Images of items I have purchased.

steveo · 29 Sep 2013 at 16:21

arctine said:
I'd love to show you.

Well if they work for you then fair enough. There are a lot better boots for walking than the crap we get issued though and magnums aren't much better. It just confuses me why so many people wear them out of choice.

he sold them to me for £30 so not really fussed if they don't last long

Mark A · 29 Sep 2013 at 16:36

hurfdurf said:
Is that job easy to do?

Very easy if you can keep the original lights junction box in place. I just removed the old live, neutral and earth wire and put the new ones in and then screwed the light to the joist. Took about 15 mins to do.

That's Marketing slight of hand
The LED device will last a very long time (although dimming slightly), but the capacitors in a hot fitting may only last a year.
I noticed that the CREE ones (still only availiable in the USA) use very good quality capacitors. I really hope we don't get ripped off when they finally get imported to the UK.

They supposedly come with a 5 year warranty, so hopefully they will last more than a year. Do cree actually make their own bulbs then? I know that ebay is flooded with fake cree bulbs. I bought some myself a while back and they all died after a few weeks, but like you said the leds were still ok, it was probably the capacitors that went as I hooked the leds up to a 12v adapter and they worked fine.

TommyV · 29 Sep 2013 at 19:49

Very happy with it, and it's very warm for the winter!

NoobCannon · 29 Sep 2013 at 20:11

been wanting one of those for ages, very jel, how much and where from out of interest?

Participant · 29 Sep 2013 at 20:28

I like them and almost bought one last year, but the problem is 90% of them are owned by spivs now rather than people that actually live in the country

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kona786 · 29 Sep 2013 at 20:39

Kobi said:

Intrigued - does this do iPlayer HD?

LeeUK · 29 Sep 2013 at 20:46

I relented and bought one of those Sky Now boxes for £9.99. Used it a few times for iPlayer so far but was a bit disappointed that the Sky News and Fox News channels aren't actual channels on the box, just a collection of news clips unless I'm missing something.

I guess that is why they are so cheap. IF they had ITV Player and 4OD on too, they would cost a lot more.

Raymond Lin · 29 Sep 2013 at 20:48

kona786 said:
Intrigued - does this do iPlayer HD?

Only 720p and only in Stereo.

It's £10 and for Plex it's worth it, not much else though!

The unit is REALLY light, Apple TV is the same size and weigh about 3 times more, obviously that does full HD and full surround sound too (or 720p for ATV2 for the semantics)

kona786 · 29 Sep 2013 at 21:06

for £9.99 delivered its a great buy then IMO.

If it had Youtube HD it would have been a belter. EDIT - It has Vimeo HD, cool!

Cheers.

Hyburnate · 29 Sep 2013 at 21:23

I know you can put Plex on it, and I have done but is there anyway I can download other apps like I did Plex?

Kobi · 29 Sep 2013 at 21:24

Raymond Lin said:
Only 720p and only in Stereo.

It's £10 and for Plex it's worth it, not much else though!

The unit is REALLY light, Apple TV is the same size and weigh about 3 times more, obviously that does full HD and full surround sound too (or 720p for ATV2 for the semantics)

Yup, i'm pretty impressed with it. Put it this way, i've spent £10 on a lot worse things.

Spook187 · 29 Sep 2013 at 21:29

TommyV said:
Very happy with it, and it's very warm for the winter!

Are you a farmer

Raymond Lin · 29 Sep 2013 at 21:33

Hyburnate said:
I know you can put Plex on it, and I have done but is there anyway I can download other apps like I did Plex?

Even if you can, I think you can only install 1 app at a time. You have to delete Plex to get another one on.

FeFiDoh · 29 Sep 2013 at 21:42

robfosters said:
Course materials for my OU course.

What course and when is the start date?

Antony101 · 29 Sep 2013 at 21:51

Burned_Alive said:
I have a solid oak worktop with three of those cabinets. I have the white drawers, a green cupboard with door and a red cupboard without door. Brilliant really, so flexible.

Where would one source a large oak worktop to use for making a desk? Mine is currently made from MDF so I would love an upgrade.

Participant · 29 Sep 2013 at 21:55

Antony101 said:
Where would one source a large oak worktop to use for making a desk? Mine is currently made from MDF so I would love an upgrade.

Chippyshop on eBay, or look out for someone selling one second hand on eBay or gumtree. People changing their kitchen, installers ballsing up the cutting, etc.

Ikea do them but they're a) not very deep and b) no longer specifying oak as far as I can tell. Presumably it's too expensive for their business model?

Hyburnate · 29 Sep 2013 at 22:53

Raymond Lin said:
Even if you can, I think you can only install 1 app at a time. You have to delete Plex to get another one on.

Shame

TommyV · 29 Sep 2013 at 23:21

NoobCannon said:
been wanting one of those for ages, very jel, how much and where from out of interest?

150 beans - house of fraser

Spook187 said:
Are you a farmer

Being a Bristolian, not far off!

Raymond Lin · 29 Sep 2013 at 23:44

Hyburnate said:
Shame

If you need Plex in the bedroom, its the perfect thing. £10, wifi built in. job done.

If you need more, there are many better hardware out there.

Hyburnate · 30 Sep 2013 at 00:29

Yeah, you're right

However at the moment, I've ended up using the PS3 for BBC iPlayer. Have missed my NowTV box though