Video Reviews

Wow! I wanted to buy a dvd player but my tv didnt have the right hook up. the solution=this modulator!!! It is awsome!!! it isnt very big so it wont get in the way. and i can have my dvd player AND my VCR hooked up at the same time with this baby!!! THis thing is small sleek and helpfull. I didnt have to buy a new tv!!! as for picture quality....awsome!! i rented some dvds and they all had great picture quality...exept for a Startrek movie..it was a little fuzzy. other than that it Rocks!!!

The Terk "RF" modulator is fantastic. I've connected a DVD player through the modulator to the "RF" adapter on my 15(!) year old tv, and the sound and picture quality are absolutely perfect. I would highly recommend this product for anyone who would like to hook up a DVD, Hi-fi VCR, or video game system to an older tv.

I have had mine for about a month. The picture is very clear much different with a flat screen. The color is very clear and when playing a DVD the picture is excellent. Looks much better than when I used a separate DVD player. The remote control is easy to use and glows in the dark. The sound is good except for occasional changing from speaker to speaker or blank outs which may be the reception from the cable. Its a little larger than expected with the side speakers and a pretty deep unit so if you are putting it in a small space measure first. Great for the price.

I purchased this tv about 1-1/2 to 2 years ago and at the time it was over 400 dollars- now they lowered the price and its great deal for the quality of it. Excellent picture and very conveniant with the dvd player built in. I purchased this for the look, and mainly for the dvd built right in because it was so easy to use. It also plays cd's, dvd's, and you can hook up your gaming stuff to it. Also has spot where you can plug in headphones in the tv and listen to it that way. Great value and look- perfect size for college kids or someone who isnt looking for a huge tv or too small- its perfect size and works great, Highly recomended. 5 stars.

We have been quite pleased with the 13" Toshiba TV/VCR. The picture quality is sharp and the color is excellent (better than the others we had researched). The 125 channel cable capability is great and elininates the pesky cable box necessary with our old TV. The front A/V jacks are ideal for a headset so that one person can watch TV without disturbing others in the room.

The VCR works well. Playing tapes is a cinch and recording and setting the timer is straight-forward. The VCR doesn't have VCR+ but for this price we did not expect to receive this feature.

We especially like the size and easy use of the remote. Some remotes we looked at had did not have a muting function or a skip search function. The Toshiba has both.

This is a good small-screen unit for a guest bedroom or kitchen space. we probably would find it too small to be our only TV or VCR.

This is one of the better combination TV-VCRs I have seen. Panasonic and Sony also both make good 13inch TVs. Toshiba's combination TV-VCRs often gets overlooked. However, this is an excellent set and performs equally well. The picture is crisp and sharp. The built-in Digital tracking 4 head VCR makes VHS tapes look very good. You get front A/V (RCA type) inputs with a TV/game switch. The VCR has good high-speed fast-forward and rewind performance. It also has time-shift recording capability and a built-in head cleaner. The front panel features a useful headphone jack. The 'White' cabinet design is uniquely handsome and looks better than other competitor models.

This is a great product by toshiba; I have generally had bad experiences with combos, but this unit makes a great balance of value, picture sharpness and compactness. The menu system is intuitive and the universal remote a joy. One feature that would have made this a trendsetting product would have been the inclusion of picture in picture. Otherwise, this is a combo definitely worth looking at in terms of price, performance and design. Well done Toshiba.

I have recently purchased the product and I have to say it performs great for the price that I paid. I was viewing an old poor quality VHS tape with it and the picture is nice and clear. When I viewed the same tape with my ($) Mitsubishi VCR and the picture is much poorer.

This Television set is best for the person that wants a good price and a large clear picture. Although the set doesn't have too many fancy options on it, it does a good job for just the usuall tv and movies. Is good for a bedroom or kitchen in particular.

The Toshiba TV/VCR combo is the perfect combination for a college student living in a dorm. Its compact size allows for easy placement. Being able to watch movies in your room, without the extra bulk of an additional VCR is a plus!! Also, the placement of the headphone plug is very useful, especially when your roomate is sleeping.

