tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60692879939028787992024-03-18T11:03:02.512+08:00Pete's WriteHi Fi, Home theatre, Movies and all related matters...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger634125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-70945968452773211692024-02-22T09:51:00.002+08:002024-02-22T09:51:12.291+08:00Getting the Aircon Blower Power Right Simple rules of thumb and not every will agree- over power or get it right instead of underpower - from the numerous posts I see many underpowered setups so if you think you overpower you might just be right 😆- two blowers instead of one eg one 12 and one 18 instead of a single 24 - for better distribution but check your room shape- more compressors- don’t just buy on priceThat applies to brandsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-45745074018209074492024-01-16T21:15:00.006+08:002024-01-18T10:20:13.832+08:00Costs of Maintaining a Landed Property So, you're eyeing that nice piece of land, maybe considering a rebuild, or just doing some touch up work on a terrace house?Apart from the eye water cost of buying a place, do note that there are additional costs in the upkeep of a landed home. Now we are not talking about cluster homes, or even those homes within a condo development, where maintenance is a running cost that you pay funds Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-21999814407001296322024-01-01T19:33:00.002+08:002024-01-01T19:33:56.669+08:00Why My Next Car Is Unlikely To Be An Electric VehicleA recent meet up with some friends and auto buddies led me to think if I should jump onto the latest trend, and the biggest thing in the automobile industry now is the tide of change, from internal combustion engines (ICE)s to electric vehicles or EVs. With the COE of my car running out in just a little more than three years, I am keen watching this page. But if I go by current trends, costs and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-7507595352163146202023-11-25T20:13:00.001+08:002023-11-25T20:13:21.565+08:00The Marvels movie review It has been a while since I have visited the cinema.. Covid put a halt to my days of watching a movie with hundreds of others in a confined space. Somehow it felt unnerving to do so. So my viewing diet has been a series of 4k discs, streaming platforms or binging on an aeroplane. However some movies are meant for the big screen and the comic book genre is definitely one of them. AnUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-31791777811121271022023-10-17T15:39:00.006+08:002023-10-17T15:43:24.539+08:00Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Movie ReviewIn my old estate, every Christmas and Easter the housing committee would get together and screen a movie on the lawn outside the main community area and the most request shows were Superman, Star Wars and surpassing these two franchises, was Indiana Jones. At that time there was only the first one, and later on the second out of the four, and the first one, Raiders of the Lost Ark, is still the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-5549292866610346382023-08-17T23:05:00.003+08:002023-08-17T23:05:19.839+08:00Hijack TV series review HijackThis is a nice tight plot with great suspense. Idris Elba makes a good focal point of an ensemble cast that works together to give us a movie that is like a marriage of the good bits of 24 hours with Into The Night And Speed. The Brits again show us how they can use dialogue to good effect and keep us in suspense and in anticipation of what happens next.The idea is simple, a plane getsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-15490284830444244252023-07-02T19:57:00.001+08:002023-07-02T21:21:58.824+08:00“John Wick 4 movie review”So it ends here or does it? An odd way to begin a review but we have we have seen John Wick get beat up, shot, fallen off roofs and he still lives to fight another day. He is going against the 80s type epitomized by Stallone and Arnie, who can fight thousands and not get a scratch. He might hail back to the die hard sort of protagonist, the hero who gets extremely beat up but never Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-51607594249996964122023-07-01T23:55:00.000+08:002023-07-02T00:25:04.504+08:00Swiss Air business class review : Pasta, Pizza, Planes, Pope and Prayers So everyone is back on the road again and I've also joined the crowd I managed to wrangle a conference in Rome and will do a quick trip there. Singapore airlines has become too expensive to afford a business class seat so I've had to choose an alternative and swiss air is part of Star Alliance so at a considerable saving and only one hour difference in arrival time, I have picked them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-16442603533299484712023-06-28T15:52:00.001+08:002023-06-28T15:52:46.024+08:0065 Movie Review Apart from the smattering of original screenplays, the rest are rehashed from older plots. Quite a few movies are just almost carbon copy remakes, others add some current affairs or new technology but essentially the plot remains the same.
