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Epson SP1280 Inkjet Printer Average Customer Review:  Electronics list price: $499.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review The Epson Stylus Photo 1280 inkjet printer offers stunning 2,880 x 720 dpi resolution and a quick-drying six-color ink palette to produce large photo prints in crisp detail and true tonal quality. These impressive features provide you with borderless photo prints in sizes up to 13 by 44 inches. The Stylus Photo 1280 fills nearly all of your photo reproduction needs as it produces breathtaking, quality 4-by-6-inch color prints in less than a minute and 8-by-10-inch color prints in under two minutes. Black text prints at 9 ppm. The 1280 prints photos either with borders or in full bleed. With a 100-sheet input tray and a 50-page output tray, the printer has an automatic low-ink detection sensor to alert you as your cartridges run low. Image lightfastness (related to paper quality) is rated to 25 years before fading when stored under normal indoor display conditions. The Stylus Photo 1280 is compatible with both Windows and Macintosh operating systems and comes with a one-year warranty and the assurance provided by the Epson Overnight Exchange Program. ... Read more Features Reviews (51)
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Iomega 31311 HipZip Digital Audio Player (with Two 40 MB PocketZip Disks) Average Customer Review: Electronics (05 November, 2000) list price: $99.95 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review The palm-size Iomega HipZip digital audio player combines high-capacityremovable storage technology with low-cost PocketZip media to provide hours oflistening pleasure. Each round 2-inch PocketZip disk (formerly named Clik!disks) can hold 40 MB of digital audio, allowing you to affordably collect,organize, and transport your digital music. The Iomega HipZip digital audio player supports MP3 and the new MicrosoftWindows Media Audio (WMA) format. You can download music to the HipZip fromeither your PC or Macintosh via a fast USB connection (PCs require Windows 95OSR 2.1, 98, or 2000; Macs require Mac OS 8.6 or higher). A drag-and-dropfeature makes file transfer a breeze and you can use the HipZip as an externaldrive--it will download or transport any digital information. It features theDadio operating system from Interactive Objects Inc. (iObjects), which enablesfeatures such as downloading music or managing play lists while listening tomusic. Controls include forward and reverse to find the track you want, as well as ahigh-quality equalizer control system that enhances audio quality. The easy-to-readbacklit display shows the title, artist, and album information along withavailable disk space. The box includes a carrying case, USB cable, headphones, 2 PocketZip 40 MBdisks, a CD-ROM with MusicMatch Jukebox CD and Windows Media Player 7, a user'smanual, and an installation guide. ... Read more Features Reviews (164)
However, now that I have it, it would be nice if the disks were double if not triple the storage space.It's kind of a drag to change the disk in such short intervals.But again, I knew how much data they would hold before I bought it.This also means I carry about 6 disks with me at a time to make sure I have plenty of music. It's a trade off.I didn't really want one of the bigger jukeboxes and still don't see the need.I don't want to manage that much music when I'm trying to enjoy what I'm doing.With the hipzip it's like playing a mixed CD everytime you stick one in so music management is cake.
