Images of items I have purchased (except trainers)

TheSwede · 10 Apr 2020 at 10:43

just had an operation and going to be off for a while, and although we don't have the same conditions as the rest of the world, I thought I gonna stay put at home for the next week or so. Therefore had these bought so I have something to do with my time and hopefully not climbing the walls that much ! :eek:

antc · 10 Apr 2020 at 10:50

Raikiri said:
Speakers: Kanto YU2 with S2 stands

I remember he posted them a few times before, I think that's correct.

Thankyou very much! I shall have a look into those.

LuckyBenski · 10 Apr 2020 at 13:08

TheSwede said:
just had an operation and going to be off for a while, and although we don't have the same conditions as the rest of the world, I thought I gonna stay put at home for the next week or so. Therefore had these bought so I have something to do with my time and hopefully not climbing the walls that much !

Lush, my girlfriend casually said yesterday "I really want to get one of those adult Lego architecture sets". She's never shown interest before!

adwol48 · 10 Apr 2020 at 13:11

Frozennova said:
Managed to chuck my Gen1 Razer Phone at the floor and crack the screen over the weekend, upgrade was due anyway so grabbed a Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 5G

How would you rate Xiaomi's build quality I'm due an upgrade soon and was hoping to pick up either an S20+ or maybe the Mi 10 or Mi10 pro, I have a few Xiaomi devices like dashcam and 4k action camera and they seem pretty sturdy but want to know if their build quality will hold up over a two year contract

TheSwede · 10 Apr 2020 at 13:49

UnLuckyBenski said:
Lush, my girlfriend casually said yesterday "I really want to get one of those adult Lego architecture sets". She's never shown interest before!

Buy one for her then, since there is quiet a few of them, maybe of a city she and you have visited (Paris maybe?) or a city she want to visit ? Endless possibilities !

Frozennova · 10 Apr 2020 at 14:19

adwol48 said:
How would you rate Xiaomi's build quality I'm due an upgrade soon and was hoping to pick up either an S20+ or maybe the Mi 10 or Mi10 pro, I have a few Xiaomi devices like dashcam and 4k action camera and they seem pretty sturdy but want to know if their build quality will hold up over a two year contract

Feels every bit as good as my previous Razer Phone and OnePlus 3T. I'm generally pretty rough on phones too.

I'm not the biggest fan of some aspects of MIUI but it's significantly better than I remember it being from my days of constantly swapping and changing ROMs on my Galaxy S2

MouthBoy · 10 Apr 2020 at 17:20

Zeebedy said:
New monitor arrived today! Love it!

Only issue is getting used to the flat screen again! Been to used to the curve on the 49" one lol

What prompted the change may I ask?

Zeebedy · 10 Apr 2020 at 18:07

MouthBoy said:
What prompted the change may I ask?

I found the last screen, although great, didnt like some games at the resolution, so I thought reverting back to a standard ratio screen was needed for my uses.

the_candyman · 10 Apr 2020 at 21:10

Just got myself Elite Dangerous on the steam sale. I know I am years behind in gaming but I now have a lot of free time on my hands...

MouthBoy · 10 Apr 2020 at 22:35

Zeebedy said:
I found the last screen, although great, didnt like some games at the resolution, so I thought reverting back to a standard ratio screen was needed for my uses.

Your 49" was 32:9 right? I have a 34" 21:9 and I do love it, although on occasion I do sometimes think I may change back to 16:9. Like you say, some games just do not like SUW or UW. Other times though I just find that I am putting some graphical settings down for the sake of some extra width, which is not always translating to better gaming. Does that make sense?

Zeebedy · 10 Apr 2020 at 22:43

MouthBoy said:
Your 49" was 32:9 right? I have a 34" 21:9 and I do love it, although on occasion I do sometimes think I may change back to 16:9. Like you say, some games just do not like SUW or UW. Other times though I just find that I am putting some graphical settings down for the sake of some extra width, which is not always translating to better gaming. Does that make sense?

Yes mate, totally agree, im glad to be on 16:9 again. But I still loved my 49" tbh

MouthBoy · 10 Apr 2020 at 22:47

Zeebedy said:
Yes mate, totally agree, im glad to be on 16:9 again. But I still loved my 49" tbh

I may have to look at the market for 27" 16:9's. My current does 100hz and is 1440p, and I previously came from a 27" 1440p but only 60hz. Things have progressed a lot since then.

Tephnos · 11 Apr 2020 at 00:05

MouthBoy said:
Your 49" was 32:9 right? I have a 34" 21:9 and I do love it, although on occasion I do sometimes think I may change back to 16:9. Like you say, some games just do not like SUW or UW. Other times though I just find that I am putting some graphical settings down for the sake of some extra width, which is not always translating to better gaming. Does that make sense?

Why not just run in letterboxed mode then, or even windowed, and have some stuff on the sides?

MouthBoy · 11 Apr 2020 at 00:31

Tephnos said:
Why not just run in letterboxed mode then, or even windowed, and have some stuff on the sides?

All good questions. Erm...some games I actually do play at 16:9 where they do not support wider. I suppose that is a limitation of software and not a reason actually. When I am playing a game I like to be fully immersed as much as possible and so Windowed does not suit this for me.

Hardware wise I know that 144+ monitors are getting more common and fairly affordable now for mid-high quality and features so thats a lure for me too.

That said, I know I really like 21:9 for desktop usage and so I would miss that. A hard one really.

LiE · 11 Apr 2020 at 07:59

A few things to keep my sane while stuck at home.

Some more car cleaning bits from CarPro.

and upgraded my hipster level 5 with some coffee kit. Trying out pour over. First cup tastes pretty good with the San Fermin.

datalol-jack · 11 Apr 2020 at 08:08

@LiE all I can say is that you like pictures more than you like things!

LiE · 11 Apr 2020 at 08:11

datalol-jack said:
@LiE all I can say is that you like pictures more than you like things!

I do really enjoy taking photos

datalol-jack · 11 Apr 2020 at 08:22

LiE said:
I do really enjoy taking photos

I think there's a small photo gang on these boards, tbf. You have to keep up with the bokeh of the Joneses! But it reminded me of the milk frother I bought... Went to take a picture - empty shelf. Turns out workmate/housemate has already kidnapped it.

Janesy B · 11 Apr 2020 at 09:11

LiE said:
A few things to keep my sane while stuck at home.

Some more car cleaning bits from CarPro.

and upgraded my hipster level 5 with some coffee kit. Trying out pour over. First cup tastes pretty good with the San Fermin.

You'll be buying an electric grinder soon, I have a Hario mini and it's a lot of work. I bought a DeLonghi KG79 after a few weeks.

datalol-jack · 11 Apr 2020 at 09:12

Janesy B said:
You'll be buying an electric grinder soon, I have a Hario mini and it's a lot of work. I bought a DeLonghi KG79 after a few weeks.

Burr goodness?