I had spoken with Arj (Kate's husband) about some of the specials I had spotted at the Harvey Norman Factory Outlet. Arj was in the market for a new DVD/Bluray player. So we headed to the outlet shop early today. Arj bought a Pioneer for $160 while the ticketed price was $455. They walked away with about $250 worth of stuff. They bought a bluray player, a DVD player which also plays downloaded movie .avi files ($40), some hdmi cables and a rechargeable shaver (a gift).
Upon arrival back home we setup the Bluray player in the lounge and the DVD on the smaller TV in the family room. Ideally the Bluray Player needed a $10 optical audio lead which Arj grabbed later in the day. By the time it was all setup everything was working perfectly. Arj now gets DTS sound through the new optical lead via his Bluray player and everything is perfect.
The cheap DVD player plays most movies I have downloaded beautifully.
Later in the day we rang Eddie and Patsy re our plans to go Vietnamese for tea. Despite short warning we all met up and had a wonderful feast at about $15 per head!
The plan now is to drive to Yass tomorrow (Fri) where we will stay overnight. Then on Saturday we will head in to Canberra and catch up with an elderly aunt. Late morning we will head off to Newcastle where we plan to spend a couple of nights with Janet and Mick (alcohol will be involved) before heading for home Monday.
We should arrive back home later on Monday, possibly even after dark.
I am not sure what internet access we will have so this may be my last post for a couple of days!
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