At the Apex of the industry

Advantages: Cheap, very comfortable
Disadvantages: None.

..., rather than the Thursday I wanted (i.e. yesterday). Fine, I thought, a quick call to Lastminute and it'll be sorted. The hotel had said they had space, and it wasn't a problem, but Lastminute had to change it. Ok, no probs. Just call Lastminute. *Tears hair out* No chance of speaking to a human. You end up getting lost in a crazy computeried maze and the only way to speak to a human is to go to (you guessed it ) sales. All other requests ask you to go to the bloody website. Anyway, long story short Lastminute gave me short-shrift and said the hotel didn't have space. A lie. They did. I asked them. Apex to the rescue -------------------------- After 45 minutes of arguing with Lastminute, I spoke to the hotel, who very kindly offered to speak to them to sort out the whole sorry mess. To their credit, they did...

rickyshah 18.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Apex City of London Hotel, London

Hen weekend - Apex international, Edinburgh

Advantages: Proximity to city, excellent rooms and brilliant staff
Disadvantages: none

...We visited Edinburgh on my hen night and I had previously stayed at the Apex City on buisness which is about 3 doors away from the Apex International. All of our guests were arriving at different times as travelling from far and wide. As the bride I arrived first at 8.30am as my flight was an early one. We checked in but our rooms were not ready, the hotel offered to take our bags and then suggested an excellent breakfast eatery located on the Royal Mile. As we had just landed in Edinburgh we did not have much of a clue how to navigate the city - the staff in reception were excellent and even gave us a free map whislt advising of the best sights to see!! Once we had had breakfast and done some sightseeing, we returned to the hotel to find that our rooms were ready (12.30) We were a party of 8 staying in 2 rooms!! The hotel then...

sianalrida 17.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Apex International Hotel, Edinburgh

Apex DVD Player

Advantages: Lasts long time, good performance
Disadvantages: Lack of image playback and surround sound support.

...The APEX DVD player is basically what you get for your money. It offers the basic features of DVD playback but lacks some key features required in todays technology. The DVD player is capable of playing most DVD's however it is quite poor at picture disc playback as it often tells you that there is some form of error. It also lacks LCD display so it is hard to tell features such as time lapsed, chapter number and so on (unless you bring it up on on-screen display). I also found a problem when resuming a film. When you insert the same disc you have just played the player tells you to press the resume button to continue; when there is no such button on the remote or player itself. This DVD player however can take quite a bit of work and perform pretty well. Overall I would say that this DVD player is only recommended for 'cheap...

D.J.Hunter.52 15.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Apex AD1100

Apex City of London Hotel - outstanding

Advantages: Lovely staff, beautiful rooms, modern hotel
Disadvantages: Slightly out of the way of the West End

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laukez88 26.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Apex City of London Hotel, London

Flirty and 30

Advantages: Great film, storyiline great everything
Disadvantages: none

...years that have passed since her thirteenth birthday. 30-year-old Jenna's is living with a guy, but she does not know him, as she can't remember the past years since her 13th birthday. She panics and runs out of the house in her nightie, and ends up being dragged to work. She realises at work just what a nasty person she has been, her secretary fears her, and ignored by most others. She also realises she has been selling ideas to another magazine company Sparkle, she starts to despise what she has done and tries to rectify things, and turn her life back around. Jenna decides to try and find Matt, to see what has been going on, he can only fill in details for her up until they left school, as after her 13th birthday they never spoke again. They eventually make up and become friends again. It is clear Jenna wants more than friendship...

kineticspade 21.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of 13 Going On 30 (DVD)

APEX DVD

Advantages: asda keeps their promise.
Disadvantages: trouble within a week

...draw 16. Set up 17. Menu 18. Goto 19 Mute 20.Forward 21. Forward skip 22. Pause/step 23. Shuffle 24. Angle 25. Program 26. Direction keys Specifications ~~~~~~~~~ Power supply AC230V~ 50Hz Power consumption 20VA Mass 3.0 kg External dimensions 320x81x320 mm(W/H/D) Signal system MULTI/NTSC/PAL Laser semiconductor laser, wavelengh 650 nm STYLE ~~~~ Plain looking it has not got any digital display.The colour is silver. What happened to me ******************** I couldn't believe my eyes.DVD PLAYER £69.99.With a three year guarantee.If you have any problems they say money back or replacement,at no extra cost. I have always wanted a dvd player,i wanted to get one for my boyfriends birthday,so i bought it,shall i give it to him now ?,6 weeks early,I'm one of those people who can't wait...

