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Great player, lots of features, some annoyances
One of the great things about this player is you do not have to install any special software; just drag a folder of MP3s over to it. The best feature is its future potential; the manufacturer brags 'firmware upgradeable' on the box and an Internet search reveals an active user forum and homebrew software available.I actually found a use for the text file viewer-- it is a handy way to keep track of a new workout routine. Sound quality is good enough for loud rock music while mowing or working out.There are some minor annoyances in the software. The equalizer does not have enough frequency ranges and introduces some noise. There is not a clear indication when you disable the EQ and turn on the SRS feature. The picture display is cool, but no zoom and pan - even my cell phone does that. However, these are all minor bugs that could be fixed with new software.One of the advertised features is line in recording - but you don't get the line input jack unless you buy a cradle. Hmmm, why not just use the line input jack on your computer sound card and save the money. I would rather have had a line input and/or a mic jack on the unit itself than the wired remote control jack - the iriver is about the size of a remote control itself so I am not sure what the logic was here.Like I mentioned earlier these are minor annoyances and I am generally impressed with the performance and sound on the player. | 1positive
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Decent, but you could buy much better
+'s: small, looks cool, good sound quality-'s: i am running win 98, pII 400, 256 ram... the software (audio manager) which is the only way to transfer music is very buggy, slow, and eats up to many resources (feels like written in JAVA awt). 25% success rate transferring songs over 6 megs. if i turn off the player in the middle of playing a song, the player will not play that song anymore... ie: it will start playing and then 30 sec in it will jump automatically to next track.--go buy an mp3 cdplayer like pine technology's | 0negative
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Still the best bang for your buck
Time came to upgrade the AV system again. after exaustive research the conclusion remained the same. Onkyo. Having previously owned a 797, the precurser to the 804, I have been very satisfied with onkyo's build quaity and clean sound. But now I needed to supply a new hdtv system with all the latest hdmi connections. I really wanted to try to consolidate all the anolog wires for the DVD AUDIO into a single wire. I also wanted to get sacd through that wire but reportedly you would need at least hdmi 1.2 for that. Also considered was Dennon, and marantz which has the only receiver with hdmi v. 1.2 yet. But they too fell short of the value offered by onkyo. The 804 does absolutly everything i could want and sounds amazing when playing dvd audio and sacd through my klipsch legends speakers. So for the $679 shipped from JR's, this represents one of the best deals on the internet. By the way Oppo offers the only dvd audio/sacd universal player i could find that does both thorough the hdmi. If you haven't heard of this $150 "giant killer" give it a google. You'll be pleasanly surprised. | 1positive
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Compatible?
I am sure this product works wonderfully with most devices, however, with my Panasonic SV-SD80 MP3 player, this product was not compatible. I could still transfer files to it but it could not be formatted to SD Audio support. | 0negative
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This is a hub/repeater not a switch!
even though it says switch i recieved a netelligent 3124 repeater that you have to do everything for unlike a switch.But that's what i get for buying a switch on amazon without a model number to check up on.Disapointed that seller says new and sent a refurbished even though i kind of thought it was too cheap to be new.I also assumed this "switch" was going to be the average 10/100rj-45 ports but they are just 10mb/s ports which i bought this for small LAN parties we have in the area and now cant use it due to misinformation. | 0negative
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Is there a score lower than zero?
I had nothing but problems with this drive. Every time I pluged it in, my windows 98se would lock up within 3 minutes. I tried it on two different computers and got the same result. I wasted a week of evenings downloading patches, updates, etc. The troubleshooting was not very helpful and the Iomega websight was slower than molasses in december. So after a stress-filled week I exchanged it for a TDK brand cdrw. I was burning disks in like five minutes. Maybe it was just my computer (both of them?) but I would recommend looking elsewhere if you want a trouble free drive. | 0negative
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Customer Service is Terrible
Within 9 months of purchasing this monitor a thin red line appeared that ran from the top of the monitor to the bottom. When I contacted the company for repairs the customer service was terrible. I was NEVER able to reach a live person, was constantly disconnected, and informed the only way I could be guaranteed that my product would be accepted for repair was to return it in its orginal packaging (9 months later mind you). I would not purchase this product again purely based on service issues. | 0negative
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OK for a Garmin GPS receiver......
This device is pretty obviously simple. It works well for a GPS receiver. I primarily wanted to adapt it for a camera mount (which I did). Not good for this use in a moving vehicle: too much movement in the center piece. **sigh**.....It's a GPS mount. | 1positive
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Replaced this with a new Palm Tungsten
I got this Pocket PC PDA recently, but in the process I ditched Windows and moved to Linux (LindowsOS 4.0). I quickly found that PocketPCs tie you to Microsoft applications on the PC side. I also found the PocketPC software harder to move around than in the PalmOS of the Palm IIIc that I had before this.Conclusion: I sold this Toshiba PDA and got myself a Palm Tungsten, and now I feel back at home. The color screen is crisp, there are thousands of third party applications, and the OS is simpler to move around.The Palm Tungsten, on the other hand, comes with windows software for the PC side but there is plenty of Linux software available to sync the PDA to the desktop PC. With Windows CE, there are no such choices. | 0negative
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Disappointed
The player came with an arm band and a plastic case but no cable to download songs. I had to purchase a cable from a different site. | 0negative
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Works exactly as promised
I'd seen lots of convoluted solutions to hiding a cable box and getting a signal to it. This product is easy to use and works exactly as stated. Just put the transmitter/battery in the remote control you're using, place the receiving unit and sensor near your cable box, plug in the receiving unit, and you're in business. I highly recommend this product to any nontechie looking to hang a TV on a wall and hide away the cable box, DVD player or other device. | 1positive
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I recommend this one!!
