Comments for MiniReviewsAndDeals.com http://minireviewsanddeals.com News, Reviews on Deals on Mini Computers and Devices Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:48:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Halo 3 by Christopher Schiavone http://minireviewsanddeals.com/halo-3#comment-15673 Christopher Schiavone Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:48:02 +0000 http://minireviewsanddeals.com/halo-3#comment-15673 I expected more from this game. Yes, or course, the graphics are improved. Other than that, it's a bit of a let-down. Played it this morning for over an hour at a friend's house and have no real urge to go back to it. Rating: 2 / 5 I expected more from this game. Yes, or course, the graphics are improved. Other than that, it’s a bit of a let-down. Played it this morning for over an hour at a friend’s house and have no real urge to go back to it.
Rating: 2 / 5

]]> Comment on Pioneer AVH-P4200DVD In-Dash Double-DIN DVD Multimedia AV Receiver by A. Intriago http://minireviewsanddeals.com/pioneer-avh-p4200dvd-in-dash-double-din-dvd-multimedia-av-receiver#comment-15668 A. Intriago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:46:55 +0000 http://minireviewsanddeals.com/pioneer-avh-p4200dvd-in-dash-double-din-dvd-multimedia-av-receiver#comment-15668 Spent months researching for the right head unit for my car. Bought the Alpine IXA-404... what a mistake. Alpine has a good rep on its expensive units, this one was horrible, bad sound, not user friendly at all. NOW the Pioneer 4200 DVD is a great unit, it enhances the Radio & iPod sound... great processor. Artwork looks great... LOVE the EQ... DVD looks great as well. FYI this unit starts up immediately, unlike the old NAV units. Ordered the Bluetooth and I am sure it will work great. Rating: 5 / 5 Spent months researching for the right head unit for my car. Bought the Alpine IXA-404… what a mistake. Alpine has a good rep on its expensive units, this one was horrible, bad sound, not user friendly at all. NOW the Pioneer 4200 DVD is a great unit, it enhances the Radio & iPod sound… great processor. Artwork looks great… LOVE the EQ… DVD looks great as well. FYI this unit starts up immediately, unlike the old NAV units. Ordered the Bluetooth and I am sure it will work great.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on Halo 3 by fatal cry http://minireviewsanddeals.com/halo-3#comment-15672 fatal cry Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:03:05 +0000 http://minireviewsanddeals.com/halo-3#comment-15672 Well in the first place im not a big Halo fan, and second, i dont see why people would wait at a store all night just for this(about the stupidest thing ive heard of and seen). So I know people are gonna be mad...SO WHAT. this is just my opinion, if your a big halo fan then go buy it im not stopping you, but for all you people who wonder about buying this..dont! Save 60$ and pay off your bills. Ive played Halo 2 mutiplayer online(the big thing that makes halo good. i guess) and yeah after about 20-30 minuets i got bored as hell. Again this is just my opinion so dont get too upset..you'll hurt yourself so you cant play this game for today. And so i gave it 2 stars for all you halo fans out there. Rating: 2 / 5 Well in the first place im not a big Halo fan, and second, i dont see why people would wait at a store all night just for this(about the stupidest thing ive heard of and seen). So I know people are gonna be mad…SO WHAT. this is just my opinion, if your a big halo fan then go buy it im not stopping you, but for all you people who wonder about buying this..dont! Save 60$ and pay off your bills. Ive played Halo 2 mutiplayer online(the big thing that makes halo good. i guess) and yeah after about 20-30 minuets i got bored as hell. Again this is just my opinion so dont get too upset..you’ll hurt yourself so you cant play this game for today. And so i gave it 2 stars for all you halo fans out there.
Rating: 2 / 5

