Recent content by Retne

Thanks all, and sorry for the delayed response - quite a few things have come up which means I'll be away for a little while. I had hoped to have grabbed some video to share showing what I meant - I'll do this later. But it is good (I think!) to know others have had similar issues. I appreciate...

Hi folks. So, as per this fine publication's recommendation (and because I really wanted Ambilight) I bought a Philips 9002 55" TV a few months ago. It's now sat on my wall and the picture does look very nice indeed. There are, however, some issues with it and I'm not sure if it's my TV, or...

This TV comes and goes from John Lewis, and there are other places you might be able to buy it from, but I can't... If you're in the Channel Islands (Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and I guess Herm and Sark), and possibly other places like the Scottish islands and highlands, Isle of Wight, Isle of...

Hey, and thanks for the reply. Mine, in turn, is very belated as I had thought I'd just go and grab the amp on Friday but totally forgot when writing that I was at a conference on Friday, painting all day Saturday (house painting, not exciting) and entertaining friends on Sunday. That's also...

Hi folks It's been a while, and I'm a bit out of touch, but my Onkyo 609 is taking it's final journey right now, as it developed a fault that's uneconomic to repair. I've been offered a free replacement of the 626, which I would imagine is a better amp than it's predecessor, but I did just...

I had a NR609, until about 30 minutes ago when I called Richer Sounds to see how the repair was going and was told it needed to be replaced... (yes, yes, pedants, I've clearly not had it for a while if I'm calling Richer Sounds to ask about a repair) I was, up until then, very happy with it...

Thanks for those settings Oldboy, I have slavishly copied them and probably should look at them to match my tastes/equipment but this is a great leg up. And also very useful that you mentioned Electronic Empire online - I'd already bought from a RicherSounds store so called them up and after a...

Oh good grief, no people, control yourself, get some perspective. And set up a double blind study while you're at it... Come on The_LHC - tell us here then... what did you write?

Ha, I just fell into the Zinio trap... it didn't say explicitly which edition they were selling me, just the "latest" one. Which turned out to not be the latest one (I wasn't sure about the pics, I've seen those not updated for magazines). Although I want to avoid Newstand despite having an...

Having both an iPhone 4s and a Galaxy S II at the moment, I'm more likely to stick with the Galaxy brand. Although I will keep an eye on the Windows Phones - having played with the OS it really is quite refreshing. The single biggest problem with the Galaxy is it's battery can die quite...

Hi Michael H, just looked again and noticed your post, thanks for that. Question to everyone else: do you know who this mysterious person is? Still looking at brackets, and am somewhat overwhelmed by the choice (if I can't find vertical movement I would still like tilt and swivel with the...

Darn it, site is crashing when either I try to register or pay without registering.

Hi folks, I have searched lots of sites and not found anything (possibly searching using the wrong terms), but does anyone know of a wall mount which will allow me to slide my TV vertically - up for when it's not in use and at a nicer low position for viewing? I have a small lounge and being...

Hi ric71 I would recommend the Netgear N600 as a good Netgear router to grab on offer (or even not on offer). It's got simultaneous dual band which means it can run two wireless networks at once (and you can configure them separately). It has 4 gigabit ports which a surprising number of...

Thanks both for the replies. I have just a few moments ago got around to walking into a newsagent and noticed the CA 651's review, which has made me pause (owning a 4-star TV isn't too much fun - the issues I noticed are just what WHF tried to warn me about). I may look in to the Sony route...