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None of the Mentioned Downsides
The Sennheiser RS120 is a very good wireless headset. As I read the reviews, I was thinking I would get a 'so-so' product. But, I experieced none of the issues that some other people reported. I found the tuning to right on for stereo from my LCD TV. The bass and stereo separation was very good for a wireless headset. I had no difficulty separating the volume and tuning controls, even though they are both located behind the right ear. I experienced no interference when I walked away from the sound source and was able to move about my home with no difficulties hearing the audio. They are a little uncomfortable when lying in bed listening to the TV; but can be overcome easily. I recommend the Sennheiser RS120 to anyone looking for a middle of the road (not too expensive and not too cheap) wireless headset with very good audio. | 45 stars
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excellent
This product is great. i am very pleased on how i received my product quickly. | 45 stars
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This is an amazing Product
I just can't ask more... a slim n sleek, stylish and fat capacity device... don't dream to have more than this... an absolutely stunning look and performance... this one should get no less than 5 stars | 45 stars
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Exactly as represented
I wanted a headphone that had excellent sound but allowed me to hear external conversation and environmental cues. This certainly fit the bill. It is comfortable, has great acoustics and allows me to hear other things to be aware of my surroundings as I enjoy my iPod. | 45 stars
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Great Product
We have a DVD player in our minivan and I wanted to get something that we could use in my car. I found this at BestBuy and decided to get it b/c the form factor is exactly what I wanted. For the price, you can't beat it. Plus it comes with all you need to install in a vehicle. | 45 stars
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Perfect for my needs
I don't do a lot of photography any more, but I love this unit, as it takes up where my built in flash' range ends, & fits my needs perfectly. | 45 stars
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DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY
A terrible product for several reasons:- As others have said, the battery does not hold a charge.- It cannot be used outdoors; it over exposes every shot. Even when used indoors on a sunny day, the photos are a huge white glare.- Close-up photos are completely out of focus.This was one of the worst purchases I've ever made! | 01 star
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Excellent product..!! A+++
I have two of this Lexar Jump Drives and I'm very satisfied with the product, easy to use and with the appropiate accesories you'll be able to listen your music. | 45 stars
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Smokin deal
I own a Brother MFC-665CW and just received my order of cartridges. I've read some negative reviews so I was a little scared. I opened them up, plugged them in, and printed a test page. Everything is perfect so far. I'll write again if I start having issues. | 45 stars
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Ignore the reviews about about laptops slipping
These put me off buying this product at first. This was until I learnt Griffin has fixed the problem by adding clips to the end of each arm. This is a very clever addition and has given me peace of mind. Get this one, it's fantastic. | 45 stars
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Great Camera! Owned it for 7 years!
Take excellent pictures. I've taken it to vacations everywhere, domestic and overseas.Love the 10x optical zoom. 3.2MP is good enough for me since I don't do prints much, mostly facebook and other online picture sharing.It has a tripod mounting screw socket at the bottom, which is great for taking professional shots without blurs.Too bad it only has a small built-in display, i think it's around 1.5" compare to 3" these days.Uses 4x AA batteries, NiMH rechargeables last a long time.Can also take motion videos, pretty good quality and light levels.Just wish it fits in my pants' pockets. =) | 45 stars
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works with esx server
adapter works great with vmware esx 3.5 and esxi 3.5... running it for 3 months to connect an LTO2 tape drive to a virtual machine, no problems | 45 stars
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5 Stars so far
12 outlets are a nice feature when you have a lot of products that you need to provide power for. I just hope it does not get put to the test from a lightning strike, if it does and fails to do it's job I will let everyone know about it. | 45 stars
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Half and Half
I was really excited to get these headphones because of the DJ brand, specs, and looks, but when I got them, I was kind of disappointed.Cons: Right off the bat, the bass was a total turn off. Sure I wasn't expecting some mad thumping, bringing down the house type of bass, but a friend gave me a pair of Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 and the bass was deeper with those than the DJX-05. That's right MICROSOFT beat these. That's total embarrassment I would say. The Microsoft ones didn't even have any specifications on them when I looked it up. Gemini advertised these as having 50mm high-output drivers (not sure if it's made of neodymium magnets or not) so I was expecting something higher than consumer level headphones. These sound generic. I messed with the equalizer and when I raised the bass portion, the sound begins to crack or distort.Minor Con: The cups slightly squeeze my head giving a small pressure to them. I imagined it would give me a headache after long uses. I tried them on for an hour and surprisingly, it just felt the same. Small pressure. The reason why I bring this up is because my head is small compared to other people, so this may or may not hurt for people with larger heads.Pros: The round cups provide great sound insulation. If people talked in the background, I couldn't understand what they were saying because their voices were muffled. Really smooth leather. Completely fits over my small ears with more room. The cups twist for a more comfortable fit. Just looking at these people will probably think you're hardcore with audio or DJ-ing. The mid and high ranges are nice and clear.I love the coil cord. When you tap on it, the sound is not echoed to the cups, although there's only 1.25 foot of the coil. from the coil right to the cups is a straight 2.5 foot wire, so i hear noise if i bump it. The cord is also detachable at the cups so if you get tangled up (which is hard to do because of the coil), you can just detach the cord. Gold plated ends.Comments: These headphones cover the basic human hearing of 20Hz - 20 KHz I'm still bummed out about the bass. I'm hoping maybe I could "break" into them and the bass will eventually come. | 23 stars
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So much better than my old HP
I've always had an HP home office printer (standard and multi-functions) because they were suppose to be the best. After 10 years, I literally put my foot through the top of my scanner. I couldn't take the buggy software anymore! It didn't matter what I did, I couldn't get the scanner software to work reliably and near the end, the printer would only print one page at a time.After a TON of research, including many HPs, I picked the PIXMA MP760. I can't tell you how much better this printer is than any HP printer I've EVER owned. Not only does it print amazingly fast, the photos and documents look great. The scanner works like a charm and automatically creates docs as a PDF (a very nice and unexpected bonus). The copier is one touch, fast and clear.After a month, I am now a very loyal Canon customer. I love this printer! | 45 stars
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Wonderful
I have used both the USB and parallel port of this camera, and for the price you can't beat this!Good pictures even in low-light, it's a little annoying to adjust the focus yourself, but it's not a huge hassel.I suggest getting some of the lenses to go with this as well, they're definatly a big help! | 45 stars
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First Day Review - Not Impressed
Today is my first day with Camera. Still to explore many features. But First day opinion is Not Impressed. Photos are a bit dark. Night mode adds lot of blurr.Will explore this for 2 more days before returning it.But Amazon service is fast. I opted for two day shipping but I got it in one day. The Amazon packaging is bad.Will edit this review after 3 days after exploring for some more time. | 23 stars
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DO NOT BUY!
