Buffalo LinkStation Live - Easy Network Storage

Advantages: Easy access to files, claim back computer hard drive space
Disadvantages: Not as fast as a USB2 or Firewire hard drive

...to wireless use, whereby if your NAS is attached to a wireless router, then the content can also be accessed wirelessly. Over the past week I have been testing the LinkStation Live from Buffalo Technologies. It is availble in sizes up to 1TB. This compact box contains a SATA hard drive and sports a nice front panel with informative status LED's up front. Around the back of the unit you plug in your power cable (the power supply is in the unit itself, so no external brick). The back also sports the 10/100/1000 Mbps ethernet socket, so it is nice to see that Gigabit speeds are supported. When viewing the back you can also see a vent, behind this hides a tiny fan for cooling purposes. In use, you can definitely hear the fan, but is is very quiet, so not intrusive at all. There is also a USB 2.0 port, which is great. It allows you to plug...

davomrmac 30.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Buffalo LinkStation Live HS-DH320GL

Buffalo Linkstation Pro Duo LS-W2.0TGL/R1

Advantages: Very fast, high capacity.
Disadvantages: Pricey, may be outlived by long-life Blu-ray discs.

...says "To replace drives, unscrew front feet and remove front panel". Luckily I know better than to go prodding capacitors. Once the Linkstation is powered up it's configuration time and this involves installing the NASNavigator2 package or using the web-interface. The Navigator package is probably the easier option unless you have the option of allocating a known IP address to the devices mac address somewhere in your router configuration. Still the navigator program is actually a joy to use and will let you configure a static IP for the device if necessary. It also displays the devices IP address, subnet mask, gateway, mac address and firmware version in its display panel; along with the devices raid status, used space and total capacity. This package will also show other linkstations on your network (we got 2 remember) which makes it...

cport80 16.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Buffalo LinkStation Pro Duo LS-W2.0TGL/R1

Wouldn't be without it

Advantages: Quiet, fast, small, easy to set up, easy to use
Disadvantages: Err.......

...I bought this unit as I have two desktop PCs and a laptop, my wife has a laptop, and our lodger has a laptop, and we need a central backup and sharing location The linkstation arrived on a rainy Saturday afternoon, which was perfect, as it gave me an excuse to set it up straight away. Having several PCs and laptops around (self employed IT consultant) I found myself in need of a suitable backup solution, which would also allow me to have a shared storage area, so I can use which ever pc is handiest for whatever job I am working on. In addition to this, we have an ever growing music collection, and it made sense to put it all together on one disk. My wife and I also share certain documents, so it would be handy to use for that also. Opening the box I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the linkstation is no bigger than...

smileandnod 27.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Buffalo LinkStation Live HS-DH500GL

Xbox live

Advantages: Online gaming, good value, networking
Disadvantages: Some lag, temptation to spend more money on extras

...Xbox Live is good value compared to some other online subscriptions e.g. World of Warcradt or Everquest as with these you pay everymonth just for one game, whereas with xbox live you only pay once to go online with pretty much all your games. You then get tempted, however, to pay for extra online contect such as extra levels, characters, backdrops for your xbox live dashboard, arcade games etc. etc. So it's never as cheap as it seems! The service on xbox live is good and it's rare to have connection issues so gameplat online tends to be smooth. Occasionally you may shoot at someone only to find they already moved- lag is rare but does happen and can be annoying. The range of games that can be played online is excellent, and isn't just shooting and fighting! Guitar hero plays online brilliantly with options for guitar battles...

Platti 30.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Official Xbox 360 - Xbox Live Gold Membership Card

Xbox Live - It's another world

Advantages: Superb experience
Disadvantages: Its not free

...Introduction Xbox live is the name of the Microsofts online service for the Xbox 360. This service gives you access to a vast array of content, some of it free, and some of it at a price. There are 2 types of membership available, namely Gold and Silver. Silver is a free membership which is available to all Xbox owners. Silver allows you access to most promotional video and feature content via the 360 dashboard but does not allow you to play games online. So what is so special then about Xbox live? The Playstation Network is free, the Wii gives free access to its limited catalogue of online games and seeing as the Silver Xbox Live is also free, why bother paying what seems like a high amount for the Gold membership. These were my own personal sentiments when I first bought my Xbox. Coming from the Wii, I was horrified...

craggybuk 11.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Official Xbox 360 - Xbox Live Gold Membership Card

Live and let Live.