Does everything it claims. I especially like the resume feature and the usb port. If you are watching a movie, and fall asleep, the unit shuts off. Later, reinsert the DVD, and it plays from where it left off. My previous system required me to hunt where it was.I can plug my USB flash drives into the unit, even my Sansa Express MP3 player, and play my music on my home theater system. So far (after 1 month) no problems.The upconverting works fairly well, but some artifacts are apparent.This is a good system until the Blue Ray prices drop. | 1positive
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great product
This is a great headset to use for Skype and other internet phone services. The microphone works better than any other product I've tried, and has plenty of adjustment room in the windows volume settings. It gets a little uncomfortable after long sessions, but that is rare.The USB audio device does not interfere with normal windows audio settings - it runs independently. There is no software to install. The cable is about 6 feet long.If you're searching for a VOIP headset, this is perfect. | 1positive
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Cables to go seems like a major source for cables online
Cables to go offers all your cable needs and ships their products out quickly. I found the price to be very competitive. | 1positive
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DO NOT ORDER!
DO NOT ORDER, This is not a null modem the picture and description says it is but they ship you a gender changer in a bag labeled null modem. Didn't take the time to read all the negative reviews before and I paid the price as now I have to return. Save your time and don't order from Cablemass, Inc. Hopefully amazon stops letting them sell on here | 0negative
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HP 4600 Expensive, Worst Investment, NO HP Support
My department has had this printer for a few years and for the last year it sat unused because the toner leak problem "renders" it useless. We have even used it a few times with the smears and it developed a horrible noise. We paid to have it cleaned and adjusted, which worked for a month. We cannot afford to pay this much again for so little productivity. My opinion is that HP should have had a recall on this model. I really like HP a lot but will question HP in the future and am now looking at reviews of other printers before we consider replacing the useless behemoth. Very, very disappointing. [if zero stars was an option here it would get it] | 0negative
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The worst picture of all webcams I have ever used
This webcam looks cute in size but not in its function. Its picture is very dull and almost others can not recognize you. I almost stopped it using in the nights. Even day times also its very dull. Better not to go for this product. The other webcam I bought from Creative for the same price is working good and giving nice picture | 0negative
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Works as described, needs additional hardware though
You cant really screw up a wire rack that holds BDisks and video games, they have 4 holes to secure to wall, but only give you two mollys and two screws to fasten it. Otherwise i may have given it 5 stars, the other thing is it costs 7 bucks to ship which brought the total to near twenty bucks, so it is a little pricy for what you get, but cant seem to find anything similiar in the brick stores like wal mart and target.it does contain about 4 slots for large xbox hardened edition games, (bulky metal boxes) so you can store those on them. | 1positive
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Wrong Reviews for P-7000
Amazon...All of these reviews are for P-3000 players and not the P-7000 that they are associated with and therefore of no use. | 0negative
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PURE GENIUS
You can still see the lighted buttons and it prevents dirt and dust from getting inside the Mac. When it gets dirty or sticky I just wash it with soap and completely dry it then put it back on. Good investment for a $4,000 Laptop. YOU SHOULD BUY THIS PRODUCT. | 1positive
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AMAZING CUSTOMER SERVICE!! Great Pins for "Specific" purpose
I ordered these pins for a Specific purpose from High Tech Media....In some respects...they are like working with eyeglass toolsb as the scews are tiny but that is the nature of these particular pins.. much more important...The CUSTOMER SERVICE of High Tech Media representing the Altona Pins... The man who sent them to me was amazing!! I called them and had a special request...he called me back...pronto and he went out of his way ..... above and beyond to help me get what I ordered BEFORE I had a hand operation....(I am typing with one hand at the moment)....so High Tech Media is a 5 STAR COMPANY!!! And the Pins are great....He even gave me an extra pair in case I needed it....Thank-you my friend for having a heart.... I use to run 3 International Hometheater companies(which you did not know) and I never nickel & dimed anyone..and I always based everything on Customer Service (Like Amazon Does..The Gold standard for customer service) so I really appreciated the caring attitude..and if you are the owner...give yourself a raise...otherwise show this Email to the owner!AG in NYC | 1positive
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Laser precision in a cordless mouse.
What can I say about it? It is a great mouse. Wonderfully accurate and versatile in many ways. Highly recommended. | 0negative
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Very Good
I bought this awhile back, and it still is working perfectly fine. It by far has taken several beatings and it never once bit it. | 1positive
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WARNING---Good idea, but poorly executed by mfg.
Was excited to find out that I could still power my vintage Nikon Ftn camera, but discovered these Wein batteries barely caused the voltage tester to budge. Followed the instructions about removing the tab and waiting..... how does 24 hrs. sound? Next time I'll look at buyer's reviews before purchasing, as several commented about receiving DEAD BATTERIES from this vendor. Either they have had these on their shelves for years or there's a basic design defect. Either way.... be warned! | 0negative
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No Waterproof !!!!!!
please ignore this review.I was wrong about the type of camera.....(the type that I've tried was Sharkdiver sl301)sorry. | 0negative
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This is the perfect way to mount a GPS
Suction cups fall off when weather changes and let criminals know that you have valuables inside. This stand never moves on my dashboard and is easy to hide when I get out of the car. My dash is inclined around 20 degrees, but it never slides during any driving conditions. Get it. | 1positive
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Glass fell out!
I had this filter for about 2 months and the glass just popped out. Not sure why, but it did not seem to be well seated in the filter. I am not particularly happy about this and probably will not by a Hoya filter again. | 0negative
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Buy Another One
I found this shelf almost ideal for my purpose. I mounted it on a brick wall below a TV Full motion mount so I could swivel the satellite box 180 degrees along with the TV. I used two of the rubber adhesive pads supplied to cushion the glass from the wall at full swivel. The glass is overly large for my box but it works. I am buying another for my daughter. | 1positive
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Happy with this product, in the beginning.....
This is the first wireless router I have purchased and Im pretty content on how fast it is, I get the same speeds(when Im close the the router of course) as if I had the cable connected. Also subpar speeds when in farther away in other rooms. At the start it stopped giving off a signal on its own, don't know what the cause of it was but it seems to be working fine now.*****01/08/2011 Update****Well I dropped the stars down to 2, it works well for a few hours then seems to drop connection which I have to hard reset the modem in order for it to get the connection again. I've read a few forums and it seems people with this product has the same problem with no solution. I really wish D-Link would address this problem. | 0negative
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Worked okay for about a year or so...
