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Comment on Olympus VN-5200PC Digital Voice Recorder by A. Gift For You

A. Gift For You — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:14:04 +0000

This recorder was nice but the batteries that came with them were roded. It in a plasic wet/ and rusty looking. Also, not as sturdy as it looks in the picture.
Rating: 3 / 5

Comment on Olympus VN-5200PC Digital Voice Recorder by Bruno M. Lopes

Bruno M. Lopes — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:04:10 +0000

I’m happy with the overall quality of the product, just not happy with the colour, whish it was black not dark brown
Rating: 5 / 5

Comment on Olympus VN-5200PC Digital Voice Recorder by Sherese

Sherese — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:49:08 +0000

This is a handy little digital recorder; however, I would have liked a neck strap included with the purchase. Now I have to go out and purchase one that fits this item.
Rating: 3 / 5

Comment on Olympus VN-5200PC Digital Voice Recorder by jkc

jkc — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:26:51 +0000

I have no doubt this digital voice recorder would be adequate for my needs if I could get it delivered. Ordered on 4/11/2009, credit card billed on 4/12/2009, notice of inability to deliver 4/21/2009, refund promised but not yet received. A call to customer service at Amazon resulted in an apology and $10.00 credit, very nice. I considered repurchasing same items: recorder, telephone device, and microphone, the prices of which had all increased, albeit only slightly. However given the inability of Amazon and/or the USPS to find my house I have doubts of their separate or joint abilities to deliver the goods.
Rating: 5 / 5

Comment on Olympus VN-5200PC Digital Voice Recorder by Charles A. Debartolo

Charles A. Debartolo — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:11:13 +0000

I placed an order for this when it was IN STOCK for next day delivery !!, and the delivery date was changed 3 TIMES. No one at AMAZON can give a good explaination!!!! Just the same pre written sorry speach. Some PRIME SERVICE !!!!
Rating: 1 / 5

Comment on What does Nikon have in store to replace the D90? by Amber

Amber — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0000

Why does it matter? The D90 is brand new and they’re not going to replace it for a while. Definitely not within the next year.

Comment on What does Nikon have in store to replace the D90? by rubbersquare

rubbersquare — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:57:08 +0000

Completely agree with not waiting for the next best thing.
What you should decide on and investigate is lenses. Do you want to invest in lenses for a Nikon or a Canon or ? Who makes the better glass and whose is infamous. I’ve “heard” Canon makes better lenses, but I’m still going to get the Nikon D90. Why? It does what I want (decent images and 24fps video) whereas the Canon 5D Mark II shoots 30fps (and bigger images than I need).

Also, if you are serious about video/filmmaking realise that Canon has a whole camcorder line that they will not be dismantling in favor of DSLR-based video. Nikon has no camcorder line in jeopardy of cannibalisation, so they can very easily push the limits of what a DLSR can do.

Also consider what will be coming from Red in the very near future with Scarlet and their DSMC.

If you want to take great still images, stick with Canon (every professional I’ve worked with swears by them). If you want to jump on a very possible new wave of video and a second best (and potentially awesome) still photo company, go with Nikon (and the D90 is a great starting point). If you want to take your chances with a new, possibly unstable, possibly amazing company, go Red.

Comment on What does Nikon have in store to replace the D90? by Polo78

Polo78 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:31:54 +0000

Next on the horizon is called better technology. There is no point in waiting for the next breakthrough as it will eventually be replaced with something else. We call this history. What we project what will be in the future now will be obsolete when the present arrives… Just buy a camera you can afford and stick with the best lens you can afford. Im planning to purchase the D90 this weekend and instead of keeping the 18-105mm lens that it comes with, I will be getting 18-55mm lens which in my opinion has better value and also a professional lens 70-200mm for indoor sports/night life. Its the lens that makes the camera, not the other way around. Invest in your lens and guarantee you that it will outlive your camera body forever.

Comment on What does Nikon have in store to replace the D90? by lenslenders

lenslenders — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:54:04 +0000

Only Nikon knows that.

While you’re wasting time on rumour sites, waiting around for the next model to come out, you will have lost a year or more of photography opportunities that will never, ever come back.

Do you want to keep waiting for the next model … and the next model … and the next model … never buying a camera, missing years of picture opportunities and falling behind in practicing photography? Or do you want to start making pictures tomorrow?

You decide.

Disclosure: I am the owner of in Canada.

Comment on How do I get HD on my new Vizio 720P TV? by jf

jf — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:17:40 +0000

To get HD broadcast programming you need to be subscribed to an HD service. Your house needs to be fed an HD signal first. Then you can connect that to your TV directly (if it has a built in digital tuner) using an RF cable. If that’s not the case, then you need a cable or satellite set top box. It will allow you to send the HD signal to your TV using either component cables or an HDMI cable.

You can connect the Xbox 360 via the component cables (I think it comes with all models of the 360) or an HDMI cable (comes with some versions, otherwise you need to buy one). Warning though, last I heard the latest version of the Xbox 360 software was causing audio problems for HDMI out of the 360. So I might stick with the component cable for the time being.

HDMI looks like a fat, funny looking USB (best way I can describe it). Don’t overpay for this. Some places will try to push on you expensive cables, but the $10 ones will give you absolutely the same quality. You can get them cheap from monoprice or newegg. You do want to make sure to get one that is version 1.3 compatible though (that ensures it can carry both video and audio over the cable).

Component cables are the 3 primary colors (Red, Green, Blue). Your video is sent out to the TV with 3 color signals. This is really good quality and can handle both SD and HD signals. You will have to carry the audio using something else though (optical Toslink or just good old fashioned RCA audio-the red/white cables).