Epinions Recent Reviews for bam

Empeg Mark 1 MP3 in-dash car stereo: Empeg - More music than you've ever had in one place!

Sat, 8 Apr 2000 22:14:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bam - The Empeg in-dash MP3 player is the first of what will be the ONLY way of listening to music in the car within 5-7 years. It is a hard-drive based MP3 head-unit with an FM radio, but no amplifier. It runs Linux and has a very snazzy display with many...

Cingular Mobile Phone Service in San Francisco/San Jose/Oakland: PacBellWireless, the best of what's available... sigh.

Thu, 6 Apr 2000 03:55:59 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bam - I've had PacBell now for 2 years in the Bay Area. I started out with one of the old, heavy Nokias, took a brief, painful detour through the Startac 8000g and have been satisfied with the Nokia 6190 for about a year.

In a nutshell: the...

This phone is a workhorse!

Thu, 6 Apr 2000 01:29:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bam - I have had two different StarTacs, one before and one after the Nokia. The first was PacBell and my epinion on that was phone was harsh. The second was Sprint and my epinion on the phone was good, but the service was so bad that I'm back with PacBell...

710HD - Even better in 2nd generation!

Sat, 1 Apr 2000 01:34:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bam - Note, some fraction of this review was cribbed from my Pioneer 700HD review and the edited/updated.

I was looking for the best picture in a new HDTV rear projection. I compared the Panasonic, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Phillips, and Pioneer...

Sprint: 29 days to Zero

Sat, 1 Apr 2000 01:11:40 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author bam -

I bought the Timeport 8167 and Sprint 800 minutes+web because my PacBell phone was fading, the Motorola was smaller and had the wonderful vibrate-then-ring option. I was also suffering under the painful roaming charges when carrying the PacBell...

Timeport 8167 - a good unit

Tue, 7 Mar 2000 02:38:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bam - I was looking for a smaller phone than my Nokia 6190 and the roaming charges from PacBell were pretty brutal, so Sprint was the only other reasonable choice (IMHO). I'll review the service in a seperate Epinion and just focus on the phone in this...

Best 1st Generation RP HDTV you can buy!

Wed, 27 Oct 1999 13:00:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bam - I was looking for the best picture in a new HDTV rear projection. I compared the Panasonic, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Phillips, and Pioneer first-generation HDTV-capable rear-projection monitors. I did not look at front projection or the $35K Runco (which...

The Pronto will save your system!

Sat, 2 Oct 1999 19:27:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bam - The Philips Pronto is a $400 retail, ~$300 mail-order programmable remote control. It ships with a PC software package and a serial interface, so design work can be done with a mouse and keyboard and downloaded. It offers 7 physical buttons and a...

Amazing functionality for the price

Sun, 29 Aug 1999 22:13:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bam - I had a Sony STR-G3 before and needed AC-3, more power, 5 channel amplifier, digital inputs and a simple UI.

The D608 has been great! It has built-in AC3 and DTS decoding, but I have yet to buy a DVD with DTS, so all my experience has been...

1999 SLK, 5-speed - great!

Sun, 29 Aug 1999 21:43:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bam - Prior to buying this car, I had a 1991 Miata and enjoyed it quite a bit. It handled great, but was lacking in power and the soft-top was a bit too noisy for me.

I really wanted the SLK, but the 1998 only came in AT, so I was forced to buy an...