Review of the Roberts Gemini RD3

Advantages: Stylish, Excellent Music Sound Quality
Disadvantages: Curious Distortion on Speech, Loud Hum from Mains Adapter, No Clock

...I bought Roberts Gemini RD3 (my first DAB Digital Radio) to add to the growing collection of Roberts Radios in my house. I generally ADORE Roberts Radios - their sound quality, build quality, features and reliability have always really impressed me. However, I have to say the Roberts Gemini RD3 was a bit of a disappointment. Its main good points are the typical Roberts Build Quality & Looks, and its EXCELLENT sound quality when it comes to playing pop music; it has no problem belting out the bass! However, I found a number of quirks with the radio which have left me rather indifferent towards it. Maybe I'm too fussy, but my main gripes..... * There is a curious distortion (like a harsh gravelly tone) when listening to mens voices on the DAB Tuner - a real pain when listening to Radio 4 and other speech-based stations...

TonyOg 21.04.2004 · Read review
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Roberts Gemini 3 Portable DAB/FM Radio

Advantages: Excellent reception, audio quality
Disadvantages: Expensive

...but I was put -off by a lack of external aerial socket and the RDS/Radiotext on FM that the Portal 2 had. In the end, and with the prospect of some birthday money I decided to buy the Roberts Gemini 3 radio. The Roberts Gemini 3 Well after parting with just short of £140 at Argos it was back home to give my new radio a go and put it through its paces. I unboxed the radio and found a standard figure of 8 mains lead and a well written book of instructions. The radio itself unlike the many retro look models around looks a nice modern styling with a sloped control panel and display. The display is backlit green and is continuous on the mains but lit for a short time after a button press on batteries. I extended the telescopic aerial and pressed the autotune button, not the radio did a thorough scan of the DAB band 3 radio band, finding...

sralph 25.04.2004 · Read review
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Mizar Wars: Return Of Jet Force Gemini

Advantages: Challenging, plenty to explore and shoot
Disadvantages: Frame-rate not steady, silly story, cannot skip ship sequences

...*A review which is primarily based on the single-player experience of the third-person action-adventure game, Jet Force Gemini.* Jet Force Gemini sees you taking on the evil tyrant of Mizar in a battle across the universe, and although the story, aimed at children (above the age of eleven - thanks ELSPA), can seem silly in places, the plot twists are simply stupid: [SPOILERS] When an asteroid is set on a collision course with Earth, an ancient starship is needed as the Jet Force ships won't be able to get there in time. However, not only do the Jet Force Team have to search for the ship parts, but they are also asked to save all of the Tribals - as if this doesn't take time (not the only thankless task which is a pain in the ass)! It's a farce as they would crash the starship on the Asteroid, yet still allow for players to travel to...

scream4bruce 03.08.2009 · Read review
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Roberts RD3

Advantages: DAB and FM
Disadvantages: No external antenna connection.. no clock

...This was my first and only venture into DAB, I bought this radio when DAB was first unleashed on the unsuspecting public, and I bought Roberts purely on reputation alone. Not long after delivery the volume control started acting up, you know the type, where you have to keep taping the knob to hear anything. Well this continiued for months, just before the gauruntee expired I sent it back to Roberts and explained the problem. The technician only had to turn it on and he would have heard the problem... so I thought. It was returned a couple of weeks later with a note, " no problem found"...I an still perseveering with this radio and it looks like I will have to take it to an independant repairer. I will never buy another Roberts radio, and I would advise any potential buyers to look elsewhere.. I am very dissapointed with thier...

laydo 28.01.2008 · Read review
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A romantic whodunnit from Nora Roberts

Advantages: An absorbing read
Disadvantages: A little predictable

... ANGELS FALL NORA ROBERTS In this book - "Angels Fall" - Nora Roberts mixes mystery and romance. This book, published in 2006, contains three main subplots in the story -- a murder mystery, Reece's romance with Brody, and Reece's struggle to gain back normality. Ms Roberts manages to incorporate the three aspects together resulting into and novel. The story starts with the heroine, cook Reece Gilmore, as her car has broken down in Angel's Fist, Wyoming. Reece decides decides to stay in the little town for a day - but that day turns into months as she takes a a job as a cook in the local diner, rents the apartment upstairs and settles into town life at Angel's Fist. It is then, through dreams and flashbacks from Reece, that e learn that she hasbeen the victim of a viscious and brutal crime in...

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Robert Ludlum's Moving Tale of Betrayal...

Advantages: Fabulous book, one of Ludlum's best..
Disadvantages: None at all..