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Canon CanoScan N1220U Scanner Average Customer Review: Electronics list price: $179.00 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review Sleek, fast and ultrathin, the Canon N1220U draws power directly fromyour PC through the USB cable--no external power source is required. It's also asnap to use with a single, easily programmable button that allows for simpleone-touch scanning. Plus, Canon's uniquely styled Z-lid gives you an extra inchof room for scanning thicker objects like books, magazines, or anything that'sno larger than a letter-size document. Setup was a breeze. We glanced through the quick-start card, popped in the CD,and followed the onscreen instructions. (The entire manual is on the CD-ROM.)Operation went just as smoothly as setup (with only one button, it's hard to gowrong). We followed the software driver's onscreen prompts to set color depth,gray scale options, and size with just a few mouse clicks. In our tests, we scanned a variety of documents. At about 35 seconds for a colorphoto and 20 seconds for a monochrome document, the overall speed was quiteacceptable. We did notice a slight loss of detail in shadowed areas of photos,but in general the resulting images were clean, crisp reproductions of theoriginals. However, we were disappointed by the lack of a transparency option. Also,despite its slim size and energy-efficient design, the N1220U is by no meanssilent; chances are you won't want to scan while taking an important phone call.If you find yourself in need of technical support, free options are found eitheronline or via an automated phone line, but talking to a live support personcosts $10 per call. Still, despite these drawbacks, the N1220U is a good scannerthat's easy to use and provides clear, sharp results. --Jill Lightner Pros:
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1) It is very thin and lightweight -- PLUS it stores vertically on my desk. Having made the choice, I have had no regrets. It has been easy to set up and use (I can even use it while it is in its vertical position - quite a handy feature that I didn't realize it offered when I was making my selection.) I am pleased and would recommend this to anyone needing a high quality, easy-to-use and easy-to-store scanner. ... Read more Asin: B00004Y66M |
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QPS QPCDRW161040FEM External 16x10x40 FireWire CD-RW Drive Average Customer Review: Electronics list price: $199.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review The External FireWire CD-RW drive from QPS Inc. delivers fast 40x read, 16x write, and 10x rewrite speeds for storing data or audio on high-capacity CDs. Compatible with PC and Mac computers, the drive features a FireWire 1394 interface for easy plug-and-play installation, a generous 2 MB buffer, and 140 millisecond average access times. Engineered into the drive is QPS BURNProof technology, which eliminates buffer underrun errors in fast write modes and allows multitasking on your PC while burning CDs. In addition, included software enables you to use your drive for drag-and-drop data file transfer and for creating custom music CDs quickly and easily. QPS offers a one-year warranty on the external 16x10x40 FireWire CD-RW drive. ... Read more Features Reviews (17)
Also have you thought that installing internals on a desktop on your own would void your warranty, because it does?And if something goes wrong then there you go, you're out of luck cause it's or own fault for cracking the case to put in a product. As for the cost, yes we can easily see that cost is an issue.It's obvious externals will cost more. Also, what about portability.I sure as heck don't want to buy two or three different drives for each computer I'll be using. I could keep going, but but just think before you write.If you don't have anything directly product related, in regard to reviewing, just keep it to yourself.(I would take my own advice, but there are people out there not using these review places as they are designed to be used.)
