Reviews by benjamin_madison
Sony KDF-E50A10
Price: $919 - $919
For the $$, it's a steal07/25/07
- Pros:
- Excellent picture quality and audio
- Cons:
- Cost of a replacement bulb is a little high
The only complaint I have with the unit is that Sony had to do a software mod on it to correct something that should have been fixed long before it was sent to market. (An issue with a countdown timer that locked the controls and required a hard reset to get the unit to turn off, thereby resetting the timer and after a few more lovely hours [600], you were back to the same issue again). Great picture with HD and decent picture with SD. Typical of any HD tv, there is a bit of pixelation with an SD signal but you get used to it, and the HD makes up for it 10 fold.
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Logitech Harmony 880 Advanced Universal
Price: $143 - $253.99
Great device, convoluted setup07/25/07
- Pros:
- Excellent remote for a Home Theater novice
- Cons:
- Cheap feeling buttons and a little complicated when trying to do advanced functions
If you have 3,4 or 5 remotes to control your home theater system then this is your honey. Setting it up for basic operations (Watch TV, DVD, etc) is a cake. Considering their remote code database is so expansive, you may not even have to do anything except enter your components model numbers. Bad thing is, if you want to make the remote more user friendly you're out of luck. You can't rearrange functions under each device as you see fit. And doing any kind of advanced programing is out of the question because the setup software is very restrictive in this arena.
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Palm Treo 680 Graphite
Price: $579.95 - $579.95
Treo-Lite07/25/07
- Pros:
- Same old Treo you all know and love
- Cons:
- Same old treo you all know and love
The treo line has had some issues through the years when phones are released. The 600 had an audio jack issue, 650 the same. And the 680 was no different. If you had a Cingular branded unit you had the joy of dealing with random, and unexplainable phone lock ups. The newest ROM update fixed it as well as a pesky battery draining camera issue. (Battery drain was actually patched prior to the ROM update but was included in the ROM so as to avoid future needs to install the patch when you reset the device). But overall, the worst issue when dealing with a Palm? Getting the support run-around on any issue. And both companies (Cingular and Palm in my case) pointing the finger at the other.
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