Computer Reviews

I have used it for a week works fine good sound (for the money)
Great looks exeeded my expectations. Te volume is not really loud but for a medium room will work grat. If you are lloking for a budget all in one not needing real power speakers this is it.

I finally broke down and bought a DVD player. The Go Video system is great, it plays all sorts of DVD formats, cds, mp3s and it has an am/fm reciever. This is a fantastic home theatre and a kickin stereo!

If you wait in line all the time, or if you are at airports all the time, buy this card. It will occupy your time. Both games are identical to their physical counterparts and they are color as well.

Both Monopoly and Scrabble work great. I have a color PalmOS PDA and love both of them. I was afraid that the screen size would limit the functionality, but that turned out not to be the case. In fact, I think it is easier than on my PC screen programs with 4 and 16 times the number of pixels -- superior design went into implementing it on the PDA version!

My son, 9 years old, also loves playing both. Of course, he sometimes hits the "accept word" (after spell-checker flags it) when he spells words wrong just to get high points (e.g., "XJQVY"), but he usually spells them right and this helps in his vocabulary and spelling.

Monopoly is just as easy and has helped my game playing tremendously. I am not thinking about going pro, but if I were, I would certainly have this game in my arsenal.

The sound produced by the Cirrus Logic Crystal 192KHz/24-bit digital-analog converters (DACs) is spectacular. The amplification is both powerful and low noise. I've never heard this degree of clarity before. This Harman Kardon is replacing a very nice Linn CD player and amp with 24-bit Burr-Brown DACs that sounded warmer than the Harman Kardon.

I bought this unit for its DACs and the number of digital inputs it accepted, its video switching capability, and its low distortion amplification. I might get around to buying surround or a subwoofer, but I'd prefer a unit with 1/4 of the electronics and a simpler interface; they're simply not available. I do appreciate the number of audio inputs. I'm plugging in optical input from a Turtle Beach Audiotron, S/PDIF input from a DVD/CD player, S/PDIF input from my workstation/home theater, and plan to plug in an optical input from a Sony Playstation 2. After all that, the input cables and a single stereo pair of speaker cables look lonely among the dozens of back-panel inputs.

I wanted this kind of processing for my home theater PC and my computer-based CD collection. The Audiotron is a wonderful device that allows MP3s or full CD-resolution WAV files to be read from a network and piped into a home-theater receiver like this one; CDs sound the same ripped to disk full resolution and played back through the Audiotron as they do from the DVD player or computer's digital inputs. My computer provides S/PDIF output, so DVD soundtracks (or CD audio) can be passed to the receiver for decoding the same way as they can be passed from the DVD player.

The downside to this receiver is that it is absolutely impossible to set up without (a) the manual, (b) the remote, and (c) an S-video monitor to display the menus you're navigating. Some understanding of surround sound and digital music encoding formats, crossovers, and room acoustics will help in deciphering the configuration menus. I haven't read the documentation on the remote, so most of the buttons and markings are meaningless to me. On the positive side, it's easy to switch sources once they're set up and there's a nice big volume knob, albeit one that requires a lot of spinning to move the volume significantly. I haven't tried other models, so these comments shouldn't be read comparitively; configuring a home theater is a difficult task to pack into a front panel and remote. And if that wasn't enough complexity, this receiver also features video switching, which I am using to route a DVD player, VCR, and soon, the PlayStation2 into my monitor.

In the end, the amazing sound and number of inputs won me over in the face of an extremely challenging interface.

One of the best receivers for the price you could buy.
Configuration:
AVR 325
HK CD Player
Toshiba DVD
JBL S312 fronts
JBL center channel
JBL S26 surrounds
Sound:
Sound is crystal clear. Best sound i have heard. Make sure you setup the channels right and the speaker to large if you have towers. This receiver gives you very precise control. EZ setup takes all the guesswork out but I prefer to do it manually.
I have a digital connect running from the CD player to the AMP, sound is perfect with a lot of depth.
Make sure you have in the least a 12 gauge wire to the speakers this receiver can drive 35 amps. Power is more than enough at 55 Watts X 7 channels. I only use 5, hope to use 7 soon. I cannot drive the volume even half way without the whole room starting to move. So these watts are high AMP watts and again no distortion, does not matter what volume level it is at.
Looks, build and functionality:
This puppy is very sturdy and looks are beautiful, you need a big transformer to be able to pump out those AMPS. You get what you pay for if you buy those toys from other companies which offer sleek models. There are plenty of ports at the back for all sorts of connections. A lot of modes and options.
One tip to consider when buying a receiver is the THD value, the lower it is the better. The receiver has a THD of 0.07% . Most cheap receivers will above .5% . Also consider there are 7 channels in this puppy.