Do not buy these, they are good looking but flimsy junk. I should have known when when I opened the first pair (in the store) and noticed that one of the barrels was severely bent sideways. "Bad batch" I thought, and asked for another pair, which focused correctly, etc. Sometime in the next month they took a little banging somewhere, nothing major, but suddenly they were out of alignment. One of the plates that the front barrels mount on had just popped out, they are not even screwed on really, just pressed in or something. I sent them back to Bushnell but as they were out of warranty they wanted $56 to repair, I told them they could trash them. It will be a happy day when it will be too expensive for these big companies to make their junk in China and sell it here. Things may get more expensive to buy, but at least they will be local where they will have to up their standards or face the market consequences. | 01 star
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$10 Bucks For Customer Support
The user guide was no help, unless you have a Generic setup. All I needed to do was to set the SSID in the stupid part. Then, when I called up Linksys for support, I spent 10 bucks to download a program, and save THEM time and money.Let me repeat. It cost me $10 so that Cisco can save money. I guess there's a sucker born every minute. Me.Next time, I look for FREE support. For goodness sakes, I spent good money to buy the stupid router. | 01 star
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A Great Value
I am very impressed with the features and function design of this unit, though it may take a little hands on use to aquire familiararity with all the user options ,it is simple in basic operations. The audio is clear and pleasant, I live in semi remote area I dubb as a dead zone for reception and I get three weather channels and most fm signals.I feel this is a great value in a very portable radio. | 45 stars
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My old Logitech laser system was a 5 star
The key board is just fine on this system.The mouse is much to small and inconvenient for my hand size. | 23 stars
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GREAT PRICE!
I can't believe I've been paying about twenty bucks for cassette adapters that only lasted a few months. I got this for such a great price. Even if it only lasts a year, it'll still be worth it. I've had this one for a while now. So far so good! | 45 stars
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Works as described
Arrived on time. It works perfectly like it is supposed to. Was quick and easy to setup. It is a good value for the price and cheaper here than retail stores. Only down side it like many others have said before cables are pretty short but i made it work. | 45 stars
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One of the best digital cameras ever made!
I've had my camera for over a year after picking one up on eBay, and it is the best digital camera I've ever used (and I've used a lot).First of all, I totally agree with other reviewers here about how this camera quells the notion that more megapixels is better. I wouldn't know what to do with them if I had them. This camera consistently produces "film quality" prints. Color saturation and tone are excellent, as well as is sharpness.Having an image stabilized Leica lens with a 12x zoom is what really sets this camera apart from the competition. You're never too far away from your subject with this excellent lens.The lens is only half the story because coupled to it is an equally, fantastic CCD imaging system. The time to turn the camera on, shoot a photo, and store it to memory is the quickest I've experienced since my first digital camera: a little Fuji Finepix A101 (which is a simple, point-and-click 2 megapixel camera).Speaking of my Finepix A101, I've taken photos with it and printed off 8 x 10's that many people would swear was taken with an expensive SLR film camera. To put it bluntly, the quality of the photographer also has a lot to do with what you get from a digital camera. I am an amateur photographer -- whatever that means.Despite the many features of the FZ1, I would recommend it for a beginner, but only if the beginner has already had some experience with film cameras and at least knows how to compose a picture with proper lighting and framing. A few beginners may be intimidated by it, but they shouldn't be: just put it on the "heart" setting and fire away to your "heart's" content.The biggest weakness of ALL digital cameras is flash photography. There is no way the dinky, little flashes that come with them can do a decent job. They all tend to wash out images. Unfortunately, this camera does not have a hot shoe to allow the addition of an external flash. Photos taken with its flash will only be acceptable if there is sufficient ambient light to begin with. My advice is to avoid flash wherever possible: instead, take advantage of its fast lens, set the ISO to 400, and use available lighting.Low lighting is problematic for the FZ1 as there is no infrared assist. What I do is to either point-and-shoot, and hope for the best, or lock my focus on something bright that is the same distance away as my subject.Except for those situations where lighting is poor, this camera will take perfectly balanced shots under most lighting conditions. If you have to use flash, well, then, use it.If you can find a better camera than the FZ1 for the same money, by all means, buy it, but I seriously doubt you will. The FZ1 is as good as it gets! | 45 stars
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Great trackpoint set!
Before I looked at these replacement trackpoints, I thought they were only available from the manufacturer. These are not only an excellent value for the $$, but I also have a choice of three different shapes. And they fit properly on the track without falling off. Very prompt shipping too....I'm happy. | 45 stars
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It Worked...
But unfortunately I needed it for a Super Nintendo, which it didn't fit. Well, I found the original SNES adapter and spliced it with this one, and it powered my SNES well, too bad my SNES had already decayed to the point that it won't play most games, and confuse input on the ones that it does :'( This product worked very well though. | 45 stars
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No off switch
This worked well as a NOAA Weather Radio. My big complaint is that there is no OFF switch so it burns thru batteries much too fast. | 23 stars
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Like a Gem!
