BecexTech NZ (Website Review)

Hi everyone, today I received my Canon PowerShot G7 X that I ordered from BecexTech NZ. Before I review the camera, I just wanted to do a review on the company first for people who may be wanting to know if they should trust this company or not.

So I ordered this camera from this site because I saw that it was cheap, and got good ratings so I decided to take a chance. There were many extras in buying the camera including extra battery, extended warranty, postage insurance etc. I bought an extra battery and spent on the postage insurance(though I'm wondering if it was even necessary). It took about a week for the order to process and ship off and arrived within 3 days. It got caught up by customs today, but I was able to manage the situation and it arrived today :)

First off I I have to say that I was a bit worried about the transaction process of buying from this item. They sent an order confirmation letter saying that the order was processing, and another one saying that they sent off the item(s) so that's pretty good. And processing was relatively fast, including postage.

The negatives from this site is that they order items from Hong Kong (might be from some other places too) but instead of stock on shelves, they order overseas, this means that you have a chance of needing to pay GST. When I bought from this website I thought that I would not need to deal with GST because it seemed like a NZ company, but because the items are shipped from oversea
Overall I'm not quite sure I would buy from this company again due to the GST risk, bus, you do deal with GST, that is the main negative thing I think you must consider when buying from this website. They also forgot to send my extra battery so I am following up on their customer service on this so I'll keep you guys posted. But if you are looking to take a risk on GST then why not? This company is one of the cheapest out there online in NZ.

Miccostumes DBZ Cosplay Outfit Review

Here I review the DBZ cosplay outfit from Miccostumes! Hope it's informative for you guys! Happy Easter!

DVD Conversions

Hey everyone, quick post, but I would like to say good things about a company called DVD conversions who have successfully spliced and converted my VHS which I have left untouched after almost 10 years. I didn't expect any less of them actually, but they brought more than I expected. I'm not quite sure what they did but from what I remember when I was around 8, the tape was in pretty bad condition as the images kept scrolling round and round on the VHS player, so I wasn't able to make anything clear out, and from some parts of the VHS I remember there were some heavy snow noise which showed up on the tape, but can't be seen on the VHS convert so I am very happy!! Now you may be living in New Zealand and want a tape converted and or spliced or even cleaned. I believe they do a lot of things, and not just VHS tapes. I myself had been looking for someone who could splice the tape for me but wasn't able to find a company for 2-3 years because I was too scared to convert the tape myself, though I have tried it once, and it failed. Overall they have done a fantastic job, go check them out!

DVD Conversions Website Link

Nickelodeon DVD Series (Product Review)

Hi everyone, I thought it was time to review the Nickelodeon DVD releases by Beyond Home Entertainment. I currently have bought 3 different shows: Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys and Hey Arnold. So Beyond Home Entertainment have been releasing box set collections for quite a while. They have definitely improved from the original Pokemon box sets that's for sure, but there's some room for improvement, so let's review!

So the typical set is a cardboard outside with a plastic casing inside with push cases. There's one thing I don't like about the cardboard case, and that is that there's no sort of slip cover to go over this case, so it sort of just flings open whenever which I think makes it seem a bit more cheaper because usually set designs like these have some sort of slip over these cases. I have seen a different design though, they were just the usual DVD cases, nothing special.

As for the contents inside, they have nicely separated each season out into 3-5 discs usually. Aspect ratio is in its usual form, and you can tell they restored the shows well as grain isn't as evident, and shakiness isn't that present. For Rugrats though, I did notice that the colours were a bit dull for my liking, though I seem to recall it being the usual dull colour. So far I have not seen any errors too which is good. Some of the Pokemon box sets had errors, though I think most of those errors came from the design of the cases which ultimately caused problems on some of the discs.

Overall these Nickelodeon DVD series released by Beyond Home Entertainment is pretty good. Like a lot of people, I'm waiting on Blu-Ray releases for full 1080 HD. I feel like I'm missing something, but I'll update if I remember what it was. I just hope that they release other childhood titles! Well until next time, bye!

Off The Back (Website Review)

Hi everyone, today I'm reviewing another website. This website is called "Off the Back". Basically this is a daily deals site. Because it's a daily deal site there's not much to say product wise. So it goes on for 24 hours, and there's select stock on what items they sell.  They have some really cheap products on sale, but what lets this site down is no free shipping. It costs usually $5-$6 for post which can be a bit pricey when you're buying one tiny item. Also transaction time varies, but one item took around 1 week to process, but postage is pretty fast. It's delivered within the day or the day after. Overall it's an ok site I guess. I haven't dealt with any problems yet to know how their customer service is like.

Fountain Speakers (Review)

Hi everyone, this is a bit of a different review but I got the awesome Fountain Speakers!(there's a few different variations in names but this is the one I like the most. This is just a bit of an overview of what I think of them.

So you get 2 speakers which connect together and operate by USB, so no batteries. At first when I tried them, I thought they were broken because the lights were on, but the water wasn't moving around. I later found out that you need to turn up the music loud, and when I mean loud I mean 50+ in volume so these speakers are not for playing in your own little room for your ears only, but for blasting up LOUD!!! If the music has a really deep bass beat, then it might work better, but still the music needs to be loud.

I also found the audio sounding a bit bad, like it wasn't as crisp as you might usually hear with the usual speakers, but it's not too much of a problem I don't think, unless you're one of those people who really need the quality of audio. I have to say that overall, they're a bit cheap, though I would have liked a bass control to control the water, that'd be nice, and or a volume button. Even a button to change the lights, that'd be awesome! Actually mine is a made in China brand so it could be why??

Overall not bad at all, what will they invent next??!!

Light Show Fountain Speakers from ThinkGeek, Uploaded by ThinkGeek on Dec 4, 2012

Fujifilm Instax Instant Camera (Camera Review)

Just a quick review on the camera. I got given it on Saturday, and started to quickly get used to it.
I myself have studied photography so I know a bit about cameras. Here I will just quickly talk about what I like/ dislike about this camera etc. I don't have much time today, and almost ran out of time today. ><

Anyway, the photos are a bit rectangular, not square as you may thing, but that's alright. You load a pack of 10 in the camera. It does take a lot of double A batteries though so they could have done a battery pack or something for it?? The camera is very basic though, just a button to take the picture, and a few light settings, so like indoor, outdoor, sunny lighting etc. I'm not quite sure if it can take a picture without a flash though, though pictures can become dark when the camera is far away because the flash doesn't reach the people/ person/ thing.

I wish that you could have the option to manually focus though(if it can then I need to take a look at it) But I really like this camera anyway. It's really fun and addicting to just snap pictures. Cost cam be a problem. I bought a 50 pack for $50 which was not too bad, but it can be more expensive.

Overall it's a pretty good, simple camera. Sorry, this blog was rushed, I may edit or do another one in the future. Well until then, bye!