TV Reviews

It's a little pricey and the 56inch I put on it does fit but you can pretty much push the TV right off if you're not careful. Watch out if you have kids - your expensive TV can go flying and the glass shelves are not good for kids who trip near it. I'm considering getting a kid proof screen to put around the base.

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My recent purchase was simple and fast. The TV stand showed up earlier than expected. It was incredibly easy to assemble and is perfect with the Samsung TV I purchased. It's sturdy and hides the cords great. I wasn't able to find the stand locally and was very pleased when I found it on line at a great price. Convience is key and receiving a quality product makes it that much better.

I bought this mount to fix my Magnavox 20MF605T/17 20" to a concrete wall. The mount was very easy to install.

It is important to note that the Magnavox TV's stand cannot be removed, instead it folds back 90 degrees, and the wall mount's arm attaches to the bottom of the folded-back base, instead of the back of the tv.

This implies that the center of gravity of the TV is further away from the mount than it would be if you could attach both things together without the TV's base, because the distance said base adds acts like a lever.

So I hooked everything up, and by next morning, my tv had swayed all the way down, because the mechanism that controls this up-down sway could not handle the weight of the tv under the described circumstances (the base of the tv is a lever that acts upon the up-down sway mechanism).

No damage was done, but even when tightened with pliers, the mechanism that controls the up-down sway wouldn't hold, and the tv would instantly tilt all the way down.

The problem was solved with superglue. The tv allows me to control the up-down sway using its own base. This was 2 weeks a go and the superglue doesn't budge, even when pressed hard.

Very good product, but I expected it to be of better quality. Still, a good quality product with versatility

best-buy wanted twice the price for exact same item. they are thieves! we love Amazom!

This product now that it is installed is great however getting it installed was a bit of a nightmare.

Lets start on the good news:
The timer is a great feature. It is easy to set and works well
The TV is great for keeping up with a program when in the kitchen. The extra Video input allowed me to slave this to the video in the home theater good for when you need to make popcorn. The controls are easy to understand and use. Great!

Now for the bad:
The thing is just about an inch too deep. It mounted right up against the back splash and the front bolts are right at the front of the cabinet. Why? If this was just an inch shorter it would be easy to install. As it is the 90 degree plugs from radio shack are vital and even then they stick out past the back of the unit. The connections should be recessed if the unit can't be made smaller. Some other small problems. There is no battery backup for the stations and time. A little annoying.

All and all if your comfortable drilling holes in your cabnets and in my case even the back splash then this is a good product. If you don't own some tools or don't feel comfortable using them this product could be a problem.

Great product. Excellent sound. Screen is a little small, but that was expected. Great picture though. All in all we are real pleased with it.

Great product! Good picture and sound ... easy set-up and controls ... and a remote with a magnet to stick on the fridge! The template provided for drilling the mounting holes is really helpful. As mentioned previously, the right angle cable connector from Radio Shack is a must for installation.

If you were thinking of buying a 512kb or 1gig flash player... maybe an iPod Shuffle... STOP and READ ON

I have been contemplating the purchase of a flash player for sometime but...

(1) I did not want to pay more than $100us
(2) I wanted a small unit like an iPod Shuffle
(3) But I wanted it to have a display
(4) Simple tactile controls for navigation
(5) Great Sound
(6) Good Battery Life
and since i'm dreaming...
(7) How about a built in Voice Recorder
and
(8) built in FM Radio

Well Beleive It or Not... the MP3 flash player Gods at Samsung have answered my prayers :)

The Samsung YP-U2J (YP-U2JZW) is all that in one nifty lil package.

With better than iPod Shuffle sound quality, I put this as my best buy so far... Bundle this lil guy with a set of top end Ear Buds or Head Phone and your all done.

It has tons of built in Sound Equalisation presets and a user adjustable parametric EQ also.

If that is all not enough... for a bit of attention grabbing Bling appeal, it also has funkly Blue Led lights that can be set to come on when a button is pressed, randomly or turned off if Bling is not your thing.

Trust me this is truly a True iPod Killer!!!

Before watching this video, my son (20 months old) would not share with his sister or cousins. After watching this video, I have more problems. Now my son grabs everything and says MINE!!!! He never said this before watching this video. He does not understand that this is the behavior you do not want to do. He says MINE regarding anything and everything he touches.

