Recently my neighbour's house took a decent lightning strike on the roof, setting his house on fire and causing untold havoc. I was outside watching the hail-storm when it hit, and as my eyesight came back my wife came out to tell me that the smoke had been let out of our TV. The outcome was that ALL of the HDMI ports on our Vodafone T-Box, Sony Bravia TV, Denon AV receiver, and Playstation were destroyed. The only survivor in the whole setup was the WD Media player. There was a good surge arrestor on the power supply and none of the power supplies or analogue ports were damaged, just the HDMI ports. I'm wondering if the surge came through the Vodafone cable, although the modems were both OK.The good news: Service Plus in Wellington repaired the TV, which required replacement of the main board, and somehow persuaded Sony to pay for it (out of warranty). Apparently there was no evidence of a surge in the set, the power supply fuses were intact, but they could still smell the damage. Also they put a new front bezel on the set FOC after it got a bit scratched in the workshop. Excellent!Looking for a replacement for the Playstation (which we used for Netflix, Lightbox, YouTube and playing DVD's) I found the Samsung BD-H6500, which does all of those things and more. And better than the Playstation because it works with the Harmony IR remote. Also excellent!
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