4 stars waiting to upgrade to 5
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This just arrived today.  It came in a very nice sturdy black hard case, they are very light weight and seems to help with easing the strain from computer use after 2 hours. I am so glad to be able to see up close with use at +275. I would give this a five star but it did arrive with one of the soft plastic nose cushions missing. I called their number and someone named Amy answered right away, yes, an actual human being! After giving her my order number she said she would send a replacement right away. Upon receiving the product in good condition I would definitely upgrade this to a well deserved 5 star because of the price, quality and customer service! Thanks Amazon.
3517114
Good introduction model with a lot of potential for "some" upgrades. The only issue i see is that right now the model doesn't have good upgrade parts, becouse is a new model.  I really like it. It run very stable and it has a good speed for me.
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I was impressed with my first Fire HDX 7 so much so that I decided to move up to the 8.9", in many ways it's an upgrade in more than just the size. I am yet to be in that position to truly rate this baby but so far I am impressed. I do have a few questions for Amazon such as additional storage capability and outright rejecting apps that I really don't need on my Display.
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I'm still in the process of tweaking the system, but it has been operating well for a few weeks and I'm sure that we'll be able to tweak the system to get it perfect. We live in a log home with 8 inch cedar walls, so with 8 cameras we found that most of them are at the limit of their ability to communicate directly. But all cameras are working without using the feature that allows cameras to act as repeaters, even if some of them have a very weak signal.

The system took a few weeks to arrive. It was because the system unit with the 2 tb drive was not available right away. When it arrived I was happy to see that it was all in one box and appeared to have been tested as a unit. It was truly plug and play. I'm pretty handy, though, so I suspect that some homeowners would have trouble getting power to the cameras in locations where you'd like to have a surveillance camera.

I've also played around a bit with viewing the system from my iPhone and my desktop. Both work, although you don't seem to have the level of control that you do at the console, which I have in a locked closet so it cannot be disabled or destroyed by anyone breaking into the house. I look forward to hooking up the audio on some of the cameras and testing that out. It will be nice to keep our parrot company when we're on the road.

On support, you don't get to actually speak with a human being. But they do get back rather quickly. It appears to come from China, but you wouldn't know that by the proper English that comes back in their responses. I only know that by looking at the IP addresses of the people I'm communicating with.
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There is a developing wish list of firmware updates that have been suggested both here and at other sites on the web and 90% have both merit and are possible; so I will not rehash those items, but instead, I will turn my suggestions to hardware issues. This camera and I expect its successor(s) will be around for some time as the lens map provides clear indication. Let me premise the comments that follow with the statement that: "I am not looking for a small camera; that will never be a deciding factor for me." The 1st thing I would like to see is an off camera flash cord because as another "never"; I will never use a flash perched atop of a camera. It will be mounted on bracket, thus the need for the cord. Second I would like to see someone like Jenis develop a two battery switchable grip that would provide not only the two battery capacity but also a larger camera grip. I will not spring for the add on Fuji grip but would pay for a unit that increase battery carry and provides the grip feature.  I am anxious to get my hands on lens adapters that will accommodate Nikon, Olympus, Contax G2, lenses as well as lens offerings from Zeiss and Voightlander.

Yes sir; picture my XP1, mounted on a bracket with a battery pack and cord attached to a bracket mounted flash for fill flash purposes/situations...no my XP1 would not be a small camera, but then I still love a fully loaded Nikon F5. The XP1 and I have already become good friends an none of the camera's quirks, and they all have their own, has posed a problem in the learning and set up curve.

OH, and SilkyPix; it will vanish a soon as Adobe offers up the "raw .raf" conversion...enough said on that issue. I have already communicated that matter to/with Fuji in Japan.
964930
The tablet is very nice and sleek and is a solid upgrade from my old Intuos 4. However, I notice that this tablet's paper texture feels more rugged than my old one. I will have to end up buying a smooth sheet so my nibs won't wear down so fast. The pen stand feels a little awkward to open and close but overall the product is very nice. The Inkspace feature is the main reason I got this tablet and it is a very neat feature. I can see myself using it more in the future and I don't see it as a gimmick. I haven't tested Bluetooth capabilites yet but I will update this review later.