]]> Comment on Pioneer AVH-P4200DVD In-Dash Double-DIN DVD Multimedia AV Receiver by R. Ashe http://minireviewsanddeals.com/pioneer-avh-p4200dvd-in-dash-double-din-dvd-multimedia-av-receiver#comment-15667 R. Ashe Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:53:18 +0000 http://minireviewsanddeals.com/pioneer-avh-p4200dvd-in-dash-double-din-dvd-multimedia-av-receiver#comment-15667 Great looking HU, very easy to use, all controls are where you expect them, had it installed in my 2005 Ford Expedition in less than 30 minutes. The ONLY reason I gave it 4 stars was because of the following three reasons: <br /> <br />1) It only plays back DIVX. My only reason for buying this HU was to take all of my Music Video DVDs and throw them on a USB HD. The problem is this HU does not playback MKV, MP4, or even AVI. So basically it does not recognize any of the most popular formats in use today. Instead it will only play DIVX which means I had to get the DivX Plus converter. The end result was really lousy quality music videos which are nowhere near as clear as the original DVDs. <br /> <br />Ironically the much more expensive AVIC model line plays back a much wider variety of formats. The H.264 codec handles compression way better than DivX and I have no idea why they chose such a non mainstream format. <br /> <br />2) While playing back videos there is no way to easily fast forward. It does not have an option to say jump forward 15 or 20 seconds, you can touch the slider and pick a place in the video that way, but when you are in traffic that's a little difficult. <br /> <br />3) The HU will only play up to a certain resolution. I'm not sure yet what it is, but I do know it will not play 720p or 1080p even when using the DivX codec. So even if my source video is HD, it has to be downsampled to play on this HU. <br /> <br />Overall though this is a great unit, it is also very easy to bypass the built in screen lockout so you can watch movies while you are driving, its not quite as easy as simply grounding the ebrake cable but it as simple as using a relay. A quick Google Search will show you how, there's even a YouTube video on it. <br /> <br />Also, if you are planning on using a USB hard drive it has to be formatted as FAT32, or else the HU will not be able to read the hard drive. I used guiformat.exe to format it in Windows 7 since Windows 7 would only format the 1TB drive I bought as exFAT. Rating: 4 / 5 Great looking HU, very easy to use, all controls are where you expect them, had it installed in my 2005 Ford Expedition in less than 30 minutes. The ONLY reason I gave it 4 stars was because of the following three reasons:

1) It only plays back DIVX. My only reason for buying this HU was to take all of my Music Video DVDs and throw them on a USB HD. The problem is this HU does not playback MKV, MP4, or even AVI. So basically it does not recognize any of the most popular formats in use today. Instead it will only play DIVX which means I had to get the DivX Plus converter. The end result was really lousy quality music videos which are nowhere near as clear as the original DVDs.

Ironically the much more expensive AVIC model line plays back a much wider variety of formats. The H.264 codec handles compression way better than DivX and I have no idea why they chose such a non mainstream format.

2) While playing back videos there is no way to easily fast forward. It does not have an option to say jump forward 15 or 20 seconds, you can touch the slider and pick a place in the video that way, but when you are in traffic that’s a little difficult.

3) The HU will only play up to a certain resolution. I’m not sure yet what it is, but I do know it will not play 720p or 1080p even when using the DivX codec. So even if my source video is HD, it has to be downsampled to play on this HU.

Overall though this is a great unit, it is also very easy to bypass the built in screen lockout so you can watch movies while you are driving, its not quite as easy as simply grounding the ebrake cable but it as simple as using a relay. A quick Google Search will show you how, there’s even a YouTube video on it.

Also, if you are planning on using a USB hard drive it has to be formatted as FAT32, or else the HU will not be able to read the hard drive. I used guiformat.exe to format it in Windows 7 since Windows 7 would only format the 1TB drive I bought as exFAT.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on Halo 3 by R. C. http://minireviewsanddeals.com/halo-3#comment-15671 R. C. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:06:53 +0000 http://minireviewsanddeals.com/halo-3#comment-15671 ill first start off with my history with halo back in november 2001 i was first in line at the local walmart awaiting the xbox launch i froze my panties off that night only to get home with numb fingers to play halo and after 10 minutes i turned off my new xbox and felt cheated the game sucked. then some years latter halo 2 came out i decided ill give it another shot no waiting this time the game was available and i had my xbox which had seen little play other than for max payne and d&d heroes it was relatively unused and again 10 minutes and again i felt cheated the game once again sucked. now the 360 came along i got to camp indoors for its launch for my local walmart had become a supercenter and was open 24 hours so i waited warmly inside this time no halo it was call of duty 2 a much better game but far from great and now almost two years latter comes halo 3 and i refuse to waste my $ on this one there is no keyboard and mouse compatability the game just sux ill stick with real games like bioshock and rather than use the mediocre 360 ill play it on my pc where games look far superior. bioshock yay halo 3 nay Rating: 1 / 5 ill first start off with my history with halo back in november 2001 i was first in line at the local walmart awaiting the xbox launch i froze my panties off that night only to get home with numb fingers to play halo and after 10 minutes i turned off my new xbox and felt cheated the game sucked. then some years latter halo 2 came out i decided ill give it another shot no waiting this time the game was available and i had my xbox which had seen little play other than for max payne and d&d heroes it was relatively unused and again 10 minutes and again i felt cheated the game once again sucked. now the 360 came along i got to camp indoors for its launch for my local walmart had become a supercenter and was open 24 hours so i waited warmly inside this time no halo it was call of duty 2 a much better game but far from great and now almost two years latter comes halo 3 and i refuse to waste my $ on this one there is no keyboard and mouse compatability the game just sux ill stick with real games like bioshock and rather than use the mediocre 360 ill play it on my pc where games look far superior. bioshock yay halo 3 nay
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> Comment on Halo 3 by D. Naughton http://minireviewsanddeals.com/halo-3#comment-15670 D. Naughton Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:56:08 +0000 http://minireviewsanddeals.com/halo-3#comment-15670 I bought the first Halo and the second Halo. Now if I want the third Halo, I have to throw away the entire console and buy the 360 for $400+tax, then new controllers, etc. Thanks Microsoft for making the game exclusive for the 360 and cutting loose all the people who bought your products in the past. Rating: 1 / 5 I bought the first Halo and the second Halo. Now if I want the third Halo, I have to throw away the entire console and buy the 360 for $400+tax, then new controllers, etc. Thanks Microsoft for making the game exclusive for the 360 and cutting loose all the people who bought your products in the past.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> Comment on Pioneer AVH-P4200DVD In-Dash Double-DIN DVD Multimedia AV Receiver by Clarkie http://minireviewsanddeals.com/pioneer-avh-p4200dvd-in-dash-double-din-dvd-multimedia-av-receiver#comment-15666 Clarkie Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:35:55 +0000 http://minireviewsanddeals.com/pioneer-avh-p4200dvd-in-dash-double-din-dvd-multimedia-av-receiver#comment-15666 I have to give this a 3. <br /> <br />It would have been a 5, if the album art off my iphone isn't fuzzy, blurry or pixelated. That's not what's being shown in the product description. <br /> <br />What gives?? Rating: 3 / 5 I have to give this a 3.