I have many Sesame St videos from the great (123 Count With Me, Bert and Ernie's Word Play) to the not so great (Get Up and Dance), but I absolutely HATE this one!

Firstly the "sharing" message is delivered in a heavy way with very few songs to liven it up. Then the newsreader/interviewer format used doesn't work at all - it is just incredibly boring. Even the introduction of familiar characters like Jack and Jill and the Three Little Pigs cannot save this dud.

I think it may even teach children to be more selfish and "MINE" oriented than they were before they watched it. Elmo constantly talks about Elmo's train, and it's clear that he absolutely hates to share. At the end he only agrees to share due to purely selfish reasons (otherwise Zoe won't play with him anymore), and he tries to share as little as possible (as little as Zoe will let him get away with).

This DVD portrays sharing as a strict case of quid pro quo - I'll give you a cookie, but ONLY IF you give me half your glass of milk. Never mind that I have lots of cookies (more than I can eat). I think sharing should be portrayed as motivated by friendship, affection and caring, not only selfish "what's in it for me?" thinking.

my two year old daughter does enjoy this video, and requests to watch it often, however, i would have liked it to be more of a fictional video about sharing rather than commentary and direction from katie couric.

I am a mountain biker and loved the idea of being able to view the screen while riding. BUT the mounting bracket does not hold the explorist well enough. I watched my explorist unit fall to the ground on the first ride and thought I just didn't have it clicked into place. Wrong, because after putting it firmly into the bracket I lost the unit on the next downhill. I was luck enough to find the unit but will never use it on my bike or ATV due to fear of losing it.

This bracket holds my GPS very well. The only thing I really don't like about it is the mount to the handlebars. This is obviously just a bracket designed to be used with a car mount and the bike handlebar mount is not the type that you would see with any other bike accessory. It does not allow easy switching between bikes; it requires unscrewing two screws. It suggests using the included adhesive strip to wrap around the handlebar. I didn't use it and isn't needed; I just used the rubber strip with the paper backing still in place. If it had a mount more like any bike headlight that has a well designed mount that allows easy switching between bikes it would be a much better product. The metal bracket with the two long screws even looks like a cheap afterthought. I will probably modify it to work better with bikes. However the device does at least hold the GPS unit securely.

The mount works well. I read elsewhere that people added velcro to make the mount more secure. I find that if you make sure the little plastic tab on the mount snaps into the small hole on the GPS, usually with an audible click, the mount is very secure. However, I must admit, I don't do the roughest biking (jumping over logs etc.). I would have given it five stars, but a have had a little trouble with is trying to rotate on the handle bars. I kept having to tighten it up. Seems firm now however.

I bought the KX-TG5571 and an extra handset after being so pleased with it's
predecessor KX-TG5471.

The 5571 handset does not have a FLASH BUTTON!

What you have to do instead is press the speakerphone button, wait for
options to appear on the screen and then press a different button to
access the FLASH function and there is NO WAY to figure that out while
looking at the handset.

WHY?

I'm not sure if the previous reviewer has a different model or not but there is indeed a flash button. Once you are on a call is the left menu button on the LCD screen. Those who are quite familiar with cell phones will spot it quickly.

I haven't had the phone for more than a day but so far i'm fairly happy. It took a while to find a phone with all the features that I needed but this has them all.
Pros:
1) Base station with speaker phone (hate it when i can't find the cordless)
2) a MUTE button! Very few phones have this these days but it is very important for my home office.
3) 5.8 GHz that won't conflict with my wirless.
4) cell phone like features (customizable ring tones, phone book, "missed calls list")

Cons:
1) The caller ID isn't very smart, even if you have the number stored in your phone book it still shows/says the name that is given over the callerId resulting in a lot of "Cellular Caller" type of stuff.
2) The center rocker switch activates the menu instead of the phone book. This time cell phone users will find this counter-intuitive.
3) No handset speed dial. There is one for the base, but one not the handset.

I have three handsets and have programmed different ring sounds for each one,e.g., then one in my home office rings with the Three Stooges singing, "Hello, hello, hello!"

Phone works very well.