Panasonic LCD TV - TX-37L80H

The LCD TV sits in my iKea Besta LCD TV rack.

The delivery man delivered the LCD TV as promised on the 24th Dec and I have 5 years warranty for my set.

Specification

LCD Panel - aspect ratio is 16:9

Standby mode: 1W and average use mode : 158W

Connection terminal: AV1: RCA Pin x 2 for audio L-R and RCA Pin  x 1 for video

AV2: RCA Pin x 2 for audio L-R, RCA Pin x 1 for video and component  (Y, Pb/Cb and Pr/Cr)

AV3: RCA Pin x 2 for audio L-R and RCA Pin  x 1 for video, plus 1 Mini DIN 4 pin

Others: 2 x HDMI with RCA Pin x 2 and Monitor input (female)

Dimension

Including TV stand: 940 x 652 x 295 (mm)

TV set only: 940 x 611 x 110 (mm)

Weight: 20kg

 

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Besta TV Rack from iKea

We bought the Besta TV Rack from iKea to put my new 37" LCD TV. The staff at iKea told me the rack can hold LCD TV up to 42". After shopping for lots of TV rack we found that the Besta TV rack is suitable for our same place as it also complement  our book rack which is also the same range from iKea.

Build the rack was quite easy as the instruction was straight forward as the guide is clear. It took me about an hour to assemble it and is fun.

 

As mention earlier, it is perfect fit to my existing book racks.The good thing about the TV rack is that all the cable can be hidden at the back of the rack.

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National Geographic Store at VivoCity

Following are the photos taken at the National Geographic Store at Vivocity.  Photos taken using Samsung Omnia

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Ways to use your phone camera

Surprise... That I put write on this topic as I am not really a cameraphone guy. The cameraphone (regardless of number of pixel, type of lens) is point-and-shoot and cannot compare to my other camera. BUT I do found some good usage of it, provided you point it at the right things.

Lately I quite forgetful on things (inspired by the movie Momento - about a man suffering from short-term memory loss uses his parariod camera to snap events to help him remember... you can find out more of the story from IMBD), so I start taking photos of:

• Where you parked  Now where’d you leave the car? B1? D4? If only you’d taken a photo of the nearest signpost, and maybe a few landmarks to boot. Take it from us: Losing your car in a crowded lot — especially when your boss insist in going in your car— is not fun.
• Your credit card,
• passport and/or driver’s license  If one of these documents goes missing while you’re traveling, you’re potentially screwed. Before you embark, take a snapshot of your license and/or passport, making sure the numbers are legible. If nothing else, you’ll have an easier time proving your identity and getting your documents replaced.
• Your hotel room number  Sounds nuts, I know, but remember: Hotels no longer put room numbers on room keys. If you’re the forgetful type, this beats stopping at the front desk to ask for your own room number.
• The label on the wine bottle  A client raves about the bottle of wine you shared over dinner. Snap a photo of the label (when he/she’s not looking, of course) so you can match it later, then send along a bottle (or even a case, if it’s a big client) to help seal the deal.
• Exotic food or art You need to turn of the flash to take the photo of the art and the name/explanation at the bottom of it in the museum.
• Business card scanner This is one of the best features of all Omnia. You snap a photo of the name card and it OCR it, no need to type it into outlook.

By the way, I am now hooked by the game RushHour (is free and you can download it from www.fredvonk.eu)

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Day 1: Singapore - Hong Kong

We took our flight from Changi, Singapore to Hong Kong. At Changi while waiting, we took some photos at the "garden"

The magical ball. When you "kick" the balls will move.

Drawing (more like tracing) the arts from the wooden plate.

Orchid at display

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My travel site

As promised earlier in the 2008, I will do up my travel site but due to other commitment I am not able to. I guess I just need to put it in my blog and explain each trip and the events/places I visited.

So where do I start? I guess is easier to start from the last and move backward to the first. The places I been to are as follows:

• Hong Kong Free and Easy with Disneyland
• Mahapalipuram (I think so) - in Chennai
• Taman Negara (I already done that)
• Winter and Skiing Experience in South Korea
• Wondering in China
• Others Singapore adventures
• Star Wars
• Singapore Zoo
• DHL Balloon
• Star Cruise Virgo

Well that will keep me occupied for at least some time. 

So next stop Hong Kong......

Confirmation

I was officially confirmed by my company today (www.ecnet.com). Is been six months since I joined ECnet as Senior Product Manager. So far, I think I performed as per expectation.

In NYK (my last job), I do less work but much happier. I am happy at ECnet but something is still missing. Not too sure what is the missing piece. Can't complaint about the salary as it is what I excepted during the interview, so what is missing?

In term of work, I able to get into it fast as I already have the experience and know-how to perform the job. In term of education, I guessed I am able to catch up with the work so not the education too. In term of colleague, some are fun, some are serious, some are great, so is not the work relationship too. Hmmmm........ so what is missing?

Maybe I missed the smell of new cars but now I have more projects to keep me occupied to miss anything.