Oregon Scientific DP-200

Advantages: Motion sensor, Radio controlled, Bright projection
Disadvantages: Cost £85 - £100, Radio signal dependant on weather

...I have been using a previous Oregon Scientific projection clock for the past couple of years, and I have been very pleased with it. I decided to get this model because one of the main points is that the projection is strong enough to be seen in daylight. Even on a really bright day, it is still possible to see the time on the ceiling or wall, unlike previous models. As with previous models, it has the radio controlled time feature, meaning that it is always up to date, and requires no manual changes. Although it is possible to turn the radio signal receiver off, and do it manually. This may have to be done if you are using it in an area of weak or no signal. With this clock, it has a switch so that it can be taken anywhere in Europe, and it should continue to work. The clock also came with an outdoor temperature sensor which...

bindie 29.07.2008 · Read review
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Oregon Scientific DS9300 - Get what you pay for

Advantages: Price, Extras
Disadvantages: Performance, Robustness

...My Experience? I've had the Oregon Scientific digital camera for around 2 years now, and overall I have been disappointed. However I have a little relief in the fact that I paid very little for it through a TV bidding channel, Bid-up TV, I recall that it was about £100 along with an array of free image editing and gallery software. Ever since I received the camera it has gone down hill consistently. I know others have had good experiences with this camera, so it would appear to be on an individual basis, but do take heed. Also as other owners have reported the camera will often freeze on random occasions. To resolve, remove the batteries and replace them, this usually makes the camera work again. Even the slightest little tap will crash the camera and it will turn off. Schematics? The camera has a very simple, conventional...

liam_coops 22.02.2006 · Read review
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Oregon, well worth a visit

Advantages: Cheap food and accommodation, friendly people and nice scenary
Disadvantages: Not very much history and widely spread out, so lots of travelling

...Oregon is a beautiful state on the West Coast of the US. I visited the state on my first visit to the country and was pleasantly surprised. The towns are spread out and spacious. The grid system makes them tourist friendly. Shopping is adequate; Portland is actually pretty good for shopping and has a Nike shop that is worth a visit. Moving out of the towns, the countryside is truly breath taking. Forests litter the landscape, particularly in the north of the state. The air is clean and fresh and driving around the countryside is a pleasure. Head north to see Mt St Helens, where the scars left by the last eruption can still be seen on the once magnificent trees. Snow sports are good at the resort near Mt St Helens and can be indulged in all year around. The lodge is particularly pleasant. For a different type of landscape, venture south...

fam6 15.05.2001 · Read review
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The Oregon Scientific mp3 player. orange. 128 MB

Advantages: Very Handy in size,self-charge ,compact, very discreet, and quite cool looking. simplicity at its finest.
Disadvantages: delicate, could be potentially easily broken without the right amount of care.

...This dinky piece of wonder has a very unique style from any other mp3 player or even gadget I've ever used in the past. It has distinctive features that you wouldn't normally see. Now, this mp3 player comes in a package which includes an installation driver to CD-ROM called MP100 Version 2.0. This CD-Rom enabled you to set up your mp3. it's quick , easy and only take a few seconds by windows wizard. Once you have installed your mp3 player, you will get Music Match Jukebox, which is the Oregons version of windows media player. It works in exactly the same way, and makes managing your music easy. All you have to do is download/use your own cd's and have them ripped to the Jukebox. Then you can ut them into play lists.(Hip/hop, R&B, Western, Pop, etc) or put them by artists name , both of which will be automatically done for you by...

TommyRooney1987 27.01.2007 · Read review
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The Beaver State

Advantages: Fantastic Scenery
Disadvantages: None

...Seeing as I have had the urge to write travel reviews lately, I thought I would share with you my experiences of yet another part of Western America, and that is Oregon. Oregon is a coastal state. Indeed it has about four hundred miles of coastline. On the map, it is the state immediately below Washington, and immediately above California. I took a trip here to have a holiday at the home of my American CEO, who I had worked with in the UK and Australia for six years. I flew into Portland from Sydney and via Los Angeles into Portland Airport. I always flew around the world when on business, as it worked out a lot cheaper, and so I was able to build a holiday into the schedule. My hubby flew out from the UK, and I think his flight cost about £550 from the UK return. We were staying in Portland for one week only, unfortunately...

