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Anyone had any joy tinkering with the Sony KDL50W670A which was on sale over Christmas?

I bought the TV from this post: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/128189 It's a Smart TV so I was hoping to get BBC iPlayer working on it. The native BBC app isn't present (out of region …

Any recommendations for a basic 40-42" TV

I want to get a cheapish 40-42" TV for Christmas for the in-laws. Any recommendations for a basic model? Don't need any smart TV features (which they wouldn't use) and it doesn't …

Best way to get foreign currency

I'm off to Korea next week - what's the my cost-effective way to get my currency?

Free Hosting with Red Hat OpenShift

Hi all, Not sure if people are aware of the free app hosting you can get at Red Hat [Open Shift](https://www.openshift.com/) or not.

Anyone recommend a PCI SATA card for my N40L? Or alternative solution?

It had to happen one day, I've filled the 4 bays and optical drive (with an HDD) in my N40L and now need to add some more storage.

Cheap 15"(ish) Win7 laptop for basic web-browsing, office, email client use

Does anyone have any recommendations for cheap a 15-16" laptop?

Rebtel

Rebtel: Cheap (free) international calling

A few posters on the Kogan thread made comments RE the importance/benefit of having some international calling in their price plans. Rather than reply to all I thought I'd throw up a quick post.

Kogan

Kogan SIM card lock default PIN

I'm trying to set a PIN lock on my Kogan SIM card but I need to put in the existing (default) PIN first. Does anyone know what it is? I've trawled the Interent and can't find any info on it at all.

Private Health Insurance

Any recommendations on private health insurance?

4-port USB charger (AU / multiple countries)

Anybody know where I can get a decent wall charger that has 4 USB sockets on it so I can charge multiple devices from one outlet?

Best reasonably-priced Win7 desktop computer for basic web/email/office use

My in-laws need a new computer - nothing swish as it's just email, office, web browsing as you'd expect.