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Product Previews/Reviews

USB Portable Media Player w/Card Reader @ iGadget Life

by Kristofer Brozio • December 8, 2010

Link: http://igadgetlife.com/reviews/review-of-usb-portable-media-player-wcard-reader/
Quote:
" Today for review our friends at Geeks.com have sent me over a very inexpensive portable media player. This product will allow you to play movies, music, view photos or even read e-books right on your TV via component or composite connection on your TV. It uses a regular 2.5” hard drive and even comes with a carrying case and a remote. It’s not exactly a high end product, but it’s not bad especially considering it costs under $30. "

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Product Previews/Reviews

Panasonic DMP-BD655 Blu-ray Disc Player @ TestFreaks

by Kristofer Brozio • November 27, 2010

Got me a new Blu-Ray player!!

Link: http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/review/review-of-panasonic-dmp-bd655-blu-ray-disc-player/
Quote:
"It’s about time I upgraded my Blu-Ray player I think, and Geeks.com has come through for me by sending a very nice Panasonic unit for review. My current Blu-Ray DVD playe r is an older model from Sony with not many features at all, and with very slow load times. Today for review I’ve got the Panasonic model DMP-BD655 Blu-Ray player that features fast boot and load times along with Viera Cast online features like Twitter, Netflix and even Amazon Video to just name a few. The unit is small and lightweight and I’m happy with it overall, but there are a few tweaks I’d like to see done to it. "

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Giveaways, Product Previews/Reviews

Review of Joby Gorillatorch Blade and Giveaway @ DIY Guides

by Kristofer Brozio • November 27, 2010

I just posted my review of the new Joby Gorillatorch Blade over at DIOY Guides. Joby was kind enough to send me another one to give away, so hop on over there and read the review and enter to win one for yourself..

Link: http://www.diy-guides.com/review-of-joby-gorillatorch-blade-and-giveaway/

Quote:

I do a lot of things myself and many times that means I find myself not having enough hands, I’m sure you know what I mean here. For example trying to hold a flashlight while doing something else with your hands, it just doesn’t quite work right most times, you end up finding creative ways to prop the light up and it usually never works out quite right. I’ve been reviewing products for many years, and a lot of the stuff I get ends up being given away or just packed in my attic for later use, that never seems to come. There are products that I get though that I use all of the time, ones that I find tremendously useful and have a permanent place in my DIY tool-kit. Two such products are actually flashlights, but not just any light though, these are from a company called Joby and they feature a bendable leg tripod with magnetic feet that can be utilized in any situation where extra light is needed but where you don’t have a spare hand to hold the light. The magnets let them stick to most any metallic surface. The tripod lets the light just stand where you need it. The bendable legs can be wrapped around things to position the light just so for your needs. These have become my go to product for any of my lighting needs, they are truly just amazing products.

Today for review I have the newest DIY helper flashlight from Joby called the Gorillatorch Blade, and it’s become another must have addition to my toolbox. Not only do I have the Blade for review, but Joby has been kind enough to send me two of them, one for review and one to giveaway to one of our readers.

Product Previews/Reviews

Augen Gentouch78 Android Tablet Review

by Kristofer Brozio • November 17, 2010

Over at TestFreaks I just posted my review of the Augen Gentouch78 Android Tablet, and I like it really! It’s not as bad as the initial reviews sad it was really. It could be considered a cheap media player, but it’s much more than that.

Link: http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/review/review-of-augen-gentouch78-7-android-tablet/

Quote:
” Today for review I’ve got a product that has gotten a bad rap in the early reviews for it. I like getting products like these for review because I want to see for myself. The product I have is the Augen Gentouch78 7” Android Tablet and it was provided by Geeks.com for my review. I did some research and found that the early reviews were slightly flawed, they reviewed a tablet that was different than the one I got and one that didn’t have everything working correctly on it. The Gentouch78 is what one would certainly call a budget tablet, coming in at under $200 so right from the start we’re not expecting much from it. Honestly I’ve enjoyed my time with the tablet, sure it’s not some blazingly fast amazing workhorse tablet but it works and it’s fun to use. It’s a product for those that enjoy tinkering surely, if you’re the type of person that likes to explore and get the most out of your Android based products then this is certainly one for you.”