So far my biggest issue is sometimes the tablet just forgets it's sensitivity calibrations and I end up making thick, bold line strokes every so often. Very annoying! I believe this may be a driver issue and hopefully will be fixed soon. Other than that, it is working as it should and feels just as solid as my old Intuos 4. If the sensitivity issue isn't fixed I may have to return it because hitting undo and trying to do another line stroke gets old every minute or so. (Before anyone tries to make suggestions, yes it was updated to the newest firmware. Remember, I had a Intuos 4 previously, and this wasn't happening with that tablet.)

UPDATE
I forgot to update my review, which is nearly a year old. The sensitivity issue is what broke it for me. As well as the bluetooth connection not being consistent. I asked myself why I was using a downgraded version of my intuos 4. I couldn't come up with a good answer and I returned it. I would recommend others skip this one and wait for the next line of tablets. This one is a no go!
4055373
Works great so far.  Will update with a fifth star if it lasts for the long haul.
1019515
I have had my Fuze now for three months and I must say I am very pleased and happy with it. Since purchasing it, the firmware has been upgraded to handle OGG and FLAC. I purchased an 8 gig MicroSD card to expand the total memory to 16 gigs and so far, it has been a wonderful experience to have my entire CD collection (and all other MP3's I've purchased from Amazon) on one device and still have plenty of room to add more.

The sound is excellent with the supplied earbuds that come with it. The unit itself is sleek and compact. Response with scrolling through my long lists has been improved since a firmware upgrade that now allows you to speed up the scrolling based on how fast or slow you spin the wheel. Also, replay gain is available as is a 5-band equalizer with various presets included.

Having the choice between MTP or MSC mode is nice. I prefer the MSC mode so I can drag and drop through Explorer rather than having to use Media Player. Of course, if you have any WMA files (not me) that have DRM, then you'll need to use MTP mode. Since I don't have any DRM files I don't use MTP. When I initially got the player, I found MTP mode did not work very well at times. I use Media Monkey to manage my library and using MSC mode with it is great as I've set it up to look at the Sansa internal and external memory as USB devices. I can then manage the music directly on the Sansa, including tagging and moving/updating/deleting the files.

I only have a few gripes with it but for me, they are not major.

Video playback was a nice "to-have" but as others have said, the screen resolution is pretty small so videos don't have very good resolution. It's neat but not really something to write home about.

Another gripe is that the battery life doesn't seem to last a full day for me without going down to almost 25% (this with me listening to it for about 5 hours at work), but it's not all that big of a deal. I guess that's close to what they say. I use OGGs ripped at 128 but OGGs apparently draw more on power on the battery. I've since switched back to mps3 ripped at 160 and the battery life has increased.

Another gripe is the lack of gapless playback. I have a lot of live albums as well as a lot of techno/trance that are gapless on the CDs. The live CD's aren't that bad when there is a 1 second pause as it switches to the next track, but it definitely affects the techno/trance/dance mixes. For those, I've just ripped them as one huge track. Sansa is apparently working on getting gapless playback, but it's not a HUGE issue for me.

My final gripe is when it does a database refresh. With the large amount of music files I have on it, it sometimes takes a minute or two when I disconnect from the computer. This only happens when I've modified the files in one way or the other (either modifying a tag or adding or removing files). However, once the refresh is done, it doesn't do it again until I've hooked it back up to the PC and modified something.

Overall, for the price, I was able to get something less expensive than the "other" player that satisfies what I want: a durable MP3 player that has enough kick to it without taking a huge chunk out of my wallet.

Not displeased with this purchase in any way at all.
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*Update 11/30/08 - I have to bump down my rating from 5 stars to 4.5.  The reason is because this model came with the 4400mAh capacity instead of the 5200mAh capacity that other models have.  It's not mentioned on any sites at this time so I would recommend asking around for which models have the higher capacity before making your purchase.  The netbook is still great, and I still love it, but I've a huge problem with this battery switcheroo.

I've measured the battery life in Ubuntu both with the wireless on and with the wireless off. My use consisted of browsing the Internet with Firefox, using Open Office Writer, and installing some software over the Internet.  I didn't play music or DVDs.

Wi-fi on: 3hrs 40 min
Wi-fi off (clicking disable networking & wireless, and using Fn+ F11 to turn the led off): 4hrs 15 min (However I left it alone for the majority of time since I was gone, so it's probably somewhat less.)

