Recent content by jbarm

I just get a laugh out of people who think you need a confetti cut shredder for high security for your credit card bills etc that get tossed in the garbage. Think about it. If someone is digging through trashcans looking to steal identities are they going to try to piece together strip...

I saw the 740 for $299 at www.cdw.com yesterday -- brand new and not refurb. I tried one out from CC and it was OK (they still had it at $499). Screen is not the best I've seen plus there are apparently issues with the battery release mechanism and the sound recorder switch being placed in...

Great deal for $125 (or less). However, you need to be aware of why all of these cheaper PocketPC deals are surfacing. The new MS operating system PocketPC 2003 is coming out within a month or so. It is supposed to be much better in terms of wireless support etc than 2002. Pocket Internet...

Bad news for those of you looking for wifi connectivity with this device. According to a review done by PocketPC magazine (see it online) this unit's MMC slot is not i/o capable. This means you can't use a wifi card in the E335. Wifi is why I would switch to a PocketPC so I don't feel as bad...

The Optodisk Golds have a disc id of 'Optodisk' when I use DVDecrypter. I've been burning them at 2x using the hacked A05 firmware. The hack makes it possible to burn any 1x DVD-R at 2x (of course if it is crap quality it may not work). jb

I've had mixed results with these disks. Pretty good luck with the ones in individual jewel cases, really bad luck with those in the 15 pack spindle (this is a 25 pks spindle). I have a Pioneer A05 with the 2x4All 1.3 hacked firmware and it seems to like these discs better than using the 1.0...

The Khypermedia DVD-r's are a bit dodgy, in my experience. I've had a fair amount of success on the individually packaged ones, but the last spindle I bought was really bad -- coaster city. They were all CMC discs. jb

Also, the RCA doesn't play some DVD-R discs, esp. those made in a Panasonic stand-alone recorder like the E30. jb

The Bestbuy one that is 2110 is a Mintek 2110, which is very hackable. No region and Macr*vision hack is available. Unfortunately, my local BB's have stacks of the CH model (Cyberhome) which only has a region hack available, so that is the likely candidate as I bought the last 2110 last night. jb

It's a real crap shoot on low end media. Even if it burns and plays on your burner, some cheapos can't be read by some machines. Or they flake out on the last 10 minutes of the disc when playing. You can buy 15 Verbatim 2x DVD-r's right now at Bestbuy for $30 after a $5 rebate (or less after...

I've seen OEM copies of WinDVD at www.lsmicro.com for about $4.50 plus ship. I've seen OEM PowerDVD at www.ebccomputers.com for about $6.50. I don't see why you would want to pay more for a pretty box. jb

I bought a 83+ from OD for $49.99 by getting them to price match Circuit City's $69.99 and using the $20 off $50 coupon. After reading about how great the 86 was, I then traded it in at OM for an 86 for $10 more. (Credit of $99 towards $109 purchase). Didn't open the 83+ so I don't feel bad...

Or you buy a machine that can create both DVD-R and DVD-Ram discs for about $200 more. You can buy a Panasonic DMR-E20 for about $600 right now or wait a month and buy the Prog Scan DMR-e30 in about a month for under $600 (right now you can preorder from eCost for $583. The DMRe10 on Amazon is...

This thing is obsolete, that is why they are dumping it. Hitachi just announced a camcorder that records directly on small format DVD-r for a list price of about $899. Therefore you could probably get one of these Hitachi DVD-r units for less than $800 that creates discs that can probably play...

Couple of points on this discussion: 1. Jammers do not work effectively in today's world. Some of the ones marketed don't do anything, they are just boxes with wires on them per auto magazine testing. One or two used to sort of work on K band or X band, but are obsolete because of the wide...