10 minute wonder!

Advantages: Easy to fit it around a busy life
Disadvantages: Probably not for beginners

...I have bought a good many exercise videos and DVD's in my time, many of which have been used a few times before I've grown bored of them and they have ended up gathering dust somewhere. However, I have had this DVD a few months now and I think it's fantastic! If like me you have a busy life style and need to fit a lot into your day, then this DVD is perfect. I really love the fact that it is broken down into manageable bit size sections. There are 5 sections in total each lasting 10 minutes. The sections are: 1 Pilates for abs 2 Pilates for buns and thighs 3 Sculpting Pilates 4 Pilates Burn 5 Pilates for flexibility The Pro's: - Obviously you can chose how long you want to work out for. When you're pushed for time, you can just do a 10 minute section and you still feel like you have at least done...

Ashwick 07.09.2008 · Read review
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A Perfect Body...in 10 minutes?! If only...

Advantages: DVD options, good workout, quick & easy to do.
Disadvantages: Can be confusing, not entertaining

...10 Minute Solution - Pilates Perfect Body is an exercise DVD based around Pilates. There are five '10 minute' workouts targetted at different areas of the body, these are; * Pilates Perfect Arms * Pilates Perfect Belly * Pilates Perfects Buns & Thighs * Pilates Perfect Silhouette * Pilates Perfect Stretch On the main screen, there are three options to choose from. The first is 'play all workouts'. This enables you to go through each of the 10 minute workouts all in one go, in the order above. There is also the option to 'select workout' so you just select one workout to do out of the 5 (there is also the option to select the introduction, but once you've seen it, there's no need to see it again. The final option is 'customise workout' so you can choose which order you want to do the workout in. You also have the option to just...

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Get into shape with 10 minute Pilates

Advantages: You can pick which part of the workout you want to do....
Disadvantages: ...which may encourage you not to do the whole thing!

...of 5 10 minute work-outs, which are all individual, targeting different body parts, without being too repetitive. It's great if you don't have enough time to do an hour's exercise a day, because you can select which exercise you want to do, or if you've got a particular part of your body you want to tone up, you can just focus on that part. OR you can combine every session to make up a full 50 minute work out - ouch! ***Stomach*** This session is a mixture of sit-up's and various leg movements to strengthen your upper and lower stomach. It starts with 'the hundred', a standard Pilates warm-up, and continues with crunches, something called the 'frogs legs', and various others. *** Legs and buns *** All of these exercises involve laying down, which is great becuase it really doesn't feel like you're exercising!! It starts with leg...

LittleHB 26.01.2007 · Read review
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Samsung NC10 Netbook

Advantages: Lots of connectivity - Big keyboard - excellent screen - Good spec
Disadvantages: bad sleeve to store netbook - battery life not that long - small touchpad

...I managed to pick up this netbook for £299 which is oustanding value - from play.com. The netbook is very light and can fit almost anywhere - it is very easy to carry around - you can set up anywhere and very easily connect to the internet where available. The netbook looks very stylish and everything is laid out well. The keyboard is the biggest i have ever seen on a netbook - its almost full size which is a bonus as I have a lot of typing to do. One disadvantage of this is that the mousepad has been made very small which is a nuisance - you do get used to it but it is not ideal. The specs for this netbook are impressive I mean a massive 160GB hard drive, a 10.2 inch screen. 1 GB of RAM and a 1.6GHZ intel atom processor. This spec allows the netbook to operate very fastly - the whole 6 months I have had this netbook - it has...

jameweights 05.01.2009 · Read review
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Delonghi DEM 10

Advantages: Efficient
Disadvantages: None

...Our large, four bedroom house is over 200 years old and therefore has no cavity walls to insulate. After a cold and damp 2008 summer we were suffering from condensation and mould problems in spite of extractor fans in both kitchen and bathroom. Time to dehumidify! We bought our DEM 10 at Curry's for £99.99. It is compact, easily moved with a fold-out top carry handle and absolutely idiot proof in use. The level of humidity that the unit will pull down to can be controlled via a knob on top of the housing and there is a full tank warning light. The water tank is transparent so that the water level can be seen at a glance and the tank is so easy to remove for emptying - and, more importantly, to replace. Try some of the competition! A length of polythene hose is supplied to enable continuous draining should you want to leave the unit...

