Advantages: integrated digital decoder (freeview)
Disadvantages: expensive

...When my husband - a very loyal sony fan - decided to spend £900 on a Sony KD32DX150U TV….i was not very happy. However, we have had it for a month now and I can honestly notice the quality and wouldn’t swap it for anything else ! It has Sony's unique Digital Reality Creation (DRC-MF) technology, providing a crystal clear picture at 100Hz. This sony model is a Integrated Digital Television, iDTV. This means you get the clarity of digital TV and the superb quality of Dolby Digital Surround Sound for the ultimate entertainment package. We have seen a couple of DVDs on our new TV, and the viewing met all my expectations and more. The 32 inch Trinitron WEGA flat-widescreen is very impressive. The whole TV, the surround and stand, look very smart and really do fit in our minimalistic lounge. We bought the stand that goes with it. As putting... Read review

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Advantages: Ought to gain promotion this season...
Disadvantages: ...from League 2

.... Hartlepool 0 - 1 Swindon Swindon 2 - 1 Barnet Swindon 1 - 0 Rochdale Above are their first 3 results...hardly awe-inspiring victories, but that is irrelevant at the moment, as Swindon need to churn out as many points as possible to guarantee a return to a higher flight of English football. An oddity here...in their first game, new Slovakian goalkeeper Petr Brezovan, who replaced last season's Fan's Player of the Year Rhys Evans, managed to save two Hartlepool penalties, and yet, during Swindon's 1-0 victory over Rochlade, they themselves missed two penalties...thankfully they didn't lose though! Here's the current squad for this season: 1 GK Petr Brezovan 2 DF Jack Smith 3 DF Jamie Vincent 5 DF Jerel Ifil 6 DF Adrian Williams 7 MF Gareth Whalley 8 MF Aaron Brown 9 FW Christian Roberts 10 FW Lee Peacock 11 MF Andy Monkhouse 12 FW Ricky... Read review

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Advantages: Freeware
Disadvantages: I don't know

...Currently I am using Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition as my personal computer operating system (OS). As Microsoft’s tradition, their OS is always packaged or shipped with a web browser application – Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) – and this time IE7 comes with this OS. I have learned that IE7 is much better and faster than IE6. I would say Microsoft has made big changes to their new browser! Its appearance and features- especially its ‘Tab Feature’ – is similar to Mozilla Firefox (MF). Which browser is better? Here I am going to tell you based on what I have observed and learned based on an end user perspective and not technical. FAST, FASTER & THE FASTEST Browsing is one of our common activities while being connected to Internet. We need speed. We are seldom satisfied with what we have had or gained, and no exception... Read review

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Advantages: Most landings are completed safely
Disadvantages: almost everything else

...Legend has it that when an aircraft becomes too sick or too old to manage on it's own, the other aircraft in the herd sense its distress. At an appointed hour they accompany it on a very long journey to the hidden aircraft burial grounds somewhere deep in the jungle. That hidden aircraft burial ground is called: Kinshasa Airport. The Kinshasa airport sits on the outside of Kinshasa, about a 1/2 hour drive from the city center. It has been a very, very long time since I have seen an operational DC-8 aircraft. But, sitting on the tarmac surrounding the terminal I saw one...along with many other aging aging 727's, DC 9's, and lots of older Russian aircraft ... many of which are still flying in and out of the interior cities of the DRC. Some, however, seem to be loosing parts as they sit on the tarmac. Upon arrival at Kinshasa... Read review

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Advantages: High refresh rates, it's not to bad for a 15" shadow mask monitor
Disadvantages: it's not a great 15" shadow mask monitor, 15" monitors aren't that great anyway.

...The MF-8515G doesn’t do the name iiyama justice. The monitor has poor power regulation, which means the picture resizes when the screen moves from large amounts of white to large amounts of black on the screen. The contrast is also quiet poor, though bear in mind I am writing this on the iiyama Vision Master pro 410 (Also known as the a702-ht for no apparent reason) which is the finest monitor known to man as far as I’m concerned, so anything else looks poor! In it’s favour it does have a good OSD by iiyama standards, though it’s still the area iiyama constantly loose out in, and it has good refresh rates for a 15” monitor. All the same, have a look around before buying this.... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, Easy to use, Many features and Good Quality.
Disadvantages: Supplied Earphones are basic.

