Tbeetles
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Built for your next victory, your latest achievement and much more with the Turtle Beach® Recon 70 gaming headset for PS4 Pro, PS4, and PS5. Featuring Turtle Beach’s latest lightweight and comfortable headset design for hours of play, with high-quality 40mm speakers and over-ear premium synthetic leather cushions that let you hear every crisp high and thundering low while blocking noise. Turtle Beach’s renowned high-sensitivity mic to ensure you are heard clearly and easily flips up to mute. Finally, the versatile 3.5mm connection makes it perfect for swapping between PlayStation® and Xbox controllers, Nintendo Switch as well as PC and compatible mobile devices.
Good for the cost and casual user
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: Tbeetles
from Rochester
on April 22, 2019
Out of the box, I was a little surprised at how lightweight they were; in comparison to some other headsets I’ve seen, I was a bit worried that they would end up broken before the night was over. I was pleasantly surprised at the durability of them, given how lightweight they are. I found them to fit comfortably and snuggly on my head; I also liked how light they are, as they didn’t feel like I was wearing a helmet.
The sound quality was good and I did not have a problem hearing other players or being heard. They were fairly simple to attach to the PS4 controller and haven’t had an issue with the connection.
Overall, I would say that for the price, this are awesome headsets for the casual gamer or kid.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Jaybird - RUN XT Sport True Wireless In-Ear Headphones - Black/Flash
Stay motivated throughout workouts and outdoor excursions when you listen to music on these Jaybird RUN XT wireless earbuds. The interchangeable tips and fins let you find the perfect fit, while the waterproof, sweat-proof design stands up to outdoor use. These Jaybird RUN XT wireless earbuds feature a fast-charge battery, which delivers an hour of playback with just five minutes of charging.
Sadly disappointed
Customer Rating
2.0
Posted by: Tbeetles
from Rochester
on March 24, 2019
I want to start off by saying that I was truly excited for these headphones. Whether I’m working out, listening to audiobooks/music or talking on the phone, I always seem to have some sort of headphone on. I have at least 5 pairs of wired and wireless headphones on me at all time, depending on what I am using them for.
These Jaybirds looked very sleek out of the package; there is a total of 4 ear buds and 4 fins for personalized fit, as well as the charging case. Two things I noticed out of the box though, was there was no charging cable for the case, where the earbud charge from. Also, the box made it appear that there was a “nice” fabric Jaybird bag to keep all the different ear buds and fins that came with them. This was not the case; they just come in a simple, plastic bag with the Jaybird logo on it. This isn’t a huge deal, but it did make me go through the packaging to make sure I hadn’t missed something.
The Fit - I will just start off with saying that I have always prefered an in-ear bud for headphones, due to the fact that my ears are smaller and I don’t like the feel of the over the ear headphones. So I was pretty hopeful when I saw that these Jaybirds came with some many different sizes. Sadly, I was disappointed - I tried the smallest earbuds and fins and still wasn’t able to get a comfortable fit with them. In fact, my fit was so bad that they kept falling out and were pretty much unusable. And it’s not like I was doing a hardcore workout - I was listening to an audiobook while walking around my kitchen cooking. But I have small ears, so I just chalked it up to bad luck for me.
The sound quality - The sound quality is amazing and is very customizable through their app depending on what you’re listening to, which is a great feature to have… when it works. Maybe again, it’s just my bad luck, but I had a terrible time with the sound on these. First, my left earbud kept cutting out. I thought it was a bluetooth issue, so I turned the earbuds off and tried repairing them. Once I had “resolved” my issue, I went about trying to test them out. Again, I ran into my left earbud distorting the sound or cutting out completely. This issue in turn led to a battery issue, where my right earbud always had a lower battery than the right.
Conclusion - As I said at the beginning, I was very excited to get these earbuds and for the cost of them, expected the world of them. Unfortunately, I was left extremely disappointed by the sound quality of these and the inability to get them to fit my ears. Maybe it’s just bad luck for me, but I would not recommend them. If you need me, I’ll be rocking my $10 headphones.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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BlackWidow Elite Wired Gaming Mechanical Razer Green Switch Keyboard with RGB Chroma Backlighting - Black
Collaborate with teammates using this Razer BlackWidow Elite mechanical gaming keyboard. An ergonomic leatherette wrist rest provides support for marathon play sessions, while the fully customizable keys let you create your own unique system for gaming. With dedicated media keys and a multifunction digital dial, this Razer BlackWidow Elite mechanical gaming keyboard offers responsive operation.