Overall I just cannot get over the fact how clean and powerfull the sound is. Worth every penny if you ask me.

yes two channel stereo still lives if you want to build a plain stereo system this would be a place to start. I have one I like very much. The heart of the systems would be your ears you pick out the speakers sound your ears like I did this in the 80's I picked up a pair of Polk SDA speakers, the sound that came out of them there is still nothing like them today to bad polk stopped making the SDA series but they are not small 70 lbs a speaker and what was driving them in the show room was a yamaha R-9 receiver I was doing fine until the middle of may we where going to be moving the next day the movers where coming and the R-9 up and died in the middle of wacthing a dvd could not be revieved but at a cost so I saved it until after the move and when I was hooked up to the internet again I went looking for a 2 channel reciver to replace the old one this HK has the same specs as the R-9 plus 2 more viedo hook ups and a subwoofer out if you need one at this price cheaper than having the R-9 repaired and yes the speakers sound as good as before solid sound stage which gets bigger with more power you apply like the old days pick out single instrutments where they are when you close your eyes this is what these speakers where about before surround sound became the norm like I said 2 channel stereo nothing wrong with it when you find your speakers you have to find the power source for them and this HK filled the bill here like the old yahmaha never went away but came back with a few extras I have been listenig to music today as it just came now to hook up the dvd and vcr the old system is whole again

A couple of months ago my old and very simple Sony equipment started to give up on me after years of use. So I started to look for a good replacement for it.
Since this was meant to be a replacement to be located at my bedroom and mostly for music playing, my first idea was to look for one of those popular mini-systems with everything integrated on them. I found some interesting products from Onkyo and Denon but, although their sound was quite nice (especially Denon's), I found that their power was somehow limited.
Then, I decided to look for some of those "Home Theater in a box" systems that are so popular nowadays, even if I would use it primarily for music reproduction! I tried Sony, Kenwood and Denon. I found an interesting Denon system, but before buying it I decided to bring along a couple of my own CDs in order to try it out with my own music!
The next day I took a couple of my favourite CDs with me to try them with the Denon. I chose Mahler's Symphony #3 (with Boulez), Andreas Scholl's "Ombra mai fu", some Dead Can Dance and Air's "Moon Safari". It really sounded nice but since I had those CDs with me I decided to make a last visit to the department store where I had seen the Denon and Onkyo mini-systems before making a final decission.
An hour later I visited this department store and went to their audio department. Instead of looking for the mini-systems I went directly to the high-end audio area. Among the various Onkyos, Marantz, Denons and Yamahas I noticed Harman Kardon's new HK-3480, and I immediately liked the looks of it's new design! Then, I contacted a salesman and after telling him that I mostly listen to classical music (although my other musical tastes are quite varied), he suggested me to give the Harman Kardon a try!
I was able to compare the Harman Kardon with the Denons (both the mini-system and the Home Theater options). After some listening I was convinced that a nice stereo system was more than enough for me. The power and sheer clarity of sound of Harman Kardon's HK-3480 was immediately noticeable!
We first tried it with a couple of Yamaha speakers, then with Cerwin-Vega, Infinity and finally with Polk. Boy oh boy, what a beautiful sound the Polk's have, cristal clear and absolutely gorgeous!!! Besides, they look so sharp! We finally added an Infinity subwoofer and there it was, the perfect setup for me! I was really ready to make a final decission! I bought Harman Kardon's HK-3480 reciever along with H-K's FL-8385 CD player, a pair of Polk's RTi8 speakers and Infinity's PS10 subwoofer. What a difference from my old and humble Sony setup! By the way, if you choose Polk speakers like I did, get the black ones, they look great along Harman Kardon's silver and black design!
The HK-3480 receiver works great! There are more than enough connections inputs on it, including several for audio/video and a phono input too (now I'm also thinking about replacing my old Technics for a brand new turntable). The HK-3480 is surely a great receiver for those who want top quality stereo sound, but it should me mentioned that with the VMAx feature on this receiver you can have simulated surround sound too when you need it!
I now feel that all of a sudden my CD collection doubled in size since every single CD in my collection sounds so much better now! I'm rediscovering music that I bought 10 or 15 years ago! What a joy!!!

