Epinions Recent Reviews for jprestondavid

Laminate Floors Cheap: A great company to work with. They stock what they sell and deliver FAST!!!

Mon, 5 Jun 2006 19:05:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jprestondavid - Here's a copy of the letter that I sent to them...it tells the story: Tom & Mike, First of all, let me explain that as a business owner, I understand that customers are much more likely to send a note of complaint when they are dissatisfied than...

Two words....get one!

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:16:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jprestondavid - First impressions I bought my HS850 on eBay...around $70. I immediately fell in love with its ergonomics and its functional simplicity. I've had this device now for about 5 months. Pre-arrival jitters The main thing that drew...

Great medium-duty robotic DVD burner/printer

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:18:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jprestondavid - What It Is The Bravo II is a robotic DVD burner and printer. Using the accompanying PC software, it burns data onto blank DVD-R and DVD-RW media and prints full-color high-resolution ink-jet images onto the disc label (provided that the blank...

Dish DVR 921 Digital TV Recorder: 3-tuners (2 sat, 1 DTV). Awesome as designed, a bit buggy

Wed, 24 Nov 2004 19:03:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jprestondavid - Features Wanna know what drew me to buy the 921? I replaced a 508 receiver with the 921 (see my review on the 508 he
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The 921 does everything that the 508 does, and more. Here is a short list of additional...

A great camera, but little improvement over the VX2000

Tue, 21 Sep 2004 19:13:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jprestondavid - About this Review This is a very long review. Someone truly interested in buying a camera of this class will probably appreciate this level of detail. I would suggest that you check out the user's manual on www.sonystyle.com for some of the...

Bogen 3063 Mini Fluid Head: Rock-solid and smooth medium format tripod head

Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:01:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jprestondavid - I bought this tripod head on eBay, and it was already connected to a set of 3011 legs. See my review on the legs here . I use this tripod with Sony DCR-VX2000 and VX2100 camcorders. In my opinion, this is the...

Rock-solid medium format tripod

Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:40:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jprestondavid - I bought the Bogen/Manfrotto 3011 tripod through eBay, and it was already connected to a Bogen/Manfrotto 3063 fluid head. This was my first experience with Bogen, and also my first fluid head. I am now a believer, and I'll never again spend money on a...

Philips 180MT13P 18.1 in. LCD TV: Great general purpose monitor, adequate for motion work

Thu, 3 Jun 2004 18:15:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jprestondavid - The Purchase I do quite a bit of video work, and I was looking to replace an aging 19" RCA TV with an 18-20" flat panel LCD that could pull double duty - first as a second computer monitor, and second as a standard NTSC TV. Other...

Super-quiet, and almost don't need a dryer anymore!

Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:19:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jprestondavid - The Upgrade I had already replaced the clutch assembly on the 1986 vintage Hotpoint top-loader a few years back, and it was beginning to make "that noise" again. My wife jokingly referred to the laundry room as "the factory", because of the...

Finally!! The Perfect Universal Remote

Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:10:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jprestondavid - Kudos!! Bravo!! Bravo!! What a wonderful product! The MX-500 is truly a testament to American engineering. Finally...a remote that I can hand to the babysitter, and with about 2 minutes of training, she can run my (rather complex) home...

Great phone, clunky phone book, obscure sync S/W

Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:30:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jprestondavid - My Nokia 5165's were 2 years old and getting battle-worn. It was time for an upgrade, so I did a fair amount of research before settling on the T720 from Cingular (In fact, we test-drove some NEC phones from AT&T, they kept roaming to the Cingular...

Dish Network DishPVR 501 System: Best thing to hit TV since color!

Wed, 26 Feb 2003 16:56:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jprestondavid - The Purchase

I am a charter member of Dish Network (one of the first 100,000 subscribers), and I will just let you know to start out that I am a major DISH advocate. I have been very pleased with just about every aspect of my DISH...

Plays everything, great price

Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:11:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jprestondavid - I bought this primarily to play my own SVCD home movies (SVCD = Super Video CD - these are movies that can be burned onto a standard CD-R using a lower quality compression algorithm than traditional DVD. If you're interested, see www.vcdhelp.com).
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Pinnacle Systems DV200 w/ Adobe Premier V 6.0: Pro results for about $250

Tue, 22 Jan 2002 16:42:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jprestondavid - About a year ago, I bought a JVC GR-DVL307 DV camcorder on one of the auction sites. I was stunned by the quality of the video, and by the things that this camera could do. I started doing a little research and found one of the entry-level DV editors...