Fantastic Keyboard
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Tbeetles
from Rochester
on January 8, 2019
I am not an avid gamer, but a casual one. I find myself spending as much time using the keyboard for non gaming related activities as I do for gaming. I do find though that the key components of a gaming keyboard, also make for the best non gaming experience, and this keyboard does that perfectly.
The keyboard is very sturdy, and holds its place on your desk while you type. The wrist rest is probably the best I have seen anywhere. It affixes with a magnet, but doesn't come loose easily as many others do, but also I personally love the cushion feel. I can be at this keyboard for hours doing work related activities, and it keeps my wrists feeling good. That alone is enough for me to recommend this keyboard to anyone.
The back light colors and profiles are second to none making this keyboard visually stunning. Probably one of the best looking lit keyboards available.
The keyboard is very sturdy, and holds its place on your desk while you type. The wrist rest is probably the best I have seen anywhere. It affixes with a magnet, but doesn't come loose easily as many others do, but also I personally love the cushion feel. I can be at this keyboard for hours doing work related activities, and it keeps my wrists feeling good. That alone is enough for me to recommend this keyboard to anyone.
The back light colors and profiles are second to none making this keyboard visually stunning. Probably one of the best looking lit keyboards available.
I did personally find the keys to be a bit on the heavy side, at least compared to most other keyboards of this nature I have used. It did seem that it helped in reducing typo errors, but at the same time seemed to take away a bit from the comfort and added to the noise. It is not a quiet keyboard to say the least.
As for gaming, no surprise from what has already been said, I loved it. The same comforts for typing translate to gaming, the wrist rest is still my favorite part, but the heavy keys and sturdy push back help make sure you are always on the keys you mean to be, even in the heat of the moment.
This is one of the best keyboards I have used ever, hands down. The only problem is the software you use to program the macros and effects was a bit confusing for me, It is not enough to be a problem, but it could be smoother. That said -- Supposedly this software will be shown at CES 2019 to integrate into Alexa.... That could be really cool if it works so keep that in mind as well!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Philips Norelco - 6900 Wet/Dry Electric Shaver - Savio Blue
Get a faster, closer shave with this Philips Norelco shaver. Ideal for managing facial hair, this shaver features a click-on bear styler with five length settings that make it easy to maintain your look. This Philips Norelco shaver features SkinProtect blades for a cleaner shave and prevents skin irritation with its ComfortGlide rings.
Good shave for sensitive skin
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Tbeetles
from Rochester
on January 4, 2019
I was blessed/cursed with sensitive skin, so I have to be very particular about my electric razor selection. If I go more than a day or two without shaving, I will end up with a lot of skin irritation when I do shave. After getting the Norelco 6900 I was instantly impressed by how close a shave I felt I got yet my skin was just fine afterwards. The next morning I tried a dry shave, it had only been a day of growth, but still a good test for the razor, and it did the job quickly cleanly, and left my skin feeling nice as well. Next was the big test, no shaving for the weekend ( any longer any my daughter complains I am scratchy and we cannot have that ). Again I was left very impressed, other than a few bumps on my neck It shaved the hair from a few days growth and left my skin feeling great. If you have sensitive skin, and are looking for a daily use electric razor that will leave you with a clean shave and skin, this is a great choice
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Anker - Soundcore Flare Portable Bluetooth Speaker - Black
Bring the party outdoors with this Anker Soundcore Flare speaker. It's water-resistant, so you can relax by the pool listening to your favorite tunes without worrying about damage, and its cylindrical shape lets the music fill a room. This Anker Soundcore Flare speaker has colorful lights in its base with multiple display patterns for a festive look.