Unlike rival tripod DH-20/4 -manufactured by Velbon as well- you won't find a much wanted geared center column; a feature that makes life simpler but not an imperative when looking for a tripod. You can get as high as 6.4 feet with 3-section legs on an EL-3(A), compared to the 56.5 inches (!) with 4-section legs of a DH-20/4. Velbon's 3-way-panhead is surely among the best in the market; the entire head (PH-157) of the tripod gets locked in one, single point -compared with tripods where you have to do two or three operations for the same effect. It also allows for vertical and horizontal composition. As weight and seize are considerable issues for travelers, I have not found much challenge traveling with an EL-3(A)-an enduring, all-purpose tripod with a reasonable prize.

It's small enough to fit in a backpack. So I think it's good for backpacker or traveler.

It is pretty good ball head and it is light. It max loads
up to 6 lbs so it is good for a 35 SLR and medium weight
lens like 70-180mm f4.5, 80-200mm probably ok. 300mm f2.8
probably not good.

This is an absolutely beautiful piece of gear. A great head and a great value. It is small and ultra light. The nice part is that it adds 3.8 inches of height but has only a fraction of the weight of other heads, including the expensive but heavy Gitzo. This is the hands down winner for the money! If you need a light and solid head, this is it!!! Holds 12 lbs max, again more than other famous brands.

I've had this GBA for a few years now, and I'm glad I got it. Though you are better off getting the SP model since it has a backlit screen and rechargeable battery, this basic model is nice too. It runs on 2 AA batteries, and doesn't drain them (regardless of brand) as bad as the Game Boy Color did.

What you're getting is basically a handheld SNES/PSone. The GBA has mighty fine graphics for such a tiny system, just check out Iridon 3D. It's a terrible game, but has fantastic graphics (especially for a launch title). And the widescreen helps in some cases. When playing GB/GBC games on it, just tap the 'L' button and you'll go from fullscreen to widescreen. But a really cool feature is that all GBA games are compatible with all GBA systems. You can import x game from x country, and it'll play on your system. Go buy the Japanese release of Bubble Bobble for it and go nuts.

There are a lot of good games you should go for:

-Sonic Advance 1-3
-Super Mario Bros. Advance 1-4
-Metroid Fusion
-MegaMan Zero
-Donkey Kong Country
-The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
-Breath of Fire 1+2
-Advance Wars
-any of the Pokemon games
-Boktai
-Wario Ware
-Golden Sun (only for rpg virgins though. Read my review of that for the full story)
-Klonoa: Empire of Dreams
-Spyro the Dragon
-Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
-MegaMan and Bass
-MegaMan Anniversary Collection (all the old GB MegaMan games)
-Mario Kart Super Circuit
-any of the 3 Castlevanias

The reason I'm giving this 4 stars is because most of the "must have" games are just ports from other systems. All the Marios, Zeldas, Donkey Kong Country, etc. have been done before. The GBA needs more exclusive games that are of the same quality as the ones I mentioned. Mario & Donkey Kong doesn't really set the standard for what Nintendo was once known for.

There isn't a whole lot to say about this nifty little system. Anyone who knows anything about gaming knows that the Game Boy incarnations have always done well and provided countless hours of entertainment. But you could do a heck of a lot worse than a pink GBA. Though for some reason, Amazon doesn't seem to have any in stock. Is it discontinued now? Oh well, you're bound to find pleanty at just about any store that carries gaming goods.

The Game Boy Advance (GBA) is the most powerful handheld gaming device on the market right now. Not only will it play the newest, most advanced games available, but it's compatible with all the other kinds of Game Boy games as well! You can even play original GB games in limited color and in a convienient streached mode that streaches the image to fill the large GBA screen. With games like Mario Cart Super Circuit, Castlevania, Harry Potter, and Tetris Worlds, GBA spans all ages and prefrences of gamers. Luckilly batteries last about 10 hours in this machine so you'll have lots of playing time. When the batteries start to fade the power light turns from green to red, then slowly fades giving you plenty of warning so you don't loose any progress you've made. There is even an adapter port that lets you attach an external light for playing in dimly lit areas (though it's best to play GBA under a lamp or in the sunshine). It seems Nintendo has thought of everything!

The only drawbacks are that the control pad can be a bit too small for larger hands and the left and right shoulder buttons take some getting used to. My hands cramped up a bit when I first strted playing, but after getting comfortable with the GBA these problems faded away.

Fuchsia GBA is the best color in my estimation becasue it's a harder color to find available. Also it's so cute and yummy looking that you just want to lick it and see if tastes like candy! I don't recomend doing that though! No matter what color you decide on though, you're sure to be enjoying it for years to come!

