© 1999-2009 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_484388277892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I received an expensive video camcorder to review for a magazine and the unit arrived with no recording medium. As it turned out, the camcorder records onto SD cards and it has a high data rate. I decided, for the sake of the review, that I would buy a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484388277892 Wed, 9 Sep 2009 17:37:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484388277892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482074988164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - My wife is a major Photoshop junkie and I've recently gotten interested in making HD videos, and both of these demand lots of storage space. To give us some digital elbow room, we recently got a Seagate FreeAgent Desk ST31500FDA 1.5 TB external... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482074988164 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:23:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482074988164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_481681772164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I have a Canon Vixia HF11 camcorder, a tiny solid-state device that records high-definition video. The camera has a built-in LED light that will illuminate things a short distance away, but this light is quite blue and just not enough to do more than add... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~481681772164 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:54:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_481681772164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_480873123460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I had a wired telephone headset from Plantronics that I liked very much, but it eventually died. I replaced it with a Plantronics CS55 wireless headset, which works differently but still gets the job done. There are two different versions of the CS55:... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~480873123460 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:28:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_480873123460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_480635620996?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - My needs and wants are simple. I don't need or want fancy clothes, an expensive home, the latest in German automobiles or exotic vacations. Really, I don't need or want those things -- for one thing, they are so expensive that I could never be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~480635620996 Sun, 9 Aug 2009 21:00:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_480635620996?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478622944900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - My computer desk slowly filled up over the years to include a scanner, two printers (laser and inkjet), monitor, speakers, two mice (it's a long story) and the inevitable clutter that rides a computer's coattails. My laser printer still mostly worked... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478622944900 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:56:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478622944900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477881208452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I've been using Just for Men hair color (dark brown) for more than five years. I started using it when looking for a new job, thinking that I wanted to look like a potentially vital employee instead of someone ready to retire. The bottom line on Just for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477881208452 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:42:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477881208452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471289663108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - Sometimes working smarter costs a lot. But sometimes it costs hardly anything.I was working a large convention and knew I'd be taking a lot of pictures over several days, so I wanted an SD memory chip that would easily hold everything without... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471289663108 Fri, 22 May 2009 10:21:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471289663108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470981381764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - A few months ago, I bought a Canon HD camcorder that records onto solid-state memory built into the camera. To augment the built-in memory, the camcorder has an SD memory slot that can take any SD memory card. I decided to get a 16 GB memory card and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470981381764 Tue, 19 May 2009 14:48:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470981381764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465393520260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - A couple years ago, I revised the forced-air heat ductwork in my home and it meant that the system would need a few new metal boxes and adapters. I got a quote for the project from a heating specialist but he must have taken the wrong pills that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465393520260 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:01:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465393520260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463895105156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I recently got a video camera and wanted to do more than a typical amateur job with it when shooting video. I knew that one way to make videos better is to add more light, since videos shot in low light are grainy and dull. Even outdoors with lots of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463895105156 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:10:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463895105156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455665356420?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I had an ancient VHS camcorder years ago but it failed long ago. I was starting to get a hankering for something new and quickly decided to get an HD camcorder. After a lot of reading, I decided to buy the Canon Vixia HF11 HD camcorder, which records in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455665356420 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:26:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455665356420?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455523995268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author pvreditor - I recently bought a Canon Vixia HF11 camcorder, which shoots HD video in the AVCHD format. The camcorder came with simple editing software called ImageMixer 3SE, but it's very basic and leaves a lot to be desired. I really wanted editing software with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455523995268 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:34:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455523995268?linkin_id=8003929 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