My first experience with Netgear routers was with a RP614(?). I used it for about a year with no problems. Then I got a laptop so I decided to get a Netgear WGT624 so that I could have wireless access for my laptop. I've been using it for a little over a year and now it's started dropping connection. At first I wasn't sure what was causing the "Network Cable Unplugged" message but then I looked at the router when this happened and saw it appeared to be rebooting. There was no power outage, or any other reason for this to happen. Sometimes it happens several times a day, sometimes not at all. Meanwhile, I gave my old RP614 that had been sitting on a shelf for a year to a friend. It no longer worked! It worked fine when I stopped using it but somehow "died" sitting on the shelf. I thought maybe there was a problem with the friend's internet setup, so hooked it back up to my modem, identical to previous setup, and would not work. Looking for a new router but will not buy Netgear again. | 0negative
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Silence is Golden !!!
I play jazz guitar. One of my favorite guitars is a Gibson ES175 with one P90 single coil pickup. Love the tone but hate the 60HZ hum. I do not use any pedals and go for a really clean tone. I tried the ISP Decimator and the Boss NS-2 to rid the hum but being that they are noise gates they don't work well on pedal free guitar tone. They are more for getting rid of noisy pedal hum. The EH Hum Debugger works perfect. My P90 is now quiet as a church mouse with no effect on natural tone or sustain. I love it. My only complaint is it is made out of cheap looking steel and for the price you pay for it they could have put a nice coat of paint on it. It is a bit of a eye sore but it works fantastic. If you want clean and quiet single coil tone buy one !!! Yes it is a bit pricey but worth every single penny. Not only does this little wonder take away ALL my pickup hum on the normal setting it even takes away some of the normal tube amp hiss all without any tonal change and believe me I have one picky ear when it comes to tone. If you are a hard rocker with a string of pedals than a noise gate may be your better choice but if you love that clean single coil tone this is what you want for sure. | 1positive
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A Horrible Camera - Unworthy of Olympus
I have been a huge fan of Olympus cameras and I totally adore my 4-year old 2.1 megapixel Olympus D-490. I thought the D-580 would just be an upgrade to my camera because there are a lot of passing similarities between the two, but in its guts the D-580 is a horrible re-design with almost nothing good about it.For starters, if you select anything less than the highest quality image-format, you'll find that the pictures are totally unacceptable. They are blotchy and jpegged to death. It's shocking and disgusting how bad they are. With my old camera, I would sometimes select a slightly lower quality image in order to speed up photo-taking, but that just won't work with the D-580.The 580 is unusable without the flash, but the flash is such a bright and focussed white light that reflections often blow out the CCD and colors look washed out and artificial.The viewfinder lens is so small that the LCD is the only reasonable way to line up a shot, but that runs down the batteries in no time at all.The LCD is large, but has funny problems, like when the camera was pointed at a bright metal building, the whole thing appeared in reverse-colors.The menu options are arranged in such a manner as to obscure the most simple tasks. Where my old Olympus automatically compensated for all but the most extreme lighting conditions, this camera needs tweaking for every different environment. Changing a setting involves navigating through an awful round selection-menu, followed by choices from a sub-menu and finally tuning the options in a totally separate menu.Comparing images from my old camera to the D-580, the old 2.1 megapixel camera wins every time. Images from the old D-490 are sharper, the colors more accurate and the flash produces warm living tones.Yes, the D-580 is small and light and it can do a lot of nice tricks, like shooting panoramas or QuickTime movies with audio. But the sacrifices aren't worth it. I can't recommend this camera for anyone. Olympus needs to re-think their consumer strategy!! | 0negative
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Bad Sound !
The sound is really one of the worst I have ever had. Not only the quality is bad, but even when you push the volume a little bit, the sound becomes unexpectably distorted. | 0negative
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Disappointing
I had a problem with this DVD player. I hooked it up to a TV/VCR combo.The instructions said that I might need coaxial cables but they did notimprove the situation. The picture fades in and out on all but one of myDVD's. Very disappointing. Don't waste your time or money on this one! | 0negative
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Package arrived after High value items (amp and sub)
Never open the box as I had to go buy speaker mounts at Fry's. I got the Amp with its speakers and sub literally the next day. I went to Fry's and bought speaker mounts and mounted the speakers. The system was up and running for almost a week before the speaker mounts from amazon arrived. | 0negative
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Doesn't fit my Canon Rebel T1i
I recently lost my lense cap and was excited to see that Canon made a replacement. However, this lense cap doesn't stay on. If you just tap it, it falls off. I found a no-name brand cap that stays on so much better and I'm really happy with it. This one...not so much. | 0negative
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As decribed, on time
Arrived on time (as compared to the estimated arrival date), good price, arrived as described. | 1positive
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Fits the kids hands nicely
the mouse is great, but the driver needs some help. you are suppose to be able to setup this mouse so that both buttons are the same as the left button. but it only works when you run this in USB mode, not PS2. otherwise you just get driver errors. USB mice dont work very well in win 98 (not the mouse's fault) so you pretty much have to run PS2 | 1positive
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Better than expected
These are by no means the best headphones in the world. And now, after about a year of ownership, i think the wires may be coming apart.However, that's really the only bad things about these headphones. They have quite good sound quality. The noise canceling feature works well, if not perfect, but is a godsend on airline flights. I queue an album or two on my mp3 player, put these on, and sleep like a rock. I really can't imagine flights without these. They're well priced, and are pretty comfortable. When I bought them, I thought I'd only use them on plane trips. But they've become my default headphones for my computer and movies.Not perfect, but definitely worth the purchase. | 1positive
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Garbage, absolute crap.. PASS ON THIS PRODUCT!
After a few months, not even 3, this machine has stopped reading DVD's, after reading these reviews, I was wondering if anyone has considered a class action law suit against this company.. I have gone on their website, and cannot find a phone number to contact them that is toll free.. GUESS IT WOULD COST THEM AN ARM AND A LEG SINCE EVERYONE WILL BE CALLING EVENTUALLY.. | 0negative
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Wow! A flash drive!
