Bruno123

2 hours ago, JensenZ said:

I was responding to a suggestion that downloading is becoming archaic, not really which is better, however, having used both methods I strongly disagree. My method is better, faster and easier, and if you're a person who likes to rewind to rewatch scenes, a lot better at that too... not to mention logging into streaming servers can be a pain too. Navigating inside the movie is so much easier with the movie on the hard drive.

 

I don't arhive many movies. I watch them, and after I've done my social duty seeding back, delete them. With the size of hard drives these days, it's not a problem.

 

 

 

 

Once again; you are wrong. You are simply limited by your own experience.

Seems there is a limited ability to understand what is being written on this thread.

You wrote that downloading was better and listed a number of advantages. I debunked your listed advantages and now you have listed some different ones. I will debunk those too.

I have already informed you that your method is not better and faster.

Since you have brought up the subject of a streaming server, let's go with that.

So one logs into a web based 'streaming server' directly on a TV for instance and the media is there directly to watch. Ten seconds if you don't need to log in. Whereas you need two to three minutes to download even a single Full HD movie.. Worse, you need to play it on your PC to be able to watch it on your TV or put it on a drive that plugs into the TV. Primitive.

As I alluded to you earlier, I can have 10 or even 100 movies lined up, without having to download anything beforehand. Not just that, but play them directly on my TV without needing a PC at all.

That is always going to be better and faster than having to download and then play via a PC.

Read and digest before replying.

On to your next point. Pause, go back and replay...can.  

So once again, downloading is not faster and better; it is simply an alternative method. You are simply limited by your experience. I use both methods; so I know.

You have written twice about logging into 'streaming servers'. What are 'streaming servers' to you and why would it be a pain to log into one?

3 hours ago, smedly said:

you are using the torrent infrastructure to stream which is just the same as downloading except you don't save the file - you view it - I made a comparison to actual streaming as that is also included in this discussion, the point is that the two methods are vastly different

 

you viewing a torrent is not vastly different to downloading it 

Whooooosh..... you still aren't getting it. That is not what was being discussed.

8 minutes ago, MrJ2U said:

You only need 25 Mbps to stream ultra 4k.

 

 

Thus the demiss of DVD's.

 

https://www.cable.co.uk/broadband/guides/broadband-streaming/

I think he imagines 'streaming' as from websites. Rather than creating your own streams.

4 hours ago, smedly said:

you are limited to provider bandwidth and quality - which is a real problem, I could never watch video streaming at FHD (720) resolution on a 65" TV it is just poor and hard to watch, 1080p is the bare minimum and preferred 4k

Wrong. We already discussed streaming directly from Torrents; so no such limitation.

4 hours ago, smedly said:

I have 3bb fibre 1000/500 Bt700/m and can download just as quoted above 3gb file in 1-2mins, I have hit speeds of over 60Mbs, it is lightning fast

 

If the OP can get fibre on the DS then don't waste your time with anything else

60 MB/s is slightly less than 500 Mbps. Where's the other half of your bandwidth? ????

8 hours ago, Puccini said:

From everything I have read, Switzerland did nofuse entry to Anutin. In fact, he has not even left Thailand yet to travel to Switzerland.

Perhaps he offended someone who lives there...or has family who lives there ????

3 hours ago, smedly said:

Torrent system shares the dowload with many nodes which is why its speed in unmatched - you still have a fast connection which is good and yes there is a limit with international connections (torrents are not affected by this the same as live streaming) 

 

250Mb/s is less than 20MB/s ...............................B = Bytes ..........b = bits

250 Mbps is more than 31 MB/s...

3 hours ago, smedly said:

yes you can but strickly speaking that is not the same as watching content on an android box or similar - what you are doing is downloading the torrent content but just not saving it - it still gives you the choice of 1080p HD or 4k UHD = much higher quality, the drawback of doing this is you cannot watch live sports but again the streaming services are poor quality 

I have no idea why you decided to selectively quote my post. Not only that; your reply bears no relation to what I was discussing.

I quoted JensenZ who state that downloading was superior to streaming. 

I did not even touch on IPTV nor Android boxes.