helencbradshaw 16.05.2002 · Read review
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Don´t cali-fornicate

Advantages: the sea, the woods, the lakes, the deserts
Disadvantages: none

...Although you won´t find a specific sign on Interstate 5 heading north from San Francisco this is an explicit warning for all those "intruders" from below the southern border to leave Oregon the way it is: laid back and unspoilt… Medford, ORE., was my destination back in 1968 as an 18 year old who had just graduated from Austrian high school and had been awarded with a one-year scholarship from American Field Service to stay with a host family of four and visit the class of ´69 from MSHS. Host brother Greg, who was my age, picked me up after classes and we rode around this southern Oregon town, I had the first Tacos and Enchiladas of my life, only the root-beer was hard to go with after I was used to have the one or other lager from the tap since I turned sixteen… The Arts Club spent its traditional beach weekend...

herbb 10.06.2002 · Read review
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Halcyon Days & Hummingbirds.

Advantages: A trip back in time.
Disadvantages: Maybe too quiet for some.

..., of course, was one place I returned to time and again. But then I do love antiques. Sisters, a town in central Oregon, famed for ski-ing, up in the mountains, surrounded by beautiful trees, with shops that looked as if they had come straight from a western action movie. So called because of the three mountains on the horizon named Sisters. One mountain on its own called Black Bute, and very impressive. We stayed in a small motel where everything was so cheap and just perfect, overlooking fields full of deer and alpacca and of course the colourful hummingbirds.. Further down the coast is a huge mountain range just off the 101, called Mount Perpetual, You start to climb, and as you go round you go up, at the top is a flattened area fenced off where you can park and just gaze at the ocean, and all the other mountains much lower than you...

elinor.z 21.05.2005 · Read review
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Coasting along...

Advantages: Great coast scenery
Disadvantages: Roads may be busy for cyclists

...In the summer of 1999 I visited the west coast of America, after spending a week in California I went with my family on a cycle tour of the Oregon coastline. We flew into Portland airport, and cycled through the city. Although we didn't spend much time there, as we had to make it to a motel before dark, the city looked very pleasant, nice streets and buildings - A bit of character. We cycled along the main roads, as there were few smaller roads to choose from. Although there was a wide area for cyclists at the side of the road the traffic was a little fast in places. We found an out-of-town motel, reasonable quality and a good price - And ate a quick later dinner at a fast-food place. We cycled down through Oregon to Albany, another nice town, where we stayed with friends. The scenery until that point was pleasant, but not...

jamiemchale 12.03.2001 · Read review
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Alarmingly Good!

Advantages: Alarm gets me out of bed every morning
Disadvantages: Build quality and design don't look the best.

...Of all the things I expected when I upgraded my mobile phone, the need to buy a new alarm clock wasn't among them. Unfortunately, for all the things my new phone does bigger and better than the old one, the alarm on the Nokia was far better than the one on the Sony Ericsson. I'll never know whether I slept through the alarm or inadvertently turned it off when I was trying to set it, but within a few days of having changed my mobile phone, the new one failed to wake me up, which was something the alarm on the old one never did. I decided on the Oregon Scientific projection alarm clock largely because my flatmate had one and it looked pretty funky with the time displayed on the bedroom ceiling. I'm not normally one for fancy gadgets, but that did seem like a pretty cool feature. In addition, she sleeps quite deeply, as do I...

Soho_Black 19.11.2006 · Read review
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Lions no tigers but bears oh my

Advantages: Beautiful scenery
Disadvantages: earthquake and volcano hotspot

...I flew into Seattle, as this was the nearest direct route to Oregon. I travelled with BA from Heathrow at a cost of £488 return. On my arrival I was met by my pen-pal Julie and her friend Vivian. Check in went smmothly and I was through passport and immigration and had my bag within half an hour. We drove to Auburn a few miles away and checked in to a Comfort inn, where we staying overnight. This cost $34 per head with continental breakfast. After checking in we went a mile down the road to Muckleshoot Indian Casino. they offered an all you can eat buffet for $17, and it did mean all you can eat! There was a large selection of sea-food, meats, salads, fresh fruit, and gateaux and cheesecakes. Next we hit the casino. here you have to purchase cards which allow you to play the slots. I had given myself an allowance of $50 for the evening...

patti 06.06.2001 · Read review
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