CommanderZx2
Straw Hat Pirate
I've been working remotely for over a year now, it's so much better than the commute. I can't imagine ever going back to spending 3 hours per day traveling and almost £3k per year for an annual travel card.
I had a package from Zavvi ship from the US via DHL and didn't get any customs charges (although, they did hand it off to the absolute worst delivery company to deliver it)Turns out Zavvi ships some items from the USA using DHL so guess I'm expecting to get a customs bill?
Thats if I even get it as they didnt fill out my address correctly. I really dont trust this company
You shouldn't (I think/hope).Turns out Zavvi ships some items from the USA using DHL so guess I'm expecting to get a customs bill?
i've never had eggnog, always thought it was just one of those things only available in america but looking up what's even in it online and i don't think i can have it cause of it containing milkJust had a bag of eggnog popcorn, what a bizarre flavour. Apparently the ingredients include caramel, double cream, nutmeg and Jamaican Rum
maybe the aftermath is worth it
I'm going to have the theme tune in my head for the next week.Network finally announced a Stingray blu-ray release for next year
If you don't use a player for a long while the drive belt can go bad, it may be a simple case of replacing it and those are super cheap to buy online.Just tried to put a shiny new imported Blu-ray into my venerable region-free player for the first time in ages and it looks like it's finally given up the ghost.
If after ripping it the file refuses to play nice with VLC on my Xbox, then it looks like I'll be in the market for a new player for the first time in ten years. I'd rather not have that extra expense at the moment so hopefully VLC will be able to handle video files with that kinda bitrate.
I'll look into it. It wasn't a simple case of it not starting though. The disc started fine but when it got past the menu onto the actual episodes it become stuttery as hell and kept jumping all over the place.If you don't use a player for a long while the drive belt can go bad, it may be a simple case of replacing it and those are super cheap to buy online.
My 12yo niece tested positive for covid yesterday. Christmas is cancelled for the family as her, my sister and her other two kids won't be able to visit my mom, and Christmas now (for me) is only for seeing my family and giving the kids gifts so not seeing them all will be a killer.
It sucks but I'm more concerned about her as she has asthma. Hopefully she gets through this fine!
probably a long shot but can VLC read the m2ts files directly from the disc?Just tried to put a shiny new imported Blu-ray into my venerable region-free player for the first time in ages and it looks like it's finally given up the ghost.
If after ripping it the file refuses to play nice with VLC on my Xbox, then it looks like I'll be in the market for a new player for the first time in ten years. I'd rather not have that extra expense at the moment so hopefully VLC will be able to handle video files with that kinda bitrate.
VLC on Xbox at least lacks the encryption keys to playback Blu-ray. It can be made to play them on PC through heavy modification but that isn't an option on Xbox.probably a long shot but can VLC read the m2ts files directly from the disc?
only other option i could suggest is either buying a PS3 slim (not super slim iirc those can't be hacked yet) and doing cfw on it for region free or buying a cheap sony blu-ray player from amazon global for i think £80 as i found the other day looking for someone that didn't want to bother with a PS3
That's actually a really good idea. Getting an NTSC one would save me the hassle of having to find out if it's the right model/firmware for me to be able to mod it. Since all I want it for is the Blu-rays anyway.Ever since my multi region Blu-ray player died i have owned a slim NTSC ps3 for my region A Blu-ray needs, got it for around £50 iirc. I used my series x for everything that.
That's actually a really good idea. Getting an NTSC one would save me the hassle of having to find out if it's the right model/firmware for me to be able to mod it. Since all I want it for is the Blu-rays anyway.
Yeah my broken one was a launch Japanese PS3 that could play three generations of consoles. Was an absolute beast when it was modded, until it finally broke. Keep meaning to fix it as a DIY project, but reballing the CPU is a very hard thing to do.NTSC PS3 just uses a normal uk PS power cable that will cost a few quid, no Stepdown converters needed (unlike in the bad old days!)
It literally is just a Blu-ray player for me. Could even get a remote and forget about the controller.