How is the speed? Is it worth it at all? I purchased on Groupon for $20.THANKS!
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My opinion? No. It is not worth it, unless you have a 1 yr old who likes to destroy things. It literally has the entertainment value of a calculator.
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My 5 year old granddaughter loves it and I understand it works well. I'm not sure about the speed because I haven't seen it in person. This was a Christmas gift last year.
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It comes with 2GB why did you upgrade all the way to 4GB, did it add that much more speed? and how much extra of a cost? Are you still happy with it?Thanks
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wtf is right. why is this going for almost 3x it's regular price? surely there is a new and improved version out there (which normally makes the price of the older model go DOWN). does anyone know?
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That is an interesting price point! If you think their ink price is disgusting take a look at Ricoh's. Its laser cartridges easily add up to a downpayment on a new house! I did finally get Canadian support on the machine on the issue of making the network server feature work (use Firefox not Chrome if you are on a Mac) and once I networked it, it has not power-failed ever again. The internet server has to REMAIN ON all the time. Don't know how long that will last but it has turned out to be a gem for its low price tag.
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They don't publish what speed it is. They source different hard drive manufacturers. More than likely it is 7200 to meet the specs. From the various reviews from professionals, it meets their published specs. The transfer rates are very good. I liked mine.
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I have the S570. It has the following: Music: Slacker, Pandora, and some selections of Berliner Philharmoniker, Lollapalooza Radio (Lollapalooza 2010), National Public Radio (Slacker and Pandora are the full deal). Video: Netflix, Amazon Video on Demand, Hulu Plus, Qriocity Video on Demand, You Tube, blip.tv, Crackle (free movies and TV shows), then some selections of Michael Jackson, Dr. Oz tips for healthy living, Yoga for Everyone by Tara Stiles, Wired (the magazine/website), Epicurious.com, Concierge.com, Style.com, Sony Digital Cinema Concert Series, MyPlay (music videos), some clips from the movie Salt, Inside Sony Pictures "Your Backstage Pass", Ford Models, Dailymotion, Howcast.com, uStudio, GolfLink.com, Livestrong.com, eHow.com, Flixster, SingingFool, Podcasts, Videocast.com, Pongalo.com -- I haven't even looked at all of these yet. The Netflix streams really well. Some people complain because you can't search for movies on the player. You need to set them up in your queue on your computer first. Not a big deal to me - just add several in at once, so you don't have to do it that often. Amazon Video on Demand also looks great, streams well. Hulu Plus seems spotty at times. I don't think it streams as fast or reliably as the other two - for example, watching two episodes of Law and Order SVU - it will stream one flawlessly and then get about 2/3 through the next episode and suddenly totally freeze and stay that way - NEVER have had some huge glitch like that with the other two. You Tube app is AMAZING. It's your own personal music video channel. Search for your favorite group/artist and it will play one video after another. I agree with M. Campbell above, new things seem to be added, so that is actually a nice feature - always something new, although I have had this a month and still have yet to look at everything. This player has a lot on it, and the picture quality for streaming and the blu-ray player is fantastic.
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Dont get mini its over priced and u cant do much on it Groupon was selling for 69.99
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I would say it's a big improvement over the Cisco b/g/n router it replaced, and although it's still not as strong as I would like it, the speeds are noticeably faster and devices aren't dropping off at all like they were before. Compared to the reviews of the other routers that are out there now, darn good bargain for the speed, connectivity, and signal strength improvements. Your results could vary depending on the construction of your housing but I saw improvements for my house which is 3200 sq. ft.
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The price is now down to $95. Even $95 seems too high a price to pay considering the possibility of future data loss. Amazon hiked its price up - probably to encourage sales and boost confidence. But the negative reviews keep growing. I have decided against buying this drive. Take a look at the alternatives discussed in the comments section here: http://estrip.org/articles/tinypliny/47862.html(Click on the comment bubble to see the comments.)