*Update 11/10/08  -  Still love this notebook.  The only other thing I would mention is that sometimes the cursor "slips" so that you end up typing in a completely different spot or accidently delete a whole paragraph.  Very annoying, but still love the notebook anyway!*

First of all the MSI Wind is amazing!  It's not too small or too heavy.  I can even hold it in one hand easily!  I installed Ubuntu Linux on it without booting in Windows at all, and just about everything works out of the box.

I was worried that the Atom processor wouldn't be powerful enough.  I was DEAD wrong.  Even with 1 gig of memory (I upgraded to 2 gig after installing another gig of memory), it can have multiple tabs in Firefox, several open office documents, play dvds and music, do instant messaging, etc.  It can even rip dvds to the hard drive, and well as burn dvds/cds with an external dvd drive.  If somebody tells you that you need a dual core processor to do all of the above, they're wrong.  It hasn't locked up at all so far.

Occasionally when typing on the keyboard, I bump the trackpad and mess up what I'm typing.  The onboard speakers are REALLY terrible, but I hooked up external speakers&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Logitech-S220-2-1-Speaker-System/dp/B000RQSGYO/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Logitech S220 2.1 Speaker System</a>&nbsp;and they sound great.  I'm not really sure what the battery life is, but I don't think it gets up to 5hrs in Ubuntu.  I've been using it on and off the battery so I haven't really measured it.

Some programs in Ubuntu hang off the edge of the screen so you can't click "OK" or other important buttons.  It's very annoying, but I've been able to either pick other apps that don't hang off the screen, or press enter to click "OK"

I had trouble getting the wireless to work, but I finally found a solution.  This model came with the Ralink b/g/n card.  In order to get it to work, you'll need an Ethernet connection or a usb adapter to connect to the Internet briefly.

First, make sure the wireless icon is on, or the card won't work.  (I know that may be obvious, but I overlooked it.)

Download this package: *Edit 11/10/08 - Apparently I'm not allowed to put the link here, but if you go to the thread I list below that will tell you where to find the package*

Then install the dkms package from the repositories using Synaptic Package Manager and the card should work on Intrepid Ibex, but I'm not sure if it would work on Hardy or not.

There is also a command line solution that worked for one person.  See this thread:
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Although it's not mentioned on the product page, though it is mentioned on the J&R website, this model comes with bluetooth.  My dell bluetooth external keyboard and mouse hook up fine although if I'm away from the computer too long I have to re-add them.

If the screen came with a resolution of 1024 by 768 instead of by 600, and if the wireless card were supported out of the box, this computer would be perfect for Ubuntu.  I absolutely love this computer!  And in three or four years from now, my next laptop WILL be a netbook.
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Bought this mini-desktop so that I can use MS Office and some trading software. The first thing I did with the computer is upgrade it to Windows 10... it first needed to update Windows 8, which took maybe 6 hours to do. After upgrading to Windows 10 failed to install (after about 3 hours of installing), so I needed to read up on what to do and turn off some software / uninstall some bloatware, etc... this took about another 4 hours to install.

The computer itself with the 4 gb of ram is great for web browsing but if you're streaming video and trying to browse the web the computer will start to slow down. I did pick up 16 gb of ram and so far those issues are non-existent. The wifi isn't bad either since I have this desktop in the bedroom which usually has some spotty wifi signals.

Overall I'd recommend the computer. The one I have isn't a lemon so that's good.
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Very impressed with the software, the setup, and all the features that come with this router.  I haven't taken the time to setup up the advanced features, but the ability to share is great.  When I first started using the router it would disconnect from my network, disconnect from the internet and even reboot itself.  After reading some of the previous reviews I found that there is a firmware update (beta) available.  If you buy one of these units instead of just packing it up and sending it back, like I was considering, download the update and install it.  As far as I am concerned this should be done by Netgear before they are shipped or change the update from a beta status to a real update so it is more readily available.

I would recommend the unit because it is working as it should with the update!

