New technology website run by sad ex-(for now) biker

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Having taken a hiatus from biking due to f**king redundancy last year I've started a website dedicated to all things geekery.
www.witchdoctor.co.nz is where you'll find the latest reviews & news about sodding great big tellies, hifi gear, photography and all sorts of cool shit.
I'm working towards buying next years mutha ZX10R, but until then I'm immersing myself fully in the world of gadgetry and all things nerd.
Check it out why don't ya...:Punk:

[SMOKEU]

Nice site, but a Mac on the home page? That's just sad.

[firefighter]

Nice site, but a Mac on the home page? That's just sad.

2nd. I fucken hate the overpriced things.

Another thing, why buy a blue ray player when you can get a PS3?!

[Headbanger]

2nd. I fucken hate the overpriced things.

Another thing, why buy a blue ray player when you can get a PS3?!

PS3 is double the price of a Blu-ray player, and pointless without games ($100 each) and a waste of money for anyone not interested in gaming or who prefers a different platform.

Running a game console just to play a disc is overkill and wears out an expensive device.

Personally,even if I had a PS3 and I was mad keen on blu-ray, I'd buy a Blu-ray player.

[SMOKEU]

PS3 is double the price of a Blu-ray player, and pointless without games ($100 each) and a waste of money for anyone not interested in gaming or who prefers a different platform.

Running a game console just to play a disc is overkill and wears out an expensive device.

Personally,even if I had a PS3 and I was mad keen on blu-ray, I'd buy a Blu-ray player.

Blu Ray is grossly over-rated. What do you think torrent sites are for?

[firefighter]

PS3 is double the price of a Blu-ray player, and pointless without games ($100 each) and a waste of money for anyone not interested in gaming or who prefers a different platform.

Running a game console just to play a disc is overkill and wears out an expensive device.

Personally,even if I had a PS3 and I was mad keen on blu-ray, I'd buy a Blu-ray player.

? Blue ray players range from $240-$1200 on the DSE website.

A 120G PS3 is $500, and you get a lot more functionality. $100 is for a brand new game, second hand and platinum are much much cheaper, and just because you buy one does'nt mean you need to splash out on games, you could just hire them, or know that you can should you want to/have a nephew over etc.
The majority of purchasers in all reality wo'nt be watching that many movies realistically to wear out the PS3.

I actually assumed they must be a better quality of player (better pic) or something to be able to sell, but if that is not the case i'd in no-way buy a Blue way player when I can get a full gaming console for a similar price.

[onearmedbandit]

Oh dear, here go the bluray/torrent, mac/pc, pc/console arguments lol.

Good luck with your site.

[Bald Eagle]

So where's a link for a good 'free' not bogus trial ware avi to dvd converter/burner for mac then .:Offtopic:

[bogan]

holly crap the samsung 9000 series TV looks awesome! active shutter 3d too

[mashman]

Nice and easy to navigate... nice site, good luck with it.

RE: blu-ray... just get a hd-dvd/blu-ray drive for your PC and get the best of both worlds :) works for me

[onearmedbandit]

HD-DVD died man.

[Headbanger]

Blu Ray is grossly over-rated. What do you think torrent sites are for?

Some Blu-ray movies are stunning, some are merely fantastic, and others are hard to tell the difference from their DVD counterparts.

I wouldn't lower myself to watching a torrent sourced movie, I'd rather wait and watch it in the best quality my hardware can display it at.

[Scuba_Steve]

So where's a link for a good 'free' not bogus trial ware avi to dvd converter/burner for mac then .:Offtopic:

Why would you want to convert that way??? Seems a bit backwards?

[bogan]

Some Blu-ray movies are stunning, some are merely fantastic, and others are hard to tell the difference from their DVD counterparts.

I wouldn't lower myself to watching a torrent sourced movie, I'd rather wait and watch it in the best quality my hardware can display it at.

I dunno, torrent sourced blu ray movies contain same info don't they, at bout 7 gig each you would hope so anyway!. But I agree some movies just aren't worth blu-ray, massivly CG ones generally are, Avatar, Transformers 1 & 2 etc.