Wow! It's so simple! All you have to do is plug the Transcend flash drive into the USB port of your computer! Then all you have to do is click Start > Documents > My Documents. When the My Documents folder comes up, all you have to do is select and copy your folders. Then you go to your desktop and click on the My Computer icon! Then you click on the "Removable Disk (F:)" icon. Then you click on Edit > Paste!Now the next time my computer comes down with a virus, I won't be losing all my stuff!Well, you asked me to review this item, Amazon. What did you expect me to say? It's a flash drive, for Chrissakes. | 1positive
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iomega 5600GB drive review
I purchased the Iomega Desktop Hard Drive 500 GB Hi-Speed USB 2.0 External Hard Drive 11\07, it's fast, it's quite and it looks great, if that matters. It was plug and play on my Vista box.Highly recommend! | 1positive
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Very buggy
* It doesn't load the battery properly. The batteries are charged for 10 minutes then it says the battery it full. Then, I have to remove the battery and put it back. Only now it will charge the battery properly.* The 'refresh battery' function is not working at all!!!* Support was blaming my batteries! But I use about 9 different brands. They can't be all bad and LaCrosse good!* No power connector for Europe (230V).* The quality of the batteries included in the package is good enough. | 0negative
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This mouse is for you
I have never liked the alternatives for pointing and clicking in Windows. The MS Mouse tended to become unreliable for a variety of reasons (dirt, oils, general wear and tear), and prior to the 1st Intellimouse there were better alternatives in terms of other features. In fact, if you ever used one of the Logitech optical devices, then you had the pleasure of using a reliable and functional device. And you wondered why Microsdoft could not do the same.Well wonder no more, they did it. This is a solid product, it will be reliable as the optical movement technology has already been proven, and you need no other reasons to purchase it than your own bad experiences with other mice.Buy this today. | 1positive
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Rubbish
I've never been a huge fan of Dell, but then again, they're cheap, and I suppose you get what you pay for. Our first 922 printer started having all sorts of issues - the paper was feeding incorrectly and jamming all the time, and then the holder for the black ink cartridge broke and would no longer hold the cartridge. It was still under warranty then, so they sent us a new one, but now (oddly enough, barely a month after the warranty ran out) it's broken again. Every page comes out with the back covered in black ink, and I've tried everything to clean the inside of the printer, but to no avail. I think I've learned my lesson - go with the expensive printers...the ink is cheaper, and they keep working. | 0negative
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Reasonable alternative to subscription DVRs (UPDATED 9/14/06)
Note: After a week, so far, so good. Originally gave this 4 stars...would give it 4.5 if I could. I was gonna drop the rating to 2 or 3 stars if the TV Guide features did not work well, but I'm getting to like it a lot.Why did I buy this product?1) Picture quality.It was time to upgrade my DVD player. I heard HDMI capable players did a pretty good job of "up-converting" DVD pictures to close to HD quality. It also supports digital audio (TOSLINK) to my A/V receiver, which does not have HDMI.VERDICT (UPDATED): Very Good.- Recently got and installed HDMI (to TV) and optical digital audio (TOSLINK to A/V receiver).On HDMI Video, my father had claimed his Panasonic does a nice up-convert job. It is a *slight* improvement over component video, but it does a nice job. My test case was "War of the Worlds", which is shot a bit rough and grainy. Picture was much better on HDMI and new DVD player. Ditto for 2nd test case, anniversay DVD of "JAWS".On digital audio, can't say the TOSLINK is any better than my coaxial digital, but it handles 5.1 surround from DTS or Dolby Digital very well (it also looks cool - red fiber optic - and sure beats old analog Dolby which is what I had to put up w/ temporarily).P.S. at my father's recommendation I got HDMI and TOSLINK A/V cables online at prices about 1/3 to 1/5 what you might pay in stores for "name brand" cables. I must say he was right. The cables were very good quality and they work perfectly.P.P.S. (off topic) it was a challenge to figure out how to enable the HDMI input on my Mitsubishi WD-52525 on my own. Mitsubish TV support was *very good* (as has always been my experience).2) Free TIVO or TIVO-like service.My cable company is rich enough. The idea of paying an extra $21 / mo (cable box / dvr, digital service fee, dvr fee) as an "improvement" do recording stuff to my old DVD player/recorder was not appealing. Panasonic unit uses the *free* TV Guide service.VERDICT: Good, unless you just *have* to have TIVO- I have many friends who have and *swear* by TIVO; from what I have seen, it has a nice remote, great interface, including the "sliding time bar" feature (you TIVO guys know what I'm talking about). You TIVO addicts will find the interface and functions lacking in the TV-Guide / Panasonic combo. In fact, many rental DVRs from cable companies don't stack up well to TIVO either.- *However*, as long as your cable operator passes along the TV-Guide signal to your DVR, I have found the *free* TV-Guide programming service is pretty good (I have Cox Cable and it works fine w/ TV-Guide). For the first time, I can search for all Sci-Fi movies for the week and decide if I want to record some of all of them to the hard drive, then burn to DVD if I want to keep them. Also, watching playback / fast forwarding / skipping commercials is definitely easier w/ something recorded to hard disk than a DVD+/-RW.3) Home video use and format compatibility- My old DVD recorder uses DVD+R and DVD+RW; I have some old VHS to DVD home movies and wanted something that could still play them and I wanted to be able to still use my remaining DVD+R and /RW discs.- I have also multiple digital video / picture cameras - some using MiniDV and some using mini SD cards. I wanted the option of transferring recordings to DVD w/o necessarily having to do use my PC all the time.Verdict: Very Good..so far (partially Incomplete)- I watched my old DVD +R home movies and they work just fine (whew!). Apparently this handles, DVD-RAM, DVD+/-R, and DVD +/-RW. This also supports recording for the hard drive to dual layer +/- DVDs....so pretty much all the current bases are covered, format-wise.- Have not tried the Firewire or SD card inputs yet, but as with my old DVD recorder, I expect no problems w/ transfer and recording to DVD. Apparently, you can also do some minor editing on the hard disk source prior to burnign to DVD...usually this is kludgey, but nice to have once you learn how to do it. Makes for better home movie archives w/o "junk".Any downsides?- HDTV on my 52" is stunning; non HD signals vary from poor to mediocre (good enough). This unit does not have an HD tuner and total time would be limited (even w/ 200GB HD). This is most notable on sports event where HD is stunning. On standard digital cable, the results are good enough (for now).- Every DVD remote should have a button to instantly access the top menu.OVERALL:This unit is great if your needs are like mine above and you are not a TIVO fanatic. I paid $420 for this unit, which is fair value (aside from the DVD playback, the other functions will probably pay for themselves in about 8-10 mos. - faster if I end up not buying 2-3 DVD movies because I was able to find / record them using this unit).I expect prices may continue to drop. If you could ever get it for about $100 less, it would be a great deal and that alone could warrant 5 starts vs. 4. If my TV-Guide experience over the long haul is bad (i.e. incorrect timing, problem w/ updated information), then this would drop to 2-3 stars.Wild card: cable companies have been rumored to be working on playing back recordings from a single DVR to any TV in the house. This would be a nice capability that would really threaten commercial-based TV and gives really lets you watch what you want, when you want, how you want. Duplicating this yourselve would currently require a lot of know-how and $$$$. This would give DVR rental a unique benefit...Of course, this capability would be only available to cable customers for another "additional fee"... ;-) | 1positive
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Good cam but not for Windows 2000 or XP!
