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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-truegenius Recent reviews written by member truegenius en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_487660097156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - Approximately a year ago, I bought and reported on the Magellan RoadMate 1200, a GPS unit that ranged in price between (at the time) $100 and $150.  I had been impressed with the user interface as well as the price.  But the RoadMate became... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487660097156 Fri, 9 Oct 2009 00:01:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487660097156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468074466948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - It's been several years since I bought an external DVD burner.  My last unit, bought in 2005, was a Memorex device that was supposed to be able to hit 8X speeds on double layer discs.  Unfortunately, at the time the unit was available, most of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468074466948 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:43:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468074466948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465443196548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - Approximately two years ago I wrote a review of one of what I thought was one of the better mini DVD camcorders out there by Sony.  It turns out I was pretty much right - it was just that the technology was a bit of a letdown.  The form factor... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465443196548 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:33:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465443196548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454151081604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - The G1 phone from T-Mobile and HTC Corporation is a really interesting phone, but I can say for sure it’s not for everybody.  It’s very good for me, though, and in the not quite two months I’ve owned this device, I have to say... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454151081604 Sun, 7 Dec 2008 19:06:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454151081604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_445424766596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - My, how the world of GPS has changed, and so quickly! At least three years ago I had purchased a Bluetooth GPS receiver from a mysterious company named Holux, by way of a supplier I found on eBay. The receiver was about the size of a box of matches... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~445424766596 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:18:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_445424766596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437384547972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - Several months ago, I bought a Pinnacle HD TV PCI card for my desktop computer. The card comes with software to record video to your computer's hard drive, in effect, making it a miniature DVR. Your recording capacity is the size of your drive, and the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437384547972 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:42:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437384547972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435698830980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - Most of my recent watches have borne the Timex brand. This is personally ironic because when I was originally fascinated by digital watches way back when, they were from Casio. Timex got into the game a little later but I have to say that now I prefer... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435698830980 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 19:11:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435698830980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_428228775556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - *** Updated 5/5/08 - I have updated my original review with more information from additional testing and usage. I think I may have initially been just a bit harsh in judging the P60 and have to say that it&#146s a better camera than I realized at... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~428228775556 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:42:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_428228775556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_426333605508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - *** MAJOR UPDATE (4/26/08) *** This review was updated two weeks after purchasing the camera, and under quite peculiar circumstances. Originally, I had given this camera a rating of 5 out of 5 on Durability. I was out with the camera at a local... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~426333605508 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:12:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_426333605508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_420500377220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - INTRODUCTION I&#146ve had an interest in HD television for some time, long before the sets became affordable. Last year, I bought an ATI TV Wonder 650 PCI card and this past January, I bought a 26&#148 Westinghouse HD TV. Interestingly, it took... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~420500377220 Sun, 2 Mar 2008 03:02:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_420500377220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_414780395140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - I'm not sure why it is that Delphi's XM components have a tendency to just "go bad", but they do, and with annoying regularity. I have watched a Roady receiver, its car antenna, the power cord, and a home adapter all go bad. Thankfully, other... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~414780395140 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:20:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_414780395140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_414556720772?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - Palm has, more or less, gotten out of the PDA game. Ironically, the pioneer in personal data assistants has pretty much focused its company's energies on a market it actually helped create: the smartphone. Their industry hit, the Treo, paved the way... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~414556720772 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:59:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_414556720772?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_413998354052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - INTRODUCTION: MY REQUIREMENTS After over 14 years, I decided it was time to get a new TV. Not that there was anything wrong with the 20&#148 Sanyo workhorse I bought back in 1994; I wanted a TV with newer features, including RCA inputs, a wide... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~413998354052 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:24:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_413998354052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_409419681412?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - Well, I have learned a good lesson this year. Stay away from those ultra-compact DVD players that run 30 to 40 dollars. Unless your DVD's are in pristine condition, those players won't play older or more heavily used discs at all. I have seen the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~409419681412 Tue, 4 Dec 2007 17:16:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_409419681412?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_405398720132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - INTRODUCTION Maybe you&#146ve wandered down the graphics aisle at a computer retailer and seen Paint Shop Pro PHOTO. You think, What is that? Is it any good? Is it worth the $100 price? I&#146m here to tell you that Paint Shop Pro is a venerated... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~405398720132 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:12:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_405398720132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_363361635972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - *** UPDATED 5/18/07 - COMP USA'S WEB SITE SHOWS THAT THIS SYSTEM IS SOLD OUT FOR "DELIVERY", BUT THAT SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED AT RETAIL LOCATIONS. CIRCUIT CITY'S WEB SITE DOES NOT SHOW ANY "T5082" SYSTEMS AT ALL, WHICH MEANS YOU MAY NEED TO GO INTO THE... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~363361635972 Thu, 17 May 2007 21:51:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_363361635972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_348839906948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - *** This review was updated in May 2007, after I'd owned the DCR-DVD108 for about a full month. *** The Sony DCR-DVD108 &#150 hereafter, the &#147DVD108&#148 &#150 was announced by Sony back in January of 2007. As I write, it&#146s mid-April 2007, so... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~348839906948 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:13:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_348839906948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_304814198404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - When it comes to technology, I am usually a late adopter. When most people had cell phones, I was still carrying a beeper. I didn't upgrade to a Windows 95 system for a year after it came out. And for the longest time, I have sworn by conventional CRT... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~304814198404 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:09:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_304814198404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_300591189636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - I had used two other GPS map solutions prior to discovering DeLorme's Street Atlas USA - one was MarcoSoft's Quo Vadis, a base-level but very fast-updating map program that came with some Magellan GPS units for Palm devices. The other was Rand McNally's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~300591189636 Tue, 2 Jan 2007 15:19:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_300591189636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_287874977412?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - UPDATE - OCTOBER 26, 2007 Around mid-September, my Acer Aspire 5100 started developing problems. I started getting messages after the power-on-self-test (POST) indicating that there was a problem with a media cable (some error message PXE-E61). I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~287874977412 Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:19:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_287874977412?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_262298111620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - After five years of being a Verizon Wireless customer, I made the decision to switch to T-Mobile &#150 Verizon was charging a rather hefty $60 a month for data service, and I figured I could do better with T-Mobile. One of T-Mobile's exclusive offerings... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~262298111620 Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:23:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_262298111620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_257397395076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - I have to confess ... I have not been a big fan of Memorex products. For some reason, they have always seemed cheap to me. I have studiously avoided their blank CD and DVD media, preferring instead to go with brands like Verbatim or Maxell. That... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~257397395076 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:19:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_257397395076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_255821713028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - It's funny how things go full circle sometimes. My first serious digital camera was a Nikon and now that I'm trying out digital SLR photography, once again, I'm using a Nikon. I've known about Nikon's legendary picture quality for years &#150 both from... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~255821713028 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:01:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_255821713028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_250999770756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - The Canon Powershot A540 a "great camera"? Not so fast. Oh, how I wanted to like the Canon Powershot A540. But the camera had some surprising shortcomings I couldn't overcome. As background, recently I purchased a Nikon D50 digital SLR &#150 a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~250999770756 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:09:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_250999770756?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_249986190980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author truegenius - Okay, here's the scoop &#150 I recently bought a honkin' big digital SLR, my first ever. I love the thing but it's heavy. At a pound and a half, I wanted something I could toss in my pocket for quickie shots. Having cruised my local computer retailers... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~249986190980 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:09:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_249986190980?linkin_id=8003929