The discussion was downloading a Torrent or streaming a Torrent directly. I was explaining to him that the differences where not as he imagined.  At least get the gist of the conversation before joining in ????

Totally ridiculous to insult my intelligence by thinking you are explaining to me that streaming is downloading the content but not saving it ????

5 hours ago, Madgee said:

SAAG EM-3086F ลำโพงBluetooth 2.1 ต่อยาวเป็นSound bar ได้ กำลังขับ 49W Multimedia Speaker System ลำโพงพร้อมซับวูฟเฟอร์ | Lazada.co.th

 

I like this brand.

Can be used as a sound bar or split.  decent sound quality and power for well under 2k.

Worth checking out. 

They can go on my shortlist. The problem is finding a place where you can listen to them.

Your link also led me to the Panasonic SC-HT31GJ-K which seems a better fit for me; 6.5" Sub, as opposed to 5" in the SAAG and 4" on my old Nano. 

It's not about throwing out lots of bass; but the ability to reproduce the notes. Without it, the music loses a lot of it's warmth. 

At the same time you want some detail in the midrange and high frequencies. Ideally you don't want the music to sound as if it is coming from a box.

Hmmm...am I expecting too much?

Now to find where I can listen to them. Sometimes online with headphones is the only option.

Bear in mind that they shops won't necessarily know about the deals posted here; so you might get a load of blank looks or just misinformation.

Not even service centres will have full info. Call centres will know. It may be you can only apply the Truemove H 20 Mbps deal through an agent. With the others you can simply apply a code. Buy 50 baht SIM from service centre, top up with 300 baht and apply the code for the 20 Mbps package.

AIS is probably the best bet for you if you cannot be bothered to run speed tests beforehand. 

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Haha, those are awful. Even my Mrs stopped drinking them!

Wine snob! ????

5 hours ago, JensenZ said:

Not at all. It's far better than streaming and is not going anywhere. It's faster to get what you want, and you have a much larger selection... and you don't need to log into a streaming service. There's a lot of older, good stuff you will never find on streaming services.

 

It's not far better and it's not faster; it's an alternative.

For instance; you can stream directly from a Torrent. So same selection. Also if you can stream directly from a torrent, you can have many movies lined up without needing to download them.

Without your fast connection, it would be very inconvenient to have five or ten different media lined up.

I don't need a fast connection to do that and my movies are ready to watch even faster than you could download them on your fast connection.

In fact, I can source media via Torrent and have it ready to play directly on my TV in under thirty seconds in many cases. No need to download at all. My TV can only play Full HD; so I am referring to Full HD media.

Downloading is good for archiving.

13 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Klipsch makes some good ones, but they are costly. For about 5,000 baht these are Edifier speakers are very good. 

 

https://s.lazada.co.th/s.UZwFf

 

Also not bad; though add a Subwoofer and you are up to 10k. Though also worth a listen.

16 hours ago, Pinot said:

Presonus E3.5 

 

I'm a musician and these are great monitors for the price...and they're great speakers for everyday use. Incredible value. 

The first that I have actually enjoyed..

I used Yamaha monitors and possibly still prefer them. But these are still enjoyable

The 2.1 speakers thus far have been disappointing. Seriously lacking. The positive for the Microlab X3 is that you can find yourself some better satellites. The ones they supply seem to have an early roll-off. Not much detail. Rubbish ????

On 11/9/2021 at 4:09 AM, johng said:

Creative Pebble Plus    is very good value with acceptable sound

(gets good reviews for price) 

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/jib-speaker-creative-pebble-plus-21-usb-desktop-speakers-with-subwoofer-black-i523270562-s933884767.html

This guy does good reviews.

Clear; but no depth IMHO . 

10 hours ago, Bruno123 said:

Since I am looking at an upgrade for the Nano; the first I've found is the MicroLab X3 @ 2490 baht

 

 

 

https://shopee.co.th/MICROLAB-X3-2.1-SPEAKER-(ริมแดง)-i.35025936.578201145

 

Problem being nowhere to have a demo.

 

 

Have been listening to other people's media ???? :

10 hours ago, sirineou said:

Thank you all for your help, I could not have done it without you. ????

