Polaroid i-zone 0.3MP Digital and Instant Combo Camera
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Electronics
list price: $99.99
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The Polaroid i-zone digital and instant Combo Camera splices together the popular i-zone instant camera with a basic digital camera. You can take an i-zone postage-stamp size picture, and then turn the camera over and take the same picture with the digital camera at a resolution of 640 x 480. This device is essentially two separate cameras that share one set of batteries. The digital camera has 1 MB of built-in memory and can store up to 18 images. Both the i-zone and digital camera use fixed-focus lenses, so you never need to worry about taking out-of-focus pictures. A serial cable is included to download your images to your PC. Software is included to spruce up and modify your digital images. Included in the box are a serial image transfer cable, batteries, sticky film, and assorted software. ... Read more

Features

• 0.3 megapixel sensor is great for emails and posting on the Web
• Fixed-focus lenses
• Internal 1 MB memory holds 18 images at default resolution
• Connects to PCs via serial port; uses 4 AAA batteries (included)
• Combines an i-zone instant film camera and a digital camera

Reviews (47)

Camera is good and excellent for the money - but, don't drop
I loved the camera and I love it more now that I've purchased a Mustek which is going back.Just be careful - don't drop it!The batteries burn out very quickly and it would be great if it came with some kind of adapter.

camera has been highly underrated
`for being a dual camera it does what it says it does the only catch is you MUST use duracell batteries or the unit will NOT work...alot of people do not know this and therefore think the camera is faulty...its not....it takes wonderful digital pictures...for being a one focus lense......

Battery drainer
This camera takes okay pics for the $, but it drains batteries really fast!!... I think I took about 15 pics with brand new batteries and already the batteries were drained. ... Read more

Asin: B00004X036
Subjects:  1. Camera Cameras    2. Izone eyezone eye    3. Digital Camera (Cameras)    4. Photograph (Photography)    5. izone   

RCA CC9370 AutoShot Compact Digital Camcorder
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Electronics
list price: $799.99
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Whether you're planning to shoot the next independent film hit or simply record your vacation, RCA's CC9370 AutoShot compact digital camcorder has the quality and features to make your movies look their best. A 680,000-pixel CCD delivers outstanding resolution, and with the swiveling 3-inch color LCD monitor, the camcorder can be operated from any angle. A 10x optical/250x digital zoom lens brings distant scenes closer, and the built-in image stabilization helps to keep the shakes out of your recording.

In addition to the camcorder features, the RCA can also function as a digital still camera. The still images are stored on the digital videotape and can be downloaded onto your PC via the provided serial cable. The 640 x 480 image resolution, though low by current digital camera standards, is perfect for photos you'll be e-mailing or posting on the Web.

To keep your videos lively, the camcorder offers a large selection of digital effects and scene transitions. Exercise your creativity with effects like classic film, strobe, slow shutter, black and white, and many more. A random-assemble editing feature provides an eight-scene memory for favorite scenes as well as the ability to add special effects. The camera also includes playback zoom for enhanced viewing.

Like most digital camcorders, the RCA includes an IEEE 1394 port and cable for communication with computers and editing devices. In addition, the camera connects to TVs via standard analog AV connectors or S-video connectors. ... Read more

Features

• MiniDV

Reviews (26)

