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 | Garmin Nuvi 200W Widescreen Automotive GPS Navigation System | |
 | "Won't hold entire USA" | 2009-02-09 |
| I got the Nuvi 200W about a year ago and it has been perfect until now. It began showing a message that the 2008 map was outdated and should be updated to 2009. So I bought and downloaded the $70 2009 update. Upon installation, a menu said there was not enough room for the entire USA, and offered to install the East or the West half. I searched the FAQ and found the recommendation to make room on the 200W by deleting all the languages except English. I did that and it made no difference. Now I can't use the 200W from coast to coast. Why sell the 200W if it won't hold the entire 2009 USA? Why sell the 2009 update without the warning that the USA won't all fit on the 200W? | ||
 | Toshiba REGZA 32LV67 32" LCD HDTV with Built-In DVD Player | |
 | "Nice TV/DVD for the money" | 2008-05-02 |
| This is the second of these that I have bought in the past year. The first one cost $1100 and was killed by a power surge. I had not realized that these flat TVs are computers and need the same protection. The second one was only $750, a huge price drop perhaps because the model is being discontinued and the DVD will not play the coming hi-res BlueRay media. It is the biggest TV to still have a built-in DVD, and I like the ease and simplicity and cleanliness of it. No cables and connections to a separate player. Just offer the side slot a disc, and the whole thing comes on and starts playing the movie. | ||
 | Elgato Eyetv 250 Plus | |
| "Fantastic device." | 2008-04-04 |
| This thing just plain works. I connected it to my old VHS machine with my old triple cable (red, white, yellow). Then I connected it to my cable modem with a cable splitter. Inserted its CD, followed its prompts, and then used the onscreen "remote" to switch between watching TV and my old VHS tapes (or recording them for burning to a DVD). The installer and the software controls are very well done. | ||
 | Sony ICF-SW7600GR AM/FM Shortwave World Band Receiver with Single Side Band Reception | |
| "Take time to program it" | 2007-03-15 |
| I have had this radio about a week, and it is my first such since I had a Zenith Transoceanic back in the 1960s (a warbling wooden suitcase), so I know nothing. The Sony is a compact little jewel with a well-made, tight-fitting vinyl case.
It takes some time to program (preset) good stations, as there is no dialing, which is probably a good thing. First, I put the 10 best FM stations on Page 1, and the 10 best AM stations on Page 2. These presets can be accessed directly by "speed dialing" 0 through 9, or scanned one after the other by pressing Scan. Next I made Page 3 for SW stations. I found on the web the bands that are good at night and day, and began scanning them and writing down strong stations. Letting the radio scan takes time, as it pauses 3 seconds every 5 mhz and there are many bands of mhz to scan. There are very few English SW broadcasts to the US, and I am in the middle of the country, so there is not much at all. I decided to dedicate Page 3 to night SW stations, of which there are enough good ones to fill up the ten presets. Page 4 will be for morning and daytime stations, but there are so few strong daytime English stations that there will be only a few presets on that page. I am disppointed that so many of the strong English SW stations seem to be religious (bible) broadcasts. I think one must take a worldband radio out of the US to hear good English news SW, as little English SW seems to be broadcast at the US. The BBC website says that there is change in listening habits away from SW and its broadcasts to the US are now on satellite radio. I have the included reel antenna stretched out across 20 feet of windows, and a $100 20" diameter active Sony AN-LP1 folding antenna in one window. They seem about the same, and not a lot better than the radio's own whip. The AN-LP1 will be good where there is only one window to use or no room to string out the reel, but I wonder if it justifies its cost. The little speaker is fine for SW and for voice, but not satisfying for music, so I have gotten a $30 Logitech X-14 powered speaker system for local FM and AM, which also sound great through Sennheiser MX-400 earphones. I bought a Maha MH-C204W charger kit and two sets of 2650 NiMH rechargable batteries, and the first set is going strong after a week of fiddling. I think a table says they should last 40 hours. The Sony radio, the AN-LP1 antenna and the Maha charger kit, all in their respective vinyl cases, fit neatly side by side in a zip-top toilet article kit about 10"x10"x3". I like the price, quality, features and compact size of this radio. As a worldband radio it is great. I would give it 5 stars if it sounded better for general listening, but then I suppose the speaker would have to be more powerful, the case would have to be deeper, and the batteries might not last as long. | ||
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