The Astronomical Clock

Advantages: Display is free to watch, the clock tower itself is beautifully designed
Disadvantages: The display is not as impressive as I thought it would be

...The Astronomical Clock is located in the middle of the Old Town Centre and is actually mounted on the southern wall of the Old Town Hall. The Clock is one of the most popular attractions in Prague and hundreds of tourists gather at the base of the clock just before the hour to see the clock chime. The astronomical dial on the clock represents the position of the Sun and Moon in the sky and also displays other various astronomical details. The mechanical clock and the astronomical dial are the oldest parts of the clock tower and date back to 1410. There are three main faces to the clock, these being the astronomical dial, the stationary background and the Zodiacal ring. I visited this attraction at around midday and we got to the clock at around a quarter to the hour. At this time there were not too many people around, although...

Jamie73 25.01.2008 · Read review
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Bose SoundDock Digital Music System Review

Advantages: Superb Sound, Very Loud, Ideal for Ipods
Disadvantages: not go to travel with, Extremely Expensive

...Bose SoundDock Digital Music System I happened to get this as a gift and it turned out to be quiet interesting Summary: This dock is used mainly for ipod and allows you to connet mp3 players to it and listen to high quality music via speakers. It is idle for homes and small gatherings, although I would not run a party off these. Pros: This system has terrific sound and can go very load despite its relative small size. As with almost all Bose speakers the quality is amazing, so long as the source you are playing it from is high quality it will allow the speakers to each its potential. I have a surround sound Bose set up in one of my rooms but now prefer to use this product as it is very simple to operate. Just plug the mp3 player in and press play and your set. Can't get much simpler. It also runs off a wall...

plunt 05.04.2008 · Read review
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Clock Patience

Advantages: Passes the time
Disadvantages: Tries your patience

...O.K. so you're sat at home waiting for that momentous occasion to arrive and you've still got an hour to kill and you're bored out of your skull. Well grab a pack of cards, clear the table and have a game of Clock Patience. Why Clock Patience? Well everybody plays Solitaire so be different. Er! You don't know how to play. O.K. Listen up. Shuffle the pack and start to lay the cards face down on the table as a clock face. Start at one o'clock and work your way round to twelve o'clock and the thirteenth card goes in the middle. Do that again until you've used up all the cards. What you've still got two left. Didn't take the jokers out did we? To play. Select one of the cards in the middle and turn it over. Whatever number it is it goes in the clock at that time. So you turned up a six so it goes under the four...

jimbuck 21.12.2000 · Read review
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Great sunrise clock

Advantages: Features sunrise and sunset settings.
Disadvantages: High price, have to dim light until its off.

...The benefits of this alarm clock I personally believe will vary from person to person. It basically is an alarm clock doubled up with a bedside lamp. The main feature of this device is it will switch its lamp on 30 mins before the alarm goes off and slowly glow to full brightness. The idea being that it simulates a sun-rise which in theory is supposed to encourage your brain to release chemicals associated with waking up. The benefits of this function will be most useful to people suffering S.A.D symtoms and individuals working shifts. I personally bought this product because I do shifts and i must admit it has helped, in particular with dark winter mornings, it helps bring you to a more alert state as it casts a nice bright light into your room. A second feature is the same as above but in reverse, the device will create...

adypunk 28.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Lumie Bodyclock Classic Sunrise Alarm Clock

The Start of The Digital Era...

Advantages: Great Value, Good Features, Fantastic Quality Sound
Disadvantages: Silly Placement of the Mains Plug At The Back

...I have always been a fan of the radio and although I have quite specific music tastes, I enjoy having the variety and general natter of a radio on in the background, especially to reduce boredom or to make a place seem a little more alive when your home alone. The Pure One Digital DAB Radio is the first and only DAB radio I have owned, you?ve got to move with the times right? I had been thinking about purchasing one for a while after hearing good things about this little radio and have now been enjoying it for about 6 months. The Pure One comes in a choice of 3 colours; black, pink and white. I would have loved to have brought the pink one as it?s a cute pastel colour, but opted for the funky and modern white, mainly due to the fact I was planning on using the radio in my office and most of my colleagues already think I?m a bit OTT...

chugglebunny 04.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital ONE Classic