...The Tristan Betrayal Author: Robert Ludlum Pages: 521 About the author and the book ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert Ludlum is the author of 23 novels published in 32 languages and 40 countries, and, at one time was the world's best selling author. His novels are a blend of sophisticated plotting and extreme pace.There are more than 210 million copies of his books in print. He is best known for 'The Scarletti Inheritance', The Chancellor manuscript , Osterman Weekend and the Jason Bourne series - 'The Bourne identity, The Bourne Supremacy and 'The Bourne ultimatum' among others. His plots are intricate with twists upon twists, managing to mesmerize the readers. He is an expert at writing Political Thrillers.The Tristan Betrayal is a classic Political Thriller set in the 1940's in Paris , Moscow both reeling under Hitler...

kiran8 15.03.2009 · Read review
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Listen - No Snap, Crackle, and Pop!

Advantages: Superb Sound Quality from a portable radio
Disadvantages: Bit pricey

...Digital Radio - why on earth would you want one of those when Digital radios seem to cost a minimum of £99 and you can hear the radio perfectly on a £5 model from the market? Well, that was my view and as I didn't listen that much to the radio, I had no intention of buying a radio with Digital Audio Broadcasting (to be referred to in this op as DAB) technology. But then I entered a competition on Virgin Radio - well all I did was submit my details on the Virgin Radio website - they were giving away a Digital Radio every hour of every day for a couple of weeks. I thought nothing more of it, until suddenly I received a large box in the post, opened it up, and found I was now the owner of a Roberts Gemini 3 Digital Radio. Looks Well to be honest, it looks very much like any other radio - in fact in comparison to other digital...

northern_lights 09.02.2004 · Read review
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Review of Gemini XL300 Turntables - Bedroom Djs!

Advantages: Great For Beginners & Very Durable
Disadvantages: Not For Advanced DJs

...# Slider style pitch control of +/- 10% # Soft touch start/stop controls # S-shaped tone arm with height adjustment # Strobe illuminator # Removable dust cover & head shell # Weight: 20 Lbs. # Direct Drive # Motor: DC Motor # W x H x D (mm) / Weight: 450 x 146 x 352 / 7 kg # Extra: Dust cover and 45 rpm continental single adaptor supplied # Cartridge supplied? Yes - model CN-25, suitable for mixing # Speeds: 33/45 RPM # Anti-Skate Feature # Power Supply: 115V 60Hz/230V 50Hz # Power Consumption: 24 Watts # Wow and Flutter: Less than 0.20% WRMS # Gemini Slip mats N/B: In the product information it states these are belt driven! They are not! They are direct drive. Gemini's affordable direct drive turntable is one of the most competitive turntables in it's class, sold alongside the Citronic PD-1, the Gemini XL300 is...

evilalarm 19.02.2005 (17.06.2005) · Read review
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Robert Post

Advantages: good tunes and really catchy
Disadvantages: only one really outstanding track

...This is a self-titled album by singer songwriter Robert Post. He comes from a small village in Norway called Langevaag and he got together with two friends, Tor and Alf, and set about to record an album. Tor does the drums and Alf plays bass for Post. Mike Hedges is the producer of the album, who has produced work for many different artists such as the Manic Street Preachers or Travis. This album looks like it could be set to be big in due time. Again, I first heard some of his music through a friend, when he downloaded one of the songs though iTunes. Once I?d heard this song, I wanted to hear more as it was so upbeat and yet seemed to be different to general pop music that you would hear on the radio. I listened to the album with enthusiasm waiting for more wonderfully crafted songs that really make you want to sing along. I...

lc15 20.06.2007 · Read review
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Robert Swindells: Stone Cold

Advantages: Giving a better understanding of homeless people and their situations
Disadvantages: Dual-Narrative-often confusing, lack of direction.

...The book, Stone Cold, written by Robert Swindells, evolves around a teenage boy nicknamed Link, who is having an extremely difficult time dealing with family life, due to his mothers relationship with her rude, arrogant boyfriend Vince. The book follows the 16 year old throughout his journey, showing both the advantages and disadvantages of freedom. It is clear from the start of the book that Link feels uncomfortable in his home. He does not appear to have a close bond with his mother, although, it seemed that Link had a good relationship with his sister, Karen. Her boyfriend, on the other hand, stood in the way of their relationship and they therefore grew apart. The short introduction at the beginning of the book gives a good impression as to what his life is like. One quote from the first page which is extremely touching is as...

xjayneyx 01.06.2007 · Read review
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