Images of items I have purchased (except trainers [no feet pics])

Minibiker · 28 May 2017 at 21:55

DXP55 said:
I can remember getting out of chair and walking over to the TV - turning volume up and going back and sitting down - All this in my life time. and it was B&W 12"

My Nan had a TV where you had to get up and pull the knobs out and twist them to change channel and volume.

Raymond Lin · 28 May 2017 at 21:56

DXP55 said:
I can remember getting out of chair and walking over to the TV - turning volume up and going back and sitting down - All this in my life time. and it was B&W 12"

I can now tell my amp to turn it up, mute, or even turn it on / off...

But don't have a 4k tv though, this time next year I think I will jump in.

robfosters · 28 May 2017 at 21:57

First tv I can recall watching was our Baird TV from the late 70's. Was built like a tank, lasted for years.

Carl_Bennetts · 29 May 2017 at 08:07

CHokKA said:
May I ask which LEDs you used to achieve that affect? I've been looking at cheap ones on Amazon, but I'm not sure what I should really be looking out for!

Sorry only just seen this quote. They were the ones from the rain forest at a out 18 quid. Make sure you get ones with the power supply as not all come with it.

darkgen · 29 May 2017 at 09:03

Once upon a time I bought new stuff when the old stuff broke. I'm trying to revert back to that way of thinking, however it has meant the 55" LED LG in the main reception room is now 4 years old and still going strong!

randomshenans · 29 May 2017 at 09:21

Minibiker said:
Great choices mate... I love the look of the Kraken X42

I liked the look of it, and space is a premium on the mITX so thought it would be good.

Just picked this up as well

Just need the PSU, Mobo and CPU to hurry up now.

Minibiker · 29 May 2017 at 09:59

randomshenans said:
I liked the look of it, and space is a premium on the mITX so thought it would be good.

Just picked this up as well

Just need the PSU, Mobo and CPU to hurry up now.

Very good choice mate... what mobo and cpu did you go for?

randomshenans · 29 May 2017 at 11:51

Minibiker said:
Very good choice mate... what mobo and cpu did you go for?

I'm trying the Biostar X370GTN board and the 1700X.

I will no doubt change up for a different brand of board when they're released, same with VEGA gpu, but thought these would be good stop gaps.

Just built a Z270G/7700K/1080SC mATX build at home, but thought I'd see what I can do with an AMD/ Radeon build.

Minibiker · 29 May 2017 at 12:56

randomshenans said:
I'm trying the Biostar X370GTN board and the 1700X.

I will no doubt change up for a different brand of board when they're released, same with VEGA gpu, but thought these would be good stop gaps.

Just built a Z270G/7700K/1080SC mATX build at home, but thought I'd see what I can do with an AMD/ Radeon build.

Very nice looking board.. is that the all black one?

Vega will be a very interesting product to add to a build... your build at home sounds like a beast :eek:

randomshenans · 29 May 2017 at 13:47

The Biostar gets mixed reviews, has only a 4 pin power connection not 8 on the board, no onboard wifi etc but as it's the only ITX AM4 board about at the moment, I thought I'd give it a try. I watched a decent review of it on YouTube. Guy built up his system on it and had it running while reviewing and said it was decent. Apparently the bios is a bit naff, but hopefully will have some updates to combat that, too.

I just want to benchmark it against the 7700/1080 for vid processing. Will be interesting to see side by side. Running the 7700k at 4.8 nice and easy, so will see what I can do with the Ryzen.

Freefaller · 29 May 2017 at 15:03

darkgen said:
Once upon a time I bought new stuff when the old stuff broke. I'm trying to revert back to that way of thinking, however it has meant the 55" LED LG in the main reception room is now 4 years old and still going strong!

I have a 37" LG tv that's coming up to 10 years. Still going strong too.

Chris [BEANS] · 29 May 2017 at 17:00

DXP55 said:
I can remember getting out of chair and walking over to the TV - turning volume up and going back and sitting down - All this in my life time. and it was B&W 12"

I used to have a video (VHS) remote that was actually connected by a wire!

dl8860 · 29 May 2017 at 18:06

On the topic of 4K vs 1080p, the wife is currently watching fellowship of the ring as it's on ITV2, but our basic sky package doesn't include ITV2HD.

Just reminds you how far off we are to 4K content being the norm, when in some cases we are still watching 576p.

kayomani · 29 May 2017 at 18:19

Depends on what generation you are but i'd say for a lot of people broadcast media is no longer the norm

Raymond Lin · 29 May 2017 at 18:56

I use my TV to watch movies, YouTube and Netflix mostly. The only media stuff from the regular channels are sporting events.

ED209 · 29 May 2017 at 19:49

I have a 32" tv that's only 1080p, have no 4K content nor 3D etc coming on four years old as well.

All my stuff I watch is free through my now tv box. Its starting to make a funny noise when on like high pitched noise but still going well.

To be honest I can't even tell the difference e between 4K and normal to lol

Chris [BEANS] · 29 May 2017 at 19:58

Raymond Lin said:
I use my TV to watch movies, YouTube and Netflix mostly. The only media stuff from the regular channels are sporting events.

This has gone waaaaaay off topic, but I'm exactly the same.

Plus rare exceptions, Game of Thrones, or Grand Designs, occasional cooking shows.
Can't remember the last time I went home and just put the TV on.

Most of the time I listen to podcasts.

Dan_P · 29 May 2017 at 19:59

deej said:
New cd along with the original vinyl that I got 22 years ago..... The new vinyl is just the originals, remastered and none of the new remixes.

I haven't listened to Leftfield in years, i feel a search on spotify/Amazon music coming up.

Phate · 29 May 2017 at 20:00

New backpack, Osprey Momentum 26

This thing is just quality all over. I love it. It's incredibly comfortable and we'll made.

khemist · 30 May 2017 at 15:26

Tubing.