Very pleased with the cam when used with Windows ME. Good in poor light and good resolution. Had some trouble in getting it to work at first and had to download new software from Kensington which solved the problem. Technical support good until I enquired about it working with Windows 2000 and XP. There is a "hardware issue" and the development of drivers for Windows 2000 and more importantly XP has been dropped. This means that this cam is very limited in it's upgrade ability. Having seen Windows XP and been impressed how good it is anybody thinking about buying a cam should bear this in mind. | 0negative
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Great until it died
I purchased this battery at the same time as a genuine BP522. The genuine BP522 battery is still working fine after more than a year, but the Lenmar died after 6 months (holds a charge about 5 minutes). When they were new, both provided more than 90 minutes of recording time each. | 0negative
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sony mdr-xd100 stereo headphones
I love these head phones the sound is great. and very comfortable , the price was wonderful Under 20. dollars Wow | 1positive
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perfect for gym use
great material, adjustable worth every penny , I bought this for use when i go to the gym and its best for my mp3 player Griffin Tempo Armband Case for Sansa e200 Series MP3 Players (Black) | 1positive
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Junk, junk, junk
I have fought with this device for over a year and flashed the firmware repeatedly just to breathe life back into it. After about 14 months of this headache it died while on. The screen was backlit with blue lines running through it horizontally. The LEDs for the buttons were illuminated. Couldn't turn it off. I hit the manual reset button over and over and it didn't phase it. Learn from my mistake and go buy a Sansa or a Sony device (at a fraction of the purchase and ownership price of an Ipod) like we did. You won't regret it. | 0negative
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sansa shaker
Bought the Sansa Shaker for my 6 year old daughter. She loves it! The built in speaker is the best part, she never uses the earphones. I would suggest to get different earphones or headphones because they are too big for little kids, and they fall out of adult ears too. Over all good product. | 1positive
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battery life sucks!!!!!
guys one thing is for sure the playback time is really low .....it dies down exactly when i need it and whats more pathetic is it erratic playback time ....sometimes lasts for 4 hours or even 3 hours .......PLEASE dont be misled by any reviews about battery life ......... | 0negative
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thouroughly satisfied
The only way that I could be more satisfied with this mouse is if it were wireless. (and Logitech obviously has wireless versions, but they were a bit pricey for me)PROS:* Excellent tracking - have had it for almost a year and the tracking works as well as the day I bought it. Also, the mouse slides easily even though it is only equipped with three plastic "pads" on the bottom.* Extremely comfortable grip for either hand* Durable - has been dropped many times and the cord yanked by many a fall and still shows no sign of wear. The logo hasn't even worn down.* The scroll wheel is notched and is very comfortable to use. Much better than Microsoft's wheels by comparison.* Just plug it in and go. The mouse starts working within 2 seconds after plugged in via USB.CONS:* Even though the description claims it needs no mousepad, the mouse does not track well unless it is on a flat and moderately textured surface. Mousepads are not required, but don't expect to be able to use the mouse easily on any old desk.* The mouse is lightweight enough to be dragged by its own cord if the cord is draped off the edge of a desk or something. This is annoying but can be worked around in a number of ways. | 1positive
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pretty cabel
its pretty, long and work great, no issues. A cable is just a cable, but the fact that this one is purple is pretty awesome. | 1positive
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Difficult to install for beginners...
My father-in-law purchased the D-link becasue it was on sale. I myself have a router(Linksys) at have used it for many applications & I love it.Since I already installed my Linksys, I volunteered to install his D-Link. I had very little dificulty with my router,but this was not the case with the D-Link.The D-Link has EXTREMELY POOR INSTRUCTIONS. My father-in-law has Cable and after over an hour of re-reading the instructions, over & over & over again, I was ready to give up, return the D-link & get him [other product].Fortunatly, I checked D-Link's website... navigated onto the troubleshooting & found a link explaining the steps I needed to to for my... cable. Completely different instructions than the one in the box.SUMMARYUnless you know what your doing, have someone to install it, and it's on sale... I would rather spend a few more bucks than to purchase anything else from d-link. There are always sales/rebates, just wait for the Linksys. Other than that, it is working (after a frustrating hastle) rather well... | 0negative
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SUPER
Yo tengo la version en español de este teclado. Y aumque las teclas si son realmente algo mas duras, el teclado si vale la pena. Es super lindo, y es todo um gusto escribir en el.Los botones de favoritos son grandes, y en si es un gran producto. Se los recomiendo a todos. | 1positive
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POOR
I HAVE NOT RECIEVE THIS ORDER YET IT IS FROM THE 6 12 06 I AM STILL WAITING I HEVE ORDER THING FROM CHINA I RECIVE IT INLESS THAN 7 SAYS AND IT IS OVER A MONTH SINCE I HAVE ORDER THIS ITEM TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON | 0negative
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Not so good, it broke !