This is a very capable printer and carries a moderately heavy load in my office. It prints crisp, clear and very fast (first page out in only a few seconds). I haved owned it for several months and it has printed tens of thousands of pages with no problems or jams. I was originally concerned with build quality as the plastic housing felt kind of light, but it holds up and continues to perform very well. As an aside, avoid the standard toner cartridges, they are used up fast, the extended use ones last much longer for a little more money. Highly recommend the printer.

I bought the 1200se printer for personnel use about 2 months ago from Best Buy in Schaumburg, IL and I absolutely love it. (I do not have the optional copy/scanner attachment). I read up on the following printers and it came down to the HP 1200se and the Brother 1450. I chose the 1200 for a few reasons. The HP name and customer service ...(GO HP!) I did notice a lot of talk of the paper curl but I don't think it is that bad at all. I bought HP paper and have not noticed any significant problems. The printer can print incredibuly fast and overall, I have not had any problems. I would DEFINITLEY recommend this printer.

I am extremely pleased with the communication, speed and shipping of my product. I have been searching for quite some time for this type of product and found the item at the price that I liked. Once I made the purchase, the seller contacted me by email, shipped the item immediately and I recieved it in GREAT condition, within a few days. I would do business with this seller again. Thank you.

I have just recently installed a 20X tape drive into our file server and it is a lot faster then our old DLT system. I chose the HP brand on backup tapes because I wanted the reliability for the information stored on my tapes. By my purchasing the HP brand of tape I did not have to worry too much about if I had a good tape or not. The 20GB of tape storage is great for a small business server. I would recommend this tape and the drives to go with it. Backing up to these tapes is an effortless process compared to our old system.

I work as a business consultant and basically I spend my time traveling and out of the office. My appointments, tasks, and contacts change constantly, so its very important for me to synchronize periodically and FAST to my Outlook profile

The serial Cable does the job, but the speed is not comparable with USB Synchronization, specially if your loading a big file or an mp3 song.

Sorry not to be available to carry my USB craddle

Works great. Always need a spare. Priced right

The ability to print on 11x17 inch newsletters has been a tremendous boost to my small business! The duplexer (sold separately) is also great. I've had this printer for 2 years now - and i absolutely love it!

This Printer is the best I have ever used in my life. It collects the information and it prints it by the time I get over to it. I would recommend this Printer for every one's home or office :O)

This is a nice lightweight fan that packs a lot of power -- and modern conveniences -- in a good-looking, compact, and portable package. Features include oscillating grill, simulated breeze mode, and an electronic timer, plus a handy remote to control the whole shebang without getting up from your chair. Highly recommended, even from someone who swears by the littlest Vornado (aka the Tiny Tornado!), another fine little fan.

I love this fan; it's just the right size and the handle on top is great for moving it around. It's very quiet on the low setting -- perfect for sleeping. I probably won't use the breeze setting-it slows the motor, then speeds it up--supposedly like a breeze--but some may like it.The remote is cool and so is the spinning grille--it really does spread out the air more when you set it to spin. I live in North Carolina with no air conditioning and I have eight fans, including a vornado (it is too noisy on the medium and high settings), and this Holmes Blizzard Fan is by far the best I've ever owned. It even has a timer, and I highly recommend this fan!

The HP toner works well in the HP LaserJet. The only trouble is that the toner has gotten to be more expensive than buying a whole used printer.

I only paid $75 for a used LaserJet IID with a memory upgrade. The difference between the II and III models was more memory in the LaserJet III. After a while the memory chips they used became obsolete in current PCs so bunches of used memory from dead obsolete PCs was available for practically nothing. A local store that specializes in used PC equipment sells them with lots more memory than the originals. After 20,000 pages printed I had to buy a new roller. Again, less than the price of the toner.

I have used "refill" toner and it usually leaves streaks long before it's used up. The HP toner works well and long. I don't know why the new ones are so expensive.

Bob

I have tried the re-manufactured toner cartridges for my HP II printer unfortunately there is no substitute for the OEM product. I know, you can get cheaper, but this is one of those cases where you get what you pay for.