Promac DVD Player Service Center

Being a really frugal pinoy that I am, I finally found the time to buy my first DVD player. The first player I bought was a VCD player but I gave it as a gift to my parents in Paete, Laguna, and not for my own use a few years back.

While snooping around at SM Appliance Center in SM North EDSA, I saw the cheapest one was the Promac DVD player was the cheapest DVD player on display at PhP1850 and what attracted me to it is that I know it's a Philippine-made player-- I prefer Filipino-made products as much as I can without sacrificng quality. Despite futile attempts by people trying to influence my decision (and thus earn commissions).

I bought the Promac DVD-N3652U model that comes with a 5.1ch Audio output with USB port for viewing pictures in a USB thumbdrive or memory card using a card reader. I can play MPEG4, DVD, MP3, Karaoke, CD, JPEG and also decode Dolby digital sound.

Before buying the unit, I called up an officemate of mine who has the same unit and got favorable feedback from an actual user that also prompted me to buy the unit.

Sadly, after a week, my DVD player acted up by not ejecting the loaded CD. I called up Promac customer service number printed on the manual and got information that I can take the unit to their service center in Quiapo (Evangelista St near Raon) or near to my place in Barangay Manresa Quezon City at the corner of Biak na Bato and Panalturan Streets. I decided to have it serviced at the Manresa site where I discovered it's an unassuming place with no signage but a red gate. I got my unit back after a week (can't get it during weekdays due to work) without paying anyhting since it's still under warranty.

With this experience, I don't stereotype Promac as a cheap electronics company. I may have gotten a lemon in my DVD player but I also saw branded electronics items malfunction after a few days in my years of being an electronincs hobbyist/technician before becoming an electronics engineer by profession.

Promac started out as Maclin electronics and I still remember Maclin "transistor" radios from the 80s with wooden cabinets. My wish for them is to continue innovating and improve product quality to penetrate the highly competitive world of consumer electronics and perhaps one day become a global brand.

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to get to Promac Service Center in Manresa, Quezon City, it's on Biak-na-bato street near C3 road. if you know the way to Sto Domingo Church on Quezon Avenue, just turn right on Biak-na-bato St coming from Sto. Domingo St then drive straight until you reach Panalturan St. Knock on the red steel gate on the warehouse on your left side.

LoadXtreme Resurrects and Now Owned by Vmobile Technologies

A friend of mine who took a dive and invested his hard-earned money last year to a networking firm LoadXtreme that primarily sells cellphone loads, Internet cards and other stuff using a single retailer SIM card.

Bad news is that after just a few weeks, LoadXtreme suffered frequent downtimes and once shut down that appeared to be for good. No official word came out from the owners until a few days ago, after months of "darkness," when an SMS message suddenly appeared out of limbo.

The four part text message goes:

"Good News! LoadXtreme is back and is now under the management of VMobile Technologies, Inc. owned by a leading investment banking company. Migrate your account now!

To migrate your LX ID, type PLX VMOB // (Smart, Globe, TM, Sun, TnT) and send to 0921-5500078(S)/0916-7534744(G)/0922-9995555(Sun).

New depository bank accounts (next day credit):
BDO(464-006-2675),
BPI (4021-0110-91)
Bills Payment (same day credit)
Unionbank (VMOBILE)

Please include your ID#

Visit www.loadxtreme.ph or call 706.3818-19 for details.

(NEW) Sell AXS card for MRT rides and reload AXS via LX. Email us at loadxtreme@vmobile.com.ph"

I can only say that LoadXtreme is really insensitive to all their clients due to lack of official statement from them regarding their absence and also this resurrection. They owe a lot of explanation for this. They just can't send a message to all their distributors and retailers that who were left in the dark. How about the lost deposits of people during the unexplained downtimes? They can't even name the investment bank behind their re-opening for due diligence.

I have to warn them though, there's an upcoming BSP circular that aims to regulate emoney/e-wallet systems like theirs. Prepare for stringent regulations, anti-money laundering controls and KYC stuff.

LoadXtreme, shape up lest people tag you as a fly-by-night scam!

Juday on Meralco Systems Loss

Such pathetic TV and radio commercial, might be trimedia since I don't know if they have it on print, where Judy Ann Santos tries to explain the current issue of systems loss on-passed to hapless consumers using a simple ice analogy.

To Meralco, I don't think people are that stupid to fall for your cheap analogy. Many Filipinos may be ignorant and watch lame telenovelas with lame twists and predictable story lines. Comparing systems loss to selling ice won't cut it since it's much more than melted ice that's the problem, that can't be compressed in 30 second commercial ad that's why hours and hours were spent on explaining the problem in senate hearings.

Lastly to Juday, was the paycheck really too hard to resist that's why you accepted to "explain" to the people the inexplicably high electric bills these days?

Free Big Black Security Shirts Jackets Hats

Ever the information security officer that I am, i'm always on the lookout for the latest trends and happenings on the security front. While fiddling with Google Trends, i found a keyword peaking with Big Black Security

It seems Big Black, Christopher Boykin in real life, is really a celebrity security guard with his 6'6" and 414 pounds frame, almost four times my own weight, stars in the MTV Reality Hit show "Rob and Big".


Now I can't even wear those supersize shirts, jackets and hats if they come in small sizes, but if anyone can give me one for free, that's another story, even if I'm not black and not really BIG! :P