New Zealand - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

[patches]

Thanx for sharing Patches, that one is also on my short list (now) :-)

 

I am also a sucker for Android, which is why I am leaning towards the TCL 6 Series 65", which has Android with the great Roku system on.

 

Basically the following reviews are why I am considering for the first time ever to go with something other than Samsung.

 

https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17417402/tcl-6-series-tv-review-4k-hdr-dolby-vision-price-specs

https://www.cnet.com/reviews/tcl-55r615-2018-roku-tv-review/

https://www.techradar.com/au/reviews/tcl-6-series-r615-r617

 

 

But, this is always a personal choice, so not trying to convince you of anything here FYI.

Like buying a bike .......buy what you like, use it and be happy 

 

Yeah I have seen the TCL brand popping up more and more often. Last week I was in Hawaii and saw a number of them at Walmart. Looked pretty swish! And the Roku system has great reviews. I was seriously considering bringing back a Roku box, but then I have to get a DNS proxy etc to fully take advantage of it. A bit too advanced for my limited IT skills.

 

As for Android TV's though... yup! huge fan! Currently have a 43" Sony 1080p Android TV and it works great.

[dirtypot]

Come here to read about NZ, end up looking at reviews for TV's I don't need for half an hour....

[Rocket-Boy]

Come here to read about NZ, end up looking at reviews for TV's I don't need for half an hour....

You just saved me going down the same road. I was thinking "dont need a new tv but lets look anyway"

[WrightJnr]

I’ve just bought the 55” version of that Sony here in Dubai. Great TV, super impressed considering what some people spend on TV’s here I feel like I stole it!!

 

Really good TV, hope the price starts to come back to you.

[MrJacques]

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Edited April 5, 2019 by Jacquers

[davetapson]

Yeah I have seen the TCL brand popping up more and more often. Last week I was in Hawaii and saw a number of them at Walmart. Looked pretty swish! And the Roku system has great reviews. I was seriously considering bringing back a Roku box, but then I have to get a DNS proxy etc to fully take advantage of it. A bit too advanced for my limited IT skills.

 

As for Android TV's though... yup! huge fan! Currently have a 43" Sony 1080p Android TV and it works great.

 

Got completely fed up with not being able to use the Netflix app in NZ - seems to be blocked, certainly on LG tv's anyway.  So cracked and bought vpn via vpnplus (I think) - cost somewhere about $60/yr, followed the instructions and viola, our tv thinks it's back in SA and downloaded the app.

 

It's not that hard - can give you a hand if you'd like to give it a go.

[davetapson]

Has anyone moved their RA's SA -> Kiwi Saver themselves i.e. not as part of Financial Emigration?

 

Apparently it can be done prior to FE, as long as you are resident in NZ.

[Stretch]

Has anyone moved their RA's SA -> Kiwi Saver themselves i.e. not as part of Financial Emigration?

 

Apparently it can be done prior to FE, as long as you are resident in NZ.

I enquired about moving mine to Ireland and they told me to take a jump

[Zatopek]

Got completely fed up with not being able to use the Netflix app in NZ - seems to be blocked, certainly on LG tv's anyway.  So cracked and bought vpn via vpnplus (I think) - cost somewhere about $60/yr, followed the instructions and viola, our tv thinks it's back in SA and downloaded the app.

 

It's not that hard - can give you a hand if you'd like to give it a go.

The LG Smart TV's have region codes that stop Netflix when you move outside that region. I had to change the code on our SA bought LG to 'Australia' to get it to load Netflix. One can only do it via advance admin settings using a special remote that only LG technicians have access to it seems (but don't want to help you) or using (buy, but cheap) an Android phone app that someone wrote - note the phone need to have an infrared port. It was painful, but I got it working. I wont bring a regionally locked TV along with me the next time I move....

[davetapson]

The LG Smart TV's have region codes that stop Netflix when you move outside that region. I had to change the code on our SA bought LG to 'Australia' to get it to load Netflix. One can only do it via advance admin settings using a special remote that only LG technicians have access to it seems (but don't want to help you) or using (buy, but cheap) an Android phone app that someone wrote - note the phone need to have an infrared port. It was painful, but I got it working. I wont bring a regionally locked TV along with me the next time I move....

 

Ah.  Ok, that makes sense.

 

No, me either, but then again figuring out if the TV was regionally locked wasn't high on the list of priorities when I bought it... 

[davetapson]

A bad: being a law-abiding country, pharmacists don't have secret ingredient 'gout bombs' under the counter.  

 

Go to the doctor they say.  Yep, but a doctor probably wouldn't prescribe to you whatever they put in those bombs.

 

Pharmacological strangenesses: you can't buy Advil CS without a prescription.  Apparently there was a local industry of turning it into methanphetamine or something.

And you can't get colchacine(?) without a script...

 

And at $50+ a visit, makes buying a pack of Advil CS/Colchacine an expensive business.

[hayleyearth]

A bad: being a law-abiding country, pharmacists don't have secret ingredient 'gout bombs' under the counter.  

 

Go to the doctor they say.  Yep, but a doctor probably wouldn't prescribe to you whatever they put in those bombs.

 

Pharmacological strangenesses: you can't buy Advil CS without a prescription.  Apparently there was a local industry of turning it into methanphetamine or something.

And you can't get colchacine(?) without a script...

 

And at $50+ a visit, makes buying a pack of Advil CS/Colchacine an expensive business.

 

Aren't you registered at a gp?

If you are, change your gp, because that's a rip off for visits! I pay $18, if medicine is needed it's usually included (some pharmacy's don't charge the $5).

[davetapson]

Aren't you registered at a gp?

If you are, change your gp, because that's a rip off for visits! I pay $18, if medicine is needed it's usually included (some pharmacy's don't charge the $5).

 

Yeh - that's what the GP charges - $52 or something, and $5 for the pharmacy.

 

I need to check this out...

[Herman V]

Aren't you registered at a gp?

If you are, change your gp, because that's a rip off for visits! I pay $18, if medicine is needed it's usually included (some pharmacy's don't charge the $5).

Where is this? We also pay $50 per visit.

[MrJacques]

South Africa’s first ever e-visas are now available in New Zealand – visitors can now print visas out at home

 

https://www.businessinsider.co.za/south-africa-e-visas-implemented-new-zealand-western-cape-tourism-numbers-climb-2019-4

Edited April 9, 2019 by Jacquers

[Saag]

So do we ($50), on the Whangaparaoa peninsula. Know of two other families paying the same.