Recent content by tj21

Creative's response to battery replacements

It's worth noting that the link in the above post is to only the negative reviews on CNET. You may wish to follow this link for a more balanced picture. All Zen comments on CNET

I've had mine for about 6 weeks and love it. The battery isn't user replaceable but Creative has said they will provide a replacement service if needed. It's rumored to cost $99 but not confirmed. Ipods require a similar service from Apple. Still even if the battery dies in 2-3 years it's...

Zen adds support for USB 2.0 (but not firewire) and also uses standard 2.5" notebook drives so a lot of people have already upgraded to a 40Gb or 60Gb drive. Ipods are nice but hard to pass up a Zen at $212. TJ

I bought a 50 pack today in the Carlsbad, CA store for $40. You can't read the disc labels without opening the packaging but mine are AV1K by Sony and burn fine at 2x in my Cendyne with 1.21 firmware

KBToys.com has the Intec LCD screens fot $99. That's the best price I've seen and these are much better monitors than the Interact versions. Linked (Indigo) Linked (Black)

Vaja is offering 15% of all of their cases this weekend. They're still not cheap but the quality of their pda cases is pretty tough to beat. I have a Clie NR-70V case and love it. Link to Vaja TJ

The serial number on the box for my 7200rpm (in a 5400rpm box) model shows as a 5400rpm when I look it up. WMAA310***** WD1200ABRTL In Limited Warranty 7/24/2005 TJ

My drive is labeled as a wd1200bb. TJ

Myself and two friends ended up buying 3 of these today. All were labeled 5400rpm on the box but two actually contained 7200rpm drives. The third is a 5400rpm drive. All 3 were purchased at the same time at the same store. I'd say it's the luck of the draw. Fortunately the third guy wanted...

My last auction on ebay for some cellular stuff received about 20 e-mails from different user IDs with almost identical text. They were all a guy from Indonesia that wanted to buy immediately and would cover all shipping costs but needed me to find a way to charge his credit card. It's a very...

They also have the black faceplate Retail Lite-on 16x dvd drive for $34.61 shipped overnight. Great deal if you're looking for a black drive. TJ

I'm using the Winter 2002 drivers on my ipaq with the Truemobile card. I upgraded to Dell 8.10 firmware before I tried it in the ipaq so I don't know if that was required or not. The Orinoco drivers did not recognize the card until I manually specified the driver. When you insert the card you...

8500dv includes 2 firewire ports. One on the card and one on the breakout box. TJ

$138 shipped is a good deal for a new card but you may also want to consider a refurbed 8500DV AIW from newegg for $165 shipped. Mine came complete with all cables, remote and even the dvi-vga adapter. The 7500 is a great card if you don't game much but is starting to seem pretty old for...