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V-moda cross fade M80 amp

I've just taken delivery of my new V-Moda cross fade M80s, courtesy of a sale they were having on amazon.com They sound great out the box, and i have only about 3 hours on them. I expect they will...

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Just finished building an awesome Raspberry Pi media center - an interest?

I'm thinking about making a few more of these [ALBUM]

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Distributed Sky/HDMI in new house build

Hi Guys. Ive been reading alot of the forum post looking for advice on house wiring for a new house, and ive looked at numerous documents. It seems that running cat5/6 throughout the house for...

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HD output to multiple displays?

I have a lounge TV and a kitchen TV. In the past the lounge TV has been connected via HDMI and the kitchen TV on composite direct from mysky HDi. I recently upgraded my lounge TV, and was going to use...

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MLBTV on connected Panasonic TV

Does anyone else here have MLBTV and have connected there TV to it? If so do you get HD picture quality? And if you do did it come naturally or did you have to do something? I can only get low quality...

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Best cheap hardware for XMBC for home media centre + Skype?

What's the best cheap hardware to run XBMC on as a home media player? I use a PS3 now but it won't play everything, and I also want to run Skype. If it could run blu ray, great, otherwise I'll get a...

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JB Hi-Fi online purchase fail - am I alone?

We were shopping for a TV and as we live rural online is the go. We looked at a number of models and sites ending up at JB Hi-Fi. I ordered and used my credit card, a day later I received an email...

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15m component cable

Hi all, a while back ( 12 months ) i brought myself ( from cables direct ) a couple of 15 mtr component cables to run from my entertainment cabinet to the TV in the bedroom. I have noticed that for...

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ProLink IR Units, Any good?

HI, just wondering if any has used the Prolink range of IR components sold by traddetech?http://www.tradetech.co.nz/shop/Outdoor+Aerials+%26+Accessories/Remote+Extenders/IRSENDKIT3.htmlThey seem...

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Chapters and Apple TV.

Am trying to get my movies so that can flick between Chapters on Apple TV. When playing a movie (mp4) it will say Chapter 1 etc but darned if can find a way to flick to a Chapter. Anyone any ideas?...

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Web browser on media box

Not sure if this is the best place to put this but.Which media box has the best web browser? Or are they all not that good?Boxee seems to get good press but not sure. Browser would need to play flash.

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HDMI Extenders

HiAssume that if you are using HDMI extenders over cat5/6 cable to extend a HDMI to multiple TVs that there is no way of getting around requiring transmitters at each source end, i.e. you can't have a...

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iSky on Samsung Smart TV

This is more of an FYI - after doing lots of research and finally buying a new TV (Samsung UA55ES6200) I thought I'd let everyone know that the web browser that's built in CAN play iSky. Sure beats...

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Making TV wireless to use with old laptop

I want to be able to use the LCD flatscreen TV with my notebook (preferably wirelessly) but with some functionality missing on some components it is a bit of a challenge. I think I have it sussed but...

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Budget Home Theatre setup

Looking at buying a budget home theatre setup (amp and speaker package)Around $1000 to spend.Currently looking at Onkyo SR313 amp, anybody got one? any...

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Audi control on MySky HDi

Hi All,I have done some searching on this and found some related topics but none that I understand the solution! So here is my issue, I have a Yamaha RX V373 5.1 Receiver and a Samsung HDTV and MySky...

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Roku has finally launched Vudu Channel

Vudu channel is now finally available on Rokuhttp://www.vudu.com/setup_roku.html?l=gfx&CID=Email&SCID=Newsletter&KWID=092112Comes with a free movie credit worth US$5.99

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Android 4 TV Stick. Anyone used one??

Hi There,Has anyone had any experience with one of these?? http://www.firstin.co.nz/products/android-4.0-tv-stick-8622/?utm_source=MailingList&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=25th+September+2012

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Help with outdoor speakers

So I recently just brought some outdoor speakers, ran some cable outside and have it sitting inside by my TV, ps3, xbox360 and mysky. I would like to use my PS3 to provide the sound for outside because...

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usb media box with android in NZ?

Are there these boxes that you connect to your tv to make them "smart", it has android os, you can browse the web, watch movies, etc. Are they available in NZ? if so for how much?

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