Founded by Captain Stanley Mullard the Mullard Valve company became one of the major names in the manufacture of thermionic valves, or vacuum tubes as our American cousins called them. The Mullard name also became synonymous with the manufacture of cathode ray tubes used in television sets and they made other components such as capacitors too. The giant Dutch Phillips company was […]
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USB flash drives are widely available and over the years memory capacities have grown and prices have fallen. I was in a Tesco supermarket recently and noticed on the aisle end display of accessories that they had an offer on USB flash drives that made them look reasonably priced for a major chain store. Having said that I reflected that […]
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I see LG washing machines being marketed as a premium brand so when I spotted Currys advertising the 7kg 1200rpm spin speed LG F12B8QDA washing machine for £299 I decided to take a closer look. I did a quick search to see what others were charging for this machine and it would seem the white version of the LG F12B8QDA […]
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With rapid improvements in LED (light emitting diode) technology in recent times LED based light bulbs are are becoming more and more common. The main reasons are down to their lower energy consumption than filament lamps and their potentially much longer life before needing replacement. These advantages are making LED bulbs especially popular in ceiling down-lights that use the GU10 […]
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I have just had an email from online retailer Misco drop into my inbox offering the rather stylish 42″ LG HD television, the LG 42LB550V, for £364.98. That looks rather good I thought and looked to see how keen that price was. Well not so keen it seems as both Currys and ao.com are currently charging £359 for the LG […]
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Back in the not too distant past when you bought a new television or toaster it would come without a plug on the end of the mains cable. Some retailers might fit one for you if you were lucky but normally you had to buy a plug and fit it yourself. Over the years I have come across many badly […]
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So you want to connect something to your home broadband network, say for example a smart TV, but you cannot connect by WiFi and you do not want to run a network cable around the house. One popular solution is to use the mains wiring in the house as a conduit for network data using powerline adapters. As I write […]
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