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Budget Wireless Headphones for TV

kiwlm — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 22:14:25 +0800

Having a 2 year old toddler, and staying in apartment, means that most of the movie watching is when he is asleep just a wall apart.

Thinking of getting wireless headphones instead of keeping the volume at 10% most of the time and relying on subtitles!

At first, looked at bluetooth options, but read a lot about delays, and my new android TV (Sony KDL50W800C) seems to not have an option to to delay the picture, guess it is totally out.

With some googling, found out that I should go for those RF type of wireless headphones, and preferably the rechargeable type, found the cheapest option seems to be Sennheiser RS120

http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-RS120-Wir...g/dp/B0001FTVEK

Quite shocked to find out that this is USD 70 on Amazon, but RM400+ locally here:

http://jaben.com.my/shopping2/Sennheiser-RS120-8-II/

Do you guys have some cheaper options to recommend?

Sony Bravia Android TV

kiwlm — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:16:08 +0800

Seems like no thread for the latest Sony Bravia with Android TV yet?

I just received mine yesterday. Any of you guys have it?

[WTB] SEL16F28 + VCL-ECU1

kiwlm — Wed, 13 May 2015 18:49:08 +0800

Item(s): SEL16F28 + VCL-ECU1

Price: RM 700

Warranty: don't need

Dealing method: COD in PJ/KL

Contact method/details: PM

[WTS] Olympus XZ-1 Special Edition with LC-63A Len

kiwlm — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 22:10:44 +0800

Item(s): Olympus XZ-1 Silver Special Edition

Package includes:Camera, LC-63A Lens Cap, Leather Pouch, Charger

Price:SOLD

Warranty:None

Dealing method:COD

Location:Petaling Jaya

Contact method/details:PM
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Item(s) conditions:minimum wear and tear

Picture:
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Reason for sale: Upgraded to Changeable Lens Camera

LG G Watch Official Thread v1

kiwlm — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:02:50 +0800

Where to buy?
1. AP With 2 years warranty @ RM599
SatuGadgetDotCom

2. This seller was selling it at SGD169 previously which was a bargain, now the price is more expensive.
http://list.qoo10.sg/item/LG-ELECTRONICS-L...WHITE/419326079

Accessories
1. Thick leather strap used by tarm
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=70306633

Review by zhou86
Part 1 - https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=70454785
Part 2 - https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=70488558

Why not Moto 360?
1. Cheaper!
2. Bigger battery!
3. Round is only good for displaying analog clock face, square is more practical for any other type of screen (yeah, we know its uglier)

Why not Gear Live?
1. Multiple reports of the charging dock click failing!

Owner List
1. tarm (Black)
2. amdx (Black)
3. khaiandrew (Black)
4. zhou86 (Black)
5. ykphuah (White)
6. young_jeezy

Need Music Setup with Chromecast (HDMI)

kiwlm — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:10:45 +0800

Hi all sifus. Want to ask something. So I am a strong supporter of this ChromeCast technology, and got all my music from GooglePlayMusic.

Now I want to have a set up that allows me to play songs from the chromecast into a sound system. My budget is around 1-2k.

When looking around, I noticed that seems like there's two ways to go, one is soundbars, because they have HDMI inputs. And ChromeCast uses HDMI. I nearly got the samsung 551 cheapest soundbar, until I read that, maybe soundbars is not really suitable for me, as my main purpose is not for movies. One attractive thing about soundbars is the wireless subwoofer though. As I have a 1 year old baby now and he is a destructor!

Then I went to look at standalone A/V Receivers, these that have HDMI inputs, are all quite expensive, I think the cheapest also its around 2k already, without any speakers.

Then I look at simple HiFi that have amp and speakers, these do not have HDMI inputs! I just ordered this ->
Black HDMI female to VGA Converte Adapter 1080P With Audio Cable For PC TV 82931
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-HDMI-female-...ME:L:OU:MY:3160

But I think the DAC inside will be pretty sucky.

Is the best option for me now is still the soundbars?

Lockscreen News Widget

kiwlm — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 16:53:31 +0800

Hi Guys, do you guys use any lockscreen widgets that show News? Preferably from Malaysia?

The best so far I have found is Simple RSS Widget, which I have some issues with, basically it doesn't support sorting, and that its tedious to enter all Malaysia's news rss in there.

router with VPN and Unifi IPTV

kiwlm — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 16:43:55 +0800

I am looking to sign up a VPN service to get netflix on my chromecast.

I have looked at the routers recommended by hidemyass.com:
http://hidemyass.com/vpn/software/routers/

A quick search, it seems like none of the routers stated there can support Unifi IPTV (vlan 500).

There are so many routers I don't know where to start looking.

Is there a router that can do VPN and IPTV without custom firmware?

Where to get NFC tags

kiwlm — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:34:29 +0800

I own a Nexus S, and since more and more phones are supporting NFC now, is there a way for me to get access to these NFC tags easily?

I am thinking of like putting one at my car holder, so I can automatically turn on Waze, accept calls in loudspaker, turn on bluetooth etc,

and maybe one at office to turn down the ringer volume (instead of relying on location).

Some research shows that this company ships to Malaysia:
http://www.tagage.net/about-us/tagage/

at 1 pound per piece, anyone bought before?

Couldn't sell paid apps on the Market?

kiwlm — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:22:45 +0800

Just found out that we are not allowed to create a Google Merchant account if we are from Malaysia, hence we cannot publish paid apps?

Are there any ways around this?

DiGi Data unstable, switch to maxis/celcom/u?

kiwlm — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:54:57 +0800

Have been using DiGi data plan for close to 5 years, and realized that after digi launched the iphone, the data connection has become very unstable, I am guessing its because of network congestion, as some areas the connection is very stable, sadly not at my home and my office, the two areas where I spend most of my time in.

The symptom is that when I try to use the internet on my phone, I will get disconnected like every 5 minutes, and I will need to wait around 30 seconds for it to reconnect back. Sometimes it disconnect every 1 minute. This makes is very painful to use the internet at all on my phone in some areas.

Thinking of switching telcos, but which one? As I don't use voice/sms much (usually less than RM20), celcom and maxis seems expensive for me, both of them require like RM50 commitment for voice plan alone.

Recently found out about u mobile. The plan is cheap like DiGi's. And I saw that the coverage is not that wide from their map. But I am in Klang Valley most of the time anyway.

Any of you that can compare the data plan for DiGi and Umobile if you have used both?

Thanks!

How can I get Real Football 2011?

kiwlm — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 01:18:41 +0800

I visited http://www.gameloft.com/android-hd-games/

Selected Digi, Samsung Galaxy S (since they dun have my Nexus S yet), put in my phone number, and click OK.

It sent a sms to me, after visiting the link in the sms, there's only Hero of Sparta HD!

Nexus S Official Thread V1

kiwlm — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:31:28 +0800

http://www.google.com/nexus

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