Category: Entertainment

New Receiver

After ten years with my old Kenwood VR-206 home theatre receiver, I’ve finally decided to upgrade.  The winner is, the Yamaha HTR-6160.  I’ve always found Yamaha receivers to have a natural sound, and this one supports the newer standards including Dolby True-HD and DTS-HD Master, both of which are commonly found on the Blu-Ray movies [...]

10 July, 2008 (07:54) | Entertainment, Tech | No comments

Dylan

Bob Dylan is one of the world’s great songwriters, but as a performer he can be hard to love.  Some of my friends were disappointed with his performance at the Metro Centre last week, but I knew what to expect.  He doesn’t look at the audience.  He doesn’t talk to the audience.  He just [...]

27 May, 2008 (13:03) | Entertainment, Local, Music | No comments

Playstation 3

I finally broke down and bought a Playstation 3.  After one day of ownership, I have to say, I couldn’t be happier.
I bought the 40GB version, which lacks the media card reader and Playstation 2 emulation.  Neither of those features was particularly important to me, so I couldn’t really justify an extra hundred bucks for [...]

3 March, 2008 (01:40) | Entertainment, Tech | 1 comment