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Island_Wolf · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:03 pm�� Post subject:

Thanks for the concern, I'm fine now

. Stomach lining issues so my stomach reacts to even a small amount of acidic foods, been like this for weeks but I brushed it off as indigestion. Luckily I was given a prescription which seems to work.
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jprockbelly · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:48 pm�� Post subject:

Does anyone have an opinion about the Samsung Galaxy phone? And by that I mean the older one, not Galaxy II.

They are really cheap on an optus plan at the moment, wondering if I should get my first ever smart phone

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theory · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:03 pm�� Post subject:

^ A good way to gauge how good non-iPhones are these days is to compare them to iPhones.

e.g. http://www.knowyourmobile.com/comparisons/517419/samsung_galaxy_s_vs_iphone_4.html

According to that, you can't really go wrong.
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hilman · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:12 pm�� Post subject:

Looking to purchase an iPad, and got the following offer. How much do you think the following is worth?

iPad Gen 1 - 16GB (Purchased March 2011, Still has Receipt & Warranty)
Does not contain original box
Good condition, has protective Film on it
Red leather protective case from JBHIFI
Charger from JBHIFI which charges both iPhone and iPad at the same time

I have been offered $320 for the lot,

yay or nay?
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the_spensa · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:20 am�� Post subject:

Moved from the "PSN down?" topic as no one answered it.

cosmoh · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 2:38 pm�� Post subject:

ok with mum's dinosaur television recently kicking the bucket she's called me up and asked me to take her out and help her pick out a new one, so I'm going to drive around in a few hours and take her out to get something new. hoping to get some recommendations off you guys as to a solid telly for a decent price. basically a budget of between 400 - 800 for her, any ideas? anything to avoid?

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Appel · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:18 pm�� Post subject:

Your ultimately looking a at a TV's black levels and motion blur.

Motion blur is a near thing of the past with the better quality TV's, though black levels are still patchy.

And listen to the sound of the TV's. A lot of TV's, especially Samsung put the speakers in the back so you can't see them. That also means you can't hear them so they absolute crap.
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sobriquet835 · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:22 pm�� Post subject:

Yeah, as Grim said, you can get a decent LCD without all the bells and whistles pretty cheap. My 22 inch LG was ~$400 about 9-10 months ago. Although it has only 1 HDMI port and no USB ports, that probably won't make much difference to your mum.

Just be sure to avoid cheap brands like Soniq, I've had experiences with a couple of their appliances and they're nothing but trouble.

A13x · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:23 pm�� Post subject:

Size/Distance from? Would she use any 1080P content (Blu Ray or PC) on it? Is she a sports nut?
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Peveus · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:24 pm�� Post subject:

You can get 40" AWA and Sanyo TVs for that kinda price. They aren't the best around, but they're on the high end of the cheapies. I have family members with both and they're all happy with them.

Myself I would only ever buy high-end TV brands but they cost a lot more and the average consumer, especially one who was fine with a CRT, simply will not notice the difference (my mother can't see the difference between VHS and Bluray

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cosmoh · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:09 pm�� Post subject:

Thanks for all the advice guys. Ended up grabbing a Samsung 32inch Series 4, which is the last of the Samsungs which only run a max of 720p, but that's fine for her. Went to a few different places and was tempted to grab one of the cheaper brands - jb are stocking a no name 32inch LCD for $299 which was pretty tempting - but settled for better at the good guys and managed to get the samsung which was already on sale at $448 to $410.

Definitely glad I came along because we had the salesman telling her heaps of bull shit like how she needed extra HDMI ports and that the stock speakers wouldn't cut it so she should get a sound system as well as a newer model, no doubt she would have spent the extra cash if I hadn't shot him down.

meisfred · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:51 am�� Post subject:

Anyone know of a card shop down Melbs somewhere that would sell some of the LoTR TCG cards made by Decipher. Trying to find more cards and had a bad experience buying sealed box off ebay before

Spacecow · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:29 pm�� Post subject:

RG17 · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:14 pm�� Post subject:

I am looking to buy two mobile phones in September when my plan runs out. Is there any good online stores around? Is importing an option?
Thanks guys
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ObsoletE · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:48 pm�� Post subject:

Cian recommended http://www.handtec.co.uk/ to me, which is where i imported my Galaxy S2 from - so importing is definitely an option.
just remember we don't attract the VAT tax on orders, so look at that price, rather than the large numbers.

one thing i will say about them though, is they aren't very communicative (ironic for a telecommunication device retailer?).
and it might be related, but their "My Account" section was down for the entire duration of my transaction - but once they shipped, they sent the right courier tracking number, and it was fine from then - i guess it really only bothered me for the 36 hours or so between me paying, and them shipping (i ordered on a Saturday night, so the delay there was due to the Sunday inbetween.)

but obviously i don't know what phone you're after, so this site mightn't be great for you.
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Robo · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:45 am�� Post subject:

Hey, I was trying to watch Soul Eater on blu ray, however a message came up saying that this blu ray can only be played on region A. On the back of the case, it say region A and B (this is on the PS3 region B) so is there a way for the disc to be read differently or to change the settings?

Benza · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:25 pm�� Post subject:

what's a good free image host that won't resize large images?
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Appel · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:27 pm�� Post subject:

I use photobucket and they don't seem to resize anything I throw at it.

How large is large though?
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Benza · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:41 pm�� Post subject:

like 4000 pixels wide.
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Karai Pantsu · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:56 pm�� Post subject:

Yeah, I went through that dilemma while trying to upload a pic of that Megamalgamation poster. I settled on Imgur, but that was after scaling the image down several times... so it was only about 1200*1400 or so by the end.

Flickr used to take anything you'd throw at it, but now you need a paid account I believe.

Photobucket it rubbish. I mean, I love it for small, forum sized images and such, but it will auto downsize images to a max of like 1024 or something equally restrictive.
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ThunderCurls · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:09 pm�� Post subject:

http://www.myfrogbag.com
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grim-one · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:12 pm�� Post subject:

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