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 | Shure E2c Sound-Isolating In-Ear Headphones | |
 | "AMAZING I CAN WALK ON CITY STREETS AGAIN!!" | 2009-10-24 |
| thank you shure for really professional products. I bought the E2c earphones since I have a problem distinguishing conversation from background noise. Besides noise drives me to a jittery and frantic state which I hate. this is my 5th commercial product for the same purpose but this is the first product to meet my expectations. shure knows how to isolate sound. this is not a marketing slogan. it is a reality. I can walk on a busy seattle street during rush hour and not hear any significant noise. It is amazing. These tiny things I plug in my ears have freed me up to go out at times I would not normally go out. I have tried all the over the ear "noise cancelling" phones ranging from a cheap $10 one to the most expensive. All they do is add some white noise in your ear hoping that this will block out other noise. well, IT DOES NOT WORK PLAIN AND SIMPLE. Shure on the other hand plugs the phones tight in your ear to physically prevent miscellaneous frequencies from getting to your ear drum and beyond and IT WORKS. almost all noise is gone, even when utilities work was going on outside, even when your dishwasher is on, even when your neighbor is mowing his lawn etc... I don't know how to flatter these guys further but this shure product is adequately priced. It is NOT expensive. Bose has a "loud" marketing machine but no real technology to stand on. Shure has the merits and is appropriately quiet and calm in their marketing effort. my kind of company.
Note: some people are reluctant to buy in-ear product fearing it will be uncomfortable. well, shure is mindful of that and they provide you with 18 different shapes and sizes of the plug-in to make sure you find the one that fits your ear size. It took me all of 5 minutes to determine the one that fits me right and from there on it is smooth sailing. I have been using them for over a month now, for several hours on end with minimal to non-existent discomfort. Note: the part in touch with your ears is easily washable and dries up in a few minutes after which you can put it back on. | ||
 | Samsung LN-T4061F 40" 1080p LCD HDTV | |
 | "THE REAL REALITY TV!" | 2007-07-31 |
| This is the most wonderful yet impractical purchase I have ever made. Samsung did a great job on this one. The first impression is that your living room has become a movie theater. Yet this home cinema is without a doubt a totally unnecessary luxury. Having said that let me share with you a few useful remarks that'll help set your expectations. Attributes & pointers: 1- Picture Quality: it is so awesome you can see a blemish on someone's face as if they were standing in front of you. You can see every drop of sweat on Kobe's (Lakers!) biceps with such definition; you would think he is playing in your living room. You get the point... 2- Watching Movies: you need a DVD player with upconverting capability to watch movies in full HD (1080p) - under $100 3- Computer Monitor: you need HDMI-DVI cable [$5 or less] & 1/8' miniplug to red & white RCA cable [$10-25] to transform your TV to a computer monitor which operates in full HD (1080p). It only works with "HDMI in1" port. The shock effect here is beyond any considerations especially if you tend to use your computer to watch video. Note: I have not tried the DVI-15pin video + 3.5 mm M/M audio connection to compare, but it can not be better since I am getting 1080p resolution in my current HDMI-DVI configuration. 4- Cable/Dish: you need a cable box (or dish receiver) [$10-15 monthly] with HDMI port in order to take full advantage of the HD channels. The TV has an aerial port but it is poor quality in comparison. In addition, component video and DVI connections from cable box to TV are also poor quality compared to HDMI. 5- Non-HD TV channels: this TV has DNIe technology chip with converts the standard TV (non-HD) channels from 480i to 1080i resolution, which is awesome. No other brand has this kind of capability. It might be 18 months or more before the standard TV channels start broadcasting in HD. Meanwhile everyone else is painfully tracking the movements of an object on other brand LCD panels and you're watching it in movie theater quality. No visibly flying pixels in Samsung land so far! 6- HDMI cables: to connect your cable box or DVD player to your TV you need an HDMI-HDMI cable. These cables are one of the biggest scams on the market. Belkin & monster cables are selling them for $70-150 for a 6 feet cable. You can find the equivalent for $2 (Inspire Electronics- an Amazon seller). I mean it, and they work as good. You won't know the difference; I guarantee it. I own both the $100 & $2 cables and I use them interchangeably. Man, the mercantilism. 7- Sound: the TV panel comes with true built-in surround sound. I am happy with its quality. I know it is not as good as a bulky surround with multiple speakers over which kids can trip or two good neighbors may easily fight; but it is mighty good. Drawbacks: 1- if you are reading this, then you are already on the right track in choosing a TV. However, it takes a fair amount of research to get here. 2- after purchase, you have to have some technology savvy and willingness to spend few hours in research and shopping for equipment to fully transform your new TV into a home theater/computer monitor. 3- THE MISSING STAR: (Picture in Picture) this TV only has a single NTSC tuner, which means it runs one HD source at a time. You cannot see two TV channels in HD simultaneously or use the TV as a computer monitor and still watch HDTV at the same time. However, there is a solution to that. You may re-install your radio frequency (RF) cable from your cable box (RF out) to the TV (RF in). This way, while using your TV as a computer monitor, you can watch a TV channel using old-fashioned standard TV quality. 4- we know nothing about this TV's longevity. this is one of the latest Samsung rollouts, and no one knows whether it'll live for 5 months or 5 years. My old SDTV lasted 9 years. I doubt it will be the same this time. 5- there are no full HD (1080P) channels on Comcast cable TV yet. There are few 1080i channels like espn & TNT and your local news blablabla and subscription sports packages but no 1080p channels, none. It might take until 2009 until you can see those. Essentially when it comes to full HD you can only see it watching movies from your DVD player or while using the TV as a computer monitor. Overall, wonderful yet completely unnecessary upgrade to your media experience. | ||
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