Epinions Recent Reviews for MichaelHatton

Great Value for Good Sound

Sun, 30 Nov 2003 08:21:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - If you are to be installing speakers in your car, the best advice is to stick to one brand. I had already picked some 6x9 Sony speakers for the parcel shelf so it’s best to stick to Sony for the door speakers. It also matters that you pick the same...

Solid and Easy To Use

Tue, 14 Oct 2003 15:56:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - Since I spend a lot of time in my car, it made sense to buy a new head unit and replace the dying Grundig cassette radio with a modern CD player. I bought a JVC KD-S580 CD player/radio head unit for my 㥨 Corsa and fitted it myself over the weekend g...

Sony KV14LT1 14 in. Standard Television: Flatscreen Sony Makes 3D Pictures

Mon, 25 Aug 2003 05:39:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - Two years ago Sony launched a new range of portable TV. Like their bigger brothers, the VEGAs’, have...

Sony’s Class Leader Five Years Later: KV-32FX20U

Sat, 5 Jul 2003 12:17:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - This 1998 world leading TV from Sony is beginning to look old fashioned. The KV-32FX20U was launched...

The UK-Tuned Audio Specialist: CDP-XB930

Wed, 2 Jul 2003 07:54:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - Sony CDP-XB930 (Black Model) I've been waiting a long time to review this item; looks like the De...

Wharfedale Diamond 8.2 Main/Stereo Speaker: Wharfedale Diamonds

Tue, 24 Jun 2003 07:21:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - 17 September 2002

Wharfedale’s range of speakers over the past couple of year have definitely improved, whether you look at the higher priced section of the budget arena, Wharfedale’s are playing with a range of price levels and are...

'Hail To The Thief' Marks Radiohead's 2nd Place Album

Sun, 15 Jun 2003 08:33:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - Hail To The Thief was produced by the five Radiohead members in the mist of 2002 and the whole war s...

The Integrated That Sounds Like Power

Tue, 10 Jun 2003 07:44:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - Replacing the old C3
40,
this new and shorter C350 from NAD comes...

Hypersonic Extreme for PlayStation 2: Stupid Name, Stupid Game?

Thu, 29 May 2003 09:51:28 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - Hyper Sonic Extreme may be what Blade interactive punched for the US name of this game, but over in the UK it has a not so dim-witted name of G-Surfers. If you are like me and after a cheap and pick up and play game for the PlayStation 2 you may want to...

The Getaway for PlayStation 2: Carnage & Violence, and a Thrilling Ending

Sun, 27 Apr 2003 20:47:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - It’s been a long time coming that Sony have finally released their own classical and addictive game, but finally here’s one you can really relish. The Getaway is a truly awesome and challenging game that treats the player with respect and...

The Not So Dying Breed

Wed, 2 Apr 2003 07:12:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - Among the qualities of the Mission 701 to make it one of the best budget bookshelf speakers, is its price. Its price has gone down over the four years that the speaker has been around, from the original £180 down to just £70. To very factor that the...

Drives Better Than It Looks

Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:07:54 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - When I started playing ToCA Race Driver, it became immediately obvious that it shares some similarities with V-Rally 3. For starters the two games share a similar genre, while they are both produced by completely different companies, it is clear that...

Epson Stylus Photo 820 Inkjet Printer: Like the Budgie Squawked, Cheep

Tue, 11 Mar 2003 19:40:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - The Printer

Being stamped a photo printer these days, for an inkjet, is very significant. Considering a true photo printer costs in the region of half a grand for a decent one, the inkjet alternative that is Epson’s Stylus Photo...

Mwng is alien

Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:55:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - I've had my eye on this album for over a year, but finally decided to get it, and to be completely honest; I wasn't expecting what I heard. What especially made me buy it was hearing their latest single "Rings Around The World", which later turned into a...

Chug By Chug

Fri, 7 Feb 2003 13:59:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - From the release of the self-titled Foo Fighters album, Dave Grohl has produced some of the most influential work that has always been acclaimed as a Nirvana spirit in recurrence. Dave produced the said album off his own back in 1995, it offers the fans...

‘We’re off our nut. Seriously’

Tue, 4 Feb 2003 19:28:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - I'm glad I picked this album up, after seeing the Band return with a few live performances on TV, they're definitely showing a newer sense of youth, fun and some of the coolest licks around at the moment. The band, looking as cool as they do - who are...

Sitting Comfortably?

Mon, 13 Jan 2003 18:35:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - The third album from the band is most definitely one of the most interesting, especially considering it’s the first from the –now- two member band who lost their dear friend John Lee one week ago last year. The remaining members, Grant Nicholas...

Tag It, Bag It!

Thu, 2 Jan 2003 12:34:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - Tekken’s roots lie back in 1996 with the first release of Namco’s tamed fighting game that originated from the arcades onto the PlayStation, where it became the one-to-have fighting game or fight-em-up for the console. Tekken 2 and 3 later...

Fish-Eye Speakers

Tue, 17 Dec 2002 20:06:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - The Package

As far as compact speakers go, these are the smallest you can buy. The reason lies behind the technology. The Mission FS2-AV package of five speakers and a subwoofer use NXT speaker technology – NXT stands for New...

Sony Audio Video Adapter: Practical, Functional & Ideal

Sat, 14 Dec 2002 09:25:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - This adapter came out in an alternative guise as a package with Time Crisis for PlayStation, it was used on the new generation of the console that didn’t have Composite video output. As a bonus you also got Stereo outputs too. This PS2 adapter is...

Chic Sound

Thu, 5 Dec 2002 22:19:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - PORTABLE MEDIA has took of a storm over the last few years, ever since Personal CD players came out, everyone wanted to listen to their favourite albums on the move. By today’s standards CD personals are the largest of the available mediums you can...

No-Frills, No Problems!

Mon, 2 Dec 2002 15:14:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - Model Reviewed: Silver, Region 2 PAL

Aiwa’s DVD players have never been anything special, but after being put under a healthy (and lets face it, a saving) wing of its Parent Company Sony, it has provided us all with one of the best DVD...

All Flash. No, Mash?

Sun, 24 Nov 2002 17:18:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - The Red Hot Chilli Peppers have certainly changed in this album; since Californication there are new styles and new innovations that have come through to By The Way. Granted the style is here, in theory, this latest one from the band is...

Monopoly In Action

Sun, 17 Nov 2002 19:55:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, sequel to one of last year’s most popular PlayStation 2 games – Grand Theft Auto 3, is based on the regular gameplay that people are familiar with, you could call it a RPG, but there is neither a sign or trace of a...

CDP-XE370: Affordable But Not Cheap

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 19:17:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MichaelHatton - Sony are dominating the budget CD player market. The CDP-XE370 is one of the cheaper models available today, going for less than £74.99 ($105), after the initial RRP of £99.95 ($140). It’s the mix of reputation and overall performance which make them...