Fits my sb600 Nikon speedlight well, does not fall off. Provides a great tone on skin, which is where I mostly needed this product. | 34 stars
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Works as advertised
The setup of the hardware and software was quite straightforward. Though I am a tech savvy person, I actually bothered to read the instructions and found that they were quite complete.The conversion is a two-step process - you initially record your albums in raw digital format and then convert them to the "real world" format of your choice - e.g. CD, MP3 etc.(You don't necessarily have to keep the original raw recordings as they can take up quite a bit of space.)CD digital conversion is supported out of the box but you will need to download a conversion add-in for MP3 - the one suggested by the Audacity software worked fine for me.The Audacity software works well - see my notes below to help you optimize your experience.Some things to keep in mind when converting your records to digital format:The physical condition of the record can make a huge difference in the amount of noise. If you can, (in case you've forgotten about this practice) make sure you clean your records before you play them.Even if your records are in great shape, digital recordings made with this turntable can reveal poor quality in the original recording. This is particulary true if you choose to record in CD quality WAV or high-bit-rate MP3).The Audacity software lets you create CD quality (actually Super Audio CD quality) WAV files as well as ultra high bit rate MP3's. These files can get quite large. So, think about what you will be listening to your recordings on - if it's just your iPod, to save space you could get away with a lower quality conversion. If you intend to listen to your recordings on your home stereo, use a higher bit rate for MP3's or create CD quality WAV files and burn your own CDs.Use the "amplify" feature in the Audacity software to make sure your recordings are all at the same level - will save you turning the volume up and down.Quibble: It's too bad this version of the turntable doesn't have a dust cover. | 34 stars
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Inexpensive but Unreliable
The HighPoint RocketRaid 1820a was the only PCI-X SATA 8-port RAID controller card that I could find when I bought my first one several years ago. I put it in a Dell PowerEdge 1600SC with six 200GB drives using RAID 5 to get 1TB well before 1TB drives were available. I left that computer on 24/7 for years. Oddly, the RR1820a started failing after about 2 years. The drives kept testing good, but there was a particular drive that kept dropping out of the raid. After rebuilding the RAID a couple times, I replaced the drive. The brand new drive -- on the same SATA port -- also kept dropping, so I switched to one of the ports that I wasn't using. That worked for a couple months before the RR1820a failed entirely. (the drive that I removed continues to work in a desktop computer today -- years later -- with no issues.)Disappointed with a hardware failure on the RAID controller, but convinced it was a bizarre fluke, I bought another RR1820a -- largely in the hopes of recovering my data. The second controller did, in fact, salvage my array and all my data. This second card worked flawlessly for about 2 years, using 5 of the 6 original drives. After two years, however, the second RR1820a dropped drives twice. All of the drives still test good. After the first rebuild, it dropped three of the drives simultaneously... destroying the raid and losing all my data.In five years, two of these 1820a RAID controllers have gone bad, while the hard drives continue to work. If you think about the purpose of RAID, it's UTTERLY UNACCEPTABLE to have a RAID controller that has less than half the lifespan of any of the disks it controls. If you reflect on how reliable bus cards are, and how rarely one fails -- in my life four video cards (each failing because the fan burned out and the chip overheated) and these two raid controllers -- you simply have to question a solid state product with no moving parts that fails twice, in a consistent manner, for no discernable reason.This drive controls RAID arrays up to a maximum of 2TB in size (making this device somewhat outdated -- there are individual consumer disks of that size, now). Highpoint cites 2.5 Gbps throughput; I was always happy and impressed with the speed. When the card works, it seems to work pretty well with all of the main RAID functionality happening unintrusively. I was never "happy" with the UI on the RAID management software. It was a bit counter-intuitive, but definitely very usable. However, when the controller was working -- for years at a time -- there was no need to touch it.I was, in fact, able to recover my data after the catastrophic crash using DiskInternals RAID Recovery, which is fantastic software that's way overpriced... I guess you ultimately have to weigh the costs against the value of your data, and although it annoys me, it wasn't a hard decision. RAID 5 on the RR1820a uses an Asynchronous Left (3-2-1) Parity scheme, which is pretty normal (for anyone who needs such info for recovering drives). | 12 stars
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Works as Promised
It does what it says it will do. Not efficiently or quickly. My slides are difficult to load as they are "thick". The pictures are not necessarily photo quality photos. If what you are looking for is an archival form of viewable images, then this will work. I'm sure a professional would have far better results that I am getting. I don't care if the photos are not centered, don't care that you can't adjust to fill the entire photo frames and have pics that need cropping.If you are looking for professional pictures from slides, don't bother. Although, some of the ones I had done don't look any better than these. | 34 stars
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Get more than what you pay for
This is not a high end lens, but it's a nice pacifier until you can save up for the Zuiko 50-200mm :) It works good as a sunny day zoom lens. I use it with my E-1.Pros:- Price!- Small & lightweight- Great entry level for this zoom rangeCons:- Not very bright- Slow focusing- f/4.0 :(I recommend it, especially if you're not sure how much you'll use this zoom range. | 34 stars
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Great Product Great Price
This cable arrived in the mail on time. I am using this cable to connect a laptop to a TV and it works beautifully. I was using a VGA cable and speakers but I have now put them to better use. The picture quality is even better than viewing right from my laptop. Overall a great buy especially for the teeny tiny price. | 45 stars
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Great little media PC
I have been toying with hooking up a old laptop with Windows to my new HDTV screen, when the harddrive failed, I decided to try a mac-mini. I am very happy with the purchase, the integrated front row application lets you view pictures off of network drives, movies downloaded from Itunes and radio from Itunes. This was really killer, my wife has a home based business making purses and I created a picture show of her creations with music, this was the hit of the show.Pros: Small form factor, great softwareCons: Could follow what the laptop industry has done, add more memory by opening up a small compartment, not breaking into the thing with a putty knife.One last note, I have been a Windows/PC user for most of my life, conversion to this OS is not that hard. The software can be a bit expensive, but you can run some of the opensource products without a problem. | 45 stars
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Worth every penny....and almost costs pennies
You simply can't go wrong with this lens. It is fast and sharp and the price is unbeatable. It is difficult to use indoors on a digital SLR for much else then portraiture, but that is expected with the 1.6X multiplier. | 45 stars
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1 GHz memory card
Great memory card for the price. I would highly recommend | 45 stars
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very good
This is again a great product from sony. It is still only for xp and if you want to connect to vista you need to depend on other software which can compatible with vista. If you are buying for xp it is worth for the price and much better than the present web cameras in the market. | 45 stars
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Tough call, works great, why is toner so expensive?
