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Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen

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On 27-January-2016 10:50 PM, XR8 Sprintless wrote:
> On 27/01/2016 6:38 AM, j@invalid.invalid wrote:
>> On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 00:20:11 -0000 (UTC), news13
>> <newsthirteenspam-spam@woa.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 09:36:26 +1100, Jeßus wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 20 Jan 2016 20:19:33 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> felix <me@nothere.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mains cables?
>>>>>
>>>>>   Yes, didn't you know!? Mains cables are *the* most important 
>>>>> part of
>>>>> any high quality AV setup!
>>>>
>>>> What makes me laugh is that some people pay ridiculous amounts for an
>>>> IEC power cable, yet never think about the quality/condition of the
>>>> powerpoint used or the rest of the house wiring :)
>>>
>>> Where are they?
>>> I scrapped about 200 month and probably has as many left.
>>
>> I have a box full of them too. But of course, those ones are ordinary
>> IEC cables. You'd have to add an element of bullshit somehow to make
>> them audiophool grade cables.
>>
>
> There's an even better scam in the IT game involving a certain piece 
> of office software that is available for free being jazzed up slightly 
> with a fancy front end and sold for $199 at your local JM and HN.

what's it called?

> There's a fool born every minute. Another good one is the on sell of a 
> special power board to run the computer from to stop power spikes etc. 
> For the bloody cost you can go elsewhere and get a UPS which will do 
> the job a hell of a lot better...
>
>
>


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Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-01-17 13:45 +1100
  Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-17 13:51 +1100
  Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen JW <none@dev.null> - 2016-01-19 06:39 -0500
    Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen Chris <c@b.a> - 2016-01-20 10:39 +1100
      Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2016-01-21 03:00 +0800
        Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 11:10 +1100
        Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen Trevor <trevor@home.net> - 2016-01-26 16:03 +1100
  Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-01-20 20:19 +0000
    Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen Jeßus <j@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-24 09:36 +1100
      Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2016-01-24 00:51 +0000
        Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen Jeßus <j@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-27 07:39 +1100
      Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen news13 <newsthirteenspam-spam@woa.com.au> - 2016-01-26 00:20 +0000
        Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen Jeßus <j@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-27 07:38 +1100
          Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen XR8 Sprintless <xr8_sprint@hotmail.com> - 2016-01-27 21:50 +1000
            Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-01-29 09:46 +1100
              Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-29 10:48 +1100
              Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen XR8 Sprintless <xr8_sprint@hotmail.com> - 2016-01-30 01:20 +1000
                Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-01-30 07:37 +1100
            Re: DVD picture doesn't fill the screen Jeßus <j@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-30 08:31 +1100

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