After using the router for a couple of weeks and installing the firmware update it is still dropping the connection at least twice a day and rebooting.  I use vpn service so when it reboots I lose my connection without notice.  They are also going to charge for the share feature so I will withdraw my recommendation at least until the unit stops dropping my connection.  I like most of the features so I will keep the unit and hope that Netgear does something to improve their firmware or setup.  I have always been satisfied with Netgear products until now.
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after owning this for a week I am still very happy and excited about it.  It's defenitely worth the amazon price, not so much the suggested retail... The one problem I am having is multitasking, I had to train dragon six times because the profile set up kept being interupted by something else, once interupted it would simply stay on "not responding" for hours,  I litterally had to close everything else and turn off wifi in order for the task to complete.  Secondly while transffering large portions of data, 30 gigs or so, the data transfer would get interupted if I tried surfing the net at the same time, but that might be because I bought a cheap sd card.  Also, keep in mind that you'll only have about 27 gigs of free space to start with, so one or two 64gb sd cards are a must to keep the main hard drive available for software installations.
1683574
ARB....does it get any better?  Will post install pictures soon
808651
I too was concerned about some of the reviews indicating serious problems with this upgrade, but I needed some of the Business options, so I ordered this upgrade, and obtained an Anytime Upgrade disc from Microsoft.  The Amazon license key purchase was nearly instant, and I made sure that all applications were turned off/shut down (esp. the "quiet" ones in the toolbar), and I was NOT running antivirus, as those programs are known to interfere with system-level activities.
  Also, I had a clean install of HomePremium that was only about a month old, so I suppose the system was still pretty "clean".  I also allowed the installation program to search for updates before beginning, and it downloaded a large file, then started installation over again.  These are NOT Windows Updates -- after it was all done, Windows Update installed 37 additional Recommended updates, and I chose another five or so of the Optional ones.
  The only glitch I ran across was during the first restart -  Windows was not able to shut down, and I couldn't shut it down from menus either.  I finally powered the system off, and when I powered back on, it went back into Setup and continued the process. Subsequent restarts occurred without incident.
  It does take a few hours, as advertised, and I did back up my personal folders and settings just in case.  Ultimately (no pun intended), all my programs and settings were preserved, and I'm back up and running Vista Ultimate, which is the version I should have bought in the first place.
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Wireless setup was easy, but I haven't tried accessing data on my PC yet. Netflix, Pandora, and You Tube functionality is great.

You can upgrade the firmware from a CD, USB Key, or internet connection. I downloaded the update onto a USB Key, but when I went to do the update found the player already had the latest version.

Minor "features" I'm not excited about. When you hit stop on a DVD you can resume play from that spot. Not true for blue-ray movies. If you hit stop then you have to start over, get through the previews and back to the menu to restart the movie just as though you ejected the blue-ray disc and reloaded it.

The menu to configure the player is not available while watching a movie or if the DVD is on it's menu.

The screen saver comes on after a couple of minutes when streaming Pandora which is frustrating because when an artist I like comes on that I'm not familiar with I have to go find the remote and push a button to see the name of the artist and album (yes, but I did say minor).

Buttons are on the top of the player which makes it hard to stack anything on top.
353079
Works great, missing a star because I had too Make Improvements... Other wise it's Great
3071976
I'm mostly happy with this router with a few caveats. Ensure you have the latest firmware on your router by visiting Leviton's website and downloading the firmware. As of June 2017, the latest firmware was WG4_V2.0.4.4 released September 2015. Mine came with an older version installed. the process to upgrade is simple and is detailed in a read me file in the firmware download.

Frustrations:
1) PROBLEM DROPPING WIRELESS SIGNAL ON (SURPRISINGLY) 5GHZ CHANNEL:
This router affords the option to have two wireless channels, a 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz. This is great for having certain connected home controllers, appliances, mobile devices, on the slower network, and the faster network reserved for video streaming, etc. I've had a recurring challenge where my internet will drop from my 5 Ghz channel so I have to switch over to the 2.4 Ghz channel and things will work fine. I'm not sure why this problem exists but it's frustrating. This was occurring before I updated the firmware, so I will wait to see if this issue resolves in time with the new firmware.

2) This leviton router is advertised as having a USB storage or network printer function. When attempting to use the USB for network storage, after troubleshooting with Leviton, the router will only recognize Fat32 file format, and at the time of writing NTFS at the 8GB and 500GB volume size but not 4TB size. This is not mentioned anywhere in the literature, website, etc. It does not like Ex-Fat or OS Extended (Journaled).