Tales From the Box

Like most other males, I love my technology. I have a relationship with my computer which i cannot describe. My Ipod has transformed my music listening. I can’t imagine life without my HDV camera and “my” digital SLR is an extension to my body (ask anyone).

I also love to cook.

Food that is… I love to cook food. So to combine these two activities would be tremendous. I have envisaged a nice (not massive) LCD screen opposite my cooking area – slickly mounted on the wall opposite. However I have ran into a small problem – one of the drawbacks to the wonderful age of digital TV is accursed set top box. Though its a necessity – in our situation, a big ugly box next to our TV won’t do. I have looked at LCD which feature integrated tuners, but they are all built for very large TV’s, not the size that we need/want for our kitchen area.

We also have the added fun of having to rewire our telephones. However Telstra charges $300 for a visit and won’t make do with the current setup (i.e. Telstra worker who was out here a few months ago said that they will have install connection boxes and some such just to begin with).

We have a local guy coming into to give us some handy hints. Someone told me once – when Google can’t solve it – it is beneficial to call a professional.

Yeah – google is pretty impressive….