...The LG MF-PD360 is perfect for someone who doesn't want to spend a small fortune but still wants to listen to quality music, with all the features that an 'above standard' MP3 player has. Its not only the MP3 player that strikes me as stylish and suprisingly good value but its accesories aswell. For example, a external LCD remote, so you don't have to reach into you're pocket every five minutes. A small draw-string bag to keep all the dust and dirt from ruining it. A rechargeable battery + charger so there's no longer any need to buy batteries. But just incase there is a clip-on battery extention for one battery. With a USB connection for speedy file transfer its an allround bargain. Buy it you won't be dissapointed. Brand new I have found this in virgin for £144.... Read review

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Advantages: see above
Disadvantages: see above

...This thirty seventrack compilation was mixed by Tall Pall and is very good indeed. It includes popular artists like Fatboy Slim, Santos, public domain and darude. With many popular songs, for example Touch me, Phatt Bass and Storm Animal. If i was you i would go out and buy this album now. Even though it's getting a bit old it's still vey good. It is perental advisory so some children may not be able to buy it but the lyrics are not bad (Fatboy slim-star 69 and Rhythmikillaz-Whack ass m.f.)... Read review

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Advantages: I Get Them For Free
Disadvantages: Low Storage, Easily Lost

...-- Preamble or Introduction if you want to call it that -- For those of you old enough to remember the early days of presonal computing. You will remember farting about with 5.25 inch disks which got crumpled and were notoriously unreliable. I first used them on a BBC micro way back in 1985, when I sold out and did a YTS (Youth Training (exploitation) Scheme). When i Bought an Amiga 600 it came with 3.5 inch floppy disk drive inbuilt, and the results were revolutionary to me anyway. To call them floppy was a bit of a misrepresentation as they were not floppy at all, this had the advantage that they did not crumple and if looked after properly they would not crumple like the old ones. -- What I Use Them For -- I have used Maxell MF2HD's for most of my proffessional life as an engineer and never had many problems with them. I use the ten... Read review

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Advantages: Looking forward to 2002!
Disadvantages: Looking back at Euro 2000!

...enough to get up and down the pitch for 90 minutes so they can defend and also help attack, this is where we lack the players. Midfielders need to learn to keep the ball, we just don't manage to get enough possession and until we do we will struggle. Keegan (if he keeps the job) needs to stop picking so called 'ball winners' like Ince who win the ball OK and then give it away, or shoot from 30yards and miss all the time. Up front it's time to make way for new blood, as Shearer wants to retire from International football - Owen is OK and maybe Heskey should have his chance now. Overall my squad to take us to the World Cup 2002 would be Richard Wright (GK) Sol Campbell (CB) Ugo Ehiogu (CB) Tony Adams (CB) Graeme Le Saux (LWB) Ian Taylor (MF)Paul Scholes (MF) David Beckham (MF) Gary Neville (RWB) Michael Owen (CF) Emile Heskey (CF)... Read review

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Advantages: Martin O`Niell
Disadvantages: Losing O`Niell

...spot after just two seasons in charge. We saw how Sven fell away when his new players didn't fancy the English winter and everything O'Neill does seems to be part of his master plan. -The Squad- 1 GK Thomas Sørensen 3 DF Wilfred Bouma 5 DF Martin Laursen 6 MF Gareth Barry (captain) 7 MF Ashley Young 9 FW Marlon Harewood 10 FW John Carew 11 FW Gabriel Agbonlahor 13 GK Stuart Taylor 14 FW Nathan Delfouneso 15 DF Curtis Davies 16 DF Zat Knight 17 MF Moustapha Salifou 18 MF Wayne Routledge 19 MF Stiliyan Petrov 20 MF Nigel Reo-Coker (vice-captain) 22 GK Scott Carson (on loan from Liverpool F.C.) 26 MF Craig Gardner 27 MF Isaiah Osbourne 28 FW Shaun Maloney 29 DF Stephen O'Halloran 33 MF Zoltan Stieber With all Learners billions the Villa squad is one of the smallest at the big clubs. There's a bucket load of young talent... Read review

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