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12/17/2011

Digital Lifestyle Outfitters DLZ72626,17 Portable Speakers for iPhone (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)Near-Perfect set of attractive, portable speakers. Great deal for $35 bucks. The "hub" has a rubber ring in the middle that the speakers lock into and you can wrap the speaker cables and iPhone/iPod jack cable around it. The hub has an on-off switch, uses AAA batteries or plugs into the wall with the included adapter. The speakers have a substantial feeling to them, but are not too heavy. Speakers are black plastic with translucent black plastic covers. The iPhone stand inserts into the rubber ring of the base and allows the iPhone to lay on its side or upright. This uses a 3.5 mm Jack so you can plug this into the iPhone, or probably any iPod or MP3 player that has an earphone jack.
I use these on my desk, plugged directly into my laptop. I also used these speakers for an outdoor BBQ, and it worked great with my iPhone.
The nice thing is you don't need to put the phone into airport mode. Pretty cool feature-didn't really use it yet, but tested the speaker phone feature: music fades out, calls come through the speakers.
Audiophiles will probably find fault, but for portable speakers at this price and aesthetic, battery powered or via AC Adapter, these sound great.
2 things would make these speakers perfect:
1. If it came with a carrying case/bag
2. If you could charge your iPhone, iPod

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Compact and ready to go, Portable Speakers for iPhone let you enjoy your music and videos in stereo sound without mobile phone interference.

Big Sound, Small Package Featuring an extra-wide sound stage and bass vents, these small speakers pack a powerful punch.
iPhone Stand The removable, rotating stand holds your iPhone upright or horizontally for the ideal portable movie-viewing experience. Plus, you don't have to disconnect your iPhone if a call comes in--Portable Speakers simply turn your iPhone into a speaker phone! So while iPhone is connected, you can take and place calls without disruption.
Ultra-Portable Small enough for home, office or dorm desktops, their compact design that makes them ideal for travel. Each speaker snaps neatly into the base to create a "ball" approximately 6 inches in diameter. Wrap the cables around the base to keep them secure and out of the way when not in use.
Powering Options Power your speakers either with AAA batteries for easy portability, or with the included AC adapter.
Use With Other Devices Created with the iPhone in mind, these speakers will also work with any audio device that has a 3.5mm headphone jack.
What's in the Box Portable Speaker System, AC Adapter, User's Manual

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9/14/2011

Sony DVPNS725P Progressive-Scan DVD/CD Player Review

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(More customer reviews)The picture quality of Sony DVPNS725P is better then SONY DVP-NS425P in 480i & 480p mode. No distortion or blurring is found even w/o the progressive scan, just a little gritty. Once you turn on progression scan the picture clears up. Sony DVPNS725P has only a 10% difference in sharpness/clarity/color/hue/contrast between 480p progressive scan & 480i non-progressive scan mode. However, I believe that the unit's 12 Bit Video DAC with 108Mhz processor, regardless of 480i to 480p mode is why you see such little difference. The vertical lines simply double using the same picture quality in 480i mode improving video clarity overall.
Equipment:
TV: Sony Grand WEGA 42" KF42WE610
Video Monster 3 Cable: 1-Meter Coax Cable, 1 Meter Monster Video 3 component Cable
WARNING, WARNING, WARNING!
Component/Coax wires do affect the quality of your home video experience. The best DVD player connected to the best Plasma/LCD/DLP/LCOS TV will have negative effects on picture quality if you are not using the best grade of Component/DVI/Coax cable. Yes, you will have to shell out more money for theses accessories (in my opinion Monster Cable has proven itself in my house). However, this is the only way to achieve your large screen TV's maximum video performance. It appears that it's not only necessary but simply required! I get mad every time I read negative reviews on this DVD player or my TV when they never invested in high-grade video cables or, their TV is only 480i compatible & not 480p compatible (they can't properly use the DVD player's progressive scan feature). Please check your manual to verify 480p compatibility for your TV, as some are only 480i compatible while others are only 780p to 1080i compatible!!!
Here is a tip to improve picture quality for analog cable/antenna viewers:
Use a A/C powered, 2 port, coaxial, Electroline Drop Amp to improve analog cable
reception.The 18 gauged Satellite coax cable runs from the cable co. to the Electroline Drop Amp in my house. The 1 Meter Monster Video 3 coax cable (gray colored wire) will run from the Electroline Drop Amp to the TV thus improving picture quality.
Summary:
If you own a 32" to a 19" TV the SONY DVP-NS425P is more then adequate. However if you have a TV larger then 32" you need this DVD player along with high-grade component/dvi/coax cable to produce the clarity/color/contrast/hue necessary for a great theater quality picture.

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High-end video performance can be yours with Sony's affordable, progressive-scan DVP-NS725P DVD player. The versatile unit plays just about any disc out there--including DVD-Video, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW--and also plays hours of music from MP3 files burned to CD-R/CD-RW discs.Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the DVP-NS725P stands ready to deliver the full potential of your DVDs through Sony's Precision Cinema Progressive de-interlacer (scanning) with 3:2 pulldown processing. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.DVD mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24-frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture. Composite- and S-video outputs bring compatibility with nearly any television.Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can also be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (one each of RCA coaxial and Toslink optical) for a simpler connection to a compatible AV receiver (digital-audio interconnects are not supplied).Precision Drive 2 provides a mechanism for reading DVDs that are in less-than-perfect condition, eliminating errors in playback due to imperfect, scratched, or warped discs. DVD resume memory kicks in whenever you stop a DVD. Later, when you come back to it, the player will pick up right where you left off before. The player holds resume points for up to 40 discs.Other playback options include 10-second instant replay, quick setup, DVD/CD Text, a digital video enhancer, digital video EQ (equalization), custom parental control memory for 40 discs, Advanced SmoothScan and SmoothSlow Modes, and multidisc resume (up to 6 discs).What's in the Box DVD player, RMT-D153A remote control, two AA batteries, an analog audio/composite-video cable, and user's manual.

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