Transcend HDD

Hi, I just went to Low Yat plaza to get a Transcend Hard Disc Drive (HDD) 500 GB Store Jet 25 M for RM 303. It is shockproof, drop tested with U.S Military Standard( MIL-STD-819F METH.516.5 Proc.IV) This should suffice, as the HDD wouldn't be dropped from a height of 1 meter. My previous encounters with Hard disks have not been too good, when my Western Digital couldn't even withstand a knock, whats more, a drop? I rather get a lower capacity Solid State Drive (SSD) This, has no moving parts in the drive, thus can withstand drops and knocks well. The cost is more expensive though. It comes with 2 year warranty with 1 year additional provided by the store.

Also, I got a HP ink refill for the printer. Give it a try, see how it compares to the original.

Picked up some Mitsubishi DVD+R in 25s. This is for the DVD recorder. Had some plastic holder to go with it.

I saw a 128GB flash drive retailing at RM1000+ hehe, this would be good for compact storage that wouldn't be damaged too easily. Maybe for a mission ?

In future, flash drives will be much cheaper with much more storage space.

Jusco, maluri

Hi . went to Jusco at Jalan Maluri today. Well there were discounts on many produts, and got the chance to pick up some clothes.

We were here the previous day to buy a microwave oven for a tenant, however it was closing time then. Today we had much time to shop around and look at interesting products.

I met my previous kindergarten teacher, now working at the mall. About 10 years later? hmm....

Need to shop more before the end of this year

Astro Beyond HD

Hi,

Looks like tm net just upgraded the Internet service today. That was considered fast<1day>

I was hoping it would be immediate. When I tested the speed using Speed test, it was about 1.6Mbps to a local server :) That confirms it.

Anyway, Astro is also upgrading its service for High Defenition (HD) broadcast. This should be exciting. You need to upgrade the satellite dish, decoder and cabling. They offer a few channels initially,but will add more soon. It costs RM20 additional for the HD service. 5 HD channels----National Geographic HD , ESPN HD, HBO HD, History Channel HD and Supersport HD.

The new decoder has new features---5.1 channel audio output, 1 USB port, 1 LAN port and 1 HDMI output.

The 5.1 channel audio is good for surround sound with 5 speakers. USB is for your external Hard Drive which can be used to record videos, taht can only be played back by the decoder. LAN port is for future use where you can plug in the LAN cable to download movies. Something like IPTV by Singtel Mio in Singapore. Wait till the internet gets faster to use that fuction -.-

The HDMI output will give you 16 : 9 widescreen format that has the original aspect ratio and not compressed to fit.

We will just have to wait until this is approved for condominiums.

This service will commence on the 19th of December 2009

Streamyx

Hi, I upgrade my Internet in Malaysia from 512kbps to 1Mbps. As you know the Internet there is turtle and expensive, unlike South Korea, where most places have 100Mbps Internet for about USD 60. Quite good for the most wired nation. Well here it is RM66 (+5) for the upgraded 1Mbps. They give free 4 months. Then after that RM5 extra. For streamyx, the 2 and 4 Mbps is not reasonable. You also need to use their modem ...The Pear to Pear sites are also given low priority,

=== Torrent will be slowed down.==== Just hope for tm net to upgrade their server to handle more bandwith and have a better infrastructure. Also, the Internet always lags at night. This is primarily because of the amount of users at night, as compared to morning users. The solution? Same as the above

Well let's look at the other ISPs. Metrofone is interesting. They use fibre optics and provides 2Mbps in the form of Ethernet to the Home(ETTH) This means that you do not use the copper line, instead a fibre optic one and no modem is needed.RM 60 is quite ok. Unfortunately it does not provide service to my area and is available to condominiums. MiMax is another option. The 10Mbps is expensive though. This has a usage limit, so if you use more than the quota, they would throttle your speed :(

Let's see how long it takes for them to process our request and provide the 1Mbps Internet service. :D