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Philips HDR112 Tivo Digital Video Recorder Average Customer Review:  Electronics list price: $299.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Features Reviews (81)
My Tivo unit is not properly contacting the server to download the program directory.This has been going on for over 2 weeks, so now my unit won't record at all.Tivo support lines have 30 min+ waits to get through. Online support is very limited.Upon getting thru to the first Tivo number, finally, they sent me to a second Philips number, and they were closed, with limited business hours.It would be one thing if this were just bad out-of-warranty hardware support, we're all used to that.However, Tivo is charging $12/month for the directory service and to not be willing to even take my call on it is frustrating. I've had no problems with 2 Replay TV units, which I've owned longer, and would recommend them over Tivo.Functionally, the units are essentially the same -- Tivo's slightly easier to use but Replay is slightly more flexible.My next unit will be another Replay.
You need to expand the hours, though - go ...find the upgrade kit you'll need to really use this thing.
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Service Difficulties lead me to recommend Replay over Tivo.
TiVo is self destructing.
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Siemens 4215 Gigaset 2.4 GHz DSS Expandable Cordless Phone (Silver and Black) Average Customer Review:  Electronics (10 November, 2001) list price: $149.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review Siemens's 4215 Gigaset covers a lot of ground. By using the walkie-talkie function, you can contact anyone who has a handset within 1,000 feet outdoors and 150 feet indoors. With long-ranging 2.4 GHz digital technology, the lightweight 4215 offers features like voice-announced caller ID/call waiting and headset compatibility and speakerphone in an expandable unit. Plus, enhancements like a buttonless base, six-day standby battery, clock and alarm, and appointment reminder combine to make this phone well suited for a small office or busy home. It's also easy to use, with voice-activated commands and dialing and a navigation key to help you move through menu options. The built-in digital answering machine provides 33 minutes of recording time (and memo operation), with the support of four mailboxes to designate messages and full remote operation to collect messages while you're away. The date and time stamp records when the call came in. A 30-number caller ID memory and 200 speed-dial presets are both displayed on the large five-line backlit LED screen. The slim handset, weighing just 5.6 ounces and measuring 2-by-6.5-by-1.5 inches, has volume control, call waiting, flash, hold, and last number redial. Expand your 4215 to four users with optional handsets (Siemens model 4200 or 4000). A long battery life provides 10 hours of talk and 6.25 days of standby with a low-battery indicator. ... Read more Features Reviews (125)
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Canon PowerShot S110 2MP Digital ELPH Camera Kit with 2x Optical Zoom Average Customer Review:  Electronics list price: $599.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review Canon's update to the PowerShot S100, the PowerShot S110, packs a high-quality digital camera into the tiny, elegant body of Canon's Digital Elph series. The idea behind the Elph line is simple: create a camera small enough to slip into a shirt pocket, so you can take it anywhere. To improve upon the impressive specs of the original, Canon upgraded the image processor, making it both faster and more effective in maximizing color fidelity and saturation. Additionally, the S110 has the ability to record QuickTime movies. A new, tiny microphone is embedded in the front of the camera. The basics include 2-megapixel resolution (1,600 x 1,200 image resolution) for high-quality photos and prints up to 8 by 10 inches; an all-glass aspherical 2x zoom lens (and a 2.5x digital zoom as well). A 1.5-inch LCD monitor displays most camera settings with easy-to-understand icons and minimal text. The built-in flash uses a light guide and does not need a Fresnel lens or a large reflector, making the camera even more compact. The PowerShot S110 stores images on an included 8 MB CompactFlash card. Adobe PhotoDeluxe and PhotoStitch control image management, editing, compositing, and printing, while ZoomBrowser EX or ImageBrowser produce self-running screen slide shows, automatic e-mail preparation, and auto layout. The camera uses a high-speed plug-and-play USB interface, plus it has NTSC-out so you can view your photos on your TV. It's fully compatible with both Mac and PC platforms. ... Read more Features Reviews (165)
It's the perfect first camera for users who are comfortable with technology. There are simpler (and cheaper) cameras for people who are less compfortable with technology. This one packs the right amount of sophistication in features, and simplicity in usage - and all that in one small little bundle! It's strong points: All in all, this camera and Canon's Powershot line are an excellent choice for most people. ... Read more Asin: B00005LB8P |