Easy 5 Stars
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Tbeetles
from Rochester
on January 2, 2019
This has quickly become my favorite portable Bluetooth speaker, of which I own several. There are 4 things I really look for in a speaker - 1) Durability and Portability
2) Sound Quality
3) Battery Life
4) Fringe stuff like lights and apps
2) Sound Quality
3) Battery Life
4) Fringe stuff like lights and apps
1) Its size is perfect for a speaker that you want to be highly portable, about the size of holding a 16 ounce can. , but it has a nice durable heft to it, unlike many other speakers that make you worried it will blow away if someone sneezes. It also has a nice rubber grip on the bottom ( see picture ) that I really like, it grips the surface really well as to not go flying off the table if someone bumps it. You can tell its quality just by holding it. Id bet that I could knock this in a pool and it still work after.
2) The sound, is amazing for something of this size. I've had speakers far larger, output less sound. The 360 degrees of output really fills up a room , and includes a surprising amount of bass for its size. It just makes a good crisp sound, that has a nice rich feel to it.
2) The sound, is amazing for something of this size. I've had speakers far larger, output less sound. The 360 degrees of output really fills up a room , and includes a surprising amount of bass for its size. It just makes a good crisp sound, that has a nice rich feel to it.
3) I ran this on battery for nearly 12 hours before it ran out of battery.
4) So the light show on this is amazing - I for one find it to be a novelty and not a reason I would decide to buy a speaker, but it has a better light show than much more expensive bluetooth speakers. The app is very simple easy to use, you can modify the light show, as well as change volume settings.
Overall this is easily one of my favorite bluetooth speakers, its durable, sounds great, and highly portable. A+ for sure.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Speck - GrabTab Finger Grip/Kickstand for Mobile Phones - Black
Embellish your device with a functional attachment by using this black Speck GrabTab phone accessory. It’s compatible with most brands and cases, and the card-sized, flat design slips smoothly into your pocket. Use the hanging loop on this Speck GrabTab phone accessory as a grip for a secure hold or as a kickstand for hands-free viewing.
Creative Design
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Tbeetles
from Rochester
on January 2, 2019
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I really like this kick stand. It installs easily by removing a plastic strip to reveal a strong adhesive that affixes the stand to the back of your phone. The stand is rather thin in comparison to most, and that is what I love about this. Many add a lot of bulk, some as many as a few inches of depth, to an already large phone. This sits flat, adding only a bit to the phones thickness, and has an easy slide out piece of plastic to create the kick stand, that can be quickly slid back into the stand. If you look at the picture, you can see the plastic stand in its out position, a simple slide of the thumb is all it takes to change the stands position. I also have 2 different QI chargers, one stand up and one lay down, and both worked just fine. I am very pleased with the function of this kick stand.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Ninja - Smart Screen Kitchen System with FreshVac - Black
Prepare shakes and complete blending tasks with this Ninja smart screen kitchen system. It uses FreshVac technology to preserve the vitamins, flavors and appearance of natural ingredients, and with 1400 watts of power the stacked blades help the processor puree and chop with maximum precision. The touch screen display of this Ninja smart screen kitchen system offers easy access to various functions.
Best of All Worlds
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Tbeetles
from Rochester
on December 6, 2018
I have had several Ninja systems. I started with a Pro Personal Blender for making smoothies - it quickly became a hit with my family and I had to upgrade to a Ninja Kitchen system with the blender, food processor and single serve cups. That system worked great for many years.
When this system came out, I was extremely excited by its sleek design and the smooth, touch screen controls; one of the issues I had with my older model was that I felt like there were a lot of crevices that would get gunk in them and the base would never look clean, no matter how much I cleaned it. I have not had this issue with base at all - it wipes clean every time, with no streaks or smudges.
Onto the blenders - they are as powerful as previous systems in the Ninja family, something that I’ve always been happy with. I’ve tried other blenders in the past and have never had the success in making smoothies and other blended drinks that I’ve had with my Ninjas. New to me and this system is the FreshVac technology - I’d be lying if I wasn’t slightly intimidated by this new gadget and a tad bit skeptical that it would be that big of a difference from previous Ninja blenders. Anyone that has ever made a smoothie, or any iced blended drink, you know that it will start to separate within 5 minutes of sitting, which is a bummer but still tasty nonetheless.
