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Rose Bud

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Wordless Wednesday

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Just Joey, Hybrid Tea Rose – bud

I received a number of fantastic comments on this photo today. Thank you very much. It’s a beautiful rose, with a light fragrance. As you can see from the photo above it’s lovely even when it’s just a bud about to open and I can tell you that Just Joey is even more beautiful when it’s fully open. It’s a large flower with 25 to 30 petals I believe. The only unfortunately thing about this rose is that the blooms don’t last long – perhaps three days in warm weather, and 5 in cool weather. Some of the other roses that I grow are much longer lasting.

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Get the most out of your large screen TV

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I have a large screen TV, mine is a DLP, and I’ve just come across the PixelProtector – Screen Burn Removal and Dead Pixel Fixer, and I think I’m going to take a serious look at this product.

This is a product- on DVD, that’s designed for owners of LCD, Plasma and rear- projection flat screen televisions. A wide range of tools are used to measure your sets image quality and range of formats and resolutions. The software uses test signals that allow you to adjust you screens picture to it’s full potential. It’s hard to see with your own eye if you have any colour bleed, or dot crawl, but using the information provided on the DVD you’ll be able to calibrate your picture and remove these errors. With this DVD and it’s test signals you can fix screen burn, and dead pixels.

I remember when I was doing some research before we decided to purchase our DLP tv, that I read about similar software on some forums. At that time I don’t think there was a product that you could actually purchase to assist with calibrating your picture and image quality. I think most of the software being discussed were programs created by some of the techie users. Perhaps one of those people even created the Pixelprotector software that I’m telling you about now. This really is a complete video test reference and maintenance tool.

These types of TVs are expensive. It’s worth having a DVD that helps you make sure that your picture is of the best quality isn’t it? After all you paid a lot of money to have that fantastic picture- why not be sure that that’s what you’re getting?

Here’s what Pixelprotector.com has to say about their product:

Whether your screen is new or you purchased your TV 3 or more years ago, PixelProtector is an essential tool for removing screen burn, correctly calibrating the screen for optimal performance and gaining the best possible picture your unit
has to offer.

Check it out if you are a large screen TV owner.

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