I'm a minidisc user who has considered switching to IPOD. I'm tired of having to make recordings in real time, every time. I'd like to go digital, but the NetMD thing just seems wrong to me. I feel like if I buy one of those I'm just validating Sony's messup up copy-paranoia policies - while...

Whats you guys view on these two? I've got the option of installing either of these on a new laptop - at no cost either way. Supposedly OpenOffice works best if its the only office suite installed, so I guess I need to chose one istead of just having both. MS Office XP I've never used...

I was on a local Norwegian board and the guys there were discussing Koss headphones. They seemed to be skeptical of he "Lifetime Guarantee" and they also seemed to think that the Koss earphones were "typically American - very flimsy". Now mind you, these guys here in Norway are getting...

Basically the situation is this. I have just acquired cheap new laptop (Sharp Actius AV18) which comes with Win XP Home SP1 pre-installed on the laptop, plus a Win XP Home OEM disc and 3 Sharp recovery discs. I will be getting Win XP Pro Corporate edition in a couple of days to replace the...

I'm in the market for a new TV. However space is at a premium in the tiny living room we have. I've been thinking about buying a 17" LCD screen and a TV tuner as a way to save space and go digital with recording TV etc. Plus LCD's are cheap and it seems like a TV tuner can be bought for less...

How do you guys assess whether a seller is legit or not? Is it the number of feedback? The percentage of positive feeback? Or is there anything that can be concluded by looking at the profiles of those people who have contributed to the person's feedback? For instance, what would you say...

I'm buying a used laptop that I believe comes with Windows XP installed. My brief impressions with using Windows XP (on a borrowed laptop for 3 weeks) was that it was stable enough but a bit of a pain in the ass eg when you try to update it asks you for the original CD or OS software. I also...

I've got a 3 year old Hitachi laptop that appears to have reached the end of its life. It went dead and the Hitachi technicians say that the motherboard needs to be replaced - at a cost of $850. Needless to say, I'm thinking that I'm better of investing that cash in a brand new laptop. But I...

I have a Sony DE-J885 portable CD player(japanese version). The manual has a tiny Engish section and nothing regarding how to program it to play specific tracks. I tried messing with the remote and its not that iniuitive with regard to program play. I can get to the point where I select...

Supercomputer built out of PS2's. Pretty cool, huh? Especially when you think about how puny game machines used to be in the early days! http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/26/te...UPE.html?8hpib (requires registration, but is free - text is below) From PlayStation to Supercomputer for...

Does anyone know if there are adapters available that would take a standard portable headphone and turn it into a two-prong for use on an airplane? If such a thing exists I'm looking to buy one in New York City....

Since this is summer and a lot of people are travelling a lot juts wanted to give a heads up - the Panasonic 570 can be found for roughly US $ 65 or 70 in the duty free at the airposrt in Reykjavik - so if you´re using IcelandAir on your way to/from Europe, check it out...

Does anyone know how to list an auction in multiple countries? For example, if I am on E-bay.com in US, how do I get my auction to show up on E-bay.co.uk, Ebay in france, Ebay.de ( Germany) etc? Thanks

I have a minidisc that I use for around town, on train and some jogging. I am looking at getting some in-earcanal phones to supplement the Sennheiser MX500, which has no isolation. Something that is actually decent sounding. I'd really rather spend $50, but $150 is an absoulte max. The...

I'm looking at buying a portable MD player/recorder and have narrowed it down to three. their internal headphone amps are rated as follows: a) Sony MZ-R910 (5mW into 16 Ohms) b) Sharp MD-DR7 (8mW into 32 Ohms) c) Sharp MD-MT180 (10mW into 32 Ohms) The assumption here is that I am using...

I'm looking for a pair of headphones to be used primarily for jogging with my MZR-900 Minidisc. The phone also will very occasionally be used with a Sony D-EJ855 portable CD player. I have the search narrowed down (at my measly $20 budget) to these two: Sennheiser MX-500 and Koss KSC 50. I...