With the Freshvac, you suck the air out of the blender or blending cup before you start the blender. Where it makes a fun “vacuum” noise, it doesn’t look like it’s doing much. I will say that my intimidation of the Freshvac was not warranted - you literally place it on the designated area and turn it on. It turns off on its own within about 10-15 seconds and you press the release button. Then you blend away!.
With the new touch screen, you have options of what you’re making and how you want it blended (e.g. smoothie is 60 seconds of blending, with brief pauses during the allotted time for settling). This is true for the full size blender and the single serve cup - which in my opinion is one of its best features. My previous Ninja had the ability to do single serve cups as well as the larger blender, but you had to hold the button down when making the single serves. It was a huge pain on a busy morning getting my kids ready for school - now I can just put my single serve cup on the base, hit the smoothie option and walk away to finish packing up everyone for the day ahead.
The Freshvac really is a marvel - this is the extra kick that takes your smoothie game from zero to hero. I’m talking about coffee-bar-expensively-over-price-smoother-than-anything smoothies. I was in total amazement of how well it worked and what a difference it actually made. There was no separations in the smoothie that you usually see in homemade smoothies.
While I typically use my Ninja for smoothie making and food processing , I did try out some of the other features that it claimed to be able to do, such as ice cream and extract and I will say that I was very happy with the outcome and will use it in the future. While it’s not a feature I will use often, it is nice to know that it is capable to do what is says it can do and it does it well.
The food processor works wonderfully too - it can slice and chop with ease. I was also able to make pasta dough in the processor. One huge pro to this version of the food processor bowl is that it has a feed chute. For me personally, this was a huge selling point, as my previous Ninja system food processor just had a flat top. This multi functional unit has become a central piece of my kitchen
When this system came out, I was extremely excited by its sleek design and the smooth, touch screen controls; one of the issues I had with my older model was that I felt like there were a lot of crevices that would get gunk in them and the base would never look clean, no matter how much I cleaned it. I have not had this issue with base at all - it wipes clean every time, with no streaks or smudges.
Onto the blenders - they are as powerful as previous systems in the Ninja family, something that I’ve always been happy with. I’ve tried other blenders in the past and have never had the success in making smoothies and other blended drinks that I’ve had with my Ninjas. New to me and this system is the FreshVac technology - I’d be lying if I wasn’t slightly intimidated by this new gadget and a tad bit skeptical that it would be that big of a difference from previous Ninja blenders. Anyone that has ever made a smoothie, or any iced blended drink, you know that it will start to separate within 5 minutes of sitting, which is a bummer but still tasty nonetheless.
With the Freshvac, you suck the air out of the blender or blending cup before you start the blender. Where it makes a fun “vacuum” noise, it doesn’t look like it’s doing much. I will say that my intimidation of the Freshvac was not warranted - you literally place it on the designated area and turn it on. It turns off on its own within about 10-15 seconds and you press the release button. Then you blend away!.
With the new touch screen, you have options of what you’re making and how you want it blended (e.g. smoothie is 60 seconds of blending, with brief pauses during the allotted time for settling). This is true for the full size blender and the single serve cup - which in my opinion is one of its best features. My previous Ninja had the ability to do single serve cups as well as the larger blender, but you had to hold the button down when making the single serves. It was a huge pain on a busy morning getting my kids ready for school - now I can just put my single serve cup on the base, hit the smoothie option and walk away to finish packing up everyone for the day ahead.
The Freshvac really is a marvel - this is the extra kick that takes your smoothie game from zero to hero. I’m talking about coffee-bar-expensively-over-price-smoother-than-anything smoothies. I was in total amazement of how well it worked and what a difference it actually made. There was no separations in the smoothie that you usually see in homemade smoothies.
While I typically use my Ninja for smoothie making and food processing , I did try out some of the other features that it claimed to be able to do, such as ice cream and extract and I will say that I was very happy with the outcome and will use it in the future. While it’s not a feature I will use often, it is nice to know that it is capable to do what is says it can do and it does it well.
The food processor works wonderfully too - it can slice and chop with ease. I was also able to make pasta dough in the processor. One huge pro to this version of the food processor bowl is that it has a feed chute. For me personally, this was a huge selling point, as my previous Ninja system food processor just had a flat top. This multi functional unit has become a central piece of my kitchen
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Calphalon - Quartz Heat Countertop Oven - Dark Stainless Steel
Maximize the efficiency of your kitchen with this Calphalon quartz heat countertop oven. The quartz heating element preheats faster, while the 11 presets make it easy to defrost, bake, roast and dehydrate food. This Calphalon quartz heat countertop oven includes baking and pizza pans as well as a dehydrator and a regular baking rack.
