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By Neo
Item Condition: 9/10 Shipping Options: Pickup available but audition is not available. Suburb or Town: Lane Cove State: NSW Payment Method: Cash Reason for selling: Upgrade Further information: perfect for a bedroom or kids gaming room. Has a remote. No dead pixels, not a smart tv 📺
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By getdisdude
Item: Samsung Series 7 55" TV
Location: Melb
Price: Withdrawn.
Item Condition: Excellent Condition
Reason for selling: Upgrade
Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only
Extra Info: This is actually a really good TV, the older samsungs really ruled the TV world before OLED.
TV in excellent condition no scratch or marks and comes with remote - no Box sorry! Pick up St Kilda Road
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By antik
Selling my Samsung 40" Series 6 LED TV due to upgrade. Model UA40C6900.
Has been working flawlessly over the years and it has seen very little usage as I don't watch much TV at all, only a bluray here and there.
It has been professionally calibrated by Avical Australia (http://www.avical.com.au/) so you know you're getting the utmost best picture quality.
This calibration cost $400 and trust me, it was worth every cent.
Comes with remote, detailed calibration report and ultra-slim wall mount kit (similar to this: http://www.samsung.com/us/televisions-home-theater/television-home-theater-accessories/televisions/ultra-slim-wall-mount-wmn3000bx-za/).
I think I have a spare HDMI cable floating around somewhere which I'll also include.
Looking for $500
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By BMC Audio Visual
Item: Sim2 NERO 3 DLP Projector
Location: Burwood VIC
Price: $11,995
Item Condition: NEW Shop display model in "as new" condition with less than 100hrs lamp use
Reason for selling: We need to say goodbye to this special projector to make room for new models
Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only
Extra Info:
This SIM2 punches above its weight. This projector will give most 4K models a run for their money with its high-quality picture. The Nero 3 will enhance your home entertainment experience with images that are bright, sharp and beautifully realistic. It's made in Italy and as such has European tuning, ie natural yet vivid color, smooth movement and motion. You simply forget the technology and become engrossed in the picture quality and enjoy every moment that you are watching it. You are welcome to see it working. The unit is sold as new and with full 2 year warranty. This is a $20K projector and at $11,995 is a genuine bargain for the right buyer.
LED is the source of illumination with 1-chip DLP image technology. This combination ensures that images are bright, sharp and very realistic. Full 1080p resolution that rivals cheaper 4K projectors images.
With a specification list that reads: 1,400 lumens of light output (the equivalent of 2,000 lumens on lamp-based projectors), a 30,000:1 contrast ratio and a color gamut 135% that of the NTSC TV standard, this is an impressive projector. The typical application for the Nero 3 is medium/large home theatres and family rooms with moderate ambient light.
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Lens Throw ratio NERO 3 1.51-2.88:1 (+/-5%) Lens shift V +/-60% / H +/-10% Digital keystone adjustment Vertical and Horizontal Picture size (inches diagonal) 65-200 Aspect ratio 4:3, 16:9 Anamorphic, LetterBox, panoramic, pixel to pixel + 3 custom-user adjustments
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By @BenQ Australia
Review: BenQ GS1 Portable LED Projector
by Kelly Ainslie | Sep 29, 2017
Why the BenQ GS1? Well, compared to what I was doing 2 years ago, the new BenQ GS1 is an amazing piece of kit, not just its size but how easily and how many different methods to watch content; from wireless streaming, direct HDMI and memory sticks and/or cards.
Let me paint a mental picture; I started to take a data projector camping to have “movie nights under the stars” with our camping buddies, as this would be fun and good entertainment for the group while we camped in the middle of central Australia away from internet and mobile phones. This sounds simple enough, but when you break down what needed to happen, it actually wasn’t as easy as it seems. I needed to:
1. Power the 240VAC 200W projector for at least 2 hours; I have a 1600 watt inverter in my camper and 240 A/H of Lithium batteries, not everyone has this.
2. The old projector had speakers but not very loud so I need to make them louder, there wasn’t a headphone output jack and I typically use my Apple TV as a media player because I either use my iPad or laptop. So I turned to eBay and purchased $15 HDMI / audio splitter, it passed through the HDMI and had a 2.5mm stereo plug out, then I needed a few HDMI cables to patch in the HDMI audio splitter and a male to male 2.5mm stereo lead to take the audio to an external speaker.
3. Provide a movie source, as I said earlier I would typically use an Apple TV to display from my iPad or Laptop as both didn’t have HDMI out, I would setup a hotspot network on my phone and wirelessly stream* the media…..
4. Having some way of propping up the projector to keep it and everything else out of the dirt which was normally the box that I kept the projector in, balanced precariously on my small foot step from the back of the 4WD.
Old Setup: So many cables!
