believe it's been 8 years since I fitted my dash cams in my car, both still working to this day. I think the rear one is 2k but front one is 1080p only. Front one has GPS built in so can display actual speed of travel.
My thinkware has been in 3 cars and has just turned 8, too. Cracking gear from a Korean satnav maker I think it is. Original microsd too but I should probably preventive maintain that.
Caught me crash once and a lorry write off a zipvan once lol.
Man of Honour
You can choose the version with a rear camera too, comes with a long cable to route the wiring etc and it all feeds into the same bit in that housing.
This is it for ref for the E46, but same ones exist for other cars too:
New 4k Car Dvr Wifi Dvr Video Recorder Dash Cam For Bmw 320i E46 E90 E91 E92 E30 530i E60 F10 E39 E34 E36 X1 E84 X5 E70 E53 E87 - Dvr/dash Camera - AliExpress
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It has Wifi built in and using the Viidure app to connect is quick and easy, you can then view or download footage as needed, or just eject the microsd card etc.
The app:
Here is some footage put together for day/night driving.
As you can see it's acceptable given it's the lower 1080p H.264 sensor not the 4K WDR one using H.265., and yes my windscreen does need to be cleaned. I think what I will do is order the 4K one on its own and just swap the camera section out and sell the 1080p one on one of the E46 groups for cheap. A bit of a loss but at least I know the system fully works as expected.
Note that it does not do GPS or other super fancy stuff, plus I don't really care about displaying my own speed
It just records and timestamps the footage and has a crash sensor. The time/date is synchronised from the app.
Caporegime
It depends what the 4k camera’s night mode is like. I’d take better night time recording over higher resolution.