Not just a toaster oven
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Tbeetles
from Rochester
on December 1, 2018
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I have had a toaster oven for as long as I can remember, but it’s usage was a bit limited due to inconsistent behavior - but that has changed since I got this Calphalon Countertop oven. This oven has nearly a dozen built in settings, and has a granular level of control over time and temperature, that perform perfectly. It may take a little bit of playing with to learn the oven, and what settings prepare the food in the way you like it, but it cooks food the same way every time so you can really get the most out of this oven
What I really loved about this unit was its flexibility - ; it has 11 built in settings: Bake, Pizza, broil, toast, bagel, roast, defrost, keep warm, reheat, cookies & dehydrate. Within each setting, there is a level of control on temp and time for cooking. The digital display is very easy to use, having default settings, as well as adjustable settings for things like 1-7 for toasting doneness.
The manual settings take a bit of time to get used to. Most presets work perfectly, but there are always exceptions, in like figuring out what level is needed depending on thickness of bread and how dark you want your bread or bagel. Once you get the hang of the settings based upon your personal preference, you will get a consistent toast every time exactly how you want it. Despite it taking longer, I found myself using this for toasting bagels over a traditional toaster, because it easily out performed my toaster with a consistent even cook, no more burnt edges or over/under toasted bread. I like my toast just south of burned, where my wife likes hers barely toasted - and this oven makes that a breeze. It does take longer though on initial heat up, so a good toast will take 5 or 6 minutes over the 2 to 3 minutes of a normal toaster.
Where this appliance really shines is with its cooking functions; I have had great success with pizzas, chicken fingers, fries, when cooking food for my children. It’s nice not to have to heat up the “big” oven just to warm something up.
This oven though can cook just as well as your normal full size oven - we used it to make cookies, as well as roast and broil vegetables on Thanksgiving freeing up valuable oven space, and it performed perfectly. I found that the oven was large enough for anything I would want to use it for, keeping in mind that it is a counter top stove!
After using this for cooking in every scenario possible, and being quite happy with its performance, I did decide to try the dehydrator. It seemed like a bit of a gimmick to me and I was skeptical of just how well it would work. I actually own a large dehydrator that I make jerky and dehydrated fruit in fairly often, and did not think a shelf top oven would be able to actually produce something I would like, but I was quite surprised how well it dried out fruit. I was able to make apple and strawberry chips that were great. It is a bit small of a unit though to do any real dehydrating in quantity, like meat, but it does work really well
This really is more than a toaster oven and I see why they call it a Counter top Oven, it is like having a smaller second oven, that can do everything a full size oven can, just faster and in smaller quantities.
What I really loved about this unit was its flexibility - ; it has 11 built in settings: Bake, Pizza, broil, toast, bagel, roast, defrost, keep warm, reheat, cookies & dehydrate. Within each setting, there is a level of control on temp and time for cooking. The digital display is very easy to use, having default settings, as well as adjustable settings for things like 1-7 for toasting doneness.
The manual settings take a bit of time to get used to. Most presets work perfectly, but there are always exceptions, in like figuring out what level is needed depending on thickness of bread and how dark you want your bread or bagel. Once you get the hang of the settings based upon your personal preference, you will get a consistent toast every time exactly how you want it. Despite it taking longer, I found myself using this for toasting bagels over a traditional toaster, because it easily out performed my toaster with a consistent even cook, no more burnt edges or over/under toasted bread. I like my toast just south of burned, where my wife likes hers barely toasted - and this oven makes that a breeze. It does take longer though on initial heat up, so a good toast will take 5 or 6 minutes over the 2 to 3 minutes of a normal toaster.
Where this appliance really shines is with its cooking functions; I have had great success with pizzas, chicken fingers, fries, when cooking food for my children. It’s nice not to have to heat up the “big” oven just to warm something up.
