Epinions Recent Reviews for rdeleon1

Cingular Mobile Phone Service in Los Angeles: Deceptively attractive followed by years of disappointment

Tue, 8 Jan 2002 18:26:32 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author rdeleon1 - What attracted me to Cingular in 1999 (AKA Pacific Bell Cellular) were the very reasonable prices for low end cellular use. I was very happy to use the cell phone in case of car breakdowns or any other emergency situation.

I was content to pay $18...

The final conversion of a PC cheapskate

Mon, 17 Dec 2001 03:09:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rdeleon1 - It all started like this, I am a cheapskate and will refuse to pay name brand for anything on a computer, much less for any sound card or speaker system. So needless to say I picked up some no-name speakers and sound card to go with my AMD K6-2/500 Mhz...

Good but could be better

Tue, 11 Dec 2001 23:13:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rdeleon1 - We took our first cruise with the Viking Serenade on September 2000. We took the four day cruise, going through Catalina, San Diego, and Ensenada. We were pleasantly surprised with the friendly crew, our attendant and the ambiance on the boat.
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Proxim Symphony Cordless Products: Simple and straightforward option to go wireless but not perfect

Tue, 11 Dec 2001 17:24:03 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rdeleon1 - After reading a few reviews, I went out and bought the symphony wireless PC card for my portable and the symphony ISA card for my desktop (for about $200 for both in 1999) in order to be able to share the internet between my desktop and portable using a...

The only way to watch DVD movies on your computer

Mon, 10 Dec 2001 02:30:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rdeleon1 - I had originally used the software decoder shipped with my ATI RAGE 128 card. I had continual trouble with my computer locking up or slowing down when using the software solution to getting DVD on my computer. I finally gave up and got the Hollywood...