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How to save your connection

Advantages: Big
Disadvantages: Long cable

Right, before I start, this is my situation, I live with my student chumbs and we wirelessly share the internet and a printer this is great except for the fact that we live in a big house with lots of electrical items in it. So as you can imagine wireless signal penetration isn't great. For me it became awful - so i bought this device and its works very well. It is huge and as such picks up more signal, it has improved my network connection from ...
...aerial, installation is easy, you just plug it in and theres no software to install at all. You literally plug it in and it works. Its omnidirectional (ie it improves signal strength in all directions) and is designed for indoor use only (but it wouldn't be damaged by rain, lightening on the other hand...). There is one warning I have for you though. The aerial itself improves signal strength by 6dB/decade (just a technical term - don't worry, its ...

Jon_Farrimond 13.02.2006 · Read full review
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Tooled right up in IT!

Advantages: Lots of tools to cover a multitude of jobs.
Disadvantages: Cheap feeling screwdriver.

...Yes, im talking about the Belkin 36 piece professional Tool Kit for IT. Packaging/Casing. All 36 items are housed in a neat little zip up wallet that is the size of a child's shoe box. Its Faux leather appearance is fooling no one! Its water resistant and well made. Inside the components are all retained by elastic straps and velcro so it is a very secure and tidy way to carry your tools. Contents. Varied and comprehensive. Most jobs can be ...
...a canister of solder for the more intricate electrical repairs.To go with this is a solder "sucker" and a soldering remover. All soldering items seem of decent quality and we have used these for some cabling repairs. (and fising my Xbox 360 headset!) For cabling, there is a handy set of adjustable wire strippers as well as a pair of small wire snips. They are nice and sharp and again do a good job. The wire snips have a spring loaded middle so make ...

andycharger 21.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Belkin Professional Computer Tool Kit (36-Piece) Tool kit

Hauppauge MediaMVP - networked media player

Advantages: Good picture and sound quality, easy to use
Disadvantages: Cheap looking

The MediaMVP from Hauppauge is an interesting example of an increasing trend in network devices. Using a customised version of Linux, it provides a quick, easy and convenient way to send sound and vision from a PC on your network to your TV and/or HiFi. What's in the box As well as the MediaMVP itself, you get the driver CD, a special SCART cable, a short LAN cable (almost certainly too short for most people), a very compact external PSU and a ...
...range of playback formats but Hauppauge do seem to be regularly improving the system and when they added DivX after I bought it I was able to add the feature via a free download from their web site. Any users or prospective buyers should visit the web site to check out the latest version as well as the extra extra tools that are available for the MediaMVP. The navigation via the onscreen display is easy enough although sometimes the remote response ...

ilaskey 09.02.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Hauppauge MediaMVP

Very useful kit

Advantages: It's got everything you need to do basic PC upgrades/ maintenance
Disadvantages: Good enough for home use, but not top quality

...included - a set of Allen keys. - a zip-up nylon case with elastic straps. I've always liked Belkin products - I don't think they're the best, but they are good enough to do the job - they always seem to strike a good balance between quality and price. ...

duracellbunny 24.10.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Belkin Professional Computer Tool Kit (36-Piece) Tool kit

Wireless World

Advantages: All your music in one place
Disadvantages: That place is a computer

...forced to admit that the Netgear music player may well be their undoing. In short, I have seen the future, and it works. At first, it sounds horribly inconvenient, as to be able to use it, you have to have a computer (a PC, not a Mac), an internet connection and an internal wireless network. You will probably also need a subscription to a web-based music service, and the computer has to be on all the time you are listening to what you have downloaded. ...
...the wireless network can be very simple, and most laptops now come with the facility built-in. You can, of course, get music files by transcribing your CD's, which you may already have done if you have an MP3 player, but then in that case you are probably downloading tracks already. Legitimate (i.e. not pirate file-sharing services) providers are becoming a lot more commonplace, and are not too expensive, especially if you don't mind being a bit ...

boswelox 21.04.2006 · Read full review
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