How to get Ten HD TV Program
Yesterday, i was playing around with my Samsung plasma TV PS42C91HDX. I tried to find out how to get the channel 10 HD TV program. It is just not really clear for me the instruction given by channel Ten regarding how to get this HD program. At the beginning I thought that if i got HD TV , i will just be able to watch the program directly, but apparently there gonna be another channel 10 HD. So basically, you will get 2 different channel. One is for normal channel 10 , and the other one is channel 10 HD program.
I tried to find out how to get the channel 10 HD TV program. It is just not really clear for me the instruction given by channel Ten regarding how to get this HD program. At the beginning I thought that if i got HD TV , i will just be able to watch the program directly, but apparently there gonna be another channel 10 HD. So basically, you will get 2 different channel. One is for normal channel 10 , and the other one is channel 10 HD program.To be able to view TEN HD program, You must have either a HD capable integrated digital TV or a HD capable set top box. And You may need to retune your integrated digital TV or set-top-box to receive TEN HD.
So here is what i do with my samsung Plasma HD TV to get the Ten HD Channel:
- Set the plug and play setting ON ( not sure this is compulsory or not, because at the first time i didn’t turn it on, and i still can’t find the HD channel)
- Retune my Samsung plasma TV channel program
- Once its finish finding the Hd channel and setting up the channel, you will be able to view the HD Program.( If you own samsung plasma TV, you can switch to HD channel by clicking on TV/DTV button on your remote control.
Exetel ADSL2 Review
I am very excited right now, that’s because i got my adsl2 connection already from exetel. Finally, after around 10 days has been suffering because i have to use dial up for my internet connection, today i don’t have to deal with the slow speed of dial up connection anymore. Its time to say goodbye to dial up which is such a pain in my ass.
For the Adsl2 internet connection, It took about 2 weeks since i lodged my application.
| Exetel Submit Your Application To Supplier On This Date | 2007-10-30 |
| Supplier Confirms Receipt Of Your Application On This Date | 2007-10-30 |
| Estimated Date For Phone/ADSL2 Cut Over * | 2007-11-13 |
| Estimated Date For Line Activation * | 2007-11-13 |
| ADSL Activation Completed On This Date | 2007-11-13 |
You can see from above detail which i got from the exetel application status page, it took exactly 15 days.
Once i got the connection, i actually got a problem to connect it using my adsl old wireless modem ZyXEL P-660HW. Then i tried to update the firmware to the latest one. It looks like this firmware update fix the problem, and finally i can connect already. The first thing i do once i get connected is to test the speed. There are some website which provide the free tools to test the adsl speed such as zdnet and ozspeedtest. From Zdnet broadband speed test page, my speed is around 9000kbps, which is not too bad i reckon. And from ozspeedtest site, here is my result:
Mirror: Exetel
Data: 3 MB
Test Time: 3.02 secs
Your line speed is 8.12 Mbps (8122 kbps).
Your download speed is 1015 KB/s (0.99 MB/s).
For you guys who want to know more about how fast is the speed for each adsl connection type, here is the table quoted from ozspeedtest site:
| Connection Type | Typical kbps | Typical KB/s |
|---|---|---|
| 28K Dialup | 28.8 kbps | 3.6 KB/s |
| 56K Dialup | 56.6 kbps | 7 KB/s |
| 256/64 ADSL | 200/56 - 256/64 kbps | 25/7 - 32/8 KB/s |
| 512/128 ADSL | 400/108 - 512/128 kbps | 50/13 - 64/16 KB/s |
| 1500/256 ADSL | 1200/216 - 1500/256 kbps | 150/27 - 188/32 KB/s |
| 8000/384 ADSL | 1500/326 - 8000/384 kbps | 188/40 - 1000/48 KB/s |
| 12/1 ADSL2 | 1500/700 - 12000/1000 kbps | 188/88 - 1500/125 KB/s |
| 24/1 ADSL2+ | 1500/700 - 24000/1000 kbps | 188/88 - 3000/125 KB/s |
| 24/2.5 ADSL2+ Annex M | 1500/700 - 24000/2500 kbps | 188/88 - 3000/312 KB/s |
| Uncapped*/128 Cable | 2880/108 - 10000/128 kbps | 360/13 - 1250/16 KB/s |
| Uncapped*/256 Cable | 2880/216 - 10000/256 kbps | 360/27 - 1250/32 KB/s |
Other tool which i reckon is very useful as well is the tool to find out how far is your location from the adsl exchange from adsl to exchange website. Because by knowing how far you are from the adsl exchange , you can know how much speed you can expect. The closer you are, the faster speed you can expect.
How is your guys speed compared to my speed?
Exetel ADSL2+ Internet Connection
Finally i move in to my new place already in Hornsby. I actually planned to sign up with TPG for my internet connection as i wrote before on the other posting “TPG or Westnet”, but then i changed my mind. After comparing the price and bandwidth, i decided to sign up with exetel. I took the ADSL2 bundled With Telephone as well. Its actually almost the same price if i take the telstra (for my home phoneline)+ TPG (for the ADSL2+) but exetel offer cheaper price for the local phone call, where telstra plan cost me 30cents per call, whereas exetel only charge me 18cents. Its gonna takes around 2 weeks until i can get the ADSL2+ connection, so meanwhile i’m using prepaid hello dial up for my internet connection, which is a pain in my ass, very very slow. Hopefully exetel can finish the process faster and i don’t have to wait too long. From what i read in whirpool forum, exetel got pretty good feedback so far, and its one of the reason i sign up with them. If you are using exetel, please give me some feedback here.
Costco is coming to Australia
One of my favourite tv show is the “Current Affair” which is shown at 6.30 pm monday to friday. On Current Affair yesterday show, they mention about the Big Discount supermarket Costco which will soon open their shop in australia. First opened in the 1970s in San Diego as a price club, this retail giant has grown from a warehouse style outlet store for members only to a hugely-popular cost-saving brand. To see how much you can save if you shop in Costco here are just a few sample item from the US store, converted into Australian dollars.
Make money with Adsdaq
I just sign up with adsdaq.com, a new publisher program where you can set your own CPM price for your website. There is no cost to participate on this program. Publishers name their Asked Price and if ADSDAQ can meet that price you get paid 100% of your Asked Price. For you guys who don’t know what is CPM, here is the definition of CPM: CPM stands for cost per 1000 impressions.
The good thing about ads which paid by CPM is regardless of whether or not that ad is clicked by the end user you will still get paid, because you get paid based on per impression. This kind of advertising program is suitable for a websites which get a lot of impressions.
You can also setup backup tag code, which is will be used in case adsdaq can’t sell that ad space for you. this might be because you set up your CPM price too high. The admin section including the report section is pretty good in my opinion. But i cant really tell yet how is the ads perform in my website. I will post again once i got the statistics report.
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