Advantages: Online multiplayer, priviledges downloads
Disadvantages: Price a little daunting at first, additional hardware required, PS3 online is free

...What is Xbox Live: Xbox Live is the online service for players of the Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles. Xbox Live Silver is free to all users and gives some limited facilities. With a Silver account you can accumulate a reputation by achieving goals within games. These are own on your Gamercard and allow other users to see how experienced a gamer you are. With a Silver account, you can also download game demos, trailers, and event videos. Some games have the ability to upload performance based stats like lap times etc. to online leaderboards. Xbox Live Gold is a pay-for subscription, approx £35 to £40 pound a year. Gold gives you all the benefits of Silver, however you have access to marketplace items days, and sometimes weeks before the rest. The biggest benefit of purchasing a Gold subscription is that it opens up the full...

Danneey 11.03.2008 · Read review
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buffalo springfield debut

Advantages: some great songs, great lyrics
Disadvantages: neil young only sings a few tracks

...buffalo springfield is the debut album from the rock and roll hall of famers, featuring folk rock giants stephen stills and neil young. this album features an ecletic mix of 12 tracks including the famous 'for what its worth'. the rest of the songs are perhaps not as instantly recognisable but in general the quality of the songs is very good. there is a good mix between laid back folk-rock such as 'hot dusty roads', 'out of my mind' and 'do i have to come right out and say it' to the frenetic blues of 'leave' and everything in between. lyrically this album is very good as all the songs are either stills or young originals and the musicianship is very solid if not groundbreaking. stephen stills exerts the most influence on this album, taking lead vocals or lead guitar on the majority of tracks. Neil young only has a couple of songs...

gregcom 23.12.2008 · Read review
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Buffalo Billy Comes To Town

Advantages: Great acting, nice little storyline, interesting direction
Disadvantages: May be a little slow and "uneventful" for some viewers

...The Background About a month back I spotted an amazing deal on sendit.com, 5 DVDs for £15. You can't beat that, I thought, and proceeded to view the available titles in this promotion. Much to my surprise there were a few good ones up there, so I picked 3 that I had seen/wanted to see, and 2 "fillers" that I hadn't actually heard of before, "The Negotiator" and "Buffalo '66". Little did I know what a good find this last one would be. The Review Buffalo '66 is a film from 1998 which is directed by, acted in and score composed by, Vincent Gallo. It has received a nice 7.3/10 from www.imdb.com, one of the higher possible scores, and also stars Christina Ricci and Anjelica Huston, along with a small role for Mickey Rourke. The film starts with Billy Brown being released from prison after serving a five-year sentence...

SurveyMasterNico 05.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of Buffalo 66 (DVD)

Live Review

Advantages: Play with friends all around the world.
Disadvantages: Only lasts for 1 year.

...The live 12 month gold card enables the player to play online for a year. When i first received it i accessed it very quickly and was surprised to see how easily i was able to get online and play with millions of people all around the world. All i needed to do was enter the code and i could start playing. The benefits of going live is mainly playing against people all around the world and making new friends. But if you are a hardcore gamer, this is the perfect place to be as you get to challenge the best around the world and you even get ranked. What's more is that you can even download exclusive things only from the xbox live marketplace where you can't get from anywhere else. Overall: A must get for all xbox 360 owners. It completes the console and makes the xbxo 360 that much better....

silvercut 03.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Official Xbox 360 - Xbox Live Gold Membership Card

Xbox Live is all Gold!

Advantages: the best online community ever!
Disadvantages: the playstation 3 is free for online play

...On purchasing an xbox 360 console you are given a free months xbox live gold membership which can be used once for each xbox live account that is created. However this of course only lasts for a month and after that initial month I was hooked and since then have bought and year's membership and love to play online with my friends over xbox live all the time! What is Gold Membership?: When you create an xbox live account on your xbox 360 there are several different things you have to do. You at first have to input your email address and password in order to verify the account. You then get to choose a gamertag to have - this is your special unique gaming name that you will be recognised as while playing on xbox live - mine is magicman142. The final section on signing up is to choose the type of membership you want: - Silver...

shamis4 07.09.2008 · Read review
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