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Well I tried connecting a drive to the router. Works fine. You'll need the PDF manual found online (not in my box or CD) to set it up. You'll probably not figure it out without it. I connected a WD320 as well as a WD500 through a 5-port passive stick hub. The router sees both drives and labels them Drive 1 and Drive 2. You have plenty of options to customize directories as well as protect who gets access to them. You can also indidually assign passwords to users and assign access to guests. The drives I plugged in already have data on them. There is an option to format the drive when you plug it in. Make sure you do NOT do this because you will lose any/all information on the drive itself. Transfer speed is fairly consistent to other NAS out there. The Linksys E3000 does keep a listing of the master directory and can peruse it on an user inputted basis to keep the directory updated. When you access the drive of course you will have the lag associated with the drive itself starting up. Watching movies streamed from either drive via wireless N was pretty good with only a hiccup or two over an hour show. I'm sure YMMV over distance you are from the router. My router is downstairs at the front of my house. Unbelievably, I get 5 bars upstairs at the rear of the residence - not like that WRT110 or WRT600N. On a side note, I can only acquire 130mbps, not the 300 advertised on the box. I was getting 300 through my WRT600N and WRT110N routers. Perhaps thats an issue to take up with Linksys Tech Support (oh boy..) Other than that good router overall. I paid $194.38 at Staples last week. They may see it returned shortly. The same router is a much better deal here on Amazon than here. If you need networked attached storage, this is a good router to purchase.
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Yeah....like the other responders, speed is a bit of an issue, but I found when it's backing up AND my local dropbox folder is syncing, everything slows as CPUs are eaten up. So as long as you're only syncing one drive at a time, you should be fine. I like the convenience of not having to be hooked into the machine. It works great connected to my gateway, and I have it secured quite easily.
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The WD TV Live is now available at Best Buy! I ordered one on Sunday and picked it up at the store yesterday. The good news is that you can put a USB N dongle on this and you've got a wireless networked player! I used a cheap AirLink 101 AWLL6070 150Mbps 802.11n Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter, which cost me $15. This is fantastic news for all of us who wanted WD to have built-in wireless.
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It's really easy to use. Far as speed I think it's pretty fast but that is more of an opinion. Some people might think it's not
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I recently purchased the Drobo 5N. I was using 2.4mhz because of my wifi extender. It was really slow with data file transfers. But since I have upgraded my wireless router and now on 5mhz the transfer speed has drastically improved. I will also be purchasing the msata ssd drive in the next few weeks to increase the speed even more. But so far I am happy with my decision and love the disk space I have. I am not 100% sure about moving your drive from one into the other. I have seen a few conflicting youtube videos on this. One person was able to do it and another person said that he was unsuccessful with it. I hope this has helped you somewhat. I recently purchased the Drobo 5N. I was using 2.4mhz because of my wifi extender. It was really slow with data file transfers. But since I have upgraded my wireless router and now on 5mhz the transfer speed has drastically improved. I will also be purchasing the msata ssd drive in the next few weeks to increase the speed even more. But so far I am happy with my decision and love the disk space I have. I am not 100% sure about moving your drive from one into the other. I have seen a few conflicting youtube videos on this. One person was able to do it and another person said that he was... » Read More I recently purchased the Drobo 5N. I was using 2.4mhz because of my wifi extender. It was really slow with data file transfers. But since I have upgraded my wireless router and now on 5mhz the transfer speed has drastically improved. I will also be purchasing the msata ssd drive in the next few weeks to increase the speed even more. But so far I am happy with my decision and love the disk space I have. I am not 100% sure about moving your drive from one into the other. I have seen a few conflicting youtube videos on this. One person was able to do it and another person said that he was unsuccessful with it. I hope this has helped you somewhat. « Show Less
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It's probably a similar product with a different name. Why do they sell all of their products on Groupon? I think this is like the 5th time they've had a groupon. Probably because unexpected people like me will buy thinking that groupon has done research on the company. There is a reason their not backed by the better business bureau.
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I got my Le Pan S last year (2012) on black Friday for around $140.00. I love it, works great for surfing and Checking email. I also watch Netflix on it. It has great, almost surround sound like sound when paired with rocketfish Bluetooth headphones. Its one of the best values out there. for the money its hard to beat, and it is expandable up to 32 GB with a micro SD card..
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Sorry, but I re-sold it before I really used it. Ever since I saw it I was lusting for one. When I did buy one, I found it too slow for my taste, so I re-sold it before using it for more than an hour or so.