A couple of the members of our company association have been fortunate to attend the "Arcam Master Class" which is about delivering ultimate performance from a home theatre system. This was held in Melbourne by Arcam's export manager John Buchannan who bought their pet Physicist Stephan along in case the questions got too technical....

It would appear that people using Hotmail accounts (and maybe Gmail) to contact us via email are getting a delivery failure message. This seems to be due to the Hotmail server being registered on the SORBS spam database, a database our ISP (and many others) use to stop spam propagation.

How times have changed. And how they have not.

The other day I was taking in the "B" grade 70's classic Death Race 2000 (one of Sylvester Stallone's first flicks). The film is set in the year 2000, and revolves around a car race televised on national TV, in which the competitors engage in acts of violence on the roads. In one scene, a viewer remarks "Next year we'll be able to watch this on a 40 inch screen!" The irony of course is that I was watching the film on a 50 inch plasma. Nevertheless, quite a bold prediction for 1975.

We have previously noted regarding Copy protected CDs and their playback problems in DVD players and unfortunately the problem has not gone away. In fact the latest Ben Harper CD is causing grief on many DVD players.

Now (early 2009) rather superceded by the VP15 there is still a limited quantity of these fantastic projectors available for very silly money ...

Herewith a forward from Denon with some FAQ,s around the issues they are discovering with HDMI connectors.

"As HDMI becomes more popular we should all be aware that some bugs still exist with the HDMI format. Denon USA think it is such a concern that they have a special FAQ section on their website answering some of the problems.

Mostly in Melbourne this is a solemn time of year. Anzac day mixes with our first taste of winter to give a damp and leafy urban aspect. The Queen is 80 years old and workers travel in the dark. As my favourite fanatic I wish her majesty a happy birthday and hope that Charles and Camilla dont accede to the throne, if she can do a 100 like her mum I reckon well go straight to William and his missus of the day...