Indeed as poohy and others have  said , the acer is a workhorse, I had my other one , I dont remember how long. certainly longer than 10 years, and if it wasn't for those hard Thai walls , I might have dad it for another 10. 

It was such a good notebook computer , I went and got another one , only I upgraded to a faster Processor (AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics  2.10 GHz ) more RAM (8 GB) and an SSD 500 plus GB drive, (before I had an optical HD) 

I got  a back lighted keyboard , that I also had on my last one, because I am an early riser and while the wife is still sleeping,  I like to log on and see what kind of trouble you all were causing while I was sleeping. ????

I am writing this on the new laptop

The whole kit was 19,900. so I can tell the wife I got it all for less that 20K LOL,I could have got it for 1,000 bht less on Lazada but I would have to wait 4 days and if there was anything wrong I would rather deal with a local shop, 

Unfortunately we were not able to recover the Hard drive from the other computer , because the wall was not very kind to it and the place where you plug in was bend. I will take it to a computer repair shop and see if they are able to do anything. 

All of my pictures are on the cloud, and I have to check and see if any of my other files are on it also. 

Anyway, Thank you all again. I really appreciate all the help and kind words.???? 

 

10 hours ago, sirineou said:

Thank you all for your help, I could not have done it without you. ????

Indeed as poohy and others have  said , the acer is a workhorse, I had my other one , I dont remember how long. certainly longer than 10 years, and if it wasn't for those hard Thai walls , I might have dad it for another 10. 

It was such a good notebook computer , I went and got another one , only I upgraded to a faster Processor (AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics  2.10 GHz ) more RAM (8 GB) and an SSD 500 plus GB drive, (before I had an optical HD) 

I got  a back lighted keyboard , that I also had on my last one, because I am an early riser and while the wife is still sleeping,  I like to log on and see what kind of trouble you all were causing while I was sleeping. ????

I am writing this on the new laptop

The whole kit was 19,900. so I can tell the wife I got it all for less that 20K LOL,I could have got it for 1,000 bht less on Lazada but I would have to wait 4 days and if there was anything wrong I would rather deal with a local shop, 

Unfortunately we were not able to recover the Hard drive from the other computer , because the wall was not very kind to it and the place where you plug in was bend. I will take it to a computer repair shop and see if they are able to do anything. 

All of my pictures are on the cloud, and I have to check and see if any of my other files are on it also. 

Anyway, Thank you all again. I really appreciate all the help and kind words.???? 

 

The one I posted earlier that we thought was outside your budget: https://store.acer.com/th-th/laptops/notebook-aspire-5-a515-45-r8jx-pure-silver

I was going to suggest to you that if you buy direct from ACER that you would get an extra year of warranty; to three years. Though since you wrote that you wanted to support the local community, I didn't want to put something in your way. 

So now here just for thread information.

Since I am looking at an upgrade for the Nano; the first I've found is the MicroLab X3 @ 2490 baht

https://shopee.co.th/MICROLAB-X3-2.1-SPEAKER-(ริมแดง)-i.35025936.578201145

Problem being nowhere to have a demo.

Though this thread has got me interested in looking at new speakers for myself. 

I used to design and build speakers with friends as a teenager and I also play bass. So I know a least a little about sound waves.

I'm not sure where I got the idea that the OP is/was also a musician. 

So you can spend as much as you like on the latest Bluetooth speaker, but it's ability to reproduce is going to be limited if you have small speakers and a small enclosure. Bottom end will always be missing. They can try to boost the volume of the lower frequencies on these little speakers, but they will always be lacking and your brain will try to make up for the missing parts.

Give your brain a rest and get speakers that can comfortably reproduce the frequencies in the first place. 

The 5" sub in the Aura is not going to go any lower than my 1,000 baht Nanos.  The Aura is a lifestyle product and that is for what you are paying.

If you want good sound; look at enclosures that can reproduce the notes that you want to experience; rather than spending a lot on electronics that attempt to fool you that they can.

That means bigger units in a bigger enclosure; not a small gimmicky and expensive Bluetooth speaker with shiny LEDs.