I would have given this no stars, but it did work when it first came. Set-up was ok, it is a bit loud and you can not record and watch a different channel at the same time. ( kinda what VCRs are for )It was grainy when you record, and the sound was ok.Now like I said this might just be the unit I got, but I would not buy this again. I am going to spend the extra money and buy something better. | 0negative
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This product works really well
This is a really good product. I have three computers and I don't have any problems with it. The only thing that they did not mention in the manual is that, when clicking the ctrl, alt, shift buttons, make sure that you click it at a fast pace about a second apart. Because when I did it, it was at a slow pace and it wasn't working. But overall it is a great product to have when using more than one computer. | 1positive
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Paper Doesn't Fit Printer!!!
Canon suggests you buy 4x6 Paper to fit the printer. They don't give you a cartridge to use the paper with. They give you a postcard size and a Wide Size. They also only give you a ink cartridge to print 5 pictures worth. You would think with a printer that costs this much they could give you a proper cartridge, suggest the right paper to use and give you an actual ink cartridge that lasts at least 24 pictures!! | 0negative
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VERY unhappy!
Don't waste your time buying and trying for this product to work. It does not! I used to buy only SONY brand products. I guess now, that everything is made in China, you can't trust a well known brand any more. | 0negative
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Couldn't be easier!!!
After reading the latest reviews, I was a little apprehensive about setting this up. It was the most painless installation I have ever done - I'm just a regular computer user.I turned off my computer and cable modem(Comcast), hooked up the router to the cable modem and my computer to the router, turned on my computer and followed the IP instructions in the documentation (basically just did a release/renew all).Voila it worked!Now for the cool part. I bought the DWL 120 usb adapter to share between my laptop and another desktop upstairs. Installed the files from the CD, plugged in the adaptor, restarted and I am now typing this from my laptop in another room. It was way too easy! I also did the install on the desktop upstairs and the reception is very good. Haven't tried any other features such as networking a printer or even sharing files,but I am now surfing from every room in my house. | 1positive
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disappointing
Many of the accessories either didn't work with the LG 225, didn't work well, or broke shortly after we started to use them. I would not buy this accessory kit again. | 0negative
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Poor support
Unit setup went well but when I tried to scan my computer couldn't find the scanner. After several calls (no toll free no.)and several hours of trial and error Visioneer admitted that they a problem running on an Athlon processor powered PC. I never got the scanner to work and sent it back.If Visioneer had been upfront in their specs I could have avoided this waste of time. | 0negative
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It is a great camera.
I have looked here at Amazon.com often to purchase a new camera, and this is the camera. Have only had it a few days, but what great shots and video. When I read about it with Amazon's "Product Specs" it said some things that made me almost not buy it. The specs about titles is not correct. There are preset titles and also custom titling. I don't let the camera do titles because my software makes much better ones for a "movie" type effect where the camera just has a word or two in the middle of the screen for 5 seconds. This is my first fire wire device so I have not worked with that, but when the product specs said "no" with the S video I was turned off. This camera DOES HAVE S-video jack and that takes care of the 520 lines of resolution great.A couple of things that has troubled me with the camera are the zoom toggle and photo snap shot button. The zoom is very small and very sensitive. My old RCA camera had a much bigger front/back for zoom and wide angle, but this camera is small left/right. Being so new, I have to think left or right for zoom in and out and still go the wrong direction. The photo button on the top is another thing that I will need practice with. For just a few seconds you depress the button lightly until the camera is ready for a picture. Then you have to press the button deeper to let is take the picture. The place of the button and then have to depress it down completely has caused me to move the camera during the picture. The subject is hard to keep in the center when the "shutter clicks". With a tripod and using the remote might be the way to take a better picture. As a point and shoot still camera, it could be better.The large LCD screen is great, but it takes power. Get extra batteries and spend some money to get a larger memory stick. The 4 meg stick that come with the camera works but not for long. I can't say that this is a "must have" camera, but if you want the higher end type equipment this is a great camera. | 1positive
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doesn't work
won't accept male plugs. I'm not sure if I got the one bad one or if this is a regular problem. Fortunately, it is cheap enough for me not to bother to return it. | 0negative
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it sucks
this pda is really bad and you shouldn't buy it. it doesn't even work everytime you turn it on. it is too expensive for how it performs. | 0negative
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Good quality, a little dated...
You can't argue with Monster's quality. This works great, the long cord is huge plus. The only problem is in the names it has for the plugs. There is no label for Blu-Ray and there is one for VCR. This seems a little bit in the past, but besides this I have no complaints. | 1positive
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Nikon 70-300 lens great buy
I bought this lens for my daughter who has a Nikon D3100. I knew the auto focus feature would not work on her model, but I was looking for a cheap way to get the zooming capability. She had very little time to learn about the lens before her daughter's graduation, but she did manage to get a few great shots from about the 10th row in the audience, shots she could not have captured without this lens. She does have to work it manually, and a tripod is very helpful, but not absolutely necessary as some reviews I read indicated. She likes the lens very much, and I liked the price. We are taking it on vacation in the mountains. Just know she'll get some fantastic pictures. I would recommend it for amateur use, especially for those with cameras that will work the auto focus feature. | 1positive
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Questionable ethical return policy
In April this year I purchased a Samsung ML 2510 laser printer from amazon.com. About a week ago, the printer had a paper jam that I could not remove. Samsung tech support could not help me remove the bits of paper stuck in the machine so I was told that a replacement printer would be sent since the printer was still under mfr warranty. The replacement printer arrived today, I had expected a new printer but the box was clearly labeled "REFURBISHED". I called Samsung customer service and was told by a very rude argumentative agent that Samsung's policy is that replacement printers are refurbished. When I complained that I was never told about this policy and would not have agreed to accept refurbished, that a refurbished printer was highly unacceptable and that I wanted a new printer, the agent hung up on me. I called back for a supervisor and was told that the escalation dept was closed and to call back tomorrow. I then called Amazon.com to register this complaint. I rated this printer as one star (should be zero) because of this experience with Samsung which in my opinion is a sneaky and underhanded method of "palming off" refurbished goods on innocent customers. I paid full price for the printer that jammed and I see that refurbished printers are being sold online at about 1/3 the price of new.Today I called Samsung Executive Customer Relations Department and spoke to "Denise". I advised her of the above complaint but she remained fixed, unmoved and adamant in adhering to Samsung's policy of replacing new printers with refurbished ones. Even after I advised her I had advised Amazon of the complaint and its agent agreed that this policy was "shocking" and that I was going to write this complaint in a review she remained robot-like in her position that refurbished printers are sent to replace new printers that have problems. I even told her refurbished printers are being sold at about 1/3 the price of new but she remained rooted in her position in upholding this policy. I even advised her that in my opinion the policy was unethical, sneaky and underhanded but this did not move her to change and send me a new printer.This review is written as a warning to potential purchasers of Samsung products if you have a problem with the product, you probably will not get a new replacement but a refurbished one. Don't expect any sympathy or fairness after you pay full price for new and get refurbished.Disgusted and outraged. | 0negative
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Wireless connection and DHCP has problems....
