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Post edited by Hmmm... on 29/12/2018 at 18:19.
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Post edited by Hmmm... on 29/12/2018 at 18:19.
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Machie wrote:
DL, you're down with the young people. Do you know what a Skrillex is? Is it a pokemon or something? I keep seeing people mention it.
My granddaughter is now just over 5 weeks old and I don't think that I'd encourage her to support, listen or watch this:
You're havin a giraffe
Not for a 5 wk old Machie! But then in Japan, maybe things are different :¬(
DL, you're down with the young people. Do you know what a Skrillex is? Is it a pokemon or something? I keep seeing people mention it.
My granddaughter is now just over 5 weeks old and I don't think that I'd encourage her to support, listen or watch this:
You're havin a giraffe
Not for a 5 wk old Machie! But then in Japan, maybe things are different :¬(
I sold my older consoles to pay for newer ones. The classic consoles I have now are all bought later for a small amount or earned by helping people out who gave me them in return.
Although there's nothing like playing on a physical console, emulators can fill that gap for now.
I'm pretty good working from home, don't touch the consoles unless I'm on lunch or on a break. Occassionally have a half day so I can get time to catch up, but then I also end up with a list of jobs to do around the house.
I'll take you up on that offer when I win the lottery and get out to Japan! It's one of those places I've been dying to visit.
Although there's nothing like playing on a physical console, emulators can fill that gap for now.
I'm pretty good working from home, don't touch the consoles unless I'm on lunch or on a break. Occassionally have a half day so I can get time to catch up, but then I also end up with a list of jobs to do around the house.
I'll take you up on that offer when I win the lottery and get out to Japan! It's one of those places I've been dying to visit.
Impressive, how do you get any work done when you're working from home? What happened to your NES, SNES and MegaDrive? Parents gave them away? They're usually the culprits. My MD was taken from me. Curse whoever owns it now.
Lets go to Super Potato when you come to Japan.
Lets go to Super Potato when you come to Japan.
Machie wrote:
pb wrote:
[i]Machie wrote:
[i]GP does your setup look like this? Not enough tvs.
That is a thing of beauty.[/i]
I know right? GP will love this. I don't think my wife would like it though, but I'd love either one of these or a home theatre room. It's like a museum![/i]
I was going to say exactly the same thing, Gina wouldn't allow me to have anything like that. Saying that, my small study room has a Gamecube, original (hacked) Xbox, Saturn and Dreamcast in, plus the PS3, my PC, Mac, a 21" monitor/TV for those and 32" TV for the consoles.
Wii and 360 are downstairs as they have more of the family games on and Kinect, which needs a large room to use.
pb wrote:
[i]Machie wrote:
[i]GP does your setup look like this? Not enough tvs.
That is a thing of beauty.[/i]
I know right? GP will love this. I don't think my wife would like it though, but I'd love either one of these or a home theatre room. It's like a museum![/i]
I was going to say exactly the same thing, Gina wouldn't allow me to have anything like that. Saying that, my small study room has a Gamecube, original (hacked) Xbox, Saturn and Dreamcast in, plus the PS3, my PC, Mac, a 21" monitor/TV for those and 32" TV for the consoles.
Wii and 360 are downstairs as they have more of the family games on and Kinect, which needs a large room to use.
pb wrote:
Machie wrote:
[i]GP does your setup look like this? Not enough tvs.
That is a thing of beauty.[/i]
I know right? GP will love this. I don't think my wife would like it though, but I'd love either one of these or a home theatre room. It's like a museum!
Machie wrote:
[i]GP does your setup look like this? Not enough tvs.
That is a thing of beauty.[/i]
I know right? GP will love this. I don't think my wife would like it though, but I'd love either one of these or a home theatre room. It's like a museum!
That's great, thanks for that pb. So Im guessing everyone has Netlix here? They'll keep adding new content I bet. Hulu does, we have Dr Who and Torch Wood and even Top Gear. Maybe it will make LoveFilm more competitive, they're owned by Amazon right? Oh and thank you for mentioning the kids shows. That would be one of the main reasons for them to get it, for my cousins to watch.
Now all we need in the UK is Red Box. £1 a night DVD rental from a kiosk in your local supermarket.
Now all we need in the UK is Red Box. £1 a night DVD rental from a kiosk in your local supermarket.
GP does your setup look like this? Not enough tvs.
Machie wrote:
That reminds me pb. Can you give me an idea of what is on (or not on) Netflix in the UK? (Like the old classics, UK shows, latest movies like Pixar, etc) I've been wanting it for so long and we only have Hulu here. I'd check it myself but Netflix doesnt allow outside visitors on their sites.
I'd like to recommend it to my Mum and brothers.
You own an Apple TV right? Can you stream your tv shows on that or is it just for downloading?
Most important first: Classic Doctor Who and all the new stuff.
Netflix: Loads of old TV shows and movies and some recent stuff, though not as much as I'd like. The list is growing all the time and they don't seem to take stuff off (like Lovefilm's streaming service do, they sometimes only have a film on for a few weeks). We watched Homeward Bound (the remake) and Three Amigos the other week, then the kids watched a load of Spongebob Squarepants on their iPod Touch.
Looking at the current recommendations it has Horrid Henry the movie (released last year), Outnumbered, Torchwood, Breaking Bad, The Way, Drive Angry, Iron Man Extremis (animated), The Ropes and The Only Way is Essex.
The Apple TV doesn't have a hard drive, so it's all streaming. But now TV and music is streamed from the cloud, so if you bought it on iTunes or have iTunes Match then you can just stream to the Apple TV with no other hardware.
You can also stream any video on the iPad or new iPhone to Apple TV and games too and, of course, it has Netflix and BBC iPlayer too.
That reminds me pb. Can you give me an idea of what is on (or not on) Netflix in the UK? (Like the old classics, UK shows, latest movies like Pixar, etc) I've been wanting it for so long and we only have Hulu here. I'd check it myself but Netflix doesnt allow outside visitors on their sites.
I'd like to recommend it to my Mum and brothers.
You own an Apple TV right? Can you stream your tv shows on that or is it just for downloading?
Most important first: Classic Doctor Who and all the new stuff.
Netflix: Loads of old TV shows and movies and some recent stuff, though not as much as I'd like. The list is growing all the time and they don't seem to take stuff off (like Lovefilm's streaming service do, they sometimes only have a film on for a few weeks). We watched Homeward Bound (the remake) and Three Amigos the other week, then the kids watched a load of Spongebob Squarepants on their iPod Touch.
Looking at the current recommendations it has Horrid Henry the movie (released last year), Outnumbered, Torchwood, Breaking Bad, The Way, Drive Angry, Iron Man Extremis (animated), The Ropes and The Only Way is Essex.
The Apple TV doesn't have a hard drive, so it's all streaming. But now TV and music is streamed from the cloud, so if you bought it on iTunes or have iTunes Match then you can just stream to the Apple TV with no other hardware.
You can also stream any video on the iPad or new iPhone to Apple TV and games too and, of course, it has Netflix and BBC iPlayer too.
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