Epinions Recent Reviews for MaxWebster

The World at Your Fingertips

Fri, 2 Oct 2009 23:18:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - The 16 GB iPod Touch hits the sweet spot of capacity, responsiveness, interaction, and multimedia playback. Oh, and did I mention all the apps?Great music playback is a given. You can carry around your entire music library with you, or selected...

Puts the World in Perspective

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:12:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - You've heard "sharpness" tossed around, and you may think you know what that means. But unless you've been shooting with L-series lenses, you'll see so much more detail than before, you'll have a whole new appreciation for a "sharp" picture.Ever...

Giant Screen is a Window to a New World

Sun, 1 Oct 2006 05:41:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - I decided to spring for the 24" Intel iMac because the one complaint I couldn't solve any other way was screen real estate. Articles will tell you that a big screen is really worth it, for the productivity and the enjoyment. Boy, are they right! When...

It is so sweet!

Sat, 18 Dec 2004 18:53:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - I've just upgraded to the Canon EOS 20D, my first SLR of any kind. I'm a long-time user of Canon and Nikon digital point-and-shoot cameras -- Canon G3 and S30, Nikon 5700 and CoolPix 950. I was trying to choose between a bunch of different models for an...

iPod for the PC user

Thu, 21 Feb 2002 03:00:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - Just to be contrarian, I decided to get an iPod working with my PC, come hell or high water. It took a couple of weeks, but it was worth the wait. Here are some thoughts from the perspective of an iPod owner with no Mac.

The 5 GB capacity puts...

A competitive player's take on Virtua Tennis

Tue, 29 Jan 2002 23:17:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - We've come a long way since tennis for the Atari 2600! Virtua Tennis is almost shot-for-shot perfect in terms of action, strategy, playing styles, and court surfaces. You can play doubles and let your partner do all the work, or get the other team out of...

Brother HL 1440 Laser Printer: Put away your B&W inkjet cartridge

Thu, 17 Jan 2002 04:38:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - Colour inkjets are so plentiful and cheap that they've been my last 2 printers. But I was always irked by the slow black-and-white output. Still, getting good photo printouts was the main thing, and I didn't do much text printing.

But I ran...

S30 beats S300 on specs, CoolPix 950 on features and quality

Thu, 17 Jan 2002 04:20:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - I already had a camera, a Coolpix 950 with which I was well pleased. But I did notice sometimes I didn't have it with me at the right time, and others it was a bit bulky, there was too much shutter lag, or a whole batch of pictures would be ruined by the...

I keep wanting to like it, but...

Thu, 10 Jan 2002 06:34:05 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - I tried MusicMatch Jukebox a long time ago and abandoned it because of the clunky interface. I went back and tried Version 7 when RealJukebox stopped working for me. Now I want to abandon it again.

It's very hard to predict what panel will...

Small doesn't mean easy to use

Tue, 8 Jan 2002 03:16:43 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - Despite its small size, I find the DCR-PC9 a hassle to use. It requires frequent trips back to the manual. The USB driver is flakey to install. The MGI software has an awful user interface. The positioning of the strap and zoom button makes it hard to...

Great low-price printer, though not at bleeding edge

Tue, 18 Sep 2001 23:08:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - The 875DC is a great value for printing photos. I've used it to print up to 8x10 on matte paper, and various sizes on glossy photo paper. Output is top-notch. The printer driver has a number of quality settings, and even at lower settings the output...

Quality control department on permanent vacation

Tue, 11 Sep 2001 04:16:53 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - My unit was defective right out of the box: sound out of only one channel. Above 1/2 volume, the bad channel spit out deafening pops and clicks.

The packaging makes it impossible to open without destroying the box, causing various hassles...

Worthwhile just for playing MP3s

Tue, 11 Sep 2001 03:51:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - My main reason for picking this player was its ability to play MP3s. In fact, I haven't even tried out a real DVD yet. In this review, I'll concentrate just on the music capabilities.

The sound outputs are regular RCA jacks, so to hook up my...

Classic TV all the time

Wed, 30 May 2001 04:56:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - Using the TiVo is great to get all those hard-to-find shows that are only on in reruns at odd times. I usually come home to find several new "Barney Miller" and "Get Smart" episodes waiting. Next up: "The Rockford Files".

The different methods...

From photophobe to digipic nerd

Tue, 29 May 2001 17:18:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - This is the camera I've been waiting 25 years for.

When I was a little kid, I got a camera as a present. After spending the day carefully composing and shooting dozens of photos, the awful truth was revealed -- cameras need FILM! In a huff, I...

If you have a Y chromosome, you must get this!

Sat, 26 May 2001 00:46:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - I upgraded to the eMap after getting hooked by the eTrex. (See my separate epinion on that unit.) The crucial features for me were the street-level mapping and the included accessories -- Metroguide Mapsource, 8MB cartridge, and serial cable. The eMap...

Hooked on GPS, but wanting more

Fri, 25 May 2001 23:55:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - I bought the eTrex on impulse after a recommendation from a friend who's a cyclist. I found it useful in recording places that I had been, both specific spots and routes such as my cycling commute. (Who'da thunk it was a mile less than I had always...

Kodak PictureMaker Kiosk Printer: Digipic nerd still can't work kiosk

Tue, 6 Feb 2001 06:12:27 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - Since the Picture Maker kiosk is supposed to be "walk up and use", I figured it was an ideal way to print out my digital photos. I have a Coolpix 950 with 128MB compact flash, CD-ROM burner, and use online services like Shutterfly. How hard could this...

Falls short in crucial categories

Sat, 9 Dec 2000 02:13:05 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - I purchased a Palm IIIc to replace an aging Palm IIIx with a dying screen. So all the opinions in this review are comparing the IIIc against the IIIx, which really changed my life for the better.

Upgrading my built-in databases and installed...

Acer TravelMate TM602TER: Great hardware, software needs tweaking

Wed, 18 Oct 2000 05:07:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MaxWebster - I started out intending to buy a desktop, but all that changed when I saw the specs on the Travelmate 602TER. My must-haves were:

* Built in 10/100 ethernet.

* CD-RW.

* 128 MB RAM.

* USB.

* Reasonable size of hard...