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How to make great coffee without the effort
/ Home entertainment, Home entertainment 101, Reviews, Rod’s Blog
My wife Sheryl and I have just come home from Europe and the thing that rocked us to our socks was that coffee in Paris is so dreadful. I raised […]
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How to deal with dealers
/ Features, Home entertainment, Home entertainment 101
Over the years good specialist hi fi stores build up a band of intensely loyal customers, people who keep coming back because they trust the staff and value the advice […]
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When ultra high definition isn’t
/ Features, Home entertainment, Home entertainment 101
Have a look on YouTube for the latest prank LG has pulled to publicise its big ultra-high definition (UHD) television. It has replaced a window in a skyscraper with the […]
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Your radio really isn’t as good as it used to be
/ Features, Home entertainment, Home entertainment 101
People frequently say that they don’t build things the way they used to and the unfortunate thing about radios is that they’re right. Until the 1970s we made radios in […]
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Why your TV isn’t giving you its best
/ Features, Home entertainment, Home entertainment 101
Television manufacturers have tricks to make their products stand out in electronics stores, and unfortunately for buyers these tricks can become traps when the telly gets home. Because they don’t […]
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Ventilation – the hot issue in hi fi
/ Home entertainment, Home entertainment 101
The appearance of amplifiers hasn’t changed much over the years, which is why a warranty return made to hi fi salesman Geoff Barrett was so arresting. “It looked like something […]
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The most expensive air you’ll ever buy
/ Features, Home entertainment, Home entertainment 101
Here’s a technology joke: Did you hear about the computer company that was so successful it had to move into smaller premises? Smaller, slimmer and especially lighter seems to be […]
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The nasty news about cheap batteries
/ Features, Home entertainment, Home entertainment 101
Are you old enough to remember when batteries leaked? Well here’s a nasty surprise; leaking batteries seem to be making a comeback. Battery leakage can critically damage an electronic device. […]
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Counterfeit hi fi equipment. Yes this can happen to you.
/ Features, Home entertainment, Home entertainment 101
It’s not surprising that the capacitors in counterfeit hi fi equipment are dodgy. Capacitors are devices that store electricity, but unlike batteries they store it only for a short time. […]