Epinions Recent Reviews for mainframetopc

Works Great When It Works

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:04:43 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - I was attracted to this model because of all the bells and whistles. There are two separate memories that can store 60 readings each for a history of two users. There was an average and personal target limit function. It detects irregular pulse rhythm...

Hoover Self-Propelled Bagless Cleans The Best

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:05:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - Old vacuums never die...they just fall apart. I needed to replace our eight year old Fantom canister which had always done a decent job, but never could completely clean pet hair. It was time to get a new vacuum when the power head broke off...

Garmin StreetPilot i3 GPS System - PRODUCT GPS Receiver: Stop getting lost. Buy this GPS. You won't be sorry!

Tue, 6 Sep 2005 21:33:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - My sense of direction is pathetic. I have been looking at GPSs for over a year but could not get myself to spend $600-$900 for a unit. When I saw the first pre-delivery announcement for the Garmin StreetPilot i3, I agonized over whether this...

Great Affordable 19" LCD Flat Panel Monitor

Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:01:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - I was not in the market for a new monitor. I had been very satisfied with my three year old KDS-RAD5 15" LCD monitor. The only faults I found were the screen size and viewing angle restrictions. This all started because CompUSA had the Radeon 7000...

Ryobi 3" X 18" Belt Sander BE318 Saved me big bucks!

Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:18:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - It all started when we decided to pull up the wall-to-wall rugs covering our hardwood (oak) floors and put down area rugs. The old floors looked great after 30 years of wall to wall carpet protection except for a 5'x5' area that was heavily stained...

Best for wall-mount with reservations.

Tue, 7 Oct 2003 15:50:43 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - My primary concern was a replacement wall phone for the kitchen with a built-in answering machine. My wife really liked the style of Panasonic but every one we brought home either had very poor reception or had some defect. You would think a company l...

The Best Low-End Phone for Range and Clarity

Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:36:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - All I wanted was a spare, cheap phone for the garage. I've spent way-too-much money on cordless phone and have never been completely satisfied. When I saw the Circuit City price for this phone, I figured you get what you pay for, but if it was too chea...

Nero is hot stuff..but don't let it burn your fingers.

Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:36:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - I am a confessed CD-Burner junkie. I buy every new and faster burner that comes on the market and as a result, I get virtually every bundled burner software to try. Nero came with one of my older (and slower) burners over a year ago. Up to then I...

This isn't a TV, its a computer on steroids! (see update at end)

Fri, 18 Apr 2003 13:42:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - When the time came for a new TV, we decided to go for a wide screen with built in HD-TV. We looked at the conventional flat-screen TV's and found them too small. We had a good laugh pricing the Plasma TV's but decided that we wouldn't be able to...

SONY VCR Comes Through

Wed, 19 Feb 2003 16:44:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - Even in this world of TiVo and DVD, you still needed a good inexpensive VCR to record all those lame TV shows they call prime time. Just in case something decent shows up on cable, it's nice to watch it at leisure.

Our old VCR died after many...

Even cheap DVD players have a use.

Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:49:58 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - I tried many different brands of DVD players before picking the APEX. This may sound weird considering the better quality of some of the other players, but my criteria was not primarily to play DVD's, but to watch JPEG's, and play MP3's with little use...

Norton SystemWorks Did Get Better!

Tue, 17 Dec 2002 14:21:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - As with all software, the individual user decides if the program is a winner or a loser depending on what you, as a customer, feel is important.

I've use Norton SystemWorks for many years and have a love-hate relationship with various...

What a great flat screen monitor! Get new driver 11/02.

Mon, 20 Aug 2001 15:52:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - After I noticed that my computer table was starting to bend from the weight of my old and heavy IBM 17" monitor, I decided it was time to price the new super-thin flat screen LCD displays.

I visiting Best Buy, BJ's, CompUSA, and COSTCO without...

Nikon Wins Compared to Olympus

Thu, 31 May 2001 12:59:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - When my Fuji zoom finally died, my first thought was to go to Epinions and see what was the best rated point-and-shoot camera.

Based on an overwhelming preference, the Olympus Stylus Epic won hands down and was very reasonably priced at about...

Sicily..the easy way.

Tue, 8 May 2001 14:41:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - We have been to most of Italy and love going back to experience the regions, sights and various styles of cooking. We had never been to Sicily because everyone we know had advised us to do it on a tour as it is very difficult and much more expensive to...

2001 Toyota Camry LE Well Built ..no problems

Fri, 20 Apr 2001 13:23:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - I always liked the good things I've heard about Toyota even though we've been a Volvo family for many years.

The decision to switch brands came after we priced and test drove the Volvo S40. Great pickup, ok style, but VERY expensive even with...

Buy the B-D .. Do not buy the Vicks.

Thu, 8 Feb 2001 23:02:42 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - We had the B-D flex digital thermometer for about a year before we gave it to one of our kids. It was great in every way. Accurate, waterproof, and very easy to use.

Please note that if it does not say "WATERPROOF", it will rot out in no...

Canon BJC 3000 Inkjet Printer: Canon better than my Epson 740

Thu, 1 Feb 2001 16:52:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - My life seems to be haunted by this love-hate relationship I have with ink-jet printers.

My first was an HP-500 followed by almost every other HP in the series. I stopped at the HP-540 and switched to a Lexmark. Then, after many problems, I...

Almost As Good As Film

Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:03:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - I still take a lot of pictures with a regular film camera, but only because of the inconvenience of getting prints from a digital camera.

The MX-1200 is considered a lower-end digital camera, but with the 1.3 megapixel resolution and the...

Frontline..great on fleas..ok on ticks

Fri, 20 Oct 2000 13:12:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - We have been using Frontline Top Spot for about four years now. We start using it on our (very thick haired) Pom mix starting in March (New England starts to warm up about the middle of the month).

It does a great job eliminating fleas but it...

Go!Zilla: Go!Zilla..eats GetRight's lunch...REALLY

Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:20:03 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - You may ask..why such an odd title to compare two download programs? Well, when I say it eats GetRight's lunch, I mean not only does the latest version of "Go!Zilla (3.9.1.7)" beat the socks off of the competition in downloading speed and...

Free ISP..A Moving Target

Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:14:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - I must be crazy to review another ISP. Every time I find something that works great, it slowly degrades to the state of useless.

I'm at the point that I wish I never wrote reviews for NetZero (crashes my computer with the BLUE SCREEN OF...

Bought it..Like it..Almost great.

Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:31:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - We have never used our car cassette player because once you start with CD's, you never go back to cassettes.

Our car radio is really great and we didn't want to replace it just to get a CD player, so I decided to investigate what was going on...

Hotmail: Hotmail..too hot for me.

Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:04:21 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - I've had many e-mail id's over the years (over 30) because I'm a sucker for any new service and it doesn't hurt to have backup.

The most consistent and reliable is YAHOO and I never had any real problems with any of the others until I opened...

British Airways..Great In the Air..Chaos On the Ground

Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:08:40 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mainframetopc - Update 22 November 2000.............Please note that you CANNOT get frequent flier credit from American Airlines if you fly British over the Atlantic. We just did and were denied any partnership miles from AA. This a new policy..so ask first.

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