Have patience with clock patience

Advantages: Looks good
Disadvantages: not very interesting

...Clock Patience is not the best of games of patience. In fact it is just a game of chance. It takes up a lot of table or floor space and not a lot of brain power. I am sure it is a valid game to play occasionally. The rules of the game are very simple. First you make 13 piles of 4 cards each face down. The cards are placed in a circle with each pile on a poition of the numbers on a clock. The thirteenth pile is placed in the centre of the 'clock'. When the cards are all in place pick a card from the pile in the center. when you have looked at the number on it you place it in the apropriate place on the clock and remove a card from that pile. As with the previous card you put it in the apropriate place on the circle. Each place around the clock face will keep 4 cards. The idea is to be left with a pile of 4 cards...

mjbarkley 14.06.2001 · Read review
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A brilliant way to display your digital snaps.

Advantages: Crisp excellent colour. Brilliant way to show off your snaps. A great feature
Disadvantages: No battery facility.

...also an option on how you wish to display the images. They can either be static and manually moved between through the buttons on the frame or using the remote control. I prefer to use the slideshow feature which allows all of my photos to rotate every few seconds. Some people find this distracting and I guess it is down to personal taste. I like to see all of my pictures with minimum fuss so the slideshow works well for me. You can also choose to have a clock and calendar feature as part of the frame. You may choose to have a split screen with the photo and the time, or have the clock appear instead of a photograph as part of the slideshow. The opportunities are endless! In conclusion The frame fulfils its needs. It is a high quality digital photo frame that displays photos to a high standard. It is also a brilliant addition to your...

atlantis140 09.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony DPF-D70 - Digital photo frame - flash 256 MB - 7" - 800 x 480

Canon IXUS 95 IS: The best amateur digital camera on the market

Advantages: Very high quality pictures for both print and web work.
Disadvantages: The bundled software that comes with it has a very Fisherprice feel about it.

...After reading many reviews on Amazon and amateur camera sites about the different types of hobbyist level digital cameras, I decided to buy one of these. The camera itself has a metal casing and so has a sleek feel and look to it. It's very light weight and compact making it very easy to carry around in a handbag or while, (and most importantly) taking pictures! I found that it took only 5 - 10 minutes to get the camera working from out of the box. It was so simple, I didn't take that much notice of the manual. When starting up the camera, it isn't slow like they digital cameras of yesteryear. Its ability to capture anything in an instant is one of it's many advantages. The photos it and you produce are very high quality, as I found out the other day when I had some printed off at home. The only downside is the bundled software...

loopz27 12.10.2009 · Read review
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Here Beginneth My Digital Radio Revolution

Advantages: Small-form and easy operation
Disadvantages: Mains only unless you purchase the expensive battery pack

...after something inexpensive, portable and simple which is when my eye fell on the Pure One mini. the Pure One mini is available in glossy black, white or pink. I went with the glossy white version. The Pure One mini is only 6 inches by 6 inches and 2.5 inches deep and without the battery pack is less than 1kg in weight. It has a digital display that can display text on 2 rows on the front at the top with a single 3 inch speaker beneath covering about two-thirds of the front. The speaker is described as full range which means it plays treble, mid-range and bass sounds. On the left of the display you have the PURE branding. On the right of the display it shows you the model name 'one mini'. The digital displays the volume, signal strength, station, a clock and scrolling text. ~~~ OPERATION & FEATURES ~~~ You get...

jupiter28 07.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital ONE MINI

Essexgirl Does Digital

Advantages: Comparative value for money, easy to use
Disadvantages: Heavy, not as attractive as other models, no alarm function

.... Other buttons reveal the program type (pop music, rock music, varied speech) and is handy for stations you are initially unfamiliar with. You can also get the time and date, although the time (received from the digital transmitter, so you know which clocks in the house are now wrong) is permanently displayed anyway. You can also get an accurate signal quality guide out of one hundred. For example 85 or above is good. WHAT IS THE RECEPTION LIKE? Straight away I was listening to stations with a signal quality of 97 or above and was thrilled to bits. I can get BBC Essex and most of the London stations but for some reason not Essex FM, even though I live in Essex. I have found the reception sporadic at times, and I cannot see a reason why this is. I can be listening at 95 or above and then it just disappears for no reason...

Essexgirl2006 17.09.2006 · Read review
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