Epinions Recent Reviews for marklyth

Not bad, but expected better

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:21:52 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - Overall Whistler is a good skiing mountain, but I was not overly impressed. We stayed a week during which over 200cm of snow fell and there was already a 180cm base. The main problem is that Whistler is poorly planned, organized and managed. There is...

A complete waste of money and time !!!

Mon, 10 May 2004 23:18:56 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - My wife and I spent the second week of our honeymoon at Les Fermes de Marie after a rather pleasant week in Zermatt at Hotel Alex. The short version is that there is just about nothing redeemable about the hotel or Megeve and worst of all, everything is...

Good, but not great

Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:17:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - My wife and I visited Zermatt March '04 as our first week leg of our honeymoon. Zermatt was a nice quaint town and the people were generally down to earth, nice people. The skiing was good, but due to the lack of recent snow and the difficulty of...

Pretty good DV camcorder for the price

Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:05:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - We just got back from our honeymoon where we used the new camcorder we bought, the JVC GR-DX95. This review is mostly about the use of the camera, I will have to update the review later about its firewire capabilities, and video qualities...

Terrible

Wed, 17 Mar 2004 13:51:30 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - We were obviously spoiled after a week in Zermatt, because a week in Megeve felt like being in hell. The food is heavy, the people rude and the snow unreliable, the only savior is that the runs are pretty nice cruser runs when there is snow. The...

After 21 months it still is the best value for a hardtop convertible

Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:45:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - Overview I had previously owned a 1995 Mercedes SL320 and got the 2002 SC430 in December 2001. Since then of course, Mercedes has upped the ante (and price) with their new SL, and Cadillac has come out with the XLR. For value for money, there is...

Good try, but too many faults

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:32:17 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - Note: The picture is incorrect for this product, see http://www.iogear.com/products
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Newegg.com: Fantastic service, great prices, simply the Best!!!

Fri, 16 May 2003 20:23:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - I have ordered multiple times from Newegg.com and each time they have delivered as promised. I especially love how they have reviews of products right on the site (although I still check epinions of course).

Prices

Their prices are...

Not too bad, but could use some definite tweaks

Tue, 13 May 2003 16:13:32 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - First, I have the 4-port USB model, part no. F1DS104U. It is similar to the PS/2 model (which I ordered first by accident) but has no PS/2 ports, and requires a USB keyboard and mouse.

Positives

Looks great, doesn't crash and does the...

Not too bad, but Stowe or Tremblant are better

Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:03:44 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - We visited Sugarbush over the valentines/president's day weekend this year and overall had a very good time. After skiing Utah for 14 days in December, Sugarbush had a hard time keeping up. A lot of it is not their fault, there just isn't the same kind...

Tremblant is great for beginners to Adv. Intermediates

Tue, 21 Jan 2003 21:19:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - We have been to Tremblant twice (Jan '01, Jan '02) and both times it was pretty much the same. They do very well on snow amounts that barely open other resorts. This is partly due to their abundant use of snow making machines. Although they only list...

Does not compare well with other resorts in Park City

Wed, 8 Jan 2003 11:14:29 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - Overview

With Deer Valley and Park City right next door The Canyons does not quite hold up. The lifts are pretty fast and the trails are good for the intermediate/advanced skier, but just about everything is else is subpar for the Park City area...

The best powder skiing

Sun, 5 Jan 2003 15:40:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - As mentioned in my review of Deer Valley, after 10 days in Utah my fiancee and I agreed that Deer Valley and Alta were our favorite two resorts in Utah. They are completely opposite, but each have their good points. Both happen to be ski only...

If you can afford it, it is the best

Sun, 5 Jan 2003 15:23:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - Overview

Quite possibly the best ski resort in North America, great runs, excellent layout, good food and amenities. Would love to visit when they have more snow as they were only about 50% of usual. Can be pricey, but if you can afford it, there...

Pretty Good

Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:29:40 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - I have travelled just about every major U.S. airline over the last 5 years and JetBlue ranks up there as one of the best. I love flying Airbus planes because they are quiter and smoother than most Boeing (except 777) planes. The tickets are reasonably...

3Ware Inc. Escalade 7450 ATA/133 4-Port RAID Controller: Great IDE RAID

Tue, 17 Sep 2002 20:12:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - I have used Promise RAID add-in cards for about 3 years now. When I built my new Dual AMD system, I decided to move over my Promise FastTrak TX2 with it. Unfortunately, due to some well-known Promise issues it didn't work reliably. I decided to either...

Couldn't Cancel, won't refund

Mon, 16 Sep 2002 00:02:49 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - I ordered J2 in June, but soon decided to cancel as I wasn't getting my money's worth. I have found a service that provides phone service over the web for $8.95 (iConnectHere) and another one that provides free fax receive service (faxwave).

The...

Frontier NEX II MP3 Player: Pretty Good Player Overall

Thu, 12 Sep 2002 22:03:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - Dec 1, 2003 Update--- The battery door fell off, but overall the player is chugging along even though my fiancee drops it once a week ;-) Unfortunately Frontier Labs has not put out new firmware in over a year, no support for new formats, no support for...

Best multi-functional out there

Wed, 11 Sep 2002 17:39:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - UPDATE 3/25/2003

No significant problems with HP drivers in months so I am upping it to 5 stars. The only real problems I have are; the duplex unit is slow to start the second page and the paper handling can cause problems occasionally.

UPDATE...

Great monitor

Sat, 22 Jun 2002 12:23:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - If you can afford it, this is a great monitor. I also own a SGI 1600SW, but I needed a second monitor for dual-head support. Since SGI is no longer making the 1600SW, I decided to try for something else. After much (too much) research, I decided on...

Still the BEST LCD

Mon, 1 Apr 2002 17:12:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - I am looking at adding a 2nd LCD to my system for dual-monitor support and I want another 1600SW. I have had it for about a year, got it right after they dropped the price to about $1300 w/MultiLink. Unfortunately it is hard to find a MultiLink adapter...

eCOST.com: Pretty Good

Mon, 11 Feb 2002 20:11:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - Not as good as buy.com but not too bad. Had to return a defective DVD player once (should never have bought Panasonic crap) and they took it back no problems. The only down side was that the customer service rep insisted that they should take out my...

buy.com: Great buying site

Mon, 11 Feb 2002 19:59:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - I have used Buy.com for approximately 2 years now. I have to say that they have the best return program. You simply go to your online receipt, click return, they generate a UPS shipping label, and you ship it. Refunds generally appear within a week...

800.com: Pretty Good

Fri, 4 Jan 2002 20:39:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - Bought over $3000 of gear, only had 1 problem where an item never shipped and they weren't too good at communicating its status. Prompt service and easy to deal with though. I bought a Panasonic DVD player (what was I thinking) that crapped out within...

Good Value

Fri, 4 Jan 2002 20:33:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marklyth - It was finally time to retire my Dolby Pro-Logic Sony ES receiver in June 2001. Since having some slight problems with recent Sony purchases I decided to go with Pioneer, I have not been disappointed. I also upgraded my TV, DVD Player and speakers. I...