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SanDisk for Wii 2GB SECURE DIGITAL (GAMING)

Much better value than it used to be, 2008-02-07
These Wii labeled SD cards used to be very overpriced as some of the reviews indicate. However at less than £4 they are now reasonable value either for use with the Wii, or any other device which uses SD cards. It is worth noting that as has been said this is just a normal SD card (of good make) and does not offer any actual benefit for Wii use over a none Wii labeled good quality SD card.

Samsung S760 Digital Camera - Black (7.0MP, 3x Optical Zoom) 2.5" LCD

Easy to use, 2008-11-03
My sons bought me this camera, at first I was rather dubious, though if an old F**T such as me can operate and get pleasure from this camera anyone can. It is brilliant.
Dave Golds
Crewe
P.S. Thanks Amazon

HannsG 7" Hi-Res Digital Photo Frame with USB & Card Reader - Black

perfect affordable gift, 2008-11-13
This photo frame is excellent value for money. It may not have some of the features you can get on more costly frames, but when you only need to display pictures and can't afford to go out and spend £100s on a gift this frame is ideal. It looks smart too! Especially in white!

Canon Digital IXUS Sock

Poor Design, 2008-12-03
This is a poorly designed case, It should be great but it fails epicly. It's basically a knitted sock that should fit your Ixus camera, unfortunately it's about two centimetres too short(for an ixus 960 IS), which means your camera pokes slightly out the top. Normally this would be no biggy, except some genius of industrial design decided it would be trendy to attach the strap to the case with an aluminum carabiner, this attaches inside of the case so the lovely sharp edges of the carabiner can scratch your lcd or lens(personal preference). I've removed the carabiner and just tied the cord to the case.

Ok, maybe this is a little picky for a freebie but it is a pretty shoddy design.

Lowepro Ridge 20 Digital Camera Pouch - Black

Excellent!!, 2008-11-21
I got camera pouch free with my purchase of canon ixus 960is digital camera, and i got to say, i think this prodct is excellent, my camera fits nice and snugly into the pouch, the pouch is well made and doesnt feel cheap, all in all five stars, i 'm very pleased with it!!

Panasonic DMCFS3 Digital Camera - Black (8.1MP, 3x Optical Zoom) 2.5" LCD

• Type: Type - Compact camera
• Pixels: CCD - 1/2.5" CCD sensor 8.32 megapixels including 8.1 effective LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT lens 6 elements in 5 groups including 3 lenses / Resolution (in pixels) - 3264 x 2448
• Optical: Optical Viewfinder - None / LCD display - 2.5" TFT screen (6.35 cm) 230,000 pixels Field of view: 100% Mode: auto power, power and wide angle / Macro Distance - Wide angle: 5 cm / Macro: 30 cm upwards / Normal Distance - 50 cm in wide angle / Optical Zoom - 3x 35 mm equivalent focal length: 33 - 100 mm Focal length: 5.5 - 16.5 mm Aperture: F2.8 - 5.1 / Digital Zoom - 4x / ISO range - ISO auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 High sensitivity mode: auto (1600- 6400)
• Storage: Image formats - JPEG / Memory Card Type - SD, SDHC, MMC / Included Memory Card - No / Internal Memory - 50 MB
• Video: Video mode - Yes, with sound / Video Sequence - 640 x 480 at 30 images/sec. / TV Output - AV output (NTSC/PAL) / Webcam - No

Why spend more?, 2008-07-31
Like a previous reviewer, I bought this to compliment a digital SLR, and first impressions are very good. Build quality is excellent and whilst the camera is very small, the controls are easy to use (I have man-size hands!). Image quality is excellent and if you want more than point and shoot there is white balance, colour and iso control, all of which are quick to access. The LCD is big and clear, if a little slow with movement. Looks more expensive than it is too! 3x zoom is fine for most situations and with 8mp images you can always crop images if you need to get closer. Make sure you get a good sized SD card - images are around 3-4mb each and the videos can soon take up many mb's of space.

Buffalo Drivestation 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

Power Saving isn't built in to the Drive itself., 2008-11-12
I bought this as an extra drive to expand storage capacity with a Fujitsu-Siemens AMS150 Media Server (network hdd with sockets for external usb/e-sata drives). I was already clear that the Drivestation would turn itself on/off with a PC it was connected to, but couldn't find any info about whether the power-management would work if connected to my media server rather than a PC.

I installed the power management utility and - as expected - the auto-power off works fine for me when connected to a PC that the power management software is running on. However, it doesn't power down at all when connected to the media-server, even if there hasn't been any access or activity for a while. I was previously using a 250gb Seagate FreeAgent attached to the media-server, and that automatically shut down after a few minutes inactivity - didn't need any software installing to do this.

It may not be a big issue in practice, however, as the drive is extremely quiet and, as far as I can tell, only ever gets warm rather than hot. Also, the unit is compact and unobtrusive, and looks more attractive than the old Seagate external drive.

Buffalo Drivestation 500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

500GB Drivestation, 2008-10-21
I owned the old version of this in a 250GB but had filled it up so was pleasantly suprised to see that they had updated the look of the product, looks like my PS3 however that really wasn't that important, the thing which grabbed me was the power usage, 75% less than a standard drive they use some new fangled technology which allows the drive to go into a park mode when not searching for information which means it is not running burning my cash. Also pleased to see that they included free back up software and encryption to give an element off added value. From a technical point of view the transfer rates are excellent, I transfered the contents of my Laptops hardrive 80GB in under an hour using a standard USB cable from the box. Really please I stuck with Buffalo.

New Apple iPod Shuffle 1GB -pink

• Store up to 240 songs
• Stores data via USB flash drive
• Skip-free audio playback
• Up to 12 hours playtime when fully charged
• Charging via included USB dock

Belkin iPod TunebaseFM

Ford Focus, 2008-11-21
Hi. Thinking of buying this for my son who owns a Ford Focus. With this Belkin Transmitter for an Ipod, there seems to be a problem with several models of cars in relation to where the cigarette lighter/gear stick are situated to enable the fixing of the transmitter. Has anyone used this in a Ford Focus please? If so, were there any obvious problems. I have a basic Belkin transmitter for my Iriver MP3 which works o.k. in our Toyota Yaris, but it requires batteries which always run out at the most inconvenient time. This Belkin apparently doesn't require batteries which would be a big plus. It also looks - am I too old to say it? - Cool! Any advice would be appreciated.