Some perform as well as the older, others bomb and yet others make far more.
So will smith took his real son and made a movie about crashing landing on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-66625829400050147432023-06-28T15:50:00.000+08:002023-06-28T15:51:22.689+08:00Operation Fortune Movie Review Guy Ritchie and Jason statham are one of those combinations that seems to keep striking cinema gold. With a string of hits under their belts can they conjure up another hit and make their fortunes?
The concept and plot are hardly new. Jason plays an action man of mystery working for yet another agency for the UK government to stop a rogue AI program from causing global meltdown.
The movie is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-52338224413930721612023-05-20T22:39:00.000+08:002023-05-20T22:39:10.007+08:00Bose Smart Soundbar 900 ReviewIn the old days, when you wanted a home theatre system, there will be at least 5 speakers, a subwoofer and plenty of cables snaking around the home, plus a host of boxes of Blu Ray, CD players, a radio and more. These days, your TV is smart enough to have all the apps to stream the latest movies and a single HDMI cable to your soundbar will allow you to experience better dialogue and potentially Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-26190457477064303462023-05-01T21:09:00.005+08:002023-05-01T21:21:14.924+08:00SVS Prime Wireless Pro Powered Speaker ReviewIn the past, a stereo system was the staple in every living room. Apart from the sofa, there will be a TV and the radio. If you had space, there will be a multi-deck system, with an equaliser, radio, cassette deck and the amp, flanked by a pair of speakers. When home theatre became popular, the pair of speakers then became five and more, but things changed, especially when homes became Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-59393758926175795212023-04-09T20:41:00.004+08:002023-04-09T20:44:36.439+08:00A Little Something About Driving In Wet Conditions
Singapore is located in the tropics, with frequent downpours and some of these can be torrential. If you look up the weather channel or app, it's quite hit and miss, but occasionally, our weather guys get it right. This afternoon was one of them, and there was a pretty big downpour coming back from the goat farm in the Choa Chu Kang area, all the way back to my home.
So I had to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-90645984756277489382023-04-01T22:11:00.003+08:002023-04-02T19:41:26.003+08:00Approach To Buying A Soundbar - features that count and how to get the best out of itCovid has intensified the rebirth of the Home Theatre system, and that begins with a TV upgrade. But after buying that fancy TV, with the latest apps and 4k resolution, you think you're in TV heaven, enjoying some high quality images. However when you begin streaming movies that indicate they are master in Atmos, somehow the sound is flat. Or worse, even for free to air TV broadcasts, the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-49025663088830582422023-03-05T21:16:00.002+08:002023-03-05T21:18:00.179+08:00Sony WH-1000XM5 headphone reviewSony has been on an almost perfect home run. The WH over the ear noise canceling headphones have been flying off the shelves, and since around version 3 onwards, also been dominating the market.The combination of comfort, good sound and very importantly in the modern video conferencing world, tip top noise cancelation and microphone performance. Now as the world opens up, the timely release of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-8818524252753967222023-02-23T13:32:00.000+08:002023-02-23T13:32:11.470+08:00See How They Run Movie Review When I saw the actors, and the general styling of the movie, I was almost certain it had some involvement of Wes Anderson, who uses a rather similar style, but interestingly, it was not his work.There are a few classic genres or cinema tricks used: the unlikely buddy cop firstly, harkens back to the Dirty Harry partnering a newbie lady cop who is much less experienced, prone to mistakes but Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-27332674616316612172023-02-21T18:56:00.002+08:002023-02-21T18:56:25.388+08:00Black Adam Movie ReviewWith so many superhero movies coming out in the past decade, one has to be special to rest above the pack. And can one too many be a bad thing?Marvel has shown it can generate hit after hit, with the climax blockbuster Endgame, it has surpassed it and whilst some of the follow on movies like Spiderman 3 has been successes, the others have been less well received. In the Marvel vs DC comics Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-31160455369571274822023-02-01T21:13:00.003+08:002023-02-01T21:13:29.404+08:00The Petrol Lament When caltex hints, check your gaugewhen shell rises, get readyif Esso follows it’s time to go…Sino will soon go and should you hesitate then soon when SPC increase, you’ll have sorrow, if you try and wait til tomorrow…** I have no financial interest or other interests in any of the items / events I write about.