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Olympus Camedia C-4040 4MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom Average Customer Review: Electronics (12 August, 2001) list price: $1,149.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review The Olympus C-4040 Zoom succeeds the C-3040, and ushers the C-series into the 4-million pixels category.With a 1/1.8-inch, 4.1-megapixel CCD sensor, the camera produces images at up to 2,272 x 1,704, for a printed size of 11-by-14 inches. For further pixel depth, Optimum Image Enlargement mode (OIE) digitally interpolates JPEG images up to 3,200 x 2,400 pixels. Images can also be recorded in uncompressed TIFF format. The included removable 16 MB SmartMedia card stores 20 images at 2,048 x 1,536. You can record movies with sound in QuickTime movie mode; the highest quality clip captures at 320 x 240 pixels and 15 frames per second. For added personalization, you can attach four-second audio memos to still images in-camera, and rerecord audio over images with the included Camedia Master software. The superbright and ultrafast f1.8 Olympus aspherical zoom lens offers a 35-105mm range (35mm equivalent) with a 3x optical zoom and an additional 2.5x digital zoom. Along with manual focus, the lens features TTL iESP contrast-detection autofocus with a normal focus ranging from 0.8-meters to infinity, and macro from 0.2 to 0.8 meters. Information is displayed on the main color LCD and top-positioned LCD screen. The color LCD screen measures 1.8 inches diagonally with a 114,000-pixel capacity and includes a brightness adjustment. You can use either the color viewfinder or optical, real-image viewfinder for shooting. The camera offers complete control and versatility, a key point coveted by the advanced photographer. You set exposure to automatic or manual with three modes: programmed autoexposure, aperture priority auto, and shutter priority auto. ISO sensitivity adjusts to automatic or manual with selectable equivalent ISO ratings: 100, 200, and 400. This camera also features ESP, spot, and multispot light metering; burst-mode at two frames per second for up to eight frames; and in-camera sharpness settings. The all-black camera body includes a rubberized lens barrel and a grip for all-weather durability. The rubber lens barrel protects the lens when the lens cap is off, while a tethered line ensures the lens cap never gets lost. The built-in flash includes six modes: automatic, low, and backlight; red-eye reduction; fill-in; forced off; slow shutter synchronization, first curtain and second curtain; and red-eye reduction with slow shutter synch. The external flash terminal permits automatic, forced on, forced off, and a variety of optional extension cables for PC sync flash. The camera requires power from one of three choices: two included 3V lithium-battery packs; four AA batteries, not included; or continuous power via AC adapter, not included. The AutoConnect USB port allows for easy connectivity to any computer without the need to install drivers (except for Windows 98). Since the camera is recognized as a storage drive, you use the familiar drag-and-drop functionality, too. The camera package includes a 16 MB SmartMedia card, (2) LB-01 CR-V3 lithium battery pack, RM-1 wireless remote control, A/V output cable, USB cable, shoulder strap, and lens cap with retaining cord. The bundled software is Camedia Master Software and Adobe Photoshop LE. Olympus covers the camera for one year on parts and labor. ... Read more Features Reviews (47)
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Canon ZR25MC Digital Camcorder with Built-in Digital Still Mode Average Customer Review:  Electronics list price: $899.00 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review Canon's sleek and compact ZR25 MC camcorder provides almosteverything you need to shoot both beautiful footage and digital stills.Small enough to fit in your pocket, the ZR25MC is equipped with a colorLCD view screen and a color eyecup viewfinder, an image stabilizationsystem to steady the jittery hand, and a digital zoom that magnifies upto 200 times. To help ensure that you get the quality footage you want, Canon hasincluded a number of preset shooting modes. These modes willautomatically adjust the settings of your camcorder for a variety ofshooting situations. There is also an additional set of special effectsavailable during both recording and playback that will help add alittle flavor to your movies. These effects include black-and-white,sepia, and mosaic, among others. Also, using the ZR25 MC's Progressive Photo mode, you can take over 700still photos with an 80-minute MiniDV tape or store it onto theportable 8 MB MultiMediaCard. With the IEEE 1394 port you can connectthe ZR25 MC to a DV-ready personal computer to edit video or e-mailphotos. Included in the package are an A/V cable, power adapter,shoulder strap, and battery pack. ... Read more Features Reviews (20)
However, now I've been working on doing some video capture with my PC and it just ate my daughters 6 month old tape.I figured I'd better not put any of her other tapes in until I tried it out with a new tape.That was a good decision.Now the camera won't play or record and just gives me a "remove tape" message. I checked with the store where we purchased the camcorder and they say it starts at $199 to get it repaired. From reading other reviews.... it's probably not worth it!!!!