I get this MN-700 to replace MN-500, what a mistake!1. DHCP sometimes hand out IPs out of the setting range.2. Wireless keeps on droping and reconnecting. That makes downloading large files almost impossible.3. In b/g mix mode, b mode client may not be able to connect.I know people will argue that interferrence (from 2.4GHz appliances) is the cause of disconnection, but my MN-500 never has the same problem. Microsoft seems slow (or not at all) release the fixes for this model. :( | 0negative
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ink lasts a very long time
After 2 years of printing great quality pictures I am finally replacing the ink. Not a single problem with the printer and it is the best one I have ever owned. | 1positive
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Buyer Beware
Thankfully, Amazon has a wonderful return policy. When I first used this sub it tended to rumble and thump but with some tweaking I was able to find a decent sound. I used this exclusively for music and it did a fine job adding richness and depth to the sound of my two speakers. Unfortunately after about two weeks in the middle of a song it started to whistle and hum and then it just droned like a broken fog horn. I shut the whole system down, let it rest, turned the system back on and, nothing. Again, returning it could not have been simpler; the UPS driver affixed a pre-printed label to the box and picked it up from my house. In two days I received an email from Amazon that my return had been processed. I know that Polk makes wonderful speakers as I have a pair, but this sub is not in that category. | 0negative
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Total junk
Mine arrived in tact but never worked. After the unreasonably high shipping price to get it to me, I decided that it wasn't worth it to pay to ship it back and then pay to ship another one. You might think, as a bargain hunter, that you're getting a deal here, but you're not. You're just buying a total piece of flimsy trash. | 0negative
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They are RCA Cables, they work.
Seem to be high quality.The connectors and y pieces are on the verge of bulky, but they work fine! | 1positive
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Would have been nice if it worked
Delivered quickly. Item does NOT scan as described on any DEI system (Avital/Clifford/Viper) - it just flashes 1 LED. Very disappointed. Too much work to return it. Lesson learned. | 0negative
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Failing after 180 hours...
Happy with the order/process on the front end and initial quality was OK, but giving lamp failure error after 180 hours. Can't seem to get a response from seller, very frustrating... In reading through other reviews, sounds like this product is being dramatically misrepresented as new/OEM replacement when it isn't. Time to take some legal or better business bureau action? Amazon - have always been a fan, why are you letting this happen?!Follow-up, ordered again and this time came from Amazon directly, NOT Crawford Superstore. Was an OEM lamp, Crawford Superstore was clearly attempting to sell knock-off lamps as if they were OEM. And now not supporting take the piece of junk back. | 0negative
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A Dud
I had exactly the same experience as the previous reviewer. When connected to a USB port, the player wanted to format the SD card even though the card was formatted in FAT with mp3s on the card.When not connected to the USB port, the player displayed '01 err' even though the card was formatted in FAT with mp3s on the card. | 0negative
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Defective
The plug rotates out to connect to the wall socket, but with the two of these that I purchased (one original and one replacement) the plug makes no connection with the inside. (I verified this with an ohm meter). So the devices did not do anything when plugged into the wall. They did work fine with the cigarette lighter plug. | 0negative
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Very disappointing
I was amazed that this sells for over $[money]. I was fooled by what looked like a sturdy and attractive case. It is poorly made out of cheap plastic - I expected much better from Palm. It doesn't close properly and makes hotsyncing difficult.There are better cases out there. | 0negative
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very quick death
It loks very nice,BUT it was dead 48 h. after I connected it to comps. | 0negative
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Nice fit but tight
Boy, this case is a snug fit for the 870IS but it's so snug that you really have to pull on the flap to get it to snap shut. I hope at after use the leather will loosen up. Good protection for the camera though. | 1positive
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Falsely advertised compatability with 80 iPod
the advertisement stated that this mic would be compatable with the newest iPod. It isn't! Don't buy if you have the newest version of the iPod. The mic has an extra little part that prevents it from connecting fully to the iPod. | 0negative
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Have used it almost a year
I've had the wrt54g router and the wpc54g card for about a year. During this time I've beenhoping that the connectivity issues would be resolved with the next release of the firmwarefor the router or driver for the laptop. Instead I go from one absurd situation to the nextabsurd situation. With each problem I have to find a work around. The problems seemto be related to the overhead incurred when encryption is enabled. With wep enabled and thelaptop only inches from the router, I would lose the signal every five minutes. To fix thiswhat I would do is login to the router, not change anything and save the settings. Then Iwas able to use the web without losing the connection every five minutes. Then wpa encryptioncame out. This also requires installing an update from microsoft :-(. Initially this fixed thedropped conncection every 5 minutes problem but it caused a delay in establishing the initialconnection with the router of about 3 minutes. You're sitting there twiddling your thumbswaiting for it to connect. Microsoft came out with a fix for the delay and while it reducesthe connect time to only a few seconds, the connection is lost after about 3 minutes. Furtherthe windows xp wireless client does not report that the connection has been lost, insteadit shows that everything is just fine and dandy. The work around that I've been using for thisis that when the connection is lost, I disable it and then I enable it again. Linksys tech supportis less than useless; all they've done is waste my time. | 0negative
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Large memory and could not use it
I purchased the Zen vision so that I could upload audio books to listen to while I exercise. The first book was The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman extolling the virtues of outsourcing to India and other places.The book form has 20 discs and I was having problems getting the right format so that the segments on the discs would play in the proper sequence. I made three phone calls, answered in India, and they never understood the problem. They kept searching in their answer book. One solution was for me to buy a simpler device. A second was to submit my questions on-line.I tried the on-line route three times, and each time was given a link to an irrelevant answer. On the fourth try, the email response was that I should try a phone solution.At this point, I returned the device to Amazon.I am sure that there is a simple way to address the labeling problem, but it was not given in the simple manual or in the seven attemps to get a solution. I tried hard to make the device work, but decided that an investment of two to three weeks on my part was enough | 0negative
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So helpful!