So to be fair, this toner and it's printer work great and do exactly as they're supposed to. I get great copies and nice pictures when I need them. I can remember when dot-matrix was the only option so it I have no complaints inthat regard. If I have any complaint it's over the pricing of toner in general which isn't specific to this brand or type so I'll leave that out of this review as far as the rating. I'm only taking off 1 star because I tend to feel these don't last as long as some others I've had in the past-but that's entirely subjective- I've done no testing on it. | 34 stars
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Love this thing
This is one solid piece of hardware. Looks good, too. Attention given to appearance... I'm impressed. If you're a do-it-yourselfer... this is the job for you. If you think a stud finder is a talent scout for male models... maybe not for you.The wall mounting plate has six 1" horiz slots (3 on left, 3 on right) spaced for 16" studs (so studs can be 15-17" apart). I mention this because I had to deal with 18" separation... there went the afternoon! I bolted wood planks to the wall between the studs and mounted to those. There are mollies for sheet rock... but I didn't trust that. However, I can't say it wouldn't work because I didn't try it. Instructions didn't mention what minimum number of in-stud lag bolts are required.Instructions, on the whole, are lacking in detail. I suppose because every TV is different. The snapshots were great, and helped. e.g. They give you two kinds of spacers to use for mounting the tv to the universal mount brackets. But, all they say is to attach brackets to television using washers, screws, and spacers. That's it. You get to figure out which screw size & length and which spacers to use, and how. Again... because every TV is different. But, the pictures helped to show one method of installation which you can use as a reference. Eh... have a little puzzle fun! :) Note that they give you 10 sets of screws... one set is bound to fit your tv. Anyone want my other 9 sets of screws? They also included two sets of brackets which attach to the back of the TV... one short set & one long set... and you use whichever is appropriate for your TV. My TV mounting holes (four) were 15 3/4" x 15 3/4" square, which fit the long mounts just fine.Note that box says this is for a 32-45" TV, and I used this mount for a 52" TV. Why? My TV only weighs 70 lbs, so I'm well under the 125 lb limit. It worked great.Be sure to pilot the large lag-bolts, if you don't, the studs will crack. The do provide a heavy-paper template to use for locating holes, which was needed. I couldn't imaging holding up the plate to mark hole locations. This also lets you see if you'll end up covering plug cover-plates or not. Note that there are cut-out holes in the wall plate that allow for a power plug to be accessed after installation if you locate the plate correctly (using the template will help you plan for this). I mounted mine above the power plug... so the holes weren't needed. I'm betting it's more likely you might need to the cut-out holes for a wall switch that might be right where you want to mount the TV.All in all... very nice hardware... works like a charm... Took me most of a Saturday to get it mounted. | 45 stars
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Limited, but very effective
I don't often get to really talk about a device in the positive, but this is one of those exceptions. Granted, the model I got is not the one pictured (I got the TK-205i model, not the TK-205k), but still I am far impressed. The installation was a breeze. It was admittedly a little confusing at first, but not so much once I got everything hooked up, and between the switch button, and the keyboard shortcut, I am pleased to be able to control two of my PCs at once, which will allow me to use one computer PC as a gaming PC.There are, of course, limitations. The first limitation is the audio. Personally, if I had more money available to me, I would have purchased the TK-209K model where I would have been able to use USB instead of PS/2. Second, I would have been able to have the audio switch-over capability. As it is, I can only have my speakers plugged into ONE PC, or have another set of speakers plugged into the other PC as well. Not exactly convenient, or efficient.Overall, I give this product an A- grade. It's all what I expected, but it could have been more accommodating. Again, save your money and buy the TK-209k model to get USB capability as well as audio functions. But if you need something that's cost effective, and are not concerned about using PS/2 or having audio functions split between two PCs, then this product may be more suitable to your budget. | 34 stars
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Great little speakers
These speakers have great sound and are so small and portable. I run conferences worldwide and needed little speakers to take with me for presentations. These work fine for a small group (just what I needed). It was a little difficult (at first) figuring out battery door and cord attachments, but now that I've got those down, I'm happy. | 34 stars
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Shipping Cost
I Haven't any problem with this device, but i think that the shipment cost is expensive | 45 stars
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buyer BEWARE!
This was the worst pair of headphones I've ever bought, and it was not easy to get the local Bose store to give me a full refund on them despite their advertised "no hassle refund" policy.Terrible sound, poor ergonomics, medicore "noise cancellation"---never again will I buy another Bose product! I should've known better, my husband has a ridiculous Bose Wave radio which he now tells everyone that he "won at a Christmas raffle at the office" because he's too embarassed to confess that he paid half a grand for the thing.My son pointed me towards a pair of Sennheisers which were better in every respect, and at one third of the price. | 01 star
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Audio Assistance
As we , husband and wife, differ in required TV audio volume, we both use the unit to assist us and have the TV audio volume moderate. This way we can each choice our required volume in the head unit and enjoy clear speech and music in stereo. Excellent product at a moderate price. | 34 stars
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Will do what it is rated for.
I use this extender with a EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM.1-Will double the focal lenght of your lens.2-Will double the lens max aperture.3-Will (to some) take acceptable pictures.If you are planning on making a living with this extender..... you are wasting your $.Read the manufacturer specs and all other reviews. | 45 stars
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What more do you expect from batteries?
They are good batteries, very nice, nothing extrodinary, nothing bad. Get them if you need. | 23 stars
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Thermos Nissan 61 Ounce Stainless Steel Bottle w/ Folding Handle
Thermos Nissan 61 Ounce Stainless Steel Bottle w/ Folding HandleI'm a truck driver , This product is everything I expected . Keeps about 1/2 gallon of coffee piping hot for well over 12 hours , Preheat first . **( Enjoy !!! )***** Update - I've been using this product 5 days a week for over two years now . Still going strong . Recently I cleaned the inside for the first time with a few tablespoons of calcium carbonate ( you can buy it here on Amazon , or make your own by grinding clean-dry eggshells into a fine powder . Were you aware that eggshells are 93% calcium carbonate ? ) and very hot water . Let sit overnight , shake every few hours then rinse well three times in the morning . Bye-Bye bitter build up . Clean as a whistle . Awesome Thermos !!! | 45 stars
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Intial review for the IM510 Speaker System
I picked this up today at BestBuy ($99) along with the Sansa e200R player ($99). Out of the box I was able to setup and play music in less than 10 minutes. The sound quality of this little gem is wonderful. I was looking for something that was not iPod and this is the solution. The sound is clear and loud enough to fill a room. There is adequate bass and fidelity to capture the Lord of the Rings soundtrack that I was playing. I could hear all the wonderful dynamics without distortion at the highest volume. I have not tested this with rock or anything really heavy but you can adjust the built in EQ and that does make noticeable changes in the sound quality. The documentation says that it will play 20 hours on a single set of batteries but I've not tested it. The unit also comes with a soft ( and sort of odd) carrying case that fits the speakers, an extra set of batteries, the player and the AC adapter. All of this weights about 2.2 Lbs and is about the size of a shaving or makeup kit making it easy to carry about or stuff in a backpack. The design is nicely made though the cradle as it comes out feels a little weak but otherwise adequate. It has an attractive matte and glossy black exterior. However if you do happen to have an iPod or want better speakers and don't mind using an adapter consider the JBL OnStage or Radial Micro speakers. They sounded really nice. These for the price and performance I think this is the best of both worlds. | 45 stars
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Cheap Quality
I am on my second pair. The first time one of the ear buds stopped working and the next second the second one went out. I received a free pair as part of their warranty, but that one is cracking where it plugs into my ipod as well. I am anticipating that I have about a few days before this one goes too. The sound quality is great for the price, but I went through them every 3-5 months. I would like to try the pricier earbuds from vmoda, but I am not confident on the quality of them either. These earbuds are not worth the price of writing several emails to vmoda, going to post office to send damaged earbuds, going a week+ without headphones and have them break again in 3 months. Try something else. | 01 star
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Easy & reliable
I love this product. My home office is too far from the wireless router, so I bought the Netgear HDX101. I run my laptop, VOIP phone & fax, all from the small netgear box. Just plug it in to the wall and you are ready to go. I'm going to buy another so that I can download movies to my TV. | 45 stars
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Tough first week, thereafter an ESSENTIAL tool
I had trouble the first week getting the Palm to hotsync to my Thinkpad, and the Palm 5 even crashed once, losing all my data before the hotsync was working.Since then this thing has become an essential part of my life. Works like a charm, both the Palm 5 itself and the hotsync too. Address book, calendar, notes... The Palm is easily the best designed hardware/software since the Macintosh of the late 1980's.By the way, I am also using the Franklin/Covey software for personal management and find this is a nice increment over the built-in daily task list of the Palm. | 45 stars
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This was the worse
We received this product for my sons iPod shuffle but it didn't work to charge it at all the blue led light comes on but it doesn't charge it. | 01 star
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Another failure for Windows 7 64-bit
I wish I had read the reviews more carefully before ordering this microphone. As others have pointed out, it apparently does not work well with 64-bit versions of Windows 7. In my case, it also failed to work with a 32-bit version of Windows 7, both Professional editions. I had to scream into the microphone for it to pick up any audio at all. Sending it back to Amazon--thank goodness for their awesome return policy. | 01 star
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Great, popular, and smell like syrup!