This all works to some degree of success but it was cumbersome to transport and needed a bit of time to setup and put away after the movie.
So I hit the web to see what was out there in battery powered, LED, Wireless projectors and BAM! BenQ have made it, it was an OMG moment.
I had to have it, it was early 2017 and I wasn’t available in Australia yet so I had to make do with the old setup for 6 more months. After being in regular contact with BenQ it finally hit the shelves in late July/August.
My first impressions when I received the GS1 was that the packaging was basic but strong; a simple unbleached brown box with minimal packing and plastic (which I thought was really good as companies tend to over pack their products in so much plastic that is ultimately thrown into landfills) with the projector inside the padded black travel case and well protected.
The overall build quality was great and felt strong and the included accessories were good too, it came with the padded bag, an IR remote, HDMI cable, silicone cover, slide on external battery, power pack/charger, small metal threaded insert (I’ll come back to this) and the instruction manual.
The connection ports that could be seen were a Micro SD reader, HDMI, USB 2, USB 3 and from the manual says it has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi which I later found it supported DLNA, Miracast and Airplay* to some degree via apps as it is a full Android mobile operating system, WOW!
Setup and configuring was simple, I just slide on the battery pack, slipped it in to the silicone boot and pressed the power button and it fired up to the setup screens that stepped me through the usual stuff like country, language, Wi-Fi network etc.
Navigation was simple with the IR remote; it was like using an Apple TV with onscreen keyboard to click each letter at a time. Since it has Bluetooth I quickly found the BT setup menu and I connected a keyboard with track pad and from there it was a snap to navigate and enter info, search the web.
The HDMI connection worked as expected and during my testing I trialled direct connecting from Surface Pro3, iPhone/iPad via apple HDMI adapter, Surface Pro via wireless HDMI adapter and my modified 12VDC powered Apple TV using an Ad-HOC Wi-Fi network and they all worked fine.
I discovered the app store and downloaded VLC player and Kodi, with these apps I could attach a wireless HDD and my Surface Pro as a server and stream directly to the GS1, and it was awesome. I did find Kodi worked better than VLC player. Having access to apps I’m sure there are others for wireless media platforms*
I also downloaded an MP4 movie to a micro SDHC card and USB stick both options work perfectly too. My preference was the Micro SD card as it didn’t stick out and potentially break off if knocked.
The audio was ok, for the 2 x 2watt speakers in a small room, tent or caravan it would be fine, for open air it needed a bit more punch and the Bluetooth connectivity was just the trick, I paired it with my Bose mini soundLink and boom the movie came alive.
I was keen to trial the tripod setup shown on the web and this wasn’t as good as all the other features so far. To mount the projector with the battery installed you need to use this threaded insert and slide it into a keyway slot on the bottom of the battery but it stayed proud of the battery so the projector wouldn’t sit properly on the QR plate and flopped around. Basically to get the projector to sit flat and firm I had to cut and drill a piece of plastic to make a spacer. This worked really well but makes me wonder if this was an after-thought! The projector is designed to be used with the battery but there is no permanent tripod screw, whereas the projector itself does have a permanent tripod screw.
New BenQ setup: No cables!
There were a few little things that I think need to be addressed for the second version and will most likely be a natural path, so I don’t want to discourage anyone thinking of this unit.
Improvements:
Micro SDXC support, at the time I tested the GS1 I used a 32gb Micro SDHC card which worked fine, I also tried a 128gb Micro SDXC card that I had permanently inserted in my SurfacePro3 which is where I store my movie content, the GS1 didn’t recognise it. Maybe next release version or firmware update?
A battery switch physically to turn the power off to the GS1; if the GS1 projector and battery stayed connected together the unit could only be put into standby (not fully off) and in theory if you bumped the standby button on top on the unit would cause it to start-up, possibly in the travel case and run flat.
A permanent and flush tripod screw mount built-in/moulded into the base of the battery. (This was my biggest and most annoying issue with the projector)
Dual Bluetooth speaker support, this is not a problem but a wish list item. Presently you can only connect 1 pair of Bluetooth headphones. My thoughts are as a couple, the two of you may want to use the projector with headphones while camping or caravanning, because you don’t want to annoy the surrounding campers with explosions from the movie sound track. Sure you could use the wired headphone output through a splitter but then we are going back the bad old days. Another benefit of dual Bluetooth would be when having a large group movie night multiple BT speakers spread around the group would be awesome. Just an idea ;).
In summary the projector is very awesome (accept for the battery tripod screw thing), it was simple to use with all of the modern connection methods one would want, plus it had the added advantage of apps because of the Android OS. I would totally recommend this product in its current version as it there isn’t anything that has these features, quality and convenience for the price. I would rate it at 4.5 thumbs up and/or 90%, this allows BenQ room to improve.
*Airplay support by 3rd party Apps
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