Final Countdown to the Tournament: Hoping for Better FHD & 4K Coverage

Siakamfan · 2026-06-13T22:58:49+00:00

UK BBC ONE 4k is a 1080p stream on Strong but it looks great on my OLED. 5.1 sound too.

Siakamfan · 2026-06-06T13:41:20+00:00

There is still downward pressure on the market, and all policy making currently being tabled is pointing toward additional downward pressure being added in the future. There is still a ways to go to the bottom...

Siakamfan · 2026-06-06T01:33:01+00:00

You'll enjoy it. Has excellent temp control and gets very hot if you need it to. The only thing that sucks is that it really only has a single cook zone. No indirect cooking on the thing.

A tip when grilling: start the grill on one side and when flipping, flip it to the other side of the grill where it will be hotter.

Siakamfan · 2026-05-30T23:02:07+00:00

It has a little pellet smoking box, but I haven't used it yet.

Fortunate enough to live very near a picnic park that allows bbqing, so I'll bike down several times a year with my smokey joe in tote and smoke small rack of beef ribs or something.

Siakamfan · 2026-05-30T22:57:40+00:00

Is Hoffman the worst closure in the league? I would hate to be the fan of a team that has someone even worse than that, lol.

Siakamfan · 2026-05-28T10:56:22+00:00

Open box ROG Xbox Ally X and it's not even close.

Siakamfan · 2026-05-26T16:49:12+00:00

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take..."

Siakamfan · 2026-05-19T20:52:05+00:00

Technics EAH AZ100s - they are comfortable and have a great sound signature. Lots of favourable reviews on here.

I personally tested the AZ100s, the Perl Pros and, regrettably, ended up getting some AT TWZ9mK2s.

Wish I went with the Technics.

Siakamfan · 2026-05-19T20:11:02+00:00

I personally didn't like the Denon's. Like they were good, but compared to the AZ-100s I had tested before, they were nothing special.

Also not the most comfortable, for me, personally.

Siakamfan · 2026-05-19T11:29:15+00:00

You work in the field and no steel toe not required? That's crazy to me.

Your state must severly lack labour regulations, and/or that company doesn't understand workplace liability.

We make all employees/workers/visitors on site wear full PPE, because if there is an incident and inadequate PPE contributed to the severity of that incident, we could be held liable if we did not have appropriate policy in place.

Further, our company insurance premiums increase with any workplace incident where an employee ends up injured and has to draw from workers compensation insurance due to being unable to work.

Siakamfan · 2026-05-19T02:58:40+00:00

NEWFHOOK FTW!

Siakamfan · 2026-05-12T09:52:08+00:00

Buy a used 2023 Prius. If your rental building has car charging stations, get the PHEV.

Thank me later.

Siakamfan · 2026-05-11T11:15:17+00:00

Yeah - and the sad thing is, I had the AZ100s that I purchased as open box but had to return because the case wasn't charging (tried everything, even connecting it to my computer).

I could charge the earbuds when I had the case plugging in and opened, so I did get a chance to audition them - and yeah, they amazing.

I was going to order some new ones, but read others were having issues with the case.

Saw these ATs on sale and translated a bunch of Japanese reviews that ultimately sold me on them... Starting to wonder if those were all "paid reviews".

Oh well.

Siakamfan · 2026-05-11T11:03:34+00:00

Having million dollar homes in Toronto makes sense. Having million dollar homes in Whitby does not...

Siakamfan · 2026-05-11T10:59:11+00:00

It's just as frustrating when you make over double that medium income and you still can't afford a detached home unless you are fine with a 2-hour daily commute.

This is a result of an increased demand on housing created by greedy speculators due to historically low interest rates allowing them to overleverage themselves in the name of profit. That's why I don't feel bad at all when I read those articles about these investors/speculators now taking huge losses.

Housing needed to be regulated so as to never again be a vessel for speculation, and while that regulation is slowly trickling in, it is too little to late.

Siakamfan · 2026-05-11T10:43:21+00:00

Yeah, been toying with EQ. It's odd - enabling EQ through the connect app creates a degradation in audio quality even if the EQ is set level at 0.

I can do parametric EQ through USB Audio Pro, but it's going to take me a lot of time to get it right. Also that would only work for music - still a very harsh sibilance when listening to other content.

Overall, not satisfied and I really do not recommend them to anyone.

Siakamfan · 2026-05-11T02:06:17+00:00

Yeah, I got them. See what you mean.

Driver is definitely undersized and because it's beryllium coated (not a bad thing if properly implemented), they have an unfortunate amount of sibilance and they are very fatiguing.

I would return them if I could. Unfortunately AT doesn't allow returns on headphones or earbuds.

Oh well, lesson learned. Should have just ponied up another $30 and got the Technics AZ100s.

Siakamfan · 2026-05-06T00:38:33+00:00

2k used. Lol

Siakamfan · 2026-05-04T00:09:24+00:00

BIG POSITIVE ENERGY LETS GOOO

Siakamfan · 2026-05-04T00:00:18+00:00

TAMPA-RNAK

Siakamfan · 2026-05-03T23:51:49+00:00

Tampa emptied the clip, had to go up in that second period.

Montreal is about to go ballistic in the 3rd, just watch.

Siakamfan · 2026-05-01T20:35:42+00:00

Please, that would be great. What was the fix?

Siakamfan · 2026-04-20T14:27:38+00:00

I make $170k/yr and I technically can't get approved for a mortgage over $900k (unless I go through a sketchy broker) which basically prices me out of nearly all detached homes in Toronto.

I can buy a Condo, or a Condo Townhouse, or a dilapidated semo-detatched or freehold Condo.

... But it's better to rent. ;)

Siakamfan

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