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GameCube Indigo Special Smash Pack - New Low Price Average Customer Review: Video Game list price: $314.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review To help you start your GameCube collection, we've created this special bundle, which includes the GameCube console, the games Super Smash Bros. Melee and Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II, and a memory card to save your progress through the games. Though it looks like a toy, don't be fooled: the Nintendo GameCube is a powerful video game console that rightly deserves its place among the other next-generation game systems. In fact, its playful, appealing design and small size (the unit is a not-quite-cubed 6 inches) aren't the only features that set it apart from the others. For starters, Nintendo has quite clearly made this a game-only machine. It doesn't try to play your CD collection, run your movies, read your e-mail, or store your MP3 files. The company has concentrated its efforts on games. The prelaunch titles we've seen play uniformly smooth, with bright, fast graphics and great sound. Nintendo says its engineers have removed traditional "bottlenecks" that have, in the past, slowed down processing. New components designed by IBM and MoSys, as well as a large-capacity secondary memory cache, keep instructions moving through the system's microprocessor (MPU) at peak levels. In English: the GameCube is optimized to push speed up while pushing costs down, hence its position at the lower end of the price spectrum. The GameCube is the first Nintendo video game system to use a disc-based media rather than cartridges for its games. Moving the software to disc media generally means lower development costs for the publishers, which, in turn, trickles down to the consumer not only in price, but also in availability and quality, as it's then easier to try out untested game ideas (Pikmin, anyone?). While most other systems likewise store their games on discs, the GameCube's 3-inch format is smaller than everyone else's, and is so designed to fit in a shirt pocket as much as it is to deter would-be software pirates. Of course, the main advantage of the GameCube is that it's the home field of one of the world's premier game designers--Nintendo. While powerhouses Electronic Arts and Sega make games for all systems (including this one), you can only play Nintendo games on a Nintendo system. And Nintendo, you might recall, has been hitting them out of the park since it started with Donkey Kong. In fact, here's a roll call of characters and series you won't find on the other consoles: Mario, Legend of Zelda, Perfect Dark, Metroid, Kirby, and, of course, Pokémon. A few names that the GameCube will share with the other guys: Madden, Tony Hawk, Sonic, Batman, and Star Wars. The system also comes with four built-in controller ports, so you can easily plug in extra controllers and let friends join in for the multiplayer games--it's even got a built-in handle so you can easily move it to a friend's house. It comes with two memory card slots for saving your progress through games, and there's the capacity for future expansion into the world of online gaming. In short, the GameCube isn't an all-in-one entertainment system, and neither is it the most powerful of the modern video game consoles. But for video game enthusiasts who want to stick with their favorite characters, its value cannot be beat. --Porter B. Hall ... Read more Reviews (48)
1.) X-box sports the most impressive hardware of the 3 major consoles, but best hardware doesn't mean best system.Nintendo 64 was a better hardware platform than PS1, but PS1, by far, became the forerunner of it's generation b/c it boasted so many more games. 2.) X-box and PS2 are able to play DVD movies (but not in progressive scan mode), but I already had a DVD player and what I wanted a gaming machine. 3.) PS2, though not quite as hardware-beefy as the other 2 consoles, already had a large base of games and contracts with the major game developers.But, I didn't like the fact that there were only 2 ports for controller jacks and you had to buy a hub to connect more controllers.Plus, I discovered some web articles describing how game developers complained that developing for PS2 was an onerous, overly-complicated task. 4.) Ultimately, it's all about the quality of the games.Doing some more research, I found out that Nintendo's emphasis with GameCube, in trying to learn from their mistakes with Nintendo 64, was to make programming for GameCube more developer-friendly; with the goal being higher-quality games on a powerful, competitive platform to present the games.I was *this* close to buying an X-box bundle, but when I started to pick games, I realized that a lot of these games looked quite impressive graphically, but didn't look like they were much fun.I realized at that point, even if I had the best hardware, what I really wanted was a console with good games.I looked seriously at GameCube and at that time, Super Smash Bros. had great reviews as an addictive party game.Pikmin and Luigi's Mansion were being praised as inventive, original, and addictive...