This is, simply put, a Super Nintendo in Gameboy form. They are rereleasing classic SNES games on the GBA. But they are also releasing new games never before seen in America or anywhere else. I am only reviewing the system, though, as I have yet to save up the money to buy GBA-exclusive games.
This is the world's first 32-bit handheld, pocket-size console. It can hook up to the Gamecube, plays all Game Boy and GBC games, has a battery life of 15 hours (more if you use Duracell Ultras), and the battery light glows green when the batteries are 100%-31% full, starts glowing red when the battery life is down to 30%-20% full, and fades when it's time to replace the batteries.
The main problem is lighting. This is the fourth incarnation of the Game Boy and still does not have a built-in backlight (the Sega Game Gear had one incarnation, but it had backlighting!). This would lower my score to four stars. But the fact that it's a limited edition platinum GBA brings it up a star (and it's shiny!).
If you buy a GBA, get either this one or the Midnight Blue GBA.
Either way, this is, overall, the best handheld ever.

My wife liked my Nokia 3650 so much that she switched chips with me and is carrying it.

My favorite features:

1. Speaker Phone. Nice when driving or multitasking. Good audible range. I slip it in my shirt pocket and speak into the air. Works great!
2. Display is very good for its size. The camera takes 640 x 480 color images. I bought a 32 meg card to increase storage. I recently used the phone as my principle camera on vacation to the Smokies. Worked great.

3. Contacts is a nice feature that can pull your chip's phone numbers and store them. Just add email addresses and you can send the camera pics to any email via the multimedia option.

Disadvantages: The blue lighted round keyboard. In low light it is hard to see. This can be a problem when text-messaging or adding contact details.

I'm buying a 2nd phone which will be another Nokia 3650. (...) :)

well, I owned this phone for 10 months now and its too big.. all the features are great. really a great phone...but kinda too bulky and heavy.

also that circular dial pad isnt comofrtable. thats why they changed it for the new 3660. overall its a nice phone.

I bought it from Amazon.com with T mobile Service plan. I stay in minneapolis and T mobile service is awesome here.
Things that i like about this phone :
- Excellent color display which is reasonally big compared to cell phone standards.
- novel keypad, although it took some time to get adjusted.
The Central scroll key is really cool (esp while playing games :)
- Camera is awesome. Colors of pictures are rich, sharp. Good 640 x 480 resolution (i set image quality to highest and the pics were awesome)
- Excellent security ( Can set an optional code, so that u need to enter it when ever u switch the phone on. Also, u can set a code when ever SIM card changes. So, even if somebody steals ur piece, i guess they cant use it )
- can work even outside US ( Europe and Asia ).
- I never used SMS before, but this cell has it with predefined/customizable templates which really reduce the burden of typing and we can send text messages any where in the world. (for sending multimedia emails u need to subscribe to t zones ..which is well... hmm...pretty cheap)
- T mobile has given a default email id(yourphonenumber@tmomail.net) to every piece with which u can send text based email from your piece using SMS.
- Can link to local bluetooth, infrared enabled devices. My laptop has an infrared port and i downloaded all the pics from the camera.
- Can act as a wireless modem to connect ur laptop to internet.( I didnt test that )
- can download any J2ME based Java applications. ( i didnt test that )
- has Calendar, calculator, sound recorder(which can record conversations), ring tone composer ( u can create ur own ring tones and set them) & loud speaker.
- Handsfree is given for free.
- can add pics to every contact in the list of contacts.
- classify contacts into groups and send group SMS messages, group emails.
- can play recorded/downloaded video clips using real one player.
- Although its a PDA, camera, video camera cum cell phone, the battery lasts pretty long.

Things i didnt like :
- a bit bulky, but the good features shadow it.
- built in ring tones(except for a couple or so) are not that audible in crowded places. The ones that i created were good.
- Good cases are readily not available. I had to buy a Bodyglove's neopreme cell case from circuitcity :( )

Well, bottom line is... i feel i bought(Got) an AWESOME piece for FREE !!

The PS2 is an awesome system. It has the most games, good online gameplay, a good controller, and good 3rd party support. It would easily be 5 stars if not for a few glaring problems.

