© 1999-2008 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-pvreditor Recent reviews written by member pvreditor en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_445543452292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I have a house that mostly uses electric heat. Although there are a couple of wood stoves for heating (and these get used a lot), most of the heating is provided by electric baseboard heaters. In the bathrooms, wall-mounted fan-forced heaters do the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~445543452292 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:27:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_445543452292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_441011048068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - My latest rental was Sleepwalking, which promised to be a drama with an interesting road trip. Instead, it was a depressing look at how people train their children to undervalue their education and overvalue their immediate pleasures... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~441011048068 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:08:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_441011048068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431617707652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I have a Netflix subscription, so one day while looking at the offerings I decided that Home for the Holidays sounded like a fun comedy. Starring several people that I like to watch in movies (Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431617707652 Tue, 27 May 2008 13:37:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431617707652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_429997461124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I have a house in the mountains where cell phone reception is poor and the options for high-speed data are limited. It's too far out in the country for either cable TV or fiber-optic service, so the only choice most people have is a high-speed satellite... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~429997461124 Wed, 14 May 2008 10:51:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_429997461124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424552861316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - Note: This review is for a Magnavox 19MF337B LCD HDTV, which is identical to a Philips 19MF337B. Both are made by the same company and differ only in the name on the face of the TV. I checked with an Epinions Category Lead for Electronics prior to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424552861316 Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:24:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424552861316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424321715844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - Hooked by Matt Richtel kicks off with a pulse-pounding start: Nat Idle is reading in a cafe when a woman slips a note on his table. He reads the note and bolts after the woman as she hurriedly leaves the cafe, since the handwriting in the note is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424321715844 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:55:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424321715844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_423208783492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I've been using a very nice 20-inch IBM CRT computer monitor for several years and it's done a good job. However, it had the old-fashioned 4:3 aspect ratio, it weighed a lot (65 pounds!) and it used more than 100 Watts of power. My wife upgraded to a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~423208783492 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:08:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_423208783492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421832920708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I've heard of Susan Issacs but never previously read one of her books. My wife and I chose Past Perfect to listen to in the car as a recorded book and it turned out to be better than I expected. If Issacs has another book based on the same main... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421832920708 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:45:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421832920708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_420288630404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I rented The Painted Veil the other day and it was an okay way to spend the night. Not great, just okay. This is a very well-made film and the filmed-on-location scenery in China is absolutely stunning. The acting is good, too. However, the story... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~420288630404 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:29:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_420288630404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_420160310916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I have a 10 megapixel digital camera and have it set to take pictures at maximum quality, which results in picture files that are typically 3-4 MB each. I take a LOT of pictures, too. In addition, I often shoot video clips with my digital camera, as it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~420160310916 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:37:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_420160310916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419463925380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I needed a new keyboard and it had to be a USB model. A keyboard is something I use a lot, so I knew intellectually that I should get one that felt good, one that reassured me with its quality. However, it's hard to break a lifelong habit of shopping for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419463925380 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:01:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419463925380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419184021124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I have two computers at my workstation table -- one to access the Internet and another to do high-end work such as photo processing and video editing. I don't have space for two keyboards, two monitors and two mice, so I wanted something that would allow... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419184021124 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:38:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419184021124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418842709636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I have a Canon PowerShot G7 camera, which was Canon's best compact camera until the G9 was introduced. The G7 and G9 are very similar but technology never stops, although I'm mostly happy with the G7. One thing that could be improved about the camera is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418842709636 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:02:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418842709636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_417544769156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - Always looking for a recorded book to listen to with the wife, this time it was she who chose and the selection was Key Lime Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke. This is apparently one of several books featuring Hannah Swenson as an amateur sleuth who is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~417544769156 Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:05:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_417544769156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_416746999428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - Forgive me if I scramble this but there is a saying in the technology industry that the capability and capacity of computers doubles every 18 months. This is called "Moore's Law" in honor of the technologist who first stated it, and it has remained more... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~416746999428 Fri, 1 Feb 2008 15:02:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_416746999428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_416594890372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I always enjoy a good international intrigue novel, and The Eleventh Commandment by Jeffrey Archer didn't disappoint. What this book does a little better than most in this genre is to keep the focus on one individual, and it's a likable individual... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~416594890372 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:30:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_416594890372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_412648574596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - My wife does her research. She tends to have cold hands, particularly during the winter when we keep the heat down. When she uses a computer in our slightly too-cold home, her hand is on a computer mouse for hours at a time and that lets her hand get... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~412648574596 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:09:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_412648574596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_410331221636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - There's just the two of us in my household but we enjoy sitting down to meals together. Pancakes on Sunday morning are a favorite, but a square single-burner griddle holds only enough pancakes for one person. Therefore, we got a two-burner griddle years... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~410331221636 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:16:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_410331221636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_407658991236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I have a lot of tools but didn't have a nail gun until recently. I borrowed a friend's nail gun to do some trim work and was exceedingly impressed with how fast the tool made the work go. Next time I had a big job, I decided to get a nailer. My next... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~407658991236 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:48:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_407658991236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_406698757764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I'm fairly serious about photography and am always looking for ways to make my pictures better. There's no one magic bullet that you can attach to a camera that will make all your pictures better but there are a wide variety of filters that can change... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~406698757764 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:19:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_406698757764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_406462631556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - After hearing many good things about him, I read my first PG Wodehouse book a few months ago. It was funny indeed and I looked forward to the next. I therefore picked up A Damsel in Distress at the library as a recorded book. It's my understanding... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~406462631556 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:54:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_406462631556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_406394211972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - On a quick overnight business trip, I stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Cahokia, IL, which is right across the river from St. Louis, MO. The cost for this non-smoking room with a king-size bed was an amazing $65 -- I could easily expect to pay twice... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~406394211972 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:47:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_406394211972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_406330838660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I walked back to my desk at work the other day and found one of the corporate IT people looking balefully at the now-ancient Toshiba Tecra M2 laptop computer that my employer issued to me about 2.5 years ago. The Tecra M2 was a little behind the curve... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~406330838660 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:35:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_406330838660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_405550698116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I have access to three laptop computers but none has an old-fashioned nine-pin "D" serial connector. This is a connector that looks a lot like a VGA connector, except that it has only nine pins instead of the VGA connector's 15 pins. Anyway, I bought a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~405550698116 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:34:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_405550698116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_405346029188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - My wife and I listen to recorded books together as we commute to work and we actually enjoy a mix of things. However, one of our staples is the action/mystery/suspense story. Our latest was Sandra Brown's The Crush, which would seem to be squarely... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~405346029188 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:18:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_405346029188?linkin_id=8003929