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1/24/2012

Monster® Mobile Jamz™ High Performance Mobile Phone Earbuds with ControlTalk™ Jamz™ Mobile Headphones w/ ControlTalk (MH JMZM IE CT KIT) Review

Monster® Mobile Jamz™ High Performance Mobile Phone Earbuds with ControlTalk™ Jamz™ Mobile Headphones w/ ControlTalk (MH JMZM IE CT KIT)
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The Sound quality on these Monster Ear buds is AMAZING. Fantastic Highs, Lows, Bass, Treble, and Volume. Completely lived up to my expectations and at $99, a great deal as well since they retail for $150 usually.

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Monster Cables Jamz in-ear headphones are the big brother to the Lil Jamz series headphones. These Jamz earphones produce excellent sound quality including deep bass, clear highs and pleasant mids. Equipped with precision-machined solid single-billet metal housing, unwanted noise vibrations are eliminated while achieving the purest sound possible.The beautiful chrome finish is scratch resistant so they'll always look like the day you bought them. Jamz are made of solid non-resonating metal, so all you hear is the music, with no artificial resonances that take away from the sound. The Jamz headphones have rugged cable strain relief and an extremely flexible and tangle free cable making them nearly indestructible. These headphones are also equipped with a cable management clip, this clip controls and keep weight off the headphones so that they stay put in your ears at all times.

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9/17/2011

HDD082 Philips 2GB MP3/WMA Player with FM Tuner Review

HDD082 Philips 2GB MP3/WMA Player with FM Tuner
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Oh boy...where to start. I received this little 2GB wonder and was immediately impressed with the look and feel of this little gadget. Already owning a Creative Zen M, 30GB, I thought this would be a nice player for my son. After reading the directions, I fully charged the battery and prepared to download songs for my son.
The connection to the computer was easy and the GoGear player was found immediately. I proceeded to download songs. After about a gigabyte worth of songs made their way down to the device, my son eagerly stated that was enough (okay, he's 8 years old). I disconnected the player and it seemed to go through an initialization.
I showed him how to use the player, which buttons do what. I played the first song and...it locked up. I looked at the troubleshooting guide and followed the reset procedure. I turned the GoGear back on and it played my first selection. I navigated around the song list, demonstrating to my son how to find the song, band, or genre (yes, he understand genre) of his choice. He went on his way and enjoyed the GoGear for the first hour or so.
After an hour of playing songs, the GoGear locked up again. My son remembered the reset feature and continued on. After a while, sometimes a song would play for 20-30 seconds and then skip. They'd do this a few times, we'd reset the player...and it would be fine again. This happened until later in the evening when the battery (understandably) died.
I placed the device on the charger again for a full charge. The 5 hours later, I took it off the charger and it no longer would function. It would power up and then shut down. I tried resetting. I tried hooking it up to my computer. Nothing worked. It was dead. I worked with Philips for about a week to get an RMA to send it back.
I received the return authorization and shipped the devices (at my expense) back to Philips for an exchange. After two weeks, I received the new device. The face was all scratched up and clearly used...and abused. I charged the device up and hooked it up to the computer. I downloaded the songs and everything seemed fine.
I turned the "new" player on and tried to play a song...it played for 10 seconds and started to fast-play; fast forwarding through the song while playing it. The volume was extremely loud. When I attempted to turn it down, I found the volume button was jammed. It was obviously stuck.
I was done with the Go Gear players and done with Philips/Magnavox (I was burned on a VCR/DVDR last year). I have been twice burned by them with no possibility of winning me back.
Philips/Magnavox's quality is clearly absent and their customer service is less than sub par.