Pros:

Most games out of the 3 (Gamecube, Xbox, PS2) systems

Excellent Controller

Good 1st party games (Ratchet and Clank 1 and 2, Jak 2, Socom 1 and 2, ATV Offroad Fury 2, and many others)

Good exclusive 3rd party games (Final Fantasy X and X-2, PS2 gets new GTA games first, Devil May Cry 1 and 2, and a lot more)

Easy to setup and use online capabilites (with Network Adapter)

Can play DVDs, CDs, and PS2 games

You can play all your favorite PS1 games! (relive classics like Final Fantasy VII, VIII, and IX, Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Ape Escape, Pa Rappa the Rappa, Spyro 1, 2 and 3, Crash Bandicoot 1,2, and 3)

The system looks sleek and has a nice design

Cons:

The system is not very durable. If you drop it or it falls off a table, you might have to buy a new one. (while this might seem like common sense, I have found that Xboxes and Gamecubes can take a much worse beating than a PS2)

Systems start being unable to read discs (the infamous Disc Read Errors) with no abuse. This is a huge problem because there is only a 90 day warranty on the system. After that, you either have to buy a new system or send it in to Sony to get it fixed for something like $100. My friend's PS2 stopped reading discs last week, and he kept good care of his PS2.

Other than the very prevelant Disc Read Error problem, the PS2 is a great system. It has great games, and is perfect for the mainstream gamer or niche gamer. With so many different games, you'll never get bored playing with your PS2. Sure to be hours of fun for almost anyone.

I'll give you my rhoughts on all three systems
PS2(Top 3 games:Grand Theft Auto Double Pack/Metal Gear Solid 2/Final Fantasy X
Pros:
Play's DVDs
Plays PS1 games
Plays Cds
Has the best games out
Easiest Controller
usally doesn't cost nothing to get online
Cons:
The worst graphics, but not all that bad
Can have long annoying loading times
Need to buy memory cards
Need to buy multitap in order to have 4 players
What's up with Final Fantasy XI(They wan't $99 for game and hard drive, and pay money to be online every month, they're NUTS!!!!)

Xbox(Top 3 games:Halo/Grand Theft Auto Double Pack/Star Wars KOTOR
Pros:
Best graphics out of three
Best for multiplatform games(Like Max Payne, it was better on this than PS2)
no memory cards
Custom sountracks(On selected game)
The fastest loading systems
The best suited for T and M rated games(My kinda games)
Cons:
The controller is still a little frustrating(And I had the dang thing for a while, I need a controller S)

Xbox live costs a bit, but no that much
So far still behind in games, but it's movin on up!
Too bad it can't burn mixed CD songs on it(Cuz I hate grabbing my regular CDs just to get 1 song)
Have to buy DVD kit to play DVDs
STOP DELAYING HALO 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gamecube(Top 3 games:Zelda:Wind Waker/Super Smash Brothers Meele/Metroid Prime
Pros:
Nice tiny compact system
Good ol fasion nintendo games on a new Nintendo system
50% technology/50%good games
cheapest system
Small controller, but it wasn't hard for me to get used to it
Cons:
Not the best for fighting games, (altho I brought Soul Calibur 2 because of Link, and it worked out)
Must take care of discs or one bad scratch can put it out of commision
Cant play DVDs or CDs, but hey it's devoted to nothing but games
Needs memory cards
Bairly any online games(I only know one, and thats Phantasy Star Online)

This console war stuff is stupid, lemme say it again, it's just stupid. It's just baisicly peple who only have one of the consoles, and are mad that they don't have the other one, so they bash it hoping to stop the anger. Like when people say PS2 has atari graphics, if thats what you see, get some friggin glasses yo! And whoever says Xbox has no games, and says Halo's garbage it's catchin on up, and Halo is so far the best game I've played on any new generation console,and anyone who treats gamecube like junk, they're just missiing out on some of the good stuff. Me I just say get all three, because all of them are very good systems, I don't care if one says one systems better than the other, they're all good!

OK. Put it this way. XBOX sucks. Gamecube sucks. For XBOX, you have to freakin pay to play online. for the PS2, all you need is the Internet adaptor. And what the heck is up with the XBOX controller? Its fat and ugly. Plus the PS2 is more compact and easier carry. Plus, you have to pay more to even do what the XBOX is capable of. 30 dollars for a dvd remote just so you can be able to play dvd's on the XBOX? thats crazy. With the PS2, all you need is the PS2 and a controller. Plus the PS2 has a WIDER variety of games to play than both systems combined. Sure the XBOX may have better graphics, but thats it. So hands down, the PS2 is the best system to buy right now.