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-52827556940353531742023-01-08T20:57:00.002+08:002023-01-08T22:11:04.404+08:00A Mac OS upgrade that went wrong, and how I retrieve my precious photos and sanity
So, when we entered 2023, suddenly, my mail and calendar no longer worked for my work mail as it kept asking for my password. After a clarification call to the IT support, I was informed that my workplace decided that the older operating system (OS) on my iMac was no longer acceptable, and I had to upgrade to OS 11 and higher, i.e Big Sur and up.I was worried about this, as I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-75596611961542801212023-01-04T21:50:00.003+08:002023-01-04T21:50:34.820+08:00Haiku Fan Repair - changing the power supplyIt has been more than a decade since my first Haiku fan and my review:Choosing a Haiku FanAnd I have followed up with another Mounting a Fan and Using more than one FanSince then, I have gotten more fans, so I have at least one of each generation. They are a thing of beauty, but nothing lasts forever..However the one that broke down first was the newest one I have, which is just coming to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-26332539912850741952023-01-02T19:44:00.003+08:002023-01-03T15:19:06.332+08:00Setting Up My Synology DS 920+Some background:I have loads of data, I have photos, music, data from work etc, so I decided, having a NAS (network access storage) will be useful.There will be data stores, a Time Machine for my Mac, and I will also let my wife use it.With a help of a buddy who kindly dropped by, I got my Synology set up today..Initially there was a bit of a scare as I couldn't find my HDDs hahaHe also suggestedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-78813883917219976542022-12-17T20:39:00.005+08:002022-12-17T21:31:12.521+08:00Rotel Michi X3 Review The appeal of music, played through a stereo setup, with a pair of good speakers, be it floorstanders or bookshelves with a good source and a solid amplifier, is a nice experience that does not get as much exposure these days with the draw of home theatre. It takes some time to wind down, sit down with a good book or drink, turn the lights down a little and play something that will keep you happyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-47273605323882563592022-12-03T20:57:00.005+08:002022-12-04T19:18:58.030+08:00Top Gun 2: Maverick Movie ReviewIt was 1986 when Top Gun hit the big screens and led to a frenzy of people who joined the US Navy as "aviators", it also sealed megastar status for Tom Cruise.Since then, he has gone from strength to strength, with a Mission Impossible Franchise under his belt. However, he has always been keen to make a sequel to the original movie that really set the world ablaze and helped send him into the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-90888563473152922052022-11-17T22:17:00.005+08:002022-11-17T22:17:58.413+08:00Bullet Train Movie Review Brad Pitt once acted in a Guy Ritchie movie which had a multi-threaded plot, that all tied up in a climax, and this action comedy effort from the director of John Wick has a very similar feel...Bullet Train isn't an original movie by any stretch of the imagination, and it borrows from many movies about fights, with many people after the same objective, ala Smokin' Aces. In this case, the prize isUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069287993902878799.post-11574639847140802602022-10-08T15:47:00.004+08:002022-10-08T15:48:28.453+08:00SVS PC-2000 Pro Subwoofer Review
SVS started out as an online only company more than a decade ago, and has developed a reputation for high value with good subwoofers at a good price.I bought my first SVS, a gigantic behemoth of a box the PB 13plus, years back, and it took a couple of mates to help me get it into my den and position it well.But before their large power ported subs became their mainstay, SVS asUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0