[SMOKEU]

Some Blu-ray movies are stunning, some are merely fantastic, and others are hard to tell the difference from their DVD counterparts.

I wouldn't lower myself to watching a torrent sourced movie, I'd rather wait and watch it in the best quality my hardware can display it at.

I wish I was rich enough to pay $30 for a movie I'm only going to watch once or twice. So I'm guessing you've got a good home theatre system as well?

[SMOKEU]

Some Blu-ray movies are stunning, some are merely fantastic, and others are hard to tell the difference from their DVD counterparts.

I wouldn't lower myself to watching a torrent sourced movie, I'd rather wait and watch it in the best quality my hardware can display it at.

I wish I was rich enough to pay $30 for a movie I'm only going to watch once or twice. So I'm guessing you've got a good home theatre system as well?

[mashman]

HD-DVD died man.

lol, oh fuck, noone told me... the movies are bloody cheap though, got 14 of them for under $100... better than $400+ for the blu-ray versions :)

[onearmedbandit]

I wish I was rich enough to pay $30 for a movie I'm only going to watch once or twice. So I'm guessing you've got a good home theatre system as well?

It's called hiring them out. $5 for a new release Blu Ray at my local. And what system is complete without a decent HT setup?


lol, oh fuck, noone told me... the movies are bloody cheap though, got 14 of them for under $100... better than $400+ for the blu-ray versions :)

Eh? Blu Ray titles sell from $30 upwards.

[mashman]

Eh? Blu Ray titles sell from $30 upwards.

got a bit of a deal then didn't I :) hopefully that's the tack the above site will take too... bargain bin etc...

[Tank]

Bigbossman - Ignore all the arguments - nice site and I hope it is successful for you.

[Headbanger]

I dunno, torrent sourced blu ray movies contain same info don't they, at bout 7 gig each you would hope so anyway!. But I agree some movies just aren't worth blu-ray, massivly CG ones generally are, Avatar, Transformers 1 & 2 etc.

I assumed he was referring to compressed movies, I sure couldn't afford the cost of down-loading full quality Blu-ray movies. My $40 a month would only get me one 7GB file.....

[Headbanger]

I wish I was rich enough to pay $30 for a movie I'm only going to watch once or twice. So I'm guessing you've got a good home theatre system as well?

I don't have a Blu-ray player, But I did borrow one and run a number of movies concurrently through my DVD player and the Blu-Ray player to do a direct comparison.. Next time I'm buying electronic equipment a Blu-ray player is on the list.

[SMOKEU]

I don't have a Blu-ray player, But I did borrow one and run a number of movies concurrently through my DVD player and the Blu-Ray player to do a direct comparison.. Next time I'm buying electronic equipment a Blu-ray player is on the list.

It would pay to wait a while and buy a blu-ray burner for your computer, once prices come down a bit. That is assuming you have a big enough monitor to enjoy it properly...

[Headbanger]

It would pay to wait a while and buy a blu-ray burner for your computer, once prices come down a bit. That is assuming you have a big enough monitor to enjoy it properly...

My 50" HD Plasma is run by a media PC in the lounge, My dedicated home theatre built in the shed has a projector running off a media PC, and my everyday PC is running a 22" LCD.

So I should be right:yes:

[SMOKEU]

My 50" HD Plasma is run by a media PC in the lounge, My dedicated home theatre built in the shed has a projector running off a media PC, and my everyday PC is running a 22" LCD.

So I should be right:yes:

Nice rigs ya got there. I just got hold of a free home theatre system, so I disconnected the rear speakers and centre speaker, and put a nice 12" sub in. Sounds bloody awesome, more bass than any standard home theatre I've heard.

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Thanks brother bastard bikers, we've got some nice stuff coming up on the site and we'll be starting a forum in the near future. I'm going to have a sub-section at some stage for bike reviews.
If I can't afford to buy one, why not ride donated ones.
Hit list: BMW 1000RR, Aprilia RSV-4, Honda CBR1000 etc. And the odd Motard & 'general' purpose bike.
I've been contacted by the PR company responsible for Victory motorcycles - it would be my first Harley-esque ride...

BBM - out.

[Headbanger]

Just for the record, Your avatar has always creeped me out.

Well done.