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Product Previews/Reviews

SimpliSafe Security System Review @ DIY-Guides

by Kristofer Brozio • September 28, 2010

I’m writing occasionally for another site now called DIY Guides, and I’ve just posted my first review.

Link: http://www.diy-guides.com/review-of-simplisafe-security-system/

Quote: Today for review I’ve got a great product to help protect you and yours from a company called SimpliSafe. It’s an alarm system yes, but it’s unique in that it doesn’t use phone lines but cellular signals, so someone can’t cut the line when it tries to call for help. The system is made to be portable and you own it, you don’t rent it like you do with some other security companies. One of the best features about this system is the price, actually two prices. You’ll pay for the system, it’s relatively inexpensive and you own it forever, but if you want police dispatch you’ll need to pay as monthly fee as well that’s only $14.99. That price is well below what other companies charge on a monthly basis. SimpliSiafe sent me over what they call their Apartment Security System, but it of course can be used for your home as well, so let’s get into this already…

Rants!

Gamestop sucks and makes no sense…

by Kristofer Brozio • August 24, 2010

I think I’m going to quit shopping at my local Gamestop in favor of another one. I’ve got one that takes less than 5 minutes to drive to, I could even walk if I wanted, but the last few times I’ve visited have not been nice. Or I may just stop shopping at Gamestop altogether seriously, I can order them online from Amazon and get it delivered to my door.

A couple weeks ago I go in to trade some games in, I don’t really care about the whole trade-in thing, I know it’s kind of a rip-off but it’s convenient for me. I take care of my stuff, I’m an adult not a child who just throws things around. My games are always in their cases and handled with care. Trading the games in they hit me with a $4 refurbish fee for what looks to be a defect in the disc itself, it was just a discoloration. It wasn’t a scratch or a scuff mark, I know that, I know the game works fine, I played it, I finished it. I tried to argue with the guy but he said he thinks it needs refinished so that’s that, take it or leave it. I wasn’t really arguing, I just said that’s not a scratch it’s just a discoloration in the disc itself, but he wasn’t having any of it.

My kids wanted to trade some of their games in, now we cleaned them before taking them in, yes they had a few small scratches but they played fine I can attest to that fact. My son ended up with $2.31 for three games after they hit him with refurb charges on all of his games. This is just BS surely.

My other son traded in four games and ended up with about $6 after they hit him with fees on all of his games.

They’re running this new program where you get an extra 20% on trade in, but it seems they’re getting around giving you this bonus by hitting you with refurb fees for every game, and the fee is more than what the extra % is. So you’re really losing money.

The other day I go in to grab a combo game, it was two game for $19.99. it’s Mirror’s Edge and Fracture. never played either one, but I always wanted to try Mirror’s Edge and for $10 I figured why not. The Gamestop site doesn’t say it’s an online only thing and I’ve seen other combo packs like this at my Gamestop so I figured I’d give it a try. I found out it’s an online only thing…

I figured while I was there I would grab DeathSmiles, the box is on the shelf, I take it to the counter and they don’t have it in stock. Then I watched the guy take it back and put it back on the shelf knowing full well that they don’t have it in stock?! WTF? Seriously you know it’s not in stock but you’re going to offer it for sale?!

Today I go to get Mafia II, a big game, with a lot of hype behind it. No I don’t pre-order games, I get a lot for review, so why pre-order when the game might show up on my doorstep, and if it doesn’t I just go buy it if I really want it. Gamestop has none at all unless you pre-ordered it.

How does that make any sense at all? A big game launch like Mafia II and you don’ t have any at all to sell to walk in customers?!?

I don’t understand how they stay in business, they lie and cheat customers by saying the game needs refurbed when it obviously doesn’t, and they don’t have the brand new games in stock, but yet they have promos everywhere in the store for the game, in their windows, and empty boxes on the shelves for said game. That’s false advertising if I ever did see it… They get you in the store with the ads, but then they don’t have it and expect you to buy something else I guess… It’s a bunch of BS..