Advantages: Incredible sound from such a small unit, good build quality Disadvantages: Price
I bought this unit in November this year. There are two models, the original sound dock which I think is about £199 and the second generation one (the one I bought) which was £279 from John Lewis. The second generation one is basically the same as the first except:
a) it has a rechargeable battery
b) it has a swing out dock
c) it has an auxiliary (3.5mm) jack input
If you just want a basic model, then go for the first gen one. I got the second gen one because I thought the battery was a useful addition as is the auxiliary 3.5mm input - I have mine connected to an apple airport express that streams itunes from my laptop to my bedroom although I have used it in a friends house with my ipod too.
The sound quality is good for its size which is about the same as a hardback book and it weighs in at about 1 kilo. You can take ...
Advantages: Great soundtrack, thorougly enjoyable from start to finish Disadvantages: None
Nathaniel is eventually taken by the Martians.
*Brave New World*
Performed by David Essex. The journalist head to London and on the way meets an artilleryman. The artilleryman has a plan to build a brave new world underground away from the Martians. The journalist realises its just a pipe dream and continues on his way to London.
When he reaches London the city is deserted, the cry of Ulla from the Martian sounds strange. The Martians are dying, killed not by man and their technology, but by invisible bacteria.
Finally the album ends in the present day, NASA have landed on Mars. Suddenly the communications begin to fail, and a green streak is seen heading from Mars to Earth......then suddenly there is silence.
~My Thoughts~
Needless to say I love this album. It is the only vinyl record I have left from my collection, although I cannot ...
Advantages: Sleek design, intuitive controls. Superb graphics, even on a normal telly. Disadvantages: Will only run certain X-Box 1 games, online play must be paid for.
The first next-generation console to be released, beating the Playstation 3 to market by a year or so, the X-Box 360 is a superb bit of kit. It's a sleek-looking machine that sits neatly on top of your TV or DVD player, although it has to be said that the unit's power supply is slightly more clunky looking and is best placed out of view.
Being a fairly new console, the 360's gaming library is fairly limited, but those games that have been released look superb, even on a normal telly. I'd recommend checking out stealth game Hitman: Blood Money, sprawling role-playing game The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and, if you're a racing fan, Burnout 3 or Project Gotham Racing.
All of these games are hugely entertaining, the latter two supporting online play, through the X-Box Live system. Although it does costs forty pounds a year to use ...