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Review: Hannspree HF289H 28 Inch LCD Monitor |
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By gmon3 on
9/9/2008
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The Hannspree HF239H is a fantastic 28 Inch LCD Monitor that is one of the best values out there. For the price of most 24 inch monitors, you can get this 28 inch monitor with superb display quality.
With my middle aged eyes, reading
comics on my 22 inch LCD monitor required too much effort so I began
to look f ...
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Review: Belkin F1UP0301 2-Port USB Print Server |
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By gmon3 on
1/28/2008
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The Belkin F1UP0301 is a 2-port USB
Print Server that allows you to share up to two USB printers across
an Ethernet network. The attractive compact unit has 4 status lights
on the front:
- Power LED (Solid light indicates
unit is ON)
- LAN LED (Solid – connected to
Ethernet, OFF – Ethernet disconnected, Blinking – Transferring
data, Green – 10 Mbps connection, Amber – 100 Mbps connection)
- Status LED (Solid – OK, Blinking
– Attempting to obtain an IP address ...
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Review: Nabaztag/tag Wi-Fi Enabled Toy Rabbit |
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Gadgets
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By gmon3 on
12/29/2007
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According to Wikipedia, Nabaztag is
Armenian for “rabbit”. It is also the name for a whimsical Wi-Fi
enabled toy rabbit that can interact with you through colored lights,
speech, and ear movements.
I received my little bunny as a
Christmas present this year and I'm still not quite sure what to make
of it. Prior to receiving it, I had never heard of it before.

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Review: Magellan RoadMate 2200T GPS (Refurbished) |
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Gadgets
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By gmon3 on
11/28/2007
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I've been thinking about getting a GPS
for awhile now but kept putting it off until prices dropped. Most of
the GPS units with the features I wanted were around $500. I didn't
want to spend that much on a GPS. Then I noticed that Buy.com was
selling a refurbished Magellan RoadMate 2200T for only $167.99 (The
price is currently $189 at Buy.com but I noticed that NewEgg is now
selling the same refurbished unit for $169) along with a rebate of
$20. $150 for a GPS with text to speech was mighty tempting.
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Review: weaKnees 320GB TiVo Replacement Drive Kit |
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By gmon3 on
9/22/2007
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I love my TiVo – it's one of my most
favorite and useful gadgets that I own. Once you get used to the
TiVo way of recording shows you can never go back to the old VCR.
But my 40GB Series2 TiVo has been feeling cramped. I've had
situations where I turn on my TiVo with the intent of catching up on
some of my shows but realized with horror that the shows had been
recorded over by newer shows. So, I finally bit the bullet and
ordered a 320 GB TiVo Replacement Drive Kit from
www.weaknees.com.

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Review: Omron HJ-112 Digital Premium Pedometer |
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Gadgets
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By gmon3 on
8/27/2007
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The Omron HJ-112
Digital Premium Pedometer is a nifty little gadget that keeps track
of the number of steps you've taken, the distance you've traveled,
and the number of calories burned. It's a great motivational tool to
help you keep on track on your weight lost program.

The Omron HJ-112 is my first pedometer
and I was a little curious how it could actually keep count of the
number of steps you have taken. I had imagined that a person would
carry a pedometer in their hand and press a bu ...
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Review: INOi MP180 MP3 Player |
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By gmon3 on
7/30/2007
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The
INOi MP180 is a hard drive based portable MP3 player containing a
back-lit LCD screen with ID3 tag information, USB 2.0 interface, 1.8
inch 20GB hard drive and a 1200 mAh Li-ion Polymer Battery. The unit
itself is constructed of white and silver plastic (that feels almost
like metal) and seems solidly constructed. It comes with a carrying bag, earphones, hand strap, AC adapter, USB 2.0 cable, User's Manual, Installation CD containing a utility (for
Windows 2K and XP) to manage playlists.

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Review: Radio Shack Accurian Tabletop HD Radio (Model #12-1686) |
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By gmon3 on
6/24/2007
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The Radio Shack Tabletop HD Radio
(Model #12-1686) is one of the new breed of radio receivers that can
pick up the new HD Radio standard along with your traditional AM/FM
stations.
The new HD Radio standard piggybacks a
compressed digital signal onto the current analog signal of radio
stations in a way that is compatible with current radio receivers.
Current receivers will continue to be able to pick up the analog
signals while HD Radio receivers will be able to pick up both the
current analog signals and the piggybacked compressed digital
signals.
HD Radio works with both AM and FM
signals. With HD Radio, FM stations can broadcast CD-quality sound
and AM stations can broadcast FM-quality sound.&l ...
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Review: Brother QL-500 EC Complete Labeling Kit |
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Computer Hardware
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By gmon3 on
5/29/2007
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In the past, I have bought a lot of computer equipment and many of them came with a mail-in rebate. I always hated filling out the rebate forms and hand writing the addresses on the envelopes. I thought about buying labels for my ink jet printer but the ones I've seen usually come in a sheet and are therefore inconvenient when you only one to print out one label.
So, when Staples had a sale on the Brother QL-500 Label Printer, I just had to try it out!

Inside the box, I found the following items:

- QL-500 Printer
- Starter Roll
- USB cable
- Installation CD-ROM
- Quick Start Guide
- Plastic P ...
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Review: IOGEAR GCS1764 4-Port DVI KVMP Switch |
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Computer Hardware
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By gmon3 on
5/25/2007
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KVM Switches allow you to reduce desk clutter by sharing a single keyboard, monitor and mouse among mutliple computers. The IOGear GCS1764 is a 4 port DVI KVM switche that also features independent USB and audio switching.

Even though LCD monitors with DVI inputs are widespread now, there are not a lot of choices for DVI KVM switches. Out of the few choices out there, the IOGear GCS1764 seemed to offer most of the features I wanted:
Dual function KVMP/USB switch One console controls 4 computers Independent (asynchronous) switching of KVM and peripheral USB/audio ports Fully compliant with the USB 1.1 specification - supports transfer rates of up to 12 Mbps DVI digital and analog monitor support - fully compliant with the DVI specifications Computer selection via front panel ...
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