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Living in the South's thunderstorm belt with lots of electronics, I have lots of APC's in my house. No unit is going to protect against a direct lightning strike, but with power surges and power outages a rather frequent occurrences for 6+ months out of the year it can be a bit uncomfortable having brownouts and short blackouts constantly.
These smaller units are great for TIVO and DirectTV units with Hard Drives since it takes quite a long time to reboot after a power outage in additional to the wear/tear on the Hard Drives. This unit can provide power to Modems, Routers, and switches so that the Internet and computer service can power through for up an hour or more of downtime.
My Best Buy number: 778889388
What's great about it: Excellent backup power and surge protection
What's not so great: A bit too much plastic compared to older units. Battery replacements are expensive
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The best new Disney movie in many years. After riding Pixar's coat-tails for many years, this is the first Great non sequel that Disney has put out in at least a decade.
A very cool take on the Video Game concept that almost has a feel of the original Toy Story. Outstanding audio and video on this Bluray as has become expected from any Disney release,
Highly recommended.
My Best Buy number: 778889388
What's great about it: Fun and Unique story in an outstanding Bluray Package
The producers of Planet Earth explore some truly remarkable creatures and their unique habitats, many of which have never been captured on camera before. Star nosed moles, Zambian bats, and the Vogelkop bowerbird are just a few of the creature's you'll encounter as the filmmakers take viewers to distant continents, using state-of-the-art filming techniques to drift along with migrating elephants, soar through the sky with monarch butterflies, and witness a mating battle (also known as a "heat run") between male humpback whales. A two week visit with some Komodo dragons allows us to witness with striking detail how the mighty, ancient beasts can manage the unique feat of taking down an animal that towers over them in size. The series concludes with a "making-of" special which reveals how the dedicated filmmakers worked for more than four years to deliver a nature series with the power to take your breath away. Narrated by Oprah Winfrey.
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This is the Americanized version or at least what Discovery Channel thought we wanted. Like with the original Planet Earth that Discovery replaced the great David Attenborough with Sigourney Weaver and re-edited the video to fit American commercial TV structure which ended up a poorer choice all the way around. This time they used Oprah who just is out of her element in this presentation and ended up with an even less successful result. I like Oprah in general, but this was a poor pairing.
The video is also less clean than the DA narrated version being an OK 1080i transfer instead of the better 1080p transfer used for the original release. At least the edited sections removed for time editing of the US TV episodes had been added back in the extras so you aren't losing material. There is also the option of just playing the video with the music only audio which can make for a nice background presentation -- pretty pictures with pretty music.
Overall, I would strongly advise people to buy the original version since there is really nothing in this addition that is equal to the other.
The producers of Planet Earth explore some truly remarkable creatures and their unique habitats, many of which have never been captured on camera before. Star nosed moles, Zambian bats, and the Vogelkop bowerbird are just a few of the creature's you'll encounter as the filmmakers take viewers to distant continents, using state-of-the-art filming techniques to drift along with migrating elephants, soar through the sky with monarch butterflies, and witness a mating battle (also known as a "heat run") between male humpback whales. A two week visit with some Komodo dragons allows us to witness with striking detail how the mighty, ancient beasts can manage the unique feat of taking down an animal that towers over them in size. The series concludes with a "making-of" special which reveals how the dedicated filmmakers worked for more than four years to deliver a nature series with the power to take your breath away. Narrated by David Attenborugh.
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A spectacular followup to the BBC Planet Earth series with original presentation with the award winning narrator David Attenborough as it should be. Outstanding Video on this Bluray that could easily be used to demo your HT to all your friends. Excellent for older children though may be a bit tough for the youngest.
My Best Buy number: 778889388
What's great about it: Outstanding Video presentation,
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This isn't Lawrence of Arabia nor was it meant to be. This is an fun, loud, and extremely violent movie that will make your Home Theater sit up and take notice. Very aggressive audio and great 3D effects. More Robocop and Blade Runner than Transformers in plot, but easily can match the latter Bluray as far as a Demo disc.
Generally this will erase from memory the much inferior version with Stallone.
One of the biggest problems was apparently a bad batch that seemed to primarily affect Best Buy copies that either wouldn't load or wouldn't play all the way through. My first copy wouldn't load on any player, the second copy played without a hitch. By reports the bad pressings have mostly been weeded out and recent purchases should be OK
My Best Buy number: 778889388
What's great about it: Outstanding 3D and Audio/Video presentation
What's not so great: Popcorn movie if you are looking for more. Many discs defective
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After all the hype leading up to the Oscars, I was a bit worried that this would be another critics choice disaster. About 20 minutes into the film it was obvious that my worries were for unfounded. An astounding film with great performances from all the lead actors and most of the supporting cast as well. Well written, excellent pacing, and makes a great bookend with Argo.
The Bluray is nearly perfect audio and video with the special added Best Buy exclusive content to top it off.