CC9370 same as CC9360
FYI, the two cameras the RCA 9360 and RCA 9370 are the same, only the 9370 comes with a battery charger (A cost saving idea). Causes some grief because with the 9360, you actually use the camera as a battery charger. Not really obvious. It is also important to remove the battery if you are not using the camera (you can charge the battery and forget to remove it, and it will be dead when you need it). Recommend buying a battery charger for the 9360.
I really like the camera. It has a lot of abilities. I use Pinnacle studio, and it works great. Had a problem with Ulead, it doesn't seem to work - The camera doesn't connect. Once the Pinnacle downloaded the movie, it was simply amazing. Of course, then you are in another world of editing. Wow. Then, you get to buy a bigger hard drive and DVDs, etc, etc. Expensive, but totally wonderful.
I also got a Panasonic digital video camera at the same time - It is really wonderful, too, but has no video light. The RCA requires you to then figure out how to work on a movie with a video light, but with the Panasonic, you need to stop.
The manual for the CC9370 can be used for the CC9360, and the 9370 manual is available on Amazon at:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004Z583/104-4032710-9364765?v=glance
Thanks Amazon...
Do a google search for the 9370 or 9360 by searching "rca cc9370 manual", to find batteries, the manual, and accessories.
I think it is great.
Using the firewire with the RCA camcorder was a learning experience also. If I remember correctly, there was a $50 firewire cable available, but then I found a firewire card at FRYs in Anaheim with a free cable for $20 on sale. Using the cheapo cable, I was able to do my movies. What fun. Was using my HP laptop with no built-in firewire, but with a firewire card stuck into it. Then USB 2 came around, and ruined it for the firewire guys, but the camera has a firewire port anyhow, so use it. Gotta get with it, guys, you don't want to get lost. Buy, buy, buy.
Anyhow, just want to say that the RCA camera is really a great unit, and I have had a lot of fun with it.

Great value and Features
I picked this camcorder up for a song.I've had it 3 years now and it still has not given me any problems.It is solid for the light use I give it without sacrificing quality.
I have yet to be disappointed by anything other than the still photo function.No built in memory makes for a weird playback sensation as a still shot stops the video and then fades from a still shot to the moving video again.My recommendation is to use this as a dedicated video camera and buy a good still camera.
All in all, this camera has been a good buy.I have used it in the Caribbean, Europe, Canada and across the USA with none of the pesky dew problems panasonic has or the mechanism problems of the jvc.

Make sure there is a battery
I just got one of these camcorders off of this same site. When I got the camera there was no battery pack and or charger. its been about six months and I still cant find one anywhere not even on this site. Ive wasted about a hundred dollers on differnt chargers that dont even work. now the camera sits in my room with no use to it because I cant find a battery. also its to late to return it so now im stuck...... ...............THANKS TO WHO EVER I BOUGHT THIS FROM ... Read more

Asin: B00004Z583
Subjects:  1. minidv,mini dv    2. Camcorder (Camcorders)   

Dreamcatcher
by Stephen King
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Hardcover (20 March, 2001)
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Stephen King fans, rejoice! The bodysnatching-aliens tale Dreamcatcher is his first book in years that slakes our hunger for horror the way he used to. A throwback to It, The Stand, and The Tommyknockers, Dreamcatcher is also an interesting new wrinkle in his fiction.

Four boyhood pals in Derry, Maine, get together for a pilgrimage to their favorite deep-woods cabin, Hole in the Wall. The four have been telepathically linked since childhood, thanks to a searing experience involving a Down syndrome neighbor--a human dreamcatcher. They've all got midlife crises: clownish Beav has love problems; the intellectual shrink, Henry, is slowly succumbing to the siren song of suicide; Pete is losing a war with beer; Jonesy has had weird premonitions ever since he got hit by a car.

Then comes worse trouble: an old man named McCarthy (a nod to the star of the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers) turns up at Hole in the Wall. His body is erupting with space aliens resembling furry moray eels: their mouths open to reveal nests of hatpin-like teeth. Poor Pete tries to remove one that just bit his ankle: "Blood flew in splattery fans as Pete tried to shake it off, stippling the snow and the sawdusty tarp and the dead woman's parka. Droplets flew into the fire and hissed like fat in a hot skillet."

For all its nicely described mayhem, Dreamcatcher is mostly a psychological drama. Typically, body snatchers turn humans into zombies, but these aliens must share their host's mind, fighting for control. Jonesy is especially vulnerable to invasion, thanks to his hospital bed near-death transformation, but he's also great at messing with the alien's head. While his invading alien, Mr. Gray, is distracted by puppeteering Jonesy's body as he's driving an Arctic Cat through a Maine snowstorm, Jonesy constructs a mental warehouse along the lines of The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci. Jonesy physically feels as if he's inside a warehouse, locked behind a door with the alien rattling the doorknob and trying to trick him into letting him in. It's creepy from the alien's view, too. As he infiltrates Jonesy, experiencing sugar buzz, endorphins, and emotions for the first time, Jonesy's influence is seeping into the alien: "A terrible thought occurred to Mr. Gray: what if it was his concepts that had no meaning?"

