Author Archives: andy dingfelder

About andy dingfelder

Andy is a CISO/CTO in the fintech sector with over 20 years of experience in Software Delivery and Team Leadership in multiple industry domains. Master's Degree (MPA) in Public Administration Information Systems and over 10 years of board governance experience for multiple organisations. Full bio is available at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dingfelder and links available at https://linktr.ee//dingfelder or follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/dingfelder. Andy lives in the Wellington region, New Zealand with his wife and two daughters.

Welcome to Dingfelder.org

Posted on May 24, 2025 by andy dingfelder

Dingfelder.org is the place for Dingfelders around the world to meet and connect. Be sure to visit the online Dingfelder family tree and the Dingfelder discussion forums where you can meet and chat with other Dingfelders. Cheers, Andy Dingfelder  

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I got my tuner card

Posted on February 7, 2018 by andy dingfelder

In the next phase of my mediaPC project, I bought a tuner card today – I selected a WinTV-dualHD TV Tuner, because of the following reasons: the price was reasonable – about 100$ from PBTech It is supported by Plex for live-tv.  … Continue reading →

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selected my media-box

Posted on February 6, 2018 by andy dingfelder

After much back and forth, I have selected my Media Centre aka TVBox I ended up choosing the fastest AndroidTV solution on the market that I could find. Here it is:  the H96 Max I did a lot of research … Continue reading →

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selected a system

Posted on February 5, 2018 by andy dingfelder

I believe I am done looking at cord cutting solutions. There are many solutions out there, and they all claim to be superior.  Basically it comes down to the following requirements:  Need a media box of some sort.  Could be … Continue reading →

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You need a VPN

Posted on February 3, 2018 by andy dingfelder

You probably need a VPN. Do you have any idea how many details of your life is transmitted over the inherently insecure internet?  There is a huge array of forces pitted against your privacy, including (foreign and/or domestic) governments, ISPs … Continue reading →

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I know what I want for a device

Posted on January 28, 2018 by andy dingfelder

I’ve looked at a lot of devices now and I know what I want.  Must have: As fast of a chip as I can get.  At least 6-8 core, 64bit At least 3GB of (DDR3+) ram, prefer 4GB.  DDR4 would … Continue reading →

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confusing review of devices

Posted on January 28, 2018 by andy dingfelder

I’m still looking at Media PCs and selecting one is very confusing Trademe has a heap of AndroidTVs Very hard to weed through all these, and even within one product, there are variations some have different versions of firmware, I … Continue reading →

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NZ Freeview channels

Posted on January 26, 2018 by andy dingfelder

Someone asked me today what channels you will get on NZ Freeview. I found a list: Using a Sat dish, the list is much smaller, and not in High Definition quality:  

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NZ Freeview

Posted on January 25, 2018 by andy dingfelder

I’ve been looking at NZ Freeview, to see if I will get reception. It looks like you can get High Definition Freeview only over the air (via a Digital antenna) The alternative is using a satellite dish, but that doesnt … Continue reading →

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Cutting the Cord

Posted on January 23, 2018 by andy dingfelder

I’ve been looking at cord-cutting solutions, as I want to get rid of Sky TV which costs over 60$ a month. The plan is to get a media box and do a combination of streaming services (as we have a … Continue reading →

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