Plasma

It completely slipped my mind, but we also had a few little events at home before Christmas that are probably blog worth. The first is that I picked up a new TV in the pre-chrissie sales, for a bit of a bargain too.


With a little help from a friend in the brash bargaining department, I picked up a Panasonic 46inch 1080p Plasma (TH-P46G10A) for $1,850, around $650 off the ticket price, and $350 cheaper than I'd seen anywhere else. Pretty sweet deal! Here's Panasonic's website photo of the bad boy:

It seemed so big when we got it that I almost second guessed the purchase - it seemed to dominate the room and it was so much bigger than it seemed in the show room! That wore off in seconds and the size doesn't look too big at all. I'm very happy with the purchase, although at first, it was painfully obvious how low resolution the SD digital channels are.

As a bonus, the TV came with a free camera (via redemption, which is taking forever). The camera is a Pana Lumix DMC-FT1, which is all kinds of rugged, shock proof, water proof etc. It can even do HD video underwater! I'm pretty excited about it, I have never had a camera quite so fancy before, and am very much looking forward to it.

The other big thing is that our housemate moved out, which is most excellent! We now have some additional room in the living room, a spare bedroom and less clutter generally. There's also one less person to consider when we have people over, or want to stay up late etc.

The spare room has already come in handy a couple of times over the Christmas break.

Good times.

On a more sombre note, I leave you with a warning - Don't watch Terminator: Salvation. It's really terrible.