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Equipped with a 2GB hard drive with MP3 and WMA format support, the Philips GoGear Micro Audio Jukebox holds up to 1000 of your favorite songs to keep you on the beat. 2GB hard drive Holds up to 1000 songs Supports MP3 and WMA formats Built-in FM Radio Five-band DSP controlled equalizer Built-in rechargeable Li-ion battery Up to 10 hours playback USB 2.0 interface Compact, lightweight design Magnesium body Easy-to-use interface menus SuperPlay provides hassle-free one-touch jukebox playback SuperScroll navigation finds songs in a simple, fast way 10 FM radio station presets Voice recorder function Firmware upgradeable Auto-synch with Windows Media Player DBBS (Dynamic Bass Boost System) Black/white LCD

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3/10/2011

Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex TV STAJ100 Review

Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex TV STAJ100
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Ok, let's get something straight right away. The biggest thing I was looking forward to with this little device was if and how well it handled ISO files. I have great news, in that it does so very nicely. You basically browse to where the ISO files are located, and just click on the file. It starts playing immediately and at that point functions just like a DVD player. I would even suggest that it's better than a DVD player in that it has a very quick response to commands, such as chapter skips and fast forwarding. Video quality is fantastic. I have this plugged into a Panasonic 42" Plasma at 1080P and the up-conversion is very good.
So, that being said, I'm immediately happy with this device. For me everything else is just a 'nice to have' feature. Let's talk about those nice to haves...
The device is small. It has a door in the front that can open up to insert Seagate's FreeAgent's HDD's. Doing so isn't required to use the device at all. You can just as easily stream music/videos/pictures from a network device. However, on the main screen there are buttons associated with music/videos/pictures, that won't work unless you do have the drive installed and Seagates software sync'ed up with a PC (Win or Mac). At some point, I'll get around to installing that software on my Mac or my PC, but I haven't done so yet.
Plugging in and powering up was a snap. It took less than 30 seconds to power up and I was ready to go. There was no lengthy setup to perform. Literally plug and play. I was immediately able to click on some of the Internet features, such as Youtube and Flickr. Looking at pictures in HD is really amazing. Extremely clear and really a pleasure to look at.
The remote is small, but a bit cheap. This seems to be a common theme among these devices in that there's no real though put into the remote. It's not that complicated, so I feel it's very easy to use once you've learned the button layout. It has the common playback buttons, as well as arrow buttons and a home button. If you're ever lost, click on the home button to get back to the main menu. The one thing I hate is that the IR sensors aren't very forgiving. You have to firmly push on the remote buttons and make sure that you're pointing directly at the GoFlex. There's no feedback, so you essentially have to wait a few seconds to know whether or not it's going to work. I wish there was a LED on the device that blinked when it received a command.
The only other feature that I'm interested in is the NetFlix playback. It works very similar to others in that you can browse your saved queue and select the movie you want to watch. It's work very well. Video quality also is very good and is likely limited to what NetFlix is able to stream. There's seems to be zero strain on the device to playback movies.
The interface is very basic. I would place it significantly below the quality of the Roku box, but better than most other media players (aka PCH or NMT, if you know what I'm talking about) I've tested. There doesn't appear to be any way to modify or customize the interface. There's an options menu that lets you do very common stuff like check the network settings, change video resolution, etc...
Overall, I like the device and successfully met my requirements for ISO files. I hope that future updates improve on the interface as well as add other features. One feature in particular that I would like to see is Amazon OnDemand. I don't use that service that much, but it's nice to have when you want to watch some of the latest releases. That being said, I would have no problem in recommending this as a solid Media Player. It's probably one of the best values out there today.
Pros
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- Plays ISO files perfectly
- Great up-conversion for movie files
- Excellent video quality (for 42" plasma @1080p via HDMI)
- NetFlix playback works very well
- Interface is pretty quick, even when browsing network devices
- Excellent value
Cons
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- The remote is a bit on the cheap, but decent button layout.
- Not enough feedback when using the remote. It's hard to tell if the button you clicked is doing anything.
- Requires firm button clicks and direct pointing at the device.
Wishlist
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- Add Amazon OnDemand
- Improvements to interface, such as better feedback when clicking remote buttons
- Improve the remote IR sensitivity
- Recognize folder bitmap images. Would be very helpful when browsing video folders.

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