All Packed And Ready To Go

On Monday the cheap android TV Box I ordered arrived.  At around $50 delivered it really was a let's wait and see what it is like before we celebrate.  Now the box has arrived and I have set it up for a quick play I no longer have it.

Instead the neighbour over the road has it and is enjoying it.  Previously he was checking out my 'old' android TV box to see if it did what he wanted.  He seemed quite happy with the old one and is now even happier with my new one.  He ordered one for himself and he should have it in around 10 days or so.

I did stream a movie on it just to make sure it worked OK and it worked faultlessly.

The photo above shows the 'old' android TV box I own all wrapped and ready to go. It will be mailed to Kim in Perth tomorrow and hopefully it will be in her hands early next week.

Kim watches a few of movies or TV series I download and plays them back on her WDTV media player.  The WDTV is getting a little old in the tooth nowadays and because of a lack of updates, it no longer plays the latest video file formats.  We will swap a fully loaded mini 32GB drive in the mail every month or so.

I can only send her WDTV compatible files.  The android TV boxes are really designed to stream online content but they can also be great media players as well and play all formats of files.  So my old model Android TV Box would suit her needs perfectly.

Ideally they need a good internet connection to stream and can use a bit of your download allocation. If you don't have a good internet plan, streaming is not for you.

And these android boxes are not user friendly either.  After all Android is primarily used to run your phone or tablet, and not powerful streaming equipment.

So it is packed and ready to go.

Kate Arj and family have landed in Hawaii for a final week's R and R.  They are due home in Melbourne on Wednesday August 10th.  They have received some good news that their tenants are planning to move out a few days after they get home which means they can plan any quick renovations or maintenance and get back into their home sooner rather than later.

We have now got confirmed tickets to fly to Bali next year in late April for a family wedding, my sister's boy Beau is marrying the delightful Jess.  Tiger Airlines no longer has flights between Brisbane and Bali and this lack of competition means good discounted fares are harder to come by.  But we aren't too disappointed with the special deal we managed to get.