Do we really need gadgets, Sat Nav, HD TV?
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How to lead a fulfilled life
There you go, read books, listen to music and best of all have a chat with your friends, family or colleagues, and don't talk about Big Brother or anything on the TV or anything the newspapers tell you.
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As we are fed our daily helpings of advertising, I felt it was really important to offer people out there some technology advice on what to buy, that way you'll be happy and fulfilled - or not!
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| 30-11-2009 | The best is you must have a 50" television screen , but then you have to get the smallest notebook ( laptop) Im glad that I am not a sheep! | Gian |
| 02-11-2009 | Hello Pimptastic,
You're absolutely spot on about one thing (others too), British Hi-Fi is the best in the world and needn't be prohibitively expensive. The equipment I have is old but still sounds great. I'm sick and tired of explaining to smirky individuals that nothing beats a proper sound system and that the downloads (there's a pun there) and MP3's etc. they are so fond of are rubbish in comparison.
I've come across people who have said that they don't read books as it's a "waste of time" (whaat?!). I couldn't give a toss about Big Brother, X Factor, Pop Idol or any other rubbish show that's foisted on people.
I couldn't agree more with the sentiments pimptastic and others have posted.
PS, I don't have an i-phone, nor do I want one. I've got a telly from (gasp!) 1998 (still looks ok though). Lotsa love X | Bukowski |
| 10-7-2009 | Good article. I've never been one of those people that must have the latest this and that. Most of it is unnecessary, expensive and doesn't add anything to your life. I learnt a long time ago that the novelty of buying expensive gadgets wears out and you've got the horrors of a big credit card bill to drag you down.
So read good books, watch quality TV (buy some good boxsets of dramas and good films), buy a bike for exercise, buy few good quality clothes that last and meet new people doing healthy, rewarding activities. Cook your own food too. If you want to splash out some cash learn something. Go to evening classes or do some training that will promote your working life. All of these are much cheaper, more valuable than keeping up the Jones's, binge drinking. eating fast food and spending your weekends in shopping malls. Who the heck is Jones anyway? Who the hell cares?
Think quality, not quantity. Then you really will stand out the in the crowd. | Grumpy xx |
| 16-10-2008 | I have to agree with Pimptastic; a 50" Plasma TV is quite unnecessary, I find a 42" TFT quite adequate. iPhones are a complete waste and are mostly useful for making their owners seem more important and clever than they actually are.
Electronic books are pointless too, at least with a real book there are no batteries to go flat and ruin your reading pleasure. Just because it makes you look like you stepped off the set of "Star Trek" does not mean it's cool!!
MP3 / media player/ juke box devices are good but iPods are overpriced and awkward to use. I have a Toshiba Media player which is easy to load and despite having almost my entire CD collection on it, is still nowhere near full. It was half the price of the equivalent Apple device.
I will however have to disagree with you about SatNavs though. The problems associated with them are due to the users stupidity and not the devices themselves. People who just plug in a destination and press "GO" are asking for trouble. Always check the route it offers up and if during the journey it takes you toward a "No Entry" or some other inaccessible road; ignore the direction, carry on the way you are going and wait for it to recalculate. Don't just blindly follow instructions if there is obviously going to be a problem.
Having said all that, I love mine!! I travel all around France on holiday with it and always end up where I want to be which would not happen if I tried to navigate myself with a map whilst driving.
One final point; unclamp that mobile phone from the side of your head and look where you're going !!!!!!! | Stevo |
| 16-9-2008 | well Jimmy Riddle - you are so right. HD is soon to be the thing of the past already.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7617702.stm | sonofsilence |
| 11-9-2008 | I bought the hottest thing in town sometime last year - a Nintendo Wii. After a few months the novelty wore off and I haven't used it for over 6 months. And now, quite frankly, I think it's a silly little toy. It is/was targeted at all people but I guess in the 14-40 bracket? So it seemed OK to buy one at 18 years of age. I wish I hadn't. Spent £230 on a waste of time, just like clubbing. Just hope I'll be more ready to resist next time or use the one in the shop. | Rich |
| 10-9-2008 | Sat Navs are useful as a 'get me out of here' solution to road navigation. A few weeks ago I traveled from Snowdon (North Wales) down to Bristol which is just over 200 miles and planned what looked like the quickest (not shortest) route using mainly motorways and A roads with a road atlas (remember them?). Someone else who came on the journey brought his Sat Nav, so we entered the same destination on that as well, just out of interest. We specified that we wanted the quickest route and expected it to take us the same way, but instead it insisted on going straight down through Wales using A roads. At the point where the two routes separated I decided to ignore its instructions and carry on to the motorway as per my own route. When the Sat Nav recalculated its route immediately after I missed the turning it wanted, this time mimicking my own, it shaved 20 minutes off of the expected arrival time! Quickest route, eh? I don't think so! P.s. I'm no technophobe, in fact my dissertation concentrated on the effectiveness of a GPS-enabled device (not a Sat Nav) in real-world applications! | R |
| 09-9-2008 | I agree with the poster on the issue of HD television, and I would probably add 'Blu Ray' to that list. It seems not so long ago we were being shown the virtues of DVD, and apparently they aren't 'high quality' enough now.
As for Apple products, well if you want to pay twice the price so you can get a white laptop with a little logo on the top, but at the expense of actually being able to do anything with it, go ahead.
Regarding Satellite-Navigation, these are actually fairly useful tools in that they serve a purpose and have developed from applications that also served a purpose. | Jimmy Riddle. |
| 07-9-2008 | Electric tin openers drive me mad and should only be available to people who are unable to use their hands properly! Battery operated carving knives and toys that tell stories to children are a real bugbear of mine as well.Only Bone idle people who like gathering pointless bits of tat use them! | Digsy |
| 07-9-2008 | Muppet - noone cares if you're sorry or not!!
I think the Sony ebook if the latest example of inventing a gadget for the sake of it - I mean what's wrong with an actual book? | phil003 |
| 07-9-2008 | Note to oneself : I really must do something about this split personality thing. You're a really funny person Muppet.
No I'm not.
Yes I am.
Still not sorry though.
No, neither am I | Muppet |
| 06-9-2008 | That's funny, I don't remember typing that reply, and I certainly don't apologise for any of it especially the bit about the dog. Get a sense of humour you miserable people. | Muppet (genuine one ) |
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