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The Godfather DVD Collection Director: Francis Ford Coppola Average Customer Review:  DVD (23 April, 2004) list price: $69.99 -- our price: $52.49 (price subject to change: see help) US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review Throughout his long, wandering, often distinguished career Francis Ford Coppola has made many films that are good and fine, many more that are flawed but undeniably interesting, and a handful of duds that are worth viewing if only because his personality is so flagrantly absent. Yet he is and always shall be known as the man who directed the Godfather films, a series that has dominated and defined their creator in a way perhaps no other director can understand. Coppola has never been able to leave them alone, whether returning after 15 years to make a trilogy of the diptych, or re-editing the first two films into chronological order for a separate video release as The Godfather Saga. The films are our very own Shakespearean cycle: they tell a tale of a vicious mobster and his extended personal and professional families (once the stuff of righteous moral comeuppance), and they dared to present themselves with an epic sweep and an unapologetically tragic tone. Murder, it turned out, was a serious business. The first film remains a towering achievement, brilliantly cast and conceived. The entry of Michael Corleone into the family business, the transition of power from his father, the ruthless dispatch of his enemies--all this is told with an assurance that is breathtaking to behold. And it turned out to be merely prologue; two years later The Godfather, Part II balanced Michael's ever-greater acquisition of power and influence during the fall of Cuba with the story of his father's own youthful rise from immigrant slums. The stakes were higher, the story's construction more elaborate, and the isolated despair at the end wholly earned. (Has there ever been a cinematic performance greater than Al Pacino's Michael, so smart and ambitious, marching through the years into what he knows is his own doom with eyes open and hungry?) The Godfather, Part III was mostly written off as an attempted cash-in, but it is a wholly worthy conclusion, less slow than autumnally patient and almost merciless in the way it brings Michael's past sins crashing down around him even as he tries to redeem himself. --Bruce Reid ... Read more Features Reviews (479)
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Viking 64 MB SmartMedia Card (SSFDC3/64) Average Customer Review: Electronics list price: $47.99 -- our price: $20.89 (price subject to change: see help) US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Features Reviews (71)
I was looking at the 128mb Memorex SmartMedia Card, but I discovered my camera was not on Memorex's compatibility list.My next choice was the 64mb card from Viking.I was a little skeptical at first because I had never heard of them before.However, after reading some great reviews from other amazon.com shoppers I decided to give it a shot (especially because it was priced lower then most of the others). I could not be happier!First off I went from only being able to hold 20 photos (at max quality), to around 82!I have been using the card for months, taking photos, deleting them, transferring them to my PC, and so far it has been working great.The card also came with a plastic protective case, which is now where my 16mb card resides. If I ever decide to go with the larger 128mb card, or if I get a new camera, I will definitely consider another Viking memory card, and would recommend their product to any of my friends.
Each of our images is under 350k for EBAY aauctions and I can save 292 high quality images at a time - and they always turn out well. I highly recommend this card. For our day-to-day jobs - we will only use this Viking card. It has never failed us. I use it at home. It's taken in and out of the camera many, many times, and it just keeps on working. It really is our workhorse. ... Read more Asin: B00004TENT |
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Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Average Customer Review:  CD-ROM (12 October, 2000) US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review With each new release of Photoshop, Adobe manages both to satisfy theexpectations of existing users and to pull a few magic features out of its hat.Version 6 is no exception. Powerful vector editing and masking, improved layercontrols, layer styles, incredible typographic control, new Web publishingtools, and a cleaner, more accessible interface are already making version 5.5,itself a groundbreaker, look like ancient history. Photoshop's new vector features provide even more control when compositingphotographic images. You can use the vector drawing tools simply to createpolygons and custom shapes, but they can also act as layer clippingpaths--vector masks that hide or reveal image areas in underlying layers. Editable layer effects such as drop shadow and glow were introduced in version 5.5; in version 6, they have been renamed layer styles. New options includesatin, stroke and color, gradient, and pattern overlay. The layer stylesdialogue box provides much more control--bevel and emboss has five styleoptions, as well as adjusters for technique, depth, direction, size, soften,angle, attitude, gloss, contour, highlight mode, opacity--and that's not all ofthem. As the name suggests, layer styles can easily be saved and applied toother layers. You can enter and edit text directly onto the layer and set style attributesfrom the new tool options bar. Photoshop 6 seems to have benefited from some ofInDesign's superb typographic tools, with character and paragraph palettesproviding precise control. Web imaging tools have been revamped, withlayer-based slicing now available from within Photoshop itself, and a major overhaulof ImageReady introducing weighted optimization, rollover styles, and tweenedanimation. If you want the best image editing software that money can buy, look no further.--Ken McMahon ... Read more Reviews (8)