Jerry.L 02.11.2008 · Read review
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Samsung NC10 Review

Advantages: Good battery life, nice screen, near enough a full size keyboard
Disadvantages: small-ish trackpad

...I recieved this netbook for christmas and all i can say is 'wow'! My background with computers is vast having built many and installed multiple operating systems on each, however i have never owned a laptop. Therefore i was a little dubious about some of the things such as keyboard size, processing power and battery life. I was looking for a laptop which is very small in physical size while packing a punch so it could still carry out multiple tasks. Buying a full size (15.4") laptop seemed a bit pointlesss as i have two tower pc's which are my main machines, so this was just to be about casual surfing/ reading emails/ browsing while on the move. The Samsung NC10 is in my view one of the very best netbooks out there, the keyboard is just shy of being full size so no cramped typing (this review was written on it) Combine this...

MRob909 02.01.2009 · Read review
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Samsung NC10 Black netbook a lightweight and excellent netbook

Advantages: Great screen, excellent battery life,
Disadvantages: Poor speakers, personal headphones or additional speakers definitely help

...I bought my NC10 to replace my laptop which was just too heavy to be carrying to and from work everyday. I purchased my NC10 on a promotion weekend from a high street store beating online prices significantly. I was trying to avoid big bulky items to carry as I was on crutches at the time. Not recommended but straight out of box into my rucksack in the shop from which it was purchased. Didn't notice much weight difference in my bag at all. The Samsung NC10 has served me dilligently now being used more and more instead of my normal laptop as battery life is excellent. I use the NC10 round the house for coursework, work and even during my work lunch. The screen is bright and very easy to read, I primarily use the NC10 at home for surfing the net to shop and for music in the background. I have an extensive playlist on Spotify...

phoenix2000 27.10.2009 · Read review
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Lets Fifa 10

Advantages: An almost perfect football simulation
Disadvantages: Some would say its Fifa 09 all over again

...Introduction I wasn't intending on getting Fifa 10 until Christmas but when I saw it advertised for under £25 on the day of release, I had to rush out and buy it as I knew it would never be as cheap as this again until well after Christmas. I had played the demo a few weeks before the actual release, and while the game was good, it didn't look that much different from Fifa 09 which I had only owned for 6 months. With this scepticism, I loaded the game up and began wondering if I had just paid £25 for the same game. First Impressions After sitting through the introduction of Wayne Rooney evading a slide tackle from Frank Lampard, you get to the main menu. Now call my cynical but it appears that Electronic Arts may also think that consumers will have trouble identifying the new features of this game as they have...

craggybuk 07.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of FIFA 10 (Xbox 360)

* Al in 88 Minutes *

Advantages: Good characters, Nice action scenes, Red Herrings and twists
Disadvantages: A bit too long, some slow scenes, not the best script.

...88 Minutes I don?t get to sit down and watch a film very often. Due to the kids shouting ?Mum? every five minutes but yesterday evening I managed to have an hour or so to myself. I routed through the sale DVD rack at the local shop to find a film to watch for the evening. In the end as my partner decided to join me in picking a film we choose a film starring Al Pacino. My partner is a fan and I always think he is great in his films. 88 Minutes is a thriller mystery film based in Seattle. The plot sounded quite sinister and even though I usually prefer comedies or light hearted films I thought we would get an action film for a change. The DVD was only £4.99 so I was hoping it would be good. The front cover of the DV is quite mysterious and reminded me of other action films such as The Bourne Identity. There were not a lot...

pixie65 04.09.2009 · Read review
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FIFA 10

Advantages: Hours of Play, Smooth Gameplay, Variety
Disadvantages: Commentary, Glitches (See review)

...'. ~~~Online~~~ Of course the online function is still there and there have been a few minor improvements made to the online experience. One of which that I like is that at the end of a ranked online game you now get a summary of how many points you have either lost or gained. I felt this was missing previously. Another improvement is that if after 90 minutes it's a draw you and your opponent can now choose what you want to do from : End as Draw Extra Time Extra Time & Pens But if you disagree then the match ends in a draw. For me online generally runs smoothly, with lag very rarely being an issue. At first a lot of games were disconnecting, but I think EA have since fixed that, as it is no longer happening. Also, last year in FIFA 09 when I used to try and use my headset it used to cause the game to crash a little bit now...

Wils0408n 13.10.2009 (17.10.2009) · Read review
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