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    What are you listening to now ?

    Sneaker Pimps - Splinter https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_meuxpDubS1qXE9aapp3nqaLm-GsXFJC7g&si=DE5mkArDctRQgbHG
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    What are you watching?

    The rebooted series of Mock The Week. TLC are helpfully uploading full episodes to their YT channel View: https://youtu.be/ibCgk-gZKic?si=UHQID76C4CI_s-bf Less than 2.5 mins in and a dig at the BBC for cancelling them from Ed Byrne 😃
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    BT Open reach outside

    In what order? Gigaclear and VM both use Openreach's PIA (Passive Infrastructure Access) offering, i.e they pay them for access to their duct and pole infrastructure where possible because it's cheaper, quicker and less disruptive than doing their own civils.
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    BT Open reach outside

    Doesn't matter how many times he says this doesn't make it anymore accurate. Because audiophiles... Let's be absolutely clear! Yes, video streaming services are 'adaptive' i.e they use different amounts of compression/quality based on the network speeds/conditions at any given time, but all...
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    LG giving up on 8K TVs

    Aside from the lack of content... Given that most (in the UK at least) either don't sit close enough or go big enough to fully benefit from 4K, 8K is largely pointless in a domestic setting anyway. Then there's the limitations of the human eye...
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    What are you watching?

    Winter Olympics Mixed Doubles Curling - Team GB vs Korea
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    What are you listening to now ?

    Angine de Poitrine (Live on KEXP) View: https://youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?si=ctKWtT_jKXlht83E A new discovery thanks to KEXP, and I need to hear more from these Canadian weirdos.... They rock!
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    Rip, store & play cd collection

    I think if I had to do it again, and had hundreds rather than the several thousand I had to rip, I'd seriously consider employing the services of the likes of Ripcaster to do it for me. https://ripcaster.co.uk/cd_conversion_service £720 to rip 800 CDs doesn't actually sound unreasonable to...
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    What are you listening to now ?

    Kula Shaker - Wormslayer https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n--QoIe65YSlo4ESV6B_gLBIPKm3OtAxw&si=mwt11Ecu5d6xZQQR
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    What are you listening to now ?

    The Damned - Not Like Everybody Else https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l4t41f8cK9_4JrXfaaneXWr-zEmB1hnEw&si=h7sUcxq1uFg7bqh8
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    LG’s monthly payment for a TV

    Only if you go for the monthly rolling subscription option, otherwise you're stuck paying for 12, 24 or 36 months...
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    What are you listening to now ?

    Kruger & Dorfmeister - Konzerthaus de Vienne - ARTE Concert View: https://youtu.be/FeXz1UqAuRg?si=rc8lW_32x4aRwHY7
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    Potential Kef speaker deal?

    And no Roon or MQA support. Which is no bad thing imo and I would have bought them instead of the LSX II had they been available at the time
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    What are you listening to now ?

    Khruangbin - Live on KEXP View: https://youtu.be/0PsOJ_fRckg?si=eO5QQVobA3eB4EGG
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    iPhone 17 Air £820 at Amazon

    Things have moved on somewhat in the 10 years since you last owned an Android phone. Samsung's Galaxy S range get 7 years of updates. Not sure about their budget ranges. Budget Chinese phones will still only get a few years, but then you can buy 3 or 4 for the average cost of an iPhone