I'm a writer by training... I'm not a designer, but design frequently in the course of creating websites and brochures for my clients. I was concerned the learning curve would be too much. It wasn't hard to learn Photoshop at all. Sure, there are more features that I've utilized, but I've come through unscathed. Things I've been able to do: *Lots of layers. Very handy for multi-element images, especially ones with different effects or text per layer. And I can hide these layers at will, revealling them with any opacity I want. *Color adjustment. Got a buddy who looks a little green, or has that New Year's ruddy face? No problem. Tweak a few variables and your friend will look as sober as could be. *Contrast. Useful for those pics you took that somehow seem a bit dark. You know it is all in the picture, and a little contrasting can reveal all. *Great typographical tools. You can fine tune leading, letterspacing, and a multitude of other details which make an image shine. If you design, you already know that knowing Photoshop well is the key to your success. Sure, you need Quark and Illustrator as well, but without Photoshop, you'll live among the unemployed. If you don't design, and feel a bit intimidated by Photoshop professional-level reputation, realize that you might not need the power in this application. If getting the red out of your snapshots is your goal, or you simply want the ability to crop photos for some fun newsletters, this might be overkill. However, if you've already been down that route, using the software which came with your scanner or digital camera, but want to step up... step all the way up to "Adobe Photoshop 6.0." I fully recommend "Adobe Photoshop 6.0." Anthony Trendl
What's new: Editable text effects - Not quite "text on a path," but a very welcome feature. After skewing the text with this feature, you are still able to alter font styles/sizes/colors with no problem. Dockable Palettes - a great feature, if you have a large enough monitor (17" w/high-resolution setting, 19" w/mid-res setting), in order to see the dock. Allows you to place heavily used palettes in the upper right hand section, without having to move them around. It has quite a few more feature, but those I've mentioned are my favorites. Coming from 5.0 to 5.5 was fairly unimpressive, but the jump to 6.0 has made it a worthwhile upgrade. ... Read more Asin: B00004YNJI |
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Harman Kardon SoundSticks Computer Speakers Average Customer Review: Electronics list price: $199.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review Created for USB-equipped Macintosh computers, Harman Kardon's three-piece SoundSticks speaker system produces high-quality stereo sound for music, movies, and gaming sessions. The 40-watt self-powered system includes two 10-watt satellite speakers and a 6-inch 20-watt subwoofer. Designed for easy plug-and-play, the SoundSticks speaker system includes a power adapter to power the subwoofer and a plug that connects to the USB port of your Mac computer. A blue LED indicator lets you know that the subwoofer is properly powered. You can adjust the volume onscreen through your computer's Control Panel. A physical control knob for adjusting the bass is on the back of the subwoofer. The SoundSticks USB three-piece computer speaker system comes with a one-year warranty. ... Read more Features Reviews (43)
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Whirley Pop Real Theater Popcorn with 6-Quart Stovetop Popcorn Popper Average Customer Review: Kitchen list price: $39.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review The most significant difference between popping corn in an average saucepot and in the Whirley-Pop is that the latter's aluminum construction heats the corn to a high temperature faster and uses less oil. Instead of shaking the pot across a burner to facilitate popping, just turn the wooden hand crank attached to the aluminum lid. The crank rotates a stirring mechanism that moves the kernels along the pot bottom, distributing unpopped kernels evenly and preventing popped corn from burning. The lid clamps securely to the base, though one end remains open as a steam/pour vent. Wear oven mitts when popping: while the vent prevents popped corn from escaping, hot oil may spit through. When the crank gets difficult to turn, popping is complete. The folks at Wabash Valley Farms, makers of this popcorn popper, are Midwestern popcorn growers, and it's clear they know and love their corn. The information booklet they include with the popper provides not only interesting popcorn recipes but also a comprehensive history of the ancient art of popping corn. The popper also comes with four packets of movie-style popcorn. --Carol Gnojewski ... Read more Features Reviews (27)
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