Is it just me, or do these smell like maple syrup. Smell aside, they work at 4x on my Sony DRU-500A using DVDxCopy Express in WinXP.They also have a nice clear label-type finish on top that protects the data surface from the top. I've always been leery about writing on the top of cheap DVD/CD media that lack this finish. Now I can sharpie my disks with confidence!I finally get to use my 500A to burn 4x at a decent price. | 45 stars
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Not worth it at all
These are not even worth your time. Maybe you think these would be nice bargain inear headphones but the frequency response is very poor. Not very much bass at all even with a proper seal in the ear. The biggest problem comes in the hi-mid range around 1.5k where the upper end of vocals is just far too shrill. It makes the overall sound very thin. Not recommended for consumer grade or pro grade | 01 star
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The BEST deal from Amazon yet...
I placed my order on the 10th & got it 4 days later.That was not what I expected. I wasn't scheduled to get till the 20th - 23rd.Talk about speedy delivery.Oh & the card works GREAT! Can't beat a 512MB SanDisk Card for $74.00.I will sure be using Amazon again! | 45 stars
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Excellent
Like to use this for instantaneous reading of watts being used. Example - how much the portable dehumidifier running in the basement uses (450 watts). How much the table fan uses (only 50 watts). Will be helpful for load management on portable generator should another Hurricane Sandy hit. | 45 stars
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Great general purpose printer
This review is in the context of a Mac System. I replace an aging Epson Stylus Color ink-jet printer with this purchase. I was tired of replacing a a three color ink cartridge, and picked the Canon iP3300 in part on the separate ink cartridge approach that this printer uses.We use this as the main general purpose printer for our home computer. I am very pleased with the results. Image quality is excellent. The print looks laser printer quality in sharpness. Color rendition is excellent. The printing is fast. There are two paper paths that can be set up with different papers, making printing from different media easy and automatic. The printer is quiet except for some extra noise when it rapidly loads or quickly spits out paper after completing printing. Even then it is typical for an ink-jet printer. If the rapid load noise is objectionable the printer can be set to load quietly.The drivers are just great. If you open to cover while printing it stops and an alert comes up and gently reminds you to close the top when done. The printer utility runs very well. It gives the options of automatic turn-on and turn-off, head cleaning (including standard, deep cleaning, and bottom plate cleaning), nozzle check test prints, and print head alignment. It also includes an option for quiet mode. In this mode the paper is fed more slowly and quietly than in regular mode, which really is quieter than the standard mode. It even gives the option of setting times of day when quiet mode is in force, a nice touch. The auto turn-on and turn-off is disabled by default, so if you get this printer be sure to set it up in the printer utility. Drive loading required using the included CD. The installer ran smoothly and the disk space requirement is modest. I am running 10.4.9 at this moment, and it works well. The only thing I haven't tried is the PictBridge port in the front since I don't have a digital camera. Images I tested were the background images available in /Library/Desktop Pictures.An interesting observation is that the lp utility work with this printer, but when a pdf file is printed out the text is lighter and less sharp then when the same PDF is printed by Preview. Preview also prints a PDF faster. For straight ASCII both lp and TextEdit are equally fast, but lp lost half a line at the bottom edge of a page. I do some programmatic printing using the command line utilities. Perhaps there is a driver for lp that I'm missing.You don't get automatic duplexing like theCanon PIXMA iP4300 Photo Printer (1438B002), but the iP4300 is $20 more and needs 5 color inks rather than the 3 color inks that to iP3300 uses. I expect cheaper ink costs on the iP3300. If photos are a big issue for you, research the 3 color vs 5 color issue.Anyway, great printer for a great price. 5 stars for the great quality output despite this printer being less than $100. Great text and photo output, individual ink tanks, auto-power, and nice driver. | 45 stars
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Solid performer
The SB5120 highlights are its easy installation and reliable performance. It is connected to Comcast and to a Linksys WRTP54G phone adapter/router. Even with occassional power and cable interruptions due to lighting storms in Texas, the unit recovers gracefully and resumes service without any intervention. The front panel status lights are positioned well to display connectivity issues. Installation took less than 15 minutes using the installation guide on CD. The SB5120 is a well made cable modem. | 45 stars
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Logitech Quickcam for Notebooks
Fantastic price, fantastic results. The best way to watch my grandson grow from 1000 miles away, and hear him too! | 45 stars
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Voice quality doesn't last
I've had this headset for about a year now, and the voice quality suddenly went kaput! Listerners no longer can understand me because the sound transmission becomes garbled and distorted. What used to be a good headset is nearly worthless and must be replaced. Avoid this headset - it's unreliable. | 12 stars
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The minute they come back in stock... buy it.
I have read some of the reviews on this player and I have to agree, it is a little flimsy looking... But I don't stare at the player, I watch the movie! No problems since I took it out of the box. I have played at least 40 DVD's so far (and several at least twice), not one problem. I have a Jenson Audio + Video Receiver that I purchased in 1982, and a Panasonic 27 inch TV (with the "S" connector) that is fairly new. Everything hooked up fine, I was playing the Matrix within 5 minutes from the time UPS pulled away from my door.Well, I think I hear Flash Gordon calling me (did I mention I was a SciFi junky). Drop me a line if you need more specifics.Thank you Amazon.com for another great product. | 45 stars
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Philips...what more need i say?