I canceled my home phone service so I HAD to get this device to update my TiVo! Very easy to set up and it works great! Amazon had the cheapest price I found anywhere. | 1positive
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Did not like it!
Poor quality. I guess you should pay more to get moreI Definately would not recommend this to any of my friends or neighbors | 0negative
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Great little discman at a great price
Another great feature that i think everyone else has left out is the MOJO's ability to play when upside down! It's also nice to buy the unit and have everything included in the package, batteries, headphones (i'm still trying to figure out how to wear them correctly), and an ac adapter. It would be nice if it came with a car adapter, but I can't really complain. My old mp3 discman would skip all the time and randomly turn itself off when in my car, and much of the time not even read the disc; so the tdk is a great leap forward as far as i'm concerned. | 1positive
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Does what it's supposed to
I have had this item for over 5 years now and it still works great and gets nearly daily use. I can't say that about anything else I've purchased at this price.The first month or so, the little clear plastic cover was a bit difficult to open and close but with time it eased up and is easily flipped shut and back with a flick of the thumb. Mine is still intact. I still have the USB lid too but it never gets used.It has worked with every SD card I've tried, up to 4GB so far. I purchased this in a time before every desktop and laptop came with a built in card reader, so it gets a little less use now than it has in the past few years.I don't know that it's still being made, and this review is probably more than a little late, but I had to put in a good word for my kind of ugly little silver friend, sticking out the side of my laptop faithful as ever. | 1positive
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Cartridge dries out quickly
I don't use my printer a whole lot maybe a few times a month. The ink in these cartridges dries up quickly. Every time I turn my printer back on, I have to replace a cartridge that has dried up. The quality of the print is decent though. | 0negative
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Not Completely Satisfied
I was satisfied until 14 months after I got it the thing decided to stop reading both DVD's and CD's. I used it normally in my home and was just starting to get a decent DVD collection and it did this.It was a fine product up until this event but considering the price of DVD players I dont think its something people want to keep buying so to let you know it doesnt work after 14 months! Also when you try and contact JVC they dont get back to you.I would advise you to look around for a different product, I wish I had, and if anyone has any suggestions for me as to how to fix this please let me know .Thanks | 0negative
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No range, hard to use, and broke
Range: In a suburban setting - no tall buildings, 0.3 mile - honestly I could almost shout that distance. On ski slopes it was ok.Use: The push to talk (PTT) button was very stiff and both I and my wife had problems holding it down.Broke: PTT button broke the 4th day we had it - just as well. I'll go GMRS next time - different brand too. | 0negative
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Don't buy these earbuds
These earbuds have the worst audio quality I have ever encountered. The highs were thin and tinny, the midrange was average, and the low end was non-existent. I followed Sennheiser's instructions/suggestions but nothing worked. I was past the date for returning the item, so in the end I gave them to a friend who wanted them. I replaced them with a $10 headset which has far superior quality. | 0negative
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Almost Worthless
It barely functions and the volume is inconsistent when low. At any higher volumes it crackles horribly and will eventually stop working. I bought it to replace a mostly broken headphone jack in my laptop, but it turned out to be even worse. There is no situation where I would want to use this item. If you have ANY alternatives, use them before this. | 0negative
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stopped working after 3 days of use
Mouse stopped moving the mouse pointer after only 3 days of use. The 2 bottons and the wheel still worked, therefore only the laser and/or its interface died. Since there were other reports of the same symptoms, Logitech must still be using low quality components and have not taken steps to effectively fix the problem. Mouse has been returned to Amazon for a full refund. | 0negative
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Universal Switch Commander
I purchased this to switch s-video from my Satellite receiver and my DVD player to my TV. I like the fact is uses electronic switches to switch the video rather than a slide switch. In that role it works very well and have no complaints. The only irritation is the power and source LEDs are really bright especially in a dark room. The only option is to turn it off when not in use and the remote works well for that. I would recommend this to others.PS: The ratings are for games and not this device. I would give this S-Video switcher 5 stars! | 0negative
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this was totally worth it
ok, first of all, noise cancelation doesn't mean that you can ONLY hear the music. there will be a little background noise, but not much, these headphones make a little white noise when you trun them onj, but you can't hear it at all with the music playing, these also have a very helpful feature, there's microphones on each earpiece so that you can hear if someone is being loud next to you, but don't worry, you have to be like a foot or two away for them to work, so ti doesnt pick up ambiant noise. I would suggest these over any other becasue they aren't big and bulky, they are pretty comfortable (enough to wear for about an hour and a half without a break, and they have an airplane hookup so you can listen to the stuff on the airplane without worrying about lice or anything. they have really good sound quality especially in comparison to ipod issue headphones and those sony wrap-around ones. | 1positive
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Wouldn't work with a very popular drive
I tried this product with a Hitachi Travelstar notebook drive and couldn't get it to work. When I called tech support, the rep's basic response was "guess this one doesn't work with that drive - sorry." On top of that, this product literally has no instructions included - none. You can go to the website and find them, but none included. I had read so much about Macally's support, but I got basically zero. Bought a Mad Dog enclosure the next day and it worked like a charm. | 0negative
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Don't bother
I purchased these based on other favorable reviews, but based on the pair that I received they are barely worthy of 1 star. The noise canceling electronics are nearly useless, compared to, for example, the Audio Technica ATH-ANC7 headset. There is little discernible reduction in ambient noise with the electronics switched on vs off. The electronics also adds quite a bit of hiss to the background. The yoke that spans the top of your head is uniquely uncomfortable. To round out the deal, the cord retracts into the left earpiece. While a nice idea, I've already had to disassemble this earpiece twice to untangle the mechanism. Buy something else. Spend the money for the Audio Technica ATH-ANC7 or a nice pair of over the ear headphones that have good sound quality and are comfortable. | 0negative
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