Images of items I have purchased (except trainers)

Will Gill · 21 Nov 2020 at 14:06

So manly, I got some nail clippers <3

Minstadave · 21 Nov 2020 at 14:15

OldCoals said:
Er, that's why you have a wife.

Just tried to see how well she does, suction was sub par.

Mysterae_ · 21 Nov 2020 at 14:44

A quite useful but quite lethal chainsaw chain on a rope.

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andy_mk3 · 21 Nov 2020 at 14:48

I'm sweating just looking at how much hard work that looks like.

crazy8s · 21 Nov 2020 at 14:55

Someone's going to be very happy this Christmas...

That someone is me

hughtrimble · 21 Nov 2020 at 15:01

crazy8s said:
Someone's going to be very happy this Christmas...

That someone is me

Tim Cook?

foster grant · 21 Nov 2020 at 15:18

LeeUK said:
New TV - £269 "Black Friday" ASDA Bargain!

We just got a 4k UHD 50" too...have to say though not sure what all the 4K fuss is about most channels look not so good , I mean its ok but nothing special about 4K that I have noticed.

andy_mk3 · 21 Nov 2020 at 15:21

foster grant said:
We just got a 4k UHD 50" too...have to say though not sure what all the 4K fuss is about most channels look not so good , I measn its ok but nothing special about 4K that I have noticed.

Depends on what you're watching really. A decent 4k movie should be noticeably better. But without causing any offence, a budget 4k TV isn't going to do 4k a massive amount of justice anyway.

ChrisLX200 · 21 Nov 2020 at 15:23

New keyboard and mouse, MX Keys and MX Master, mainly because I wanted the 'flow' capability to work with 2 computers. Works well (eventually).

foster grant · 21 Nov 2020 at 15:24

no idea what said:
Depends on what you're watching really. A decent 4k movie should be noticeably better. But without causing any offence, a budget 4k TV isn't going to do 4k a massive amount of justice anyway.

we got one of these ,
Philips 50PUS7805

i dont really watch TV myself the wife does though i just mostly watch either the news or F1.

andy_mk3 · 21 Nov 2020 at 15:32

foster grant said:
we got one of these ,
Philips 50PUS7805

i dont really watch TV myself the wife does though i just mostly watch either the news or F1.

We have the 40" version of that in the bedroom, and while it's good, it just isn't a patch on the main TV which is the LG 65" C9 OLED, that is just stunning and it's a different scale entirely.

nicktay2605 · 21 Nov 2020 at 15:32

no idea what said:
Depends on what you're watching really. A decent 4k movie should be noticeably better. But without causing any offence, a budget 4k TV isn't going to do 4k a massive amount of justice anyway.

This tbh. I've got an OLED and there's a noticeable difference between Sky's standard HD and their UHD, both on catch-up shows and their live sports broadcasts, and that's on a less than perfect source.

200sols · 21 Nov 2020 at 15:35

nicktay2605 said:
This tbh. I've got an OLED and there's a noticeable difference between Sky's standard HD and their UHD, both on catch-up shows and their live sports broadcasts, and that's on a less than perfect source.

Try a proper 4k blu ray. Sky UHD is barely better than DVD Quality.

foster grant · 21 Nov 2020 at 15:40

Yeah I'll try a 4K film file I have on a USB stick.

LeeUK · 21 Nov 2020 at 15:54

foster grant said:
We just got a 4k UHD 50" too...have to say though not sure what all the 4K fuss is about most channels look not so good , I mean its ok but nothing special about 4K that I have noticed.

no idea what said:
Depends on what you're watching really. A decent 4k movie should be noticeably better. But without causing any offence, a budget 4k TV isn't going to do 4k a massive amount of justice anyway.

I've not unboxed it yet but I hope it's watchable. I'll be going from a 32" Polaroid that I've had for about 8 years.

ubern00b · 21 Nov 2020 at 15:55

foster grant said:
Yeah I'll try a 4K film file I have on a USB stick.

That you probably have no idea if that film was encoded properly or has enough bitrate or the fact that it's re-encoded in the first place. Full UHD Blu-ray if you want to actually see "what all the fuss is about".

Malevolence · 21 Nov 2020 at 16:08

foster grant said:
Yeah I'll try a 4K film file I have on a USB stick.

Unless it's a full fat 1:1 4K rip then that will show you nothing. You need to slap a 4K disc in the player.

AndyCr15 · 21 Nov 2020 at 16:32

I personally think HDR is a bigger deal than 4k

Puzzled · 21 Nov 2020 at 16:40

Malevolence said:
Unless it's a full fat 1:1 4K rip then that will show you nothing. You need to slap a 4K disc in the player.

Which does still make me think why have TV manufacturers pushed 4k so hard when even today finding proper 4k content is a task in itself. For many people even 1080p is limited with just a handful of channels on freeview.

For those that watch sky or freeview a 4k tv can look worse than their old 1080p one if it is poorly upscaled.

andy_mk3 · 21 Nov 2020 at 16:43

Puzzled said:
Which does still make me think why have TV manufacturers pushed 4k so hard when even today finding proper 4k content is a task in itself. For many people even 1080p is limited with just a handful of channels on freeview.

For those that watch sky or freeview a 4k tv can look worse than their old 1080p one if it is poorly upscaled.

OTA TV is junk mostly these days anyway. We've ditched Sky. The mrs watches a couple of bits on Freesat but it's mostly via catchup apps. A lot of the content I watch on Youtube is 4k, and majority of films are too, as well as stuff on prime being 4k.