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Sorry for moving the goalposts on you guys - but I really do appreciate your input! The update is that my buddy is the landlord and he is happy for me to install ceiling speakers. And if I am going to do that, I am happy to spend some proper money to get a decent long-term solution (rather...

Thanks for your suggestions guys, After playing with both Amazon and Alexa - I have realised I don't want a smart system with a digital assistant... What are your thoughts on installing ceiling speakers, wired into a central amp + bluetooth receiver?

Im going to be renting a one bedroom flat, and would like a multi-room audio setup. I was thinking 4-6 units overall to over the entire flat, all playing the same music. It has to be cheap (sonos is a no-go!) It has to be neat (no wires trailing about the place) What would you suggest? (budget...

I would like to buy a home treadmill (up to £1200). But I'd like to try it first to make sure that is is solid and doesnt change speed abruptly. But the major consideration is that I want to buy it from somewhere which will collect it if there is a problem and it needs to go back for repair...

jazz it up with some tinsel?

I would really like a simple wake up light - something that just starts to power an LED at 6am and is at full brightness at 6:30am. No RGBs, no sounds, no clock functionality. Just a light. And I would love if it could be powered by a mobile phone charger (microusb) as i have one by my bed...

Yeah, Iv had two Mi Max's and now on the RN4, so I dont think id like moving to a smaller battery now :(

I went back and forth for years at a time. I had a macbook and iphone for 3-4 years and then started to get frustrated with the inflexibility of the hardware and moved over to custom PCs and android phones for 4-5 years and now im thinking that maintaining all that hardware is too much effort...

As someone who has had numerous Xiaomi devices, the Xiaomi Mi A1 is the next one I want. It combines awesome features for a budget device with a clean android build and at a great price point.

Really? I find that laptop keyboards dont give me enough feedback whilst typing so i'm forever checking if its registered which makes typing slow and annoying.

Thanks for your help guys - you really helped me understand what was going on with it. Go team OcUK!!! :D :D :D

So, do i need the sky router at all? im hoping not Id rather set all the ips statically anyway. But do I set them on the switch, or on the devices (or both) ? and is the switch meant to have its own IP address?

The idea is that there is a computer which has some software to manage CCTV IP cameras for home security. To connect all the devices together, we have a switch as the nodal networking device (HP Procurve) There is no internet access to be concerned with - all of this is meant to be a single...

I have been asked to help set up a managed switch as a simple router (is that the right word?) Basically he wants everything to see everything else on the network. I have tried: 1) enabling DHCP and setting a manual IP address (192.168.0.1) for the switch, but the PC isnt getting access to the...

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Thanks, I'll have a look at both of these :)

Yes - I have tried a few of them but they all seem to require drivers which means that they dont appear in the BIOS Have you found one that works in the BIOS? :)

A friend has asked if I can help make a diagram of cabling around their new property (electrical, network, etc) Im thinking the output should be a PDF with layers that you can turn on and off. But I dont know what software that is ideally: - free - lightweight Any suggestions? :)

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I have an old ssd that I would like to use as a large, fast usb flash drive, but it seems it has a hard time being recognized by BIOS's etc. Im guessing because of all the fancy chips needing drivers to work :confused: Is there a super simple adapter/caddy which is driverless and would make...