*THAT* was what I wanted.Since that time, I've also picked up Gauntlet and Super Monkey Ball, both just terrific games that are a lot of fun playing with your friends and family.I can only speak for myself, but once I had distilled down what I wanted out of a gaming console, the choice was pretty clear and I've never regretted it once. I didn't give 5 stars just because, in principle, I believe there's always room for improvement.But, if you're like me and what you want are games which are not the same old-same old (after X number of times you play something, you come back to a game b/c of it's gameplay, not b/c you're wowed by a computer generated landscape you've seen 1000 times before)and fun to play with your friends, try a GameCube. ... Read more Asin: B00005UJSH |
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SSX Tricky Average Customer Review: Video Game (30 November, 2001) list price: $49.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review Grab your board and take on the slopes of SSX as you've never seen them before. Two brand-new runs, six never-before-seen riders, and tons of original tricks, shortcuts, and jumps make SSX Tricky the ultimate snowboarding experience. With voices supplied by celebrities such as Oliver Platt and Macy Gray, the SSX Tricky riders come to life on the snow-covered icy mountain courses. Establish friendships, create rivalries, and show off your high-flying skills in three different types of races, and when you're ready to catch real air, reach into your bag and bust out one of the crazy new über-tricks that take airborne flight to the next level, with flips, twirls, and more. New Garibaldi and Alaska courses let you get more vertical and catch more air, while all the original courses have some new surprises. Six new riders join most of the original SSX crew to provide a wide range of abilities and competition. ... Read more Features Reviews (127)
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Foundation (Foundation Novels (Paperback)) Average Customer Review: Paperback (01 October, 1991) list price: $7.99 -- our price: $7.19 (price subject to change: see help) US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review Foundation marks the first of a series of tales set so far in the future that Earth is all but forgotten by humans who live throughout the galaxy.Yet all is not well with the Galactic Empire. Its vast size is crippling to it.In particular, the administrative planet, honeycombed and tunneled with offices and staff, is vulnerable to attack or breakdown. The only person willing to confront this imminent catastrophe is Hari Seldon, a psychohistorian and mathematician.Seldon can scientifically predict the future, and it doesn't look pretty: a new Dark Age is scheduled to send humanity into barbarism in 500 years.He concocts a scheme to save the knowledge of the race in an Encyclopedia Galactica.But this project will takegenerations to complete, and who will take up the torch after him? The first Foundation trilogy (Foundation,Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation) won a Hugo Award in 1965 for "Best All-Time Series."It's science fiction on the grand scale; one of the classics of the field. --Brooks Peck ... Read more Reviews (275)
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Dremel 2850D 2-Speed MultiPro Kit Average Customer Review: Tools & Hardware list price: $97.90 -- our price: $79.95 (price subject to change: see help) US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Features Reviews (4)
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Dark Age of Camelot Average Customer Review: CD-ROM (10 October, 2001) list price: $19.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review This is the massively multiplayer online role-playing game for those whose report cards were always marked, "Does not play well with others." Dark Age of Camelot allows thousands of players to adventure, grow, and battle one another for territory, goods, and experience. Set in Europe's mythological past, Camelot incorporates Arthurian legends, Norse mythology, and Irish Celtic lore. Players choose which realm to serve during character creation: noble Albion, brutal Midgard, or mystical Hibernia. Each realm has unique character races and classes, such as elves, trolls, and highlanders. Once chosen, the player's character will serve that realm forever. Once the character has gained in power, he or she will be asked to defend the realm from invasion and to go on raiding parties into other realms. If you're thinking that Camelot is designed to encourage player-vs.