cometgas 13.09.2002 (11.12.2002) · Read review
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Review of Apex AD1100

Canon EOS 30D

Advantages: Multi-featured
Disadvantages: None

...This is a good quality product that offers good value for money in the very short term. Although as with most electronic products, the value will deteriorate over time and should be able to get a cheaper version next year. It's a great little device with plenty of features that I would highly recommend. This really is a wonderful piece of kit that should go well with many accessories because it really looks good. However, always think carefully as to whether you actually really need something before you buy it. We buy so many things nowadays that we don't really need. In the Box EOS 30D body Wide strap Battery Charger Power Cord Battery Pack BP-511A Interface cable Video cable Software CD ROM Purchased at Jessops for £850...

Nazuku 08.08.2006 (22.08.2007) · Read review
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Review of Canon EOS D30

Glide on over, to the M30

Advantages: cheaper end of the market, technically good, looks smart.
Disadvantages: dont get it wet!

... Foehn & Hirsch M30 glide MP5 player Yes yo are hearing me right! This, like a load of other players out their, claims to be some kind of weird and wonderful, new technology! I, for one, had never previously heard of MP5. Suddenly, they are all over the place. Ebay is full of the. But what are they? well the truth of the matter is that they are an MP3/MP4 player. Nothing new, or exciting. The claims are that an MP5 player can play file without the need for conversion. Forgive me if I am wrong, but have good MP4 players not been doing this for what seems like centuries? It seems to me, that this is nothing more than an advertising gimmick. Something primarily used to try and make the unbranded players look more competitive, in todays saturated media player market. So, before you think of buying any player, please ignore...

giksy21 07.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Foehn & Hirsch M30

Olympus E-30. Still not up there with the big boys?

Advantages: Fold out LCD screen, Image Stabilization, Zuiko lens quality, Picture quality, Flash options
Disadvantages: Noise in low light, Too many buttons, Badly laid out, Too many gimmicks

...The E-30 is Olympus's own stepping-stone between the so-called "prosumer" models (what an awful word) and the E-3 professional SLR, being loosely comparable with the likes of the Canon EOS 50D, the Nikon D90 and the Sony Alpha A-350. It shares a lot of the E-3's features and has even overtaken the E-3 in terms of resolution, offering 12mp compared with the E-3's 10. Unfortunately - or fortunately, depending on your opinion - some of its features are things that serious photographers don't really want on their cameras and definitely push the E-30 towards the hobby photographers rather than the professionals. The E-30 doesn't share the E-3's weatherproof casing, in fact it is built from a plastic/fibre-glass composite material, which helps to keep the weight down and, surprisingly to me, doesn't make it feel cheap. It does look...

rabidbadger 05.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Olympus E-30

13 going on 30 - a fairly predictable romcom

Advantages: Good cast, easy to watch
Disadvantages: Not very imaginative and the actors are underused

...WHAT IS IT: 13 Going on 30 is a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo. 13 year old Jenna Rink has a practical joke played on her by the most popular girl in school, Lucy 'Tom Tom' Wyman, which leads Jenna to wish that she was 'Thirty, Flirty and Thriving' - a headline on her favourite magazine, Poise. As she rocks back and forth in her closet she bumps the shelf upon which is the 'dream house' her friend Matty has made for her birthday. The magical wishing dust Matty sprinkled on the dream house falls on Jenna and she wakes up to find herself 30 years old, an editor for Poise with a beautiful apartment and a very attractive if somewhat dim trophy boyfriend. As she tries to work out how she got to this point, she comes to realise that she is not the person she would like to be; she has become estranged from her parents...

jesperado77 02.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of 13 Going On 30 (DVD)