Rant
MySKY HDi, a crappy stupid "Flash" website
All I wanted to know was how much SKY Television's new HD set top box costs. That meant waiting ages, and this is with broadband so God help dialup users, for the flash based site to load. Then I h...
Television
The Street, Why the @#$@ is it screening at 23:00???????
I thought The Street, Series one, was was brilliant, funny, tragic, poignant, inspiring, compelling television. It’s won awards, it’s fantastic, even TVNZ seem to think so by their own blurb. SO WH...
New Zealand
Sony BRAVIA TVs will feature built-in Digital HD
Finally a TV with built in Freeview (Digital) HD for New Zealand. Pity, I still need that Sky Box for Formula 1 BRAVIA TVs will feature built-in Freeview HD tuners - Sony New Zealand Making the...
Top Gear - Jeremy and the Boadicea’ed Fiat Coupe
I watched the latest Top Gear , don’t ask HowTube, even though it’s months/years away from screening in New Zealand (as I write we’re just getting the 2007 series). I must admit that Jeremy’s treat...
Weblogs
I know the identity of Aussie Stig!
It should have occurred to me at the time. A famous Aussie auto-blogger suddenly announces he’s giving up , actually scaling down, blogging because of work, family and other commitments. Then a week o...
Top Gear Australia, might work?
Warren Brown was great in Peking to Paris . It won’t be the Loud Mouth, Hamster, Mr Slow show but I think Top Gear Aussie might* work! Of course the big question will be: “Who is Aussie Stig?”...
Sky in the morning, Formula 1 warning
This post on my TypePad Blog may give the impression I don't like getting up at 05:00 on a Sunday, FOR NOTHING: Sky dump F1 Canadian GP Live Qualifying, seems it's not important
Formula 1
Sky dump F1 Canadian GP Live Qualifying, seems it's not important
I just sent this to Sky New Zealand who chose not to show the Formula 1 Qualifying this morning; I have Sky to watch Formula 1. If you didn’t have Formula 1 I would not have Sky. From: SKY...
Television
Paul Henry, loses it
I don’t make time to watch Morning TV but do miss seeing Paul Henry; A Compilation Paul the laptop thief
TVNZ vandalise the Service Of Thanksgiving For The Life Of Sir Edmund Hillary
I just sent this to TVNZ. Why plaster the ugly TVNZ logo (circled in red) in the middle of the screen (widescreen, corner of a 4:3 screen)? If it had to be there, why didn’t they at least use...
The BBC gets Formula 1 rights back, what does this mean for New Zealand?
It will impact us as we get the current ITV feed, via Sky (NZ). I hope it’s a change for the better but that won’t be hard if the Melbourne coverage is any guide. We had no commentary, nothing but...
HD DVD is dead, the best format won!
It was compared to the VHS/Beta format war but in the case of HD DVD vs Blu-Ray Sony appear to have won! This time it also means consumers get the best format. It’s often said this will be a short liv...