-player combat, you're right. Realms will battle over territory, key structures (such as towers and castles), and relics. Certain powers and noble titles can only be gained by successfully attacking or defending against rival realms. But Camelot also requires teamwork. All player-vs.-player combat is team based; you can only fight characters in opposing realms. Members of a realm must band together to fend off and attack other realms. In fact, each character class has been designed with player-vs.-player combat in mind, and each will offer a different ability or perform a specific task in player-vs.-player situations. The inter-realm war is not merely chaotic, mass melee combat. There are towers to be taken over and defended, relics to pilfer from enemy realms, and territory to scout and conquer. Siege warfare will be required to take over castles, stealthy rogues will be able to climb into strongholds and open the gates, and much, much more will be available. Player levels will be based on experience versus monsters, not versus other players. And while players can only gain certain powers by actively going out on raids or protecting their realms' relics from enemy invasions, it is entirely possible to have a successful and enjoyable experience in Camelot as a merchant, trader, or monster hunter. At higher levels, players will have to adventure out into regions between the realms, which could bring them into conflict with enemies--but not necessarily so. In order to allow new players time to grow familiar with the game, each realm will have its own unique, protected adventuring areas designed for new players.These areas will be consistent within each realm, and will allow new players an opportunity to gain experience and power without worrying about an invasion from across the seas. Of course, at higher levels, you could be asked to rally to Arthur's banner before the gates of Camelot itself, or to conduct a druid ceremony in the mists of Hibernia, all for the greater glory of the realm. --Mike Fehlauer Dark Age of Camelot is a multiplayer online game you play via the Internet. A stable Internet connection is required to play. Mythic Entertainment charges a small monthly fee for this game, separate from your Internet service provider access charges. The first month of this fee is included in the purchase price of this package. You must provide a valid credit card to register and play. After your first month, you can use your credit card to buy more time.... Read more Reviews (234)
This MMORPG is less of a time-sink than many of the others out there, though still is a bit of one.
Ive played Daoc for a year and a half. shortly after beta on the american servers as i had to order the game from america as im british. This game has extremely smooth graphics. ive not found much in the way of graphical issues at all since i started playing. I run on a gerforce4MX. The ONLY problem i have sometimes is enlargement of world objects which only happens as i begin to get slowdown in graphics from loading huge battles. which is no big issue. just requires a 30 second reboot of the game. The static graphics in the inventory which update the characters avatar not updating is the only graphical issue. i cannot currently correct this. I dont recommend geforce cards for great graphics like this anyways. apparantly they dont work as well. Gameplay is somewhat weak nearer level 50. it took a LONG time because of the class i chose and my time zone (and laziness :P) to level my character. My character is also widely agreed as needing improvements (the class) but most classes are customizable to a certain extent as you can specialise a certain line of spells or melee to attain certain spell types and combat damage types. (eg. a light specialised mentalist for direct damage spells. or a mana specialised mentalist for mana regeneration spells and others) the characters play solid roles in groups EXCEPT the stealther types. which have very little to offer groups. thus they have trouble grouping. the nature of these classes is very specialist anyways so requires quite some time and investment. Tradeskills take quite a long time to raise to a high level. and from what i hear the rewards for this effort is lacking although they legendary gm (HIGH HIGH end tradesmen) are constantly in demand. so i would not be suprised if they were making a big profit. you can train in such things as alchemy. spellcraft (imbues armor with abilities) armorcraft, fletching, siegecraft. The RVR is fun and although it can end pretty quickly. its a rush. large scale battles are a blast! unless you have slow modem and graphics then its just pure lag and gets annoying. You get the opportunity to take other realms keeps so you can eventually try for a realm relic. capturing these relics gives extra % of damage on top of that relics damage type (e.g 10% extra spell dmg for a power relic and 10% extra melee damage for a strength relic) These take a LOT of people (50+) and can be extremely fun and demanding. This game is for the high end PC user who has time to burn. Overall this game in my opinion IS the best MMORPG currently available. the customer support is quite stable and they update the game info regularly on the site. I strongly reccomend this game as a first MMORPG or your next. Ambadias Kesmai. Level 50 Ranger on the Galahad server ... Read more Asin: B00005OV6N |