Now this is what systems should be like! Great looking, compact, top quality sound, great build quality and usable features. Its not often you'll come across one with all these trates, but here thats exactly what you get. a top notch perfomer from a top notch company....PHILIPS, more know how and experience than anyone else! | 45 stars
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Not Very Good
I bought these cordless headphones to replace my broken Radio Shack one's and to be honest with everyone, the sound is GREAT ..... when the batteries are fully charged. But the sound comes and goes and is constantly has a knocking sound. The first week or two they worked great, but since the batteries died and I recharged them the headphones have not worked as well.In all fairness to the heaphones, maybe I need to get some NEW rechargeable batteries.I one thing I DO LIKE it they have a control to adjust the reception received on them, which is a nice feature. OVERALL, I DO like the sound quality, I just have to see if it a battery issue I am currently having. For $39.99 and FREE S/H I would buy another set ( if the battery issue is resolved ). | 12 stars
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Over 1 year and still problematic.
I had this router for over a year.I have been working through Netgear since January 05 trying to solve the problem of my internet connection peridically dropping. I have tried a sheet full of possible solutions. The Netgear support tech told me it was probably a hardware problem and I should send it back for replacement as it was under warranty. When I called Netgear they refused to replace it because it was not under warranty anymore! I bought it last June (04) started having problems 7 months later (under warranty) and was finally told in July to replace it, but it was no longer under warranty. I will never buy from this company again.I have since switched to the Linksys WRT54GS and have had no problems what so ever. No dropped connection and excellent wireless coverage. | 01 star
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printer
the printer works perfectly.there is not much else I can add. | 45 stars
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Hard to beat at $250 new, a steal at $65 refurb
Gorgeous color -- by that I mean that color with this player is absolutely correct, with no weird cyan blush in shadows, no blown-out highlights on flesh tones. Night scenes beatifully rendered, few jaggies (if any), excellent motion handling, perfect skin tones. Few players at any price can transmit the exact flesh tones and atmosphereic effect of the color in "A Passage to India" or the warm depth of Technicolor in "Meet Me in St. Louis". Every DVD I play in this machine (I have over 300) looks exactly right. The great b&w movie classics are also rendered perfectly. Overall the image has a smooth movie-like appearance, none of that etched "digital" look or green/cyan color cast seen in most players. Some reviewers have knocked the audio; I'm using the digital output into a cheap $90 SONY 5.1 DTS amplifier and a $3 coax cable that came with my Toshiba DVD recorder - sounds pretty good to me (maybe those who don't like the sound should throw away those trashy optical cables and use the coax type recommended by audiophiles). Or maybe they should read the manual; there are three audio settings, the default "3D" creates the same distortion other players have, so turn audio effects OFF and let your external amp or receiver do the work. The Zoon control (aooms in and out) is a great plus for the 27" tv I sometimes use instead of my 40". Plays beautifully on my old CRT and my newer HDTV. Hint: Balance the color of your monitor beforehand, and the SD-4800 plays a great picture right out of the box. The factory settings on most tv's are truly awful. Mine is 5 years old and going strong, and has been inspected and received a little cleaning at a Toshiba shop in 2005. Take care of this baby, and it plays a great image for a long time. On the other hand, if you want your DVD movies to look like your computer games, get a Sony player. | 34 stars
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these don't last...
I have had two sets of these speakers now and the third just quit working. They last about 3 months. It's not like I take them anywhere, they pretty much stay in my office. Other than that, the sound is good. I have also purchased a cheapie $5 speaker on Amazon, and those work great and I haul them around everywhere. | 01 star
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Great product
I researched this product and compared other items before purchasing, and am very happy with my iTrip Auto. It works great-- easy to change stations, although around town I never have to. Many times it can overpower a weak station. I would recommend this for anyone who cannot directly connect their MP3 player to their car stereo. The charge feature for iPods is great as well-- I never have to charge my iPod at home! | 45 stars
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Simpletech - Simply the worst
I have had 2 diffirent products by this company ,the SP-U35/320 320 and a cool mint minidrive both broke down in no time flat for no reason at all. these thing are suppose to backup files not lose them | 01 star
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Long Battery Life
I always get very long battery life out of this Duracell Ultra battery. Even after not using the camera for 3 months, this battery has always worked for me. | 45 stars
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Not as good as in the past
This is the second time I've used this product. The first time was several years ago (2008) and I ran it up the back walls for my surround speakers. I always meant to paint it to blend in, but never got around to it. However, I was happy because it stuck to the walls just fine for over a year before we moved.Now, in my new house, I ordered it to run speaker wire to another room (along the baseboard). I attached it to the baseboard (initially had a lot of tack) but within a week, half of it pulled away and is not sticking anymore. I was a bit skeptical of the other reviews stating it doesn't stick due to my previous experience, but they were right! Not sure what I will do... maybe add some glue and paint over it? | 12 stars
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Great Value
I love it for getting files to others I need to share files with. It has a large capacity. So, I do not have to worry about the size of files I am sharing. | 45 stars
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Muy buena camara
Me gusta mucho esta camara, es muy portatil y toma imagenes de buena calidad | 45 stars
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Best 95 cents I've ever spent in my life!
I've got an mp3 player and a smartphone. This adapter works flawlessly- the sound quality is superb! And for less than a buck (minus shipping) this purchase is a no-brainer. | 45 stars
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A really good buy.
This is a really good buy, you can't beat the price and the quality is great. It is made in Japan not china. The quality is just as good or better than a Canon lens than cost much more. Mind you, it does not have a stabilizer but if your hands are shaky use a tripod. At 70mm you need some distance to capture a full person so do your homework before you buy any lens. this is not a point and shoot this is SLR man.I will definitely buy another Sigma product in the future. | 45 stars
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Have Patience!!
