Play Me Everything! 


So my old Pioneer DVD player which must be around 5 years old by now (and cost me $800 at the time!) has been superseded in the Hooverpad with a new model - the DV383. Now I picked this model for two reasons – price and flexibility. I got it for $140 (rrp $169) and this would normally worry me for any sort of electrical good but with the Pioneer name attached, I feel like I’m in relatively safe hands.

Now remember kids, this is a DVD-player NOT a recorder and since most distributors are now pushing the recorder models, the price of players has dropped significantly. But has performance dropped aswell? So far, so good. And it plays just about everything you throw at it. DVD-Video, DVD-R/+R, DVD-RW/+RW, MP3, JPEG, SVCD, VCD (although who uses those formats anymore?), Windows Media, and best of all DivX.

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Wednesday, September 28 2005
 
Geek
 

High Vibes Festival 2005 

High Vibes Festival 2005
Wondered around the High Vibes festival today, soaking up some sun and checking out bands here and there. Not a bad substitute to the now deceased Brunswick St festival and slightly less crowded (except in the band rooms). Northcote is fast beginning the new rock suburb for Melbourne but I still love the diversity on Brunswick St. But this weekend just went too fast for my liking.

 
 
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Sunday, September 25 2005
 
Daily Life
 

40 Year Old Virgin 


Steve Carrell is a funny guy. And it looks like most of the critics think so too.

You know I wouldn’t have thought a comedy like this one would have been such a hit with critics. And judging from the fairly mediocre trailer, I wouldn’t expect much from it either. But it’s released here in Australia next Thursday October 6 and something tells me I’m gonna need a whole lotta laughin’ by then.

 
 
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Thursday, September 22 2005
 
Film General
 
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