For those of us with PS3, DON'T BUY ANYTHING YET! Sony are jumping into the PVR market with the PS3 by releasing a PlayTV plug-in. Looks like we will…

I've have had my TiVo for a week and I must say overall, I'm impressed!
I agree with the comments so far that unless you have a reasonable understanding of how…

Hi all,
We are building a Neo-Georgian home and are getting stuck on colour choices of our formal rooms. Please help! As you can see from the picture we have…

Hi all,
Unfortunately we have had a small variation in brick colour on one part of our wall, see pciture below about a quarter of the way down the bricks are…

Ed, great to see you are still enjoying your new panel.
Without sounding like an advertising billboard, I would have to agree that Samsung really got a lot of things right…

mheloy2,
Personally I think X10 and C-Bus is big waste of money... that is of course unless you have deep pockets and an unlimited budget to build your home!
Sure there are…

Thanks Dukekamaya, would really appreciate keeping our builder honest
We are going with 280mm x 32mm, general width will be 1000mm however we are curving the…

Thanks Dukekamaya!
We spoke with a French polisher yesterday and he advised the same. He suggested that it is always best to seal based the natural colour of the timber,…

We are looking at doing a stepped quioning with shadow lines to our two front piers that you see on many Georgian houses.
The builder is recommending fixing lightweight polystyrene-cement…

We have chosen to go with Sydney Bluegum natural timber floor boards for most of our house however we are having a bit of a dilemma when it comes to…

We are on a Master Builders Association (MBA) contract and didn't get a solicitor to review it before we signed because we felt relatively comfortable with it, even through we…

Thanks dynomite, good advice!
I reviewed the MBA (Master Builders Association) contract again which is what our contract is based on and it does state that provisional sums calculated at time…

We are 70% into building our new custom home, it hasn't been an easy ride with building on a slope so the variations have been accumulating thick and fast .
I…

Ed, how much did you pick it up for and where? Curious to see how much they have come down

Ed,
There are a couple of good threads we carried late last year specifically about talking the Samsung 9 series and Sony XBR, take a look at:
http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=11501
http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=11962
As you will see from…

Thorney,
I suggest you read through the following two recent threads on Starserve:
http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=13929
http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=12907
My first piece of advice is definitely consider your budget, once you start down the route of home automation…

iTalk, I will send you a private message and send you a PDF version of my design via e-mail.
I have not worked out the full cost of this system…

Thought I would post my Starserve design to show everyone what I gave to my electrician.
I wanted to show as much detail as possible right down to the wallplates to…

Thanks Rodda.
My plasterer suggested using fire check for my set-up since my home theatre is in a semi-submersed garage basement and would protect the valuable equipment in case of fire.…

For satellite installations in addition to the 2 x COAX (RG6's), you will need either a telephone or internet (CAT-5/6) point for Box Office orders.
Foxtel have fact sheets for pre-wiring…

I am all for future-proofing as long as its is economically responsible.
Being in the IT industry, I have a compulsion to install the latest and greatest and over-engineer the design,…

I am in the middle of implementing my Clipsal Starserve system, I took my time and sought quite a bit of advice before my installation.
Firstly, if you are going to…

We are at plaster stage of our construction and I have decided to postpone fully outfitting the theatre room until later ($$$).
Since the theatre room is semi-submersed in the basement,…

Thanks for the advice on building codes for steps, we will certainly check that up.
What you say definitely makes sense, especially with regards to children safety.
We have decided on a…

We are looking for any advice that people have in relation to a 'step-up' to a spa/bath. As we are both quite tall we are definitely doing a…

Thanks Mand!
The builder did mention that they can mount the pump underneath the spa and make a hatch inside the bathroom. Since three sides of the spa's hob is up…

Good question chuth, I don't know? I can see a couple of flue's on my roof but they appear to be for the ceiling-mounted Brivis heater and water pipes.
Do…

Being a complete newbie when it comes to spa's, it it a good idea to have access to a spa pump (for maintenance reasons) that is not mounted underneath…

We are fast reaching render stage for our neo-Georgian.
We are looking to create a square cut quioning effect with shadow lines in between like the picture below.
Currently we have flat…

We have the same issue as eho, double story home and sarking in the roof.
The electrician has externally ducted the fan's for the laundry, powder room and kitchen range hood…