King renders the mental fight marvelously, and telepathy is a handy way to make cutting back and forth between the campers' various alien battlefronts crisp and cinematic. The physical naturalism of the Maine setting is matched by the psychological realism of the interior struggle. Deftly, King incorporates the real-life mental horrors of his own near-fatal accident and dramatizes the way drugs tug at your consciousness. Like the Tommyknockers, the aliens are partly symbols of King's (vanquished) cocaine and alcohol addiction. Mainly, though, they're just plain scary. Dreamcatcher is a comeback and an infusion of rich new blood into King's body of work. --Tim Appelo ... Read more

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Four Friends
Stephen King's Dreamcatcher is a novel about friendship, and survival. Once upon a time, in the small town of Derry, four brave young boys - Beaver, Henry, Pete, and Jonesy - rescued a mentally ill child from bullies; unaware that their actions would change their lives forever. Now twenty- five years after saving the boy, the friends reconnect in a cabin in Maine for their annual hunting trip.

All is well until a stranger enters their cabin claiming that he has been lost in the woods for days. Eventually, the stranger becomes extremely ill and dies having bled to death in the bathroom. To Beaver and Jonesy's surprise, they discover a weasel -like creature emerging from the back of the dead stranger.

After much struggle, Jonesy manages to escape from the creature alive while Beaver is killed by it. Jonesy is then shocked to see another mysterious creature that identifies himself as Mr. Gray. At this point, Mr. Gray transforms himself into red dust which Jonesy inhales. By doing so, Mr. Gray is able to take control of Jonesy's body in which he is able to carry out his mission.

Meanwhile, Commander Kurtz and his team are set up in the woods and have been destroying the unidentified creatures that have crashed on earth, unaware that one has survived.

It is now up to Jonesy, Henry, and Pete to stop Mr. Gray from achieving his goal- destroying all of humanity. The friends discover that survival is hidden in their past and in the dreamcatcher, which has come to represent their bond of friendship.

While I enjoyed this book very much, there were parts where it got confusing or when one event in the book carried on for too long. For example, the chase between Jonesy/ Mr. Gray, Henry, and Kurtz, lasted more than six chapters. Another example is when Henry tries to convince a military officer to kill Kurtz and stop Mr. Gray. Other than those parts, I enjoyed reading Dreamcatcher because of the suspense, the terror, and creative approach. Instead of a physical battle, it is a mental battle since the friends have ESP- Extra Sensory Perception- and are able to communicate with one another and the alien. This works to their advantage because they are able to go into their past and present together mentally in order to destroy Mr. Gray.

My favourite part is the end, where Henry has to stop Mr. Gray. I would recommend this book to people ages 11 to adult who love having the hair on their back stand up.

dreamcatcher

Dream catcher by is a very interesting novel which is worth dedicating your time to. It was written by Stephen king and is one of his many science fiction books. The story takes place in current times and the setting spreads from suburban areas to deep in the woods. The author uses excellent descriptions which allow you to visualize the scene as if you were there. The interaction that the main characters have with the setting makes the book even easier to imagine by putting the readers in situation that they have personally been in. All of these factors make the book more enjoyable to read.
The setting is not the only well developed factor of the story.Much time was also put into the development of all the stories characters. Each and every character could be looked at as a real person and if u saw them on the street you could walk up to them and have a conversation with them. Most of the characters are friendly and have you rooting for them in the end but a few just get under your skin and have you hoping that there future is not great. Overall the characters are well handled and are a contributing factor to the greatness of the book.
The most important feature of the book is of course the plot. The plot of this book would have to be one of my favorites. It feature the adventures of childhood friends
And spans to one final endeavor that will prove what friendship really is. It features everything from hunting to special force to aliens and many other things. This book is sure to appeal all audiences and offers something to anyone who enjoys reading.
Scot

