Samsung SyncMaster 245B

Advantages: Superb vivid colours and quality and great value
Disadvantages: None

...Previously had an LG 19" Widescreen TFT and decided to upgrade to a Samsung SyncMaster 245B. Its native resolution of 1920x1200 is fantastic and the colours are so vivid. Playing gamers on it has never been so much fun, you can see so much and the screen is nice to look at. Its not as expensive as the Dell widescreens and in my opinion the screen is just as good, came packed with all necessary cables and 3 year standard manufacturer warranty. The TFT has a standard refresh rate of 60hz at max resolution but thats an average for a TFT and doesnt effect it really. If your looking for a gaming/media experience in the home and want a superb TFT to look at for visual quality this wont dissapoint you. Its great value for money and made by a reputable brand. Mine came in solid black polished finished and has a very modern look. Connections...

Gooders5 23.10.2007 · Read review
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PRS SE Custom - quality PRS guitar for the money conscious

Advantages: great value, versatility, good feel, beautiful instrument
Disadvantages: no singlecoil pickup - limits number of styles, no locking trem - if you need one look elsewhere

...In summary: a great sounding intermediate guitar, excellent bang-for-buck and a versatile range of tones. The name PRS is usually associated with professional quality, high end electric guitars in excess of £1000 or £2000, so to see a lower priced model you'd expect PRS to be cutting an awful lot of corners, resulting in a substandard instrument. However, with the SE Custom, this is not the case. The guitar is admittedly made with much cheaper materials than the higher up models but the trade off in sound is not as dramatic as you'd think. The guitar feels extremely solid yet surprisingly light. The neck is smooth and easy to slide across, while the tuning pegs are snug enough to hold your strings tuned. Even the strap pegs are well made and the strap never seems to fall off, which is the largest cause of guitar damage and has been...

mot393 02.03.2009 · Read review
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The fall of RI:SE

Advantages: Easy viewing in the morning, sometimes amusing, keeps me up to date with popular culture
Disadvantages: Unprofessional, B list guests, Kate Lawler!

...This review is something of an obituary. After struggling on in various formats for a couple of years now, RI:SE is facing the axe, and will be disappearing from our screens in a few weeks? time. Originally designed to replace the Big Breakfast in Channel 4?s 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. slot, RI:SE was a funkier, younger rival to GMTV and BBC Breakfast News. Its original ?newsdesk? style format, anchored by presenters Mark Durden-Smith and Edith Bowman, quite appealed to me, as did the news bulletins featuring the top 5 headlines for the morning. However, the format failed to capture the attention of the great British public, and the originally quite impressive array of presenters started leaving the show like rats deserting the proverbial sinking ship. RI:SE then disappeared from our screens for a while over Christmas 2002, to reappear in...

Pumpkin 09.12.2003 · Read review
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siemens se25m276gb

Advantages: Quite, fast and efficient dishwasher, freestanding
Disadvantages: Slightly high priced

.... This is an important feature as Dishwasher's that do not have this feature will leak Water in the Kitchen Area. The disadvantage or weakness in this product is that it has a plastic holder for extra items on the top layer. The plastic looks a bit weak or not very durable. I paid three hundred and fifty Pounds from John Lewis and it came with a two year guarantee. Please note that I am reviewing the se25m276gb model....

costas1234 24.12.2007 (31.05.2009) · Read review
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DIl se- An intriguing love story

Advantages: Mani Ratnam's story and direction.Performances,Music.Fantastic visuals
Disadvantages: Ending could have been better

...When you read Mani ratnam?s name as the director, you know you are in for a quality cinema. Dil se is no exception. Starring Shahrukh Khan(in his first non SRK-ish avatar),Manisha Koirala and Preity Zinta, the film is about relations between a radio presenter and a suicide bomber. Mani ratnam has two very distinct qualities: One, to extract fine performances from the actors,making them portray the characters by detaching themselves from their stardom. Two, he tackles social issues with utmost sensibility without giving it prime focus. With Dil se he succeeds in both! The film starts off with Amar meeting Meghna(Manisha) at a train station and the mysterios nature of the girl attracts him. They bump into each other a few times and also get to spend quite a bit of time with each other during a journey. Amar doesn?t know of her profession...

aadnan613 08.08.2009 · Read review
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Se7en Deadly Sins

Advantages: Great film, with good acting and nice criminal masterplan
Disadvantages: Possibly scary/gruesome

...I?m surprised I seem to be the first person to review the film Se7en (Seven) here on Ciao, and also that it?s classed as a ?horror?. Sure, the film features some pretty horrific stuff, but personally I?d have called it more of a crime thriller, albeit an 18-rated one with disturbing themes? The film came out in 1995 and was directed by David Fincher. It?s rated #55 in IMDB?s top 250 films (at time of writing ? 8.3/10 viewer rating) and features a number of star names: Morgan Freeman ? Detective Lt William Somerset Brad Pitt ? Detective David Mills Kevin Spacey ? John Doe Gwyneth Paltrow ? Tracy Mills The plot essentially concerns a series of homicides carried out according to the ?seven deadly sins? (bet those who?ve written about them in the Ciao café are scared now!) The case is taken by Detectives Somerset and Mills...

a-true-ben 13.07.2003 (14.07.2003) · Read review
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Dil Se is Straight From the Heart

Advantages: beautiful scenery and good music score
Disadvantages: too idealistic for my liking

...~*~ CAST/CREDITS ~*~ Starring Mr Charisma himself, Shah Rukh Khan, the beautiful Manisha Koirala, and Preity Zinta in a supporting role, Dil Se was released back in 1998 and was directed and screen-written by Mani Ratnam. It was produced by Shekhar Kapoor, Ram Gopal Varma and Mani Ratnam. The classification for Dil Se is a 12 (although personally I felt it should have been higher due to the violence factor) and it runs for about 160 minutes. The cinematography is by Santosh Sivan and the excellent choreography is by Farah Khan and Pappu Khanna. ~*~ PLOT TEASER ~*~ Amar (Khan) is a radio presenter, a happy go lucky guy who is liked by everybody. He is charming and friendly and always cheerful. He's travelling around India interviewing people for a show marking the 50th anniversary of India's independence, when he meets Meghna...

anonymili 07.12.2005 · Read review
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Creative Soundblaster Audigy SE

Advantages: Loads of featured software, price
Disadvantages: none

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coopsta133 07.01.2007 · Read review
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Sony Handycam DCR TRV245 - a good camcorder

Advantages: Looks modern, good for it's age, many features, good battery life
Disadvantages: Can now get much better for much less! A bit big in todays world

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joefireline 27.02.2008 · Read review
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The 9200SE, yet another Gem from Sapphire.

Advantages: Excellent mid-range card. Compatable with most recent games. Good overclocking capabilities
Disadvantages: None to speak of.

...Last January, after my aged Nvidia TNT2 card finally bit the dust I realized it was time to purchase a new graphics card for my own PC. I'd previously bought and tested out the Radeon 7000 from Sapphire on a different PC, due to the good results I acheived with that model, this card represented a natural progression. The 9200SE card is by no means a top of the range model, when I purchased it it cost 37 pounds. Upon receiving it promptly through the post I proceeded to install it in the usual manner: Inserting it into one of the Agp slots on the motherboard and fastening the card using the screws supplied. The motherboard I used it on was a cheap Syntax / PC Chips board equipped with a 4x AGP function. Just likes its lesser counterpart it possesses no manual. The software supplied was identical to that which came with the 7000...

Credance100 20.10.2004 · Read review
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