It would have been a 5, if the album art off my iphone isn’t fuzzy, blurry or pixelated. That’s not what’s being shown in the product description.

What gives??
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> Comment on Halo 3 by James batch http://minireviewsanddeals.com/halo-3#comment-15669 James batch Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:30:28 +0000 http://minireviewsanddeals.com/halo-3#comment-15669 I didn't like anything about this game. Looks exactly like halo on old xbox. Nothing compared to the new games on 360. Rating: 1 / 5 I didn’t like anything about this game. Looks exactly like halo on old xbox. Nothing compared to the new games on 360.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> Comment on Pioneer AVH-P4200DVD In-Dash Double-DIN DVD Multimedia AV Receiver by AutoREM92 http://minireviewsanddeals.com/pioneer-avh-p4200dvd-in-dash-double-din-dvd-multimedia-av-receiver#comment-15665 AutoREM92 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:38:48 +0000 http://minireviewsanddeals.com/pioneer-avh-p4200dvd-in-dash-double-din-dvd-multimedia-av-receiver#comment-15665 When you pay this much for a pioneer product you expect it to work, and judging by all the 5 star reviews on amazon many people are more than satisfied with the unit they received. Thus, when the 4200 is operational it is most likely one of the best in dash units on the market. Take it for what its worth, but mine worked for approximately 3 days before the system completely failed; the touch screen stopped working, the motorized face plate ceased to move and the screen went dead. This is the second 1 star post on amazon for this product out of 16 reviews which for pioneer is completely unacceptable. Buy this at your own risk! I got the unit installed in my vehicle drove around and thought it was great for a few days and then it just stopped working to my amazement. I have no choice but to switch it out with amazon for a new one of the same model and if there is even the slightest detail wrong with the second one I receive I will never purchase a Pioneer product again as long as I live. Rating: 1 / 5 When you pay this much for a pioneer product you expect it to work, and judging by all the 5 star reviews on amazon many people are more than satisfied with the unit they received. Thus, when the 4200 is operational it is most likely one of the best in dash units on the market. Take it for what its worth, but mine worked for approximately 3 days before the system completely failed; the touch screen stopped working, the motorized face plate ceased to move and the screen went dead. This is the second 1 star post on amazon for this product out of 16 reviews which for pioneer is completely unacceptable. Buy this at your own risk! I got the unit installed in my vehicle drove around and thought it was great for a few days and then it just stopped working to my amazement. I have no choice but to switch it out with amazon for a new one of the same model and if there is even the slightest detail wrong with the second one I receive I will never purchase a Pioneer product again as long as I live.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> Comment on Durable Flexible Soft Silicone Skin Black + Clear Cases + Premium Reusable LCD Screen Protector for Blackberry 8300 8310 8320 Curve Smartphone by Wish You Were Here http://minireviewsanddeals.com/durable-flexible-soft-silicone-skin-black-clear-cases-premium-reusable-lcd-screen-protector-for-blackberry-8300-8310-8320-curve-smartphone#comment-15663 Wish You Were Here Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:25:43 +0000 http://minireviewsanddeals.com/durable-flexible-soft-silicone-skin-black-clear-cases-premium-reusable-lcd-screen-protector-for-blackberry-8300-8310-8320-curve-smartphone#comment-15663 These are "OK"... but in my opinion the leather case looks nicer and protects better. But they do feel cool. Rating: 3 / 5 These are “OK”… but in my opinion the leather case looks nicer and protects better. But they do feel cool.
Rating: 3 / 5

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