Great story
Man, i just finished reading this book, and i was really impressed. this was my first stephen king book. i have seen some (actually a lot) of movies based on his books, and i like all of them. (Cujo, the shining, pet semetary, it, misery, the secret window, and even more.)
This book does a great job at getting you attached to the characters, even though half of the main ones get killed at around the middle of the book. I even got kind of attached to one of the bad guys, the alien named Mr.Gray.
In this book four friends who annually go on their hunting trip up in Maine, go this year when they are all about 38 years old, and this time things start going very bad when a stranger wanders in, carrying an "implant" made by aliens. he ends up getting 2 of the main characters killed, including himself. But it was his "implant" that kills, him which is living. a great book with a great plot and great cast of characters. ... Read more

Isbn: 0743211383
Subjects:  1. Fiction    2. Fiction - Horror    3. Horror - General    4. King, Stephen - Prose & Criticism    5. Literary    6. Suspense    7. Fiction / General    8. Horror   

Harry Potter Schoolbooks: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
by J .K. Rowling Kennilworthy Whisp Newt Scamander J.K. Rowling
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Mass Market Paperback (12 March, 2001)
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Now, the classic books from the library of the Hogwarts School ofWitchcraft and Wizardry--Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them andQuidditch Through the Ages--are available in hardcover in a sturdy boxedgift set. (These books are written by J.K. Rowling herself under the pseudonymsNewt Scamander and Kennilworthy Whisp.) Finally, Muggles will have the chance todiscover where the Quintaped lives, what the Puffskein eats, and why it is bestnot to leave milk out for a Knarl. The Quidditch textbook explains where theGolden Snitch came from, how the Bludgers came into existence, and why theWigtown Wanderers have pictures of meat cleavers on their clothes. Both books,designed to look like Harry Potter's actual, used Hogwarts textbooks, featuresilly scribblings from Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Proceeds from the sale of thisgift set will go to improving and saving the lives of children around the world.Harry Potter fans, rejoice! (All ages) ... Read more

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Comedy for a Cause
I bought the set from Amazon to complete my Potter Collection.I was very amused by the witty comments of the trio and the random notes scattered through the books.Living in England I've learned a great deal about the U.K. charity Comic Relief.For a small amount of money you're supporting a great cause.I particularly enjoy having a small bestiary (Fantastic Beasts and where to find them.)This small book will make more sense of the 3rd year Defense against the dark arts final or the various beasts involved in the Tri-wizard tournament in year 4.I totally recommend this set and have bought one for myself, my sister, and my grandmother.

Excellent
Yes, these books DO seem like you're actually reading schoolbooks.. but hey, isn't that what was intended?

Somebody said that they were just to make money.
I'm not sure what it was like in America, but in the UK, the books were sold for 'Comic Relief', a British charity. Not sure if they're still sold for charity in the UK now though. So yes, they were made just to make money, but for a good reason.

I liked the little sidenotes by Harry and Ron in 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them'.They were REALLY in character. Hermione also has about two notes, and, just like Hermione, she's moaning about how Ron should have bought a new book instead of dungbombs, then he wouldn't have to share Harry's book. Priceless!

'Qudditch Through The Ages' is an interesting read on Qudditch. While not having the notes of 'Fantastic Beasts', it has a Library List on the front page, with some of the names being recognisable. :D

I'd reccommend both of these books for big fans of Harry Potter!

10/10 - Excellent In-Character Books

Absolutely great!
I bought them when they first came out, and I LOVED them.If you enjoy the Harry Potter series, these books are a must!!Cute, funny, and good for a light read. (Plus, they go to a good cause; what's to lose?) ... Read more

Isbn: 0439284031
Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Fantasy    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic    4. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Action & Adventure    7. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic    8. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft    9. Wizards    10. Magic    11. Schools    12. England    13. School & Education