Ok I felt it was very necessary to write a review on this camera due to the many misconceptions there are about it. When I first purchased this camera I fell imediatly in love with all the endless features it has. Then once I started taking pictures I found that there was a large amount of graininess and "noise" in the pictures. At first I was very disapointed and decided to return the camera. While I was back at the store the person there told me that the ISO was set way to high in auto mode. It was at 800. He told me to set it lower and low and behold the pictures got 10 times better. That was just the begining though!! After reading the advanced manual that comes with the camera and understanding the full features of this wonderfull camera I was able to tweak it enough to get excellent clarity without any noise in the backround or distortion I even found ways to take great night shots with limited light. Having this camera really makes you feel like a photographer because it forces you to understand what you are doing before you take pictures. Anyways all im saying is that if you dont have patience and are the point and shoot type with picutres, do not buy this camera go buy one of those sleak tiny cameras that are made for just that. Point and shoot. This camera has awsome features I cant even get into all of them and once you master the picture taking technique (which by the way took my all of 1 day!) you will be absoulutly thrilled with this camera. | 45 stars
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WARNING! The tip may come off
WARNING! The tip may come off.BoxWave Capacitive iPad Stylus (Jet Black)I got this product (for use with my iPad) through Amazon about three months ago. I was very happy with it and wrote a glowing review. A couple of weeks ago I ordered a second one for my wife. The other day the tip came off of my pen, making it useless. Amazon could do nothing because the defective pen had been delivered over 30 days ago, and they told me that BoxWave would do nothing to help me. Checking reviews, it seems that about 3% of those writing had a somewhat similar problem. I like the pen and I'm going to borrow my wife's indefinitely, but from now on I'm going to treat it much more gingerly.UPDATE: After nine months of using my wife's, which I confiscated, the tip again came off. Dragging is the problem, and after enough dragging this will probably happen.One of the uses for the stylus was to keep the iPad free of fingerprints. This actually didn't work so well, because the stylus did leave smudges. I found the perfect solution: use a latex finger cot. I bought a lifetime supply from Amazon (Grafco Finger Cots Box of 144 - Medium) and they work perfectly. The iPad screen stays perfectly clean, and the finger cot doesn't interfere with typing or anything else. | 01 star
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Some Bad Features as well
You need to subscribe to the service to use the picture frame with is an additional $49 per year.Also there isn't an option to upload from your PC or Camera direcly to the frame. It requires the use of their online service. IF you have a digial phone line, you can't use this either. you need an analog phone line so if you're in a corporate center most likely you can't use this at work. | 01 star
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Very short life
It suddenly stopped working after about 3 weeks without any warnings. I don't usually take the time to write out reviews like this but I'm afraid i must considering how terrible a product this is. Better off not buying this one. | 01 star
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Simply Stunning
When I ordered these based on recommendations of other head-fi members I did not believe that a cheap looking pair of headphones could actually sound as good as people said they do. I was wrong. These little earphones, although kind of funny looking on my ears, sound fantastic with any music I throw at them. The bass is not boomy and the treble has a "sparkle" that makes your music come alive. These always sound good but shine the most with rock and metal. In fact, I sold my Grado SR60 which sounded a bit better but the slight upgrade did not justify the $50 price difference. The KSC75 also sounds fantastic when amped but it is not necessary.In short: buy these headphones. They will blow anything from Bose out of the water and for the price at Amazon you can buy 'em for all of your family and friends for the price of a single pair of triports. | 45 stars
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ATI 9600 non-pro
well when I was looking for the card it said ATI 9600 Pro 128mb on amazon web site , so I ordered but after I placed the order on the printed page it say ATI 9600 ( no the pro version ) ,, well about the card both 9600 non pro and pro are same VPU , just what really change is the memory speed (ns) , ati 9600 is based on the ATI 8500 PCB , it use 4ns memory 250mhz max speed , come with a BIOS lock so not overclock can be done , (unless you use special drivers which can be found on the internet , I do use it ) , about the card under defult setting core 325mhz / memory 202 mhz , the card works very stable and is a a good ungrade for those with GF2 o equevalent card ... about the rest amazon , shipping is very responsable .... after all I am very please with the card and with amazon.com , on which I had order before few items.. | 34 stars
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One Major Show-stopper: Amnesia
I bought this to replace a cranky old Sony which refused to play DVD+R and had a hard time with mass copied DVDs. The Panasonic does okay with home burned DVDs, but chokes on marginal quality commercial DVDs. The showstopper: A lot of the time, I watch part of a DVD, then turn the unit off and return to finish later. This unit will not automatically remember where you were in the disc - you have to press a cleverly hidden button on the remote - and it's a button which no universal remote I have can duplicate. So the drill is to put down the universal remote, find the Panasonic remote, find the magic key, press it, then use the universal remote to power off the DVD/TV/audio system. If you don't hit the magic button, the DVD will play from the beginning. Pain in the butt. | 01 star
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Great value!
These binoculars are a wonderful buy. The price is right and the quality is excellent. I am very happy with my purchase. Sure, you can buy better ones, but for the money, you can't beat the quality. You are getting more than you paid for! | 45 stars
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Fantastic!
I bought these as a gift for my boyfriend. He loves them. He's been looking for some new headphones but he couldn't quite find any that were worth the asking price. We found these shortly after though and he uses them all time. He likes to make little tracks in FL Studio and these are quite nice because they don't throw too much bass at you. You actually hear what you're creating with a fairly great amount of accuracy. Even for non-production purposes, these are nice. They're lightweight, comfortable but certainly durable. Definitely a good buy. | 45 stars
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Definite weaknesses
The display and the battery are definite weaknesses. I'm surprised this model is still offered since the advent of the m515.Otherwise, the basic Palm is great for organizing. Great for the busy person, or someone who needs reminders. This model at 8MB has room for more games than anyone needs, or some more useful applications. I have 2 versions of the Bible and still plenty of room. | 23 stars
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Great MP3 Player, Amazing Hard Drive space!
As any Hard Drive based system this one:1. Is somewhat heavy2. If you drop it it might get damaged.3. Is not as small as the Flash players.4. Requires software to transfer songs and files.The Mediasource software is problematic for some people, because won't let you create folders to storage your MP3 Tracks. Well, the concept of this sofware is more like database oriented where you have only 1 huge database file and then you can create playlists with the tracks you choose.To create playlists and understand how your player organize its music doesn't take long if you are a regular computer user. For the rest of the people there are other type of products to choose from. Zen Xtra is not a good option for them.The leather case is great, The quality is OK and protects the player really good.My only complain goes to the battery compartment. Sometimes, if I press hard my player (Jogging) the battery moves inside and then the player stops, restarts and rebuilds the database. Mine has 18 Gb of music only and takes about 2 minutes to rebuild. Not too bad. I put some tape on the battery and that solved the problem because is not loose anymore.And believe me... The battery life is one of the best features of this gadget. I haven't run out of power yet!The sound is superb, with all those preset settings that you can choose from, like: Smart volume, Time-scale, Custom, etc.The find music feature works good when you have thousands of songs in your player. Once you find the song you want to hear you only have to wait about 2 seconds... That's fast enough for me if in my database I have around 4200 songs!You can play your music by genre, artist, playlist, by album.The screen is so big. You can see the name of the screen and style (List or Tab), title of the song, album, singer, genre, total time, elapsed time, playmode, equalization mode and battery indicator. The stylish blue backlight let you see the screen at night.I haven't change or actualize the firmware, no need to yet, because I haven't had any problems requiring me to do so.I recommend this player to people that are willing to take some out of the box measures (Like fixing the battery problem or the way you store your music on your PC), for people that want things to work exactely the way they want, well this is not the right toy for them.My score for this gadget is 4 out of 5. | 34 stars
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Saved my printer!!
