Umax Astra 2000P

Advantages: good price
Disadvantages: persistent failure

...Hi I used to have a Umax Astra 2000P parallel-port flatbed scanner, but after the third one went wrong, I asked Umax's UK support provider to give me something else, because the darn thing would always go wrong when I most needed to copy a document or scan something. I don't know if this is the experience of other users, but the parallel port model was nothing but trouble from the start. The problem was always scanner connection. VSaccess used to suddenly and without warning say the scanner was undetectable and that was it. The last problem occurred during a scan - my machine hung whilst it was scanning happily, but following reboot the scanner was permanently undetectable. I now have a 2200 instead, which has worked fine (so far), but did need me to go and buy a scsi card....

markedwards 05.01.2001 · Read review
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Umax Astra 1220P

Advantages: Good resolution, good build quality, good drivers, price
Disadvantages: A little slow

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KarlRyan 06.08.2001 · Read review
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Yamada ( UMAX ) DVD-5320

Advantages: This DVD player plays absolutely everything that you put into it!
Disadvantages: The remote control is a little on the biggish side and if you use the scene selection the audio and video are not in sinc.

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buckets40 18.01.2004 · Read review
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Acquiring Immaculate Images

Advantages: Cheap, good image quality, excellent bundled software
Disadvantages: Short USB cable

...The only previous experience I’ve had with scanners was with my sisters aging Black Widow parallel port scanner which recently went to the great image processor in the sky. As such, she was looking for a new scanner, and at the same time, my dad mentioned his interest in one as well, for some charity work he was doing. As I was the one with the Internet connection, I told them that I would sort them out. After recent dealings with Scan.co.uk, I decided to give them a go – looking on their web site showed lots of scanners, but one caught my eye – the Umax 3400 USB. It had recently been awarded a PC Format Gold Award, and was in the right price range for both my father, and my sister (around the £55 mark). After clearing the price with them, I ordered two. After a shockingly short amount of time waiting (i.e. less...

TheDuke 16.07.2001 · Read review
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Review of UMAX Astra 3400

For positive - very good, for negative - very bad.

Advantages: Rather compact, excellent price, scanning positive image is very well
Disadvantages: Poor software, problems with USB, scanning of color negatives is bad

...and direct copying on the printer. Connection of the scanner and installation of the software have not call any difficulties. The scanner works with little noise level, the process of scanning is accompanied by small vibration. The power supply unit in operating time is appreciable heated up. When work with transparent originals on a plane table to put a special framework. The sizes of area of scanning in this mode allow to place rather large originals, for example slides by a size 9x12 sm. Unfortunately, the absence of special inserts hinders work with a 35-mm film. In a counterbalance to the software of performance of the hardware Umax Astra 3450 have appeared much better on a comparison with the 2200 model. The scanner shown the excellent output results and good productivity. It is necessary to mark a high exactitude colors and balance...

iharsh 06.11.2001 · Read review
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Review of UMAX Astra 3450

It's a scanner and it's got a flat bed...

Advantages: Good quality and a transparency adapter
Disadvantages: Poor handling of negatives

...The Umax Astra 3450 is a mid-range consumer flatbed scanner. Launched this year (2001) it is one of a range of products that includes both consumer and professional standard equipment. I have owned and used flatbed scanners for about 6 years. I only decided to replace my previous model because it had a SCSI interface and I don?t have a SCSI card in my new PC. Having used a scanner for some time I had a pretty clear idea of what features I wanted, in this case I decided to go for a USB interface (might as well use those empty ports on the PC) and 600 dpi optical resolution. I wasn?t too concerned about higher resolutions as experience had shown that past 150dpi there was little difference when it came to the final printed result. One additional feature I was interested in was a transparency adapter. This allows for the scanning...

pauljm 05.09.2001 (12.09.2001) · Read review
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scan this

Advantages: It scan's
Disadvantages: big and bulky,

...A while ago as part of my pc bundle I bought. I purchased a Umax Astra 5400 scanner. The first thing that struck me when it was delivered was the sheer size of it. I know most flat bed scanners are quite a good size but this one seemed quite a bit bigger measuring 16 ½ inches by 12 ¼ inches. This as you can imagine takes up a goodly proportion of my desk. It was light and dark grey in colour with four buttons on the front. One is to turn off the lamp for saving the power; one is for scanning straight to email, one for scanning to documents and the other is just to scan to file. When I started to assemble it and connect it to my pc. I found that the connector that connects the electricity supply was a little loose and when I choose to move my scanner a little it often falls out. It may not be that bigger deal to simply plug it back in...

kimking 29.09.2003 · Read review
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What a bargain!

Advantages: Plays Everything, Cheap
Disadvantages: Cheap looking remote

...The Umax/Yamada DVX 6100 is one of the early Divx players to hit the market here in the UK. The first was the KISS range of Divx player, the 6100 has one major advantage over the Kiss player, it’s price. At a shade under £80 this player represents excellent value for money. For a start it’s looks are more than adequate, the player is slim and has a smart silver finish. The remote looks cheap, but I use a universal remote so it wasn’t an issue for me. The player has an annoying animation of a spinning disc when playing a DVD which can be mildly distracting. But all in all it looks the part. The DVD playing back is excellent, I’ve never known this player to refuse a DVD or even pause midway through a film. I’ve heard reports that this player is region 0 (it will play any region) I have not verified...

scoopy2scoops 24.03.2004 (29.03.2004) · Read review
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Perfect First Camera for a Child

Advantages: Easy to use
Disadvantages: It's not David Bailey quality

...?What would you like for Christmas Amy?? I asked. ?A camera and a DVD player please.? She answered. Now, if you have children, you will know that as they get older, their requests get more expensive. We decided to trawl the internet looking for a good deal on a digital camera; after all, in the long run it will be cheaper. At the age of 8, probably only 2% of all the pictures she takes will be any good, so developing films would be quite expensive, and there was no way I was letting any 8 year old get their hands on my camera! After searching for a couple of hours, I discovered the Umax Astrapix. I was thrilled to bits to find this camera for £80 including delivery, but I have seen them on Ebuyer for £46.99, which is excellent value. --{{{First Impressions}}}-- When the camera arrived, we had a look at it. After all, I...

Testarossa 23.04.2004 · Read review
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Review of UMAX AstraPix 550

Actually got a Astra 2000U

Advantages: It scans
Disadvantages: Squeeks a bit

...The UMAX Astra 2000U, comes in a USB format for the easiest of setups. Software also came with the package with a nice bundle of Adobe applications for great picture editing. The scanner is of a good quality, desgined well. I wouldn't say it was fast at scanning, but since this is my first scanner, what do I have to compare??? It scans from simple text, to detailed photos. Also offers a preview text so you can see what your scanned image would look like. All round good scanner from UMAX, and great value for money. This thing helped me in my GCSEs a LOT!...

robertliu84 03.08.2000 · Read review
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