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Civilization 3 Average Customer Review:  CD-ROM (31 October, 2001) list price: $19.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review Sid Meier's name is synonymous with outstanding games, particularlyturn-based strategy games. From the original Civilization toColonization to Alpha Centauri, Meier has been behind some of thebest games ever made. Now we can add Civilization III to the list. Thethird installment in Meier's signature series offers all the outstandinggameplay featured in the first two games while including new features andrefinements that keep the series fresh and engaging. Civilization III offers 16 playable civilizations, and each has its ownstrengths and bonuses. The game begins in the year 4000 B.C., when yourcivilization is nothing more than a primitive tribe, and each turn progressesthe game forward in time. You manage growth, military production, citydevelopment, diplomacy, and scientific research as your civilization grows froma single village to several towns to a continent-spanning metropolitan sprawl.The fun is in deciding whether to research writing or the wheel, whether tobuild a musketeer to take out an encroaching enemy pikeman or direct your cityto work on the culturally significant Sistine Chapel. There are five ways to winthe game, ranging from wiping out the other civilizations with military power todefeating them through cultural dominance, which is one of several new victoryconditions. Fans of Meier's other turn-based games will find the same addictive gameplaypresent in Civilization III. Building off the gameplay are several newadditions, specifically the new cultural rating and the new resource managementoptions. Every turn, each civilization earns culture points based upon how manywonders and other culturally significant structures are built within its cities.The higher the culture rating, the faster your civilization's borders grow. Ifyour border extends to an enemy city, it's possible to capture that city withoutshedding any blood; the city's citizens will be attracted by your culture andwillingly rebel. The other big change is that you must collect raw materials in order to buildcertain units. For example, oil and rubber are required to build modern units,and if those resources aren't within your territory, you'll need to negotiatewith other civilizations for them. And because the game's negotiation process isvery deep and involved, you may find yourself cut off from key raw materials ifyou're at odds with other civilizations, which, in turn, will weaken youmilitarily. The AI powering rival civilizations is quite good, and is capable of negotiatingcomplex arrangements with both your civilization and other civilizations. Thesenegotiations run from simple trade agreements to complex mutual protectionpacts, and it's not uncommon to find an enemy civilization taking steps toisolate you from the rest of the world. There are a few minor issues with the game, most notably with unit imbalancesand the tedious endgame, which can drag on forever. These are minor problems,however, and don't detract from the overall experience. Fans of Sid Meier'sother games, or anyone looking for a fun and challenging gaming experience, oweit to themselves to pick up Civilization III. --P. Meyer Pros:
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Plextor PlexWriter 24x/10x/40x CD-RW Drive ( PX-W2410TA/SW ) Average Customer Review:  Electronics list price: $239.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Features Reviews (3)
The Plexor 24/10/40's reading capabilities are also amazing. I was in a roll-over accident, in which my favorite disc was damaged. I pulled the CD which refused to play in four other players, and burned a copy of it, which plays all the way through! I love these things!!! ... Read more Asin: B000060OFO |
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Belkin F5U220 USB 5 Port 2.0 PCI Card Average Customer Review: Electronics list price: $69.99 -- our price: $56.99 (price subject to change: see help) US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Features Reviews (11)
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Linksys BEFVP41 EtherFast Cable/DSL VPN Router with 4-Port 10/100 Switch Average Customer Review: Electronics list price: $190.00 -- our price: Too Low To Display (price subject to change: see help) US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Features Reviews (34)
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Michael Jackson's Great Beer Guide Average Customer Review: Paperback (01 October, 2000) list price: $16.95 -- our price: $11.53 (price subject to change: see help) US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Reviews (15)
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