My printer is alive again!!!After putting my MP780 printer to just black and white prints and forgetting about it for several weeks, my original printhead just didn't want to print color anymore. Soaking and cleaning did nothing. I was just about to scrap it all together and buy a new one when I stumbled upon this new printhead. I ordered it and a few days later got it and immediately installed it in.I HAVE COLOR AGAIN!!I'm so happy that I can keep my printer printing longer. (I still had a huge supply of ink cartridges that would have gone to waste) Thank you Amazon and Empire Office Machines for helping me out. You are a life saver.If your printhead isn't working like mine because it hasn't been used in a while this just might do the trick. | 45 stars
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perfect for wireless web
this product is perfect for wireless web brousing. there is no detectable decrease in speed compared to being directly wired to the cable modem. nothing to set up, just plug it in and it works with great range and my wireless card detected it instantly and automatically... rebate came as promised...so cheap | 45 stars
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Good little Mp3 player.. I mean little, this baby is small
This mp3 player is small and has tons of functions.. its sturdy and works ok. only problem is these rechargeable batteries dont work... | 34 stars
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love hate
These things sound incredible ... when they work. Mine has failed twice on me. I'm about to be on my 3rd unit if I decide to pay the money. The first failure was while it was still under warranty and Infinity shipped me a brand new replacement. The second failure occurred after my warranty was up. The unit will power on but it will not produce any sound, even though it is being sent the proper signal. This is the second occurrence of the same type of failure. Not happy to say the least. Lucky for me I bought this directly from a friend that was once a Harman Kardon rep (HK owns Infinity) and I only paid $150. I had it mounted to the rear hatch of my 2004 Scion XB and it looked and sounded absolutely incredible ... until it didn't. | 01 star
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As Expected
This rack holds a lot of DVDs and takes up minimal footprint in a room. You definitely want to anchor this rack to the wall using the included straps, however. I can easily picture the rack toppling over and spilling out all the contents or worse, landing on one of my grandchildren. No problems as long as the rack is secured, though. The DVDs are a little hard to place in the rack when you minimize the space between racks in order to maximize the storage capacity. I also have two racks left over since I am only using this for DVDs. I might find a way to use them for more storage later. | 34 stars
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Works Fine
Decent quality and it works. Not much more to say. I ended up not needing 100 feet, but you never know when you need to re-purpose. Hey, its a cable. | 45 stars
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An actual working FM Transmitter!
After using multiple different FM Transmitters from different makers, I finally settled on this one. The sound quality is as expected, FM quality. You just plug it into your cigarette lighter in your car and it lights up nicely with a clear display showing the current frequency it is broadcasting at. You can set 3 preset stations and you have a choice of any station between 88 and 107.9. In the Minneapolis/St. Paul area I get great reception. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to hook up their mp3 player to their car. | 45 stars
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from what i understand and experienced so far
no problems with recording or playback; good basic function; integrity over a long period of time and use remains to be seen ... | 34 stars
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Olympus C-770 review
The size of this camera is very good. It fits comfortably in the hand and is not too bulky to carry around sightseeing. The clarity of the pictures is very good and even when I think I may be shaking the pictures come out sharp and clear. The only complaint I have found so far is that the dial for setting the shooting mode switches too easily so the next time you get your camera out it may not be in the same mode you left it in. It would be better if the dial clicked and stayed in a little more snugly. Mostly I like the camera alot and the price is better than the competitors. | 34 stars
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DOES IT'S JOB!
Purchased it for my Palm TX and it does the job! It's a case, it protects, and it works well for me. I don't use the lil swivel clip, not really liking that and plus I don't clip it onto myself. | 45 stars
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Great notebook, BAD wireless card
I purchased a 12.1 combo drive for my wife and, upon receipt of the ibook, was struck by several things.First the unit itself is very cool looking. Obviously, this thing was meant to make a fashion statement. It is sleek, simple and has appealing lines. Nicely done as far as the appearance of the model goes.Second, I went to configure the thing to use the interent and other devices an found it very easy to use. The software suite is excellently done and it only took me 15 minutes from opening the box to using the internet and checking my email.Then I ran into a major problem. I tried to use the Macintosh proprietary wireless card. It was easy to pop the keyboard off and plug the thing in. No connection. I moved it closer to the Airport. No Connection. Finally, in exasperation, I moved the thing right next to the Airport. Three bars (out of a possible 5) in connection strength. Yay.I am hugely disappointed in this. What is the point to having a laptop these days if you have to be confined to using a CAT 4 cable? Forget right about using it at a public WiFi location.Bottom line: nice idea with poor delivery. Easily a 5 if the wireless card worked properly | 23 stars
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Great print quality - short toner cartridge lifetime
Printer worked perfectly for about 6 months, then the grey backgrounds and toner streaks started to appear. Like others, I found there was still plenty of toner left so I was hesitant to fault the cartridge. However, after some research, it sounds like the lifetime of the cartridge is limited to 6 months even if the toner is not exhausted - this being attributed to temperature/humidity fluctuations. Didn't sound right to me, but bought a new cartridge anyway and all is well again - perfect, sharp, quick printouts.Dunno if this is true for all laser toner cartridges or just Brothers. The only other laser printers I'm familiar with are at work where we go through toner every few weeks anyhow.Overall, the print quality and initial cost can't be beat, but keep in mind you'll probably need to replace the cartridge every 6 months regardless of how much you use it (get the TN430 cartridge if you don't print as much - it's a bit cheaper). | 34 stars
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Dies soon... Good while alive.
I have had my Epson Stylus C86 since Feb. 2005. (About 2 years) However, suddenly it refuses to print. All the printer does is spit out blank sheets of white paper with no black text. After replacing ink cartridges and spending a lot of money, I am going to switch. I do not recommend buying this printer unless you like products that don't last a long time. | 12 stars
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