Epinions Recent Reviews for dandv

E*TRADE: NOT for ESPP

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:36:11 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author dandv - My employer uses E*TRADE for our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and I happen to already have a broker. So naturally, I wanted to either transfer my shares to my preferred broker, or sell them with a trailing stop order and transfer the money.Turns...

An excelent monitor, but wide-gamut

Thu, 7 May 2009 03:42:00 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author dandv - Notice that 'w' in the monitor's name? It doesn't stand for "wide screen". It stands for "wide gamut" - the new buzz color technology which promises richer colors IF (and this is still a big IF) your operating system or application supports these...

No news = good news

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:46:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dandv - I bought a Sharp R4-02JK (which looks exactly the same as the R402J, and I have no idea what differences exist between them) after being d
isappointed
with my GE JES2251SJ. I've been using the Sharp happily and...

ConsumerReports' best in class - actually lousy

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:22:22 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author dandv - NOTE: I bought and tested the General Electric JES2251SJ in April 2005. ------- I decided to take a shot of healthy tomato juice today. Why tomato juice in particular? Because of its perfect viscosity for my purpose: testing the cooking...

Credit Card Fraud; no incentives

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:10:46 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author dandv - I've been banking with Wells Fargo not out of choice but because my employer opened an account for me when I immigrated in California two years ago. They are still Wells Fargo fans...

Can't handle large rooms (650 ft.)

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:24:35 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dandv - I have a rather large room (650 ft.), made up of a living room connected to a kitchen. Worse, the room has very large windows that radiate heat, even though I keep the blinds closed. I bought the Bionaire BH3900-U in April 2006 and tested it several...

Good shredder with pull-out trash bin

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 07:42:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dandv - I bought this shredder from Costco, using their generous 6-month warranty. The shredder performed very well until the 5th month, when it started to start on its own (it that happens in the middle of the night, it can be quite scary :-). I cleaned the...

The most useful feature? The bubbles.

Wed, 18 May 2005 01:12:00 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author dandv - I bought this enclosure to be able to quickly see what was on many hard disks. Well, this enclosure is exactly what I do NOT need. In other words, nothing in its design is better than other enclosures. The enclosure consists of a bay for the hard...

Did not wick at all, despite the claims on the label

Fri, 22 Apr 2005 06:36:43 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author dandv - I bought a pair of blue Wigwam Gobi Liner socks with the "Wonder Wick Foot Dry System", made of 100% polypropylene. After 11 hours of wearing them with minimal activity (driving or at work) in my New Balance 471 sports shoes, I found that they did NOT...

Barely acceptable...

Fri, 11 Mar 2005 03:22:41 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dandv - I bought this keyboard after being disappointed with an ADESSO Truform Ergonomic keyboard (h
ttp://www.epinions.com/content
_174496910980),
which felt CHEAP. The Belkin feels better, but still not comparable to the...

Cheap plastic, cheap keys but CLASSIC placement of Ins/De/Home/End/PgUp/PgDn block

Wed, 23 Feb 2005 20:36:23 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dandv - I bought this keyboard because I wanted a keyboard with an ergonomic split design, like the MS Natural Keyboard, but with the classic placement of the Insert/Del/Home/End/PgUp/PgDn block. I could not adjust to the placement chosen by Microsoft in any way...

Not so good

Tue, 2 Dec 2003 07:53:00 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dandv - This monitor is just "good enough", but it suffers from a few problems: - the OSD controls are quite primitive - you can't finely tune the image to NOT have its middle third up by 1.5 millimeters from the bottom of the screen (this means all...

Good for games and movies and.. that's about it.

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:52:51 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dandv - I had two ADI MicroScan F720 monitors for testing, and I returned the first one due to very poor focus in the lower right corner, poor screen regulation, and geometry distortion. I'm currently using the second one and I'm having a pretty hard time at it,...