[mythtvnz] Debating the ionitx - single or dual core?

[Steve Hodge]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Dylan Hall <dylan at deedums.com> wrote:

>  On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 17:10 +1300, Douglas Pearless wrote:
>
> Here are some examples:
>
>
> http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productResults.asp?whichpage=2&pagesize=10&keywords=balun&form=KEYWORD
>
> I am using 4 of these:
> http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=QC3423&keywords=balun&form=KEYWORD (I
> got them a LOT cheaper than this) and as they only use 2 pairs of the 4
> pairs in a cat 5 cable, I am using a cat5 combiner/splitter at each end to
> map the 2 x 2 pairs for the 2 baluns to the 4 pairs in the cat 5per
> http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=YT6090&keywords=cat5&form=KEYWORD but
> again, I paid only a few dollars for these.
>
>
>> Have a hunt around DealExtreme, e.g.
> http://www.dealextreme.com/search.dx/search.balun
>
> I've not used their baluns so I can't comment on their quality, but they're
> *much* more reasonably priced :)
>

Definitely don't buy anything from Jaycar (or DSE) without shopping around.
I used to assume Jaycar were generally good value until I noticed this power
meter:
http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=MS6115
$36 from Jaycar, $25 from DSE, and $20 from the Warehouse. Exact same model.
That's a huge difference.

Cheers,
Steve
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