5.25" speakers were used as mid-range units when I was building speakers. Now they are in sub-woofers :)

I listen to Lossless music exclusively. So thanks to richard_smith237 for reminding me that I can take my lossless music on a phone and transmit it via Bluetooth or 3.5mm lead for the purpose of testing. I doubt many 2.1 speakers can play flac/ape etc natively.

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

They have them (HK Aura 3) in most of the Malls around Bangkok... pop in and have a listen. 

 

Make sure you listen to lossless recording... (not 128k  Spotify)... i.e. download Tidal and listen to some of the lossless recordings on there (Tidal identifies what is lossless and what isn’t where its less clear on Spotify Pro).

You are quoting the OP's post where he states that his budget is 2k to 5k and suggesting that he pays double for a system that cannot even produce a stereo image.

5k is the top of the budget; unless it's something special.

Though I will say that I prefer the sound of the Aura to the Soundsticks. But you are paying for the design. 10k and you cannot even produce a stereo image. Not even Dolby effects for games.

44 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

The Harman Kardon Soundsticks is Harman Kardon's collaboration with Apple to make excellent sounding desktop speakers. 

 

The Harman Kardon Aura 3 is the latest incarnation of this without the collaboration with Apple. 

 

The speakers are excellent. 

 

 

I have an an excellent 7.1 surround sound system - however, as a desk top speaker the depth range and quality of the Harman Kardon Aura 3 is wholly impressive from a single stand alone system.

 

Nothing gimmicky about it and unless we are going to start comparing with a Naim system then the quality is better than most people are used to. 

 

 

Let's get serious for a moment; it's a gimmick. A single speaker it not going to reproduce a stereo image. Nor will the gimmicky lighting effects improve the sound.

The OP made it clear that he wanted a 2.1 system; that is, two small speakers for stereo and a subwoofer for lower frequencies. The Aura3  does not fit the bill. It's just a bit of fun.

I might get one for the kids; not for music listening on my own behalf.

3 hours ago, KHY0307 said:

does that works on all AIS sim card?

got one a few years ago for only making calls in and out never tried 4G

Yes; any newly activated SIM. Subscribe within seven days of activating any new SIM.

If you have a long standing account with them and want to keep using your old number, you can call their Call Centre on 1175 to request a similar pack be applied to your account. If they can, they will. Call centre; not shop.

5 hours ago, sirineou said:

Yes I don't think all the king's horses and all the kings man will be able to put this Humpty Dumpty together again ???? and I don't think I could pass it on as a warranty issue. You think I should try? ???? it would be fun to do just to see their faces LOL

Anyway ,I will take a ride to the mall later today and see what kind of deals they have  thete, I would much rather buy it local if I can,. To support the local economy,that is suffering right now, and a lot easier to deal with problems if I had one,. Also if I found a 4 GB  machine that was a good deal. They might be able to upgrade the RAM for me for a fee. Or I could take it to the Acer service center as you said and have it done there 

Thank you again for your advice ????

Be careful. In person you can get blinded by the shiny gadgets and lose sight of the important detail.

So take the full model numbers of devices of which you like the look, for us to pore over, before you hand the cash over.

Let go of the old fashioned idea of better service from a local shop. If you buy ACER, you will have the service centre at hand anyway. Plus some warranties are 'on-site' anyway. So

they can visit you if there is a problem. 

DELL, for instance, will have on-site warranties.

Cheaper models, even with a smaller screen, might be fine. For instance, the CPU in the under 15k ACER is similar to the one in your current laptop. The main difference is that the new has an SSD. So it will be faster than the old one(when it was working). But then you could have achieved the same effect by placing a 600 baht SSD in to the old one. So hardly an upgrade and not at all future-proofed.

So you could conceivably buy one such, as suggested earlier; https://store.acer.com/th-th/laptops/notebook-aspire-3-a315-23-r1x0-black with a 3 year warranty and spend 650/1300 baht on a 4/8GB RAM module and get it fitted at the ACER service centre. 

Under 15k with up to 12 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD. But I'm concerned that the CPU may become a frustration to you in the future. ????

Specifically designed for the OP: https://na.panasonic.com/us/computers-tablets-handhelds/computers/laptops/toughbook-55????