This oven though can cook just as well as your normal full size oven - we used it to make cookies, as well as roast and broil vegetables on Thanksgiving freeing up valuable oven space, and it performed perfectly. I found that the oven was large enough for anything I would want to use it for, keeping in mind that it is a counter top stove!
After using this for cooking in every scenario possible, and being quite happy with its performance, I did decide to try the dehydrator. It seemed like a bit of a gimmick to me and I was skeptical of just how well it would work. I actually own a large dehydrator that I make jerky and dehydrated fruit in fairly often, and did not think a shelf top oven would be able to actually produce something I would like, but I was quite surprised how well it dried out fruit. I was able to make apple and strawberry chips that were great. It is a bit small of a unit though to do any real dehydrating in quantity, like meat, but it does work really well
This really is more than a toaster oven and I see why they call it a Counter top Oven, it is like having a smaller second oven, that can do everything a full size oven can, just faster and in smaller quantities.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Sony - V21 High-Power Audio System with Bluetooth - Black
Bring life to a party with this Sony Wireless Party Chain speaker system. Its angled speakers fill the room with sound, and it's Bluetooth-enabled for easy control of the music. This Sony Wireless Party Chain speaker system has two inputs, so you can use it with microphones or guitars and rock out.
A Bluetooth Speaker and More
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Tbeetles
from Rochester
on November 21, 2018
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If you are looking for a big sound , flexible, yet still portable bluetooth speaker, this speaker really hits the mark.
Sound Quality - The speaker produces a great depth of sound - along with solid bass - something that many other speakers fail to do. At maximum volume you can easily fill a room with music that is full of people buzzing and talking. The sound produced is clear and crisp with no distortion even at the highest volume levels. Besides just music, we used this speaker to play an outdoor movie paired with a portable video projector, and even in that setting the sound was impressive.
Portability - Despite the size of the unit, it is surprisingly light, while still feeling solidly built, and is comfortable with the side handles to move. Moving this speaker from room to room, or to the back of the truck to take to a party, was not an issue whatsoever . The power cable though is rather short, so you are probably going to want an extension cord handy if you are taking it somewhere that it will not be positioned next to an outlet.
Features - The flexibility of this unit is fantastic. It connects to your phone or other bluetooth streaming device through simple pairing. It also can play CD’s, comes with an FM antenna for local radio broadcasts, can take a USB drive that can be navigated right from the speaker, as well as has audio line in if you want to hardwire it to something like a TV that does not work with Bluetooth - it is built for pretty much any audio scenario you may run into.
App - There are two apps that can be used with this speaker - the first is for playing music, and controlling the speaker itself, changing songs, and volume levels, or browsing through a CD, the app is very simple to use and requires very little explanation - the second app is the DJ app. It is more of a novelty than anything, but you can produce DJ like sounds, record scratching , add your own beats and sound effects over top of the music. It is pretty neat, and I can see where some will find that a lot of fun to play with at a party, should you want to channel your inner Deadmau5.
Extras - It also has 2 inputs that you can use for Microphones should you want to Karaoke - we had some streaming youtube karaoke playing through the speaker with a microphone plugged into the input and it sounded great, and was a lot of fun. The one microphone port can also be used as a guitar input, which sounded far better than I would have expected. It is not going to replace your amp at home, but it does produce a great sound as well, and I am sure would liven up a party if someone had a guitar they wanted to play.
This speaker really does what it does well, and is a ton of fun. It is simple to use, is easily taken from place to place, can be used with multiple sound mediums like bluetooth or CD, and has some bells and whistles like the karaoke that make this speaker hard to pass up.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Adobe - Photoshop Elements 2019
Dive right in and do something amazing with your photos. Auto-generated photo and video slideshows and collages are created just for you and delivered upon launch. Get up and running quickly with the new home screen - see what's new since your last version, discover fun things to try, and get inspiring ideas, help, and tutorials. Effortlessly organize, edit, and create thanks to photo and video automation powered by Adobe Sensei AI technology. Try artistic techniques and effects with 53 step-by-step guided edits. And share your favorite memories in everything from fun memes and collages to dynamic slideshows to printed artwork and gifts.
Great for beginner to aspiring photo editor
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: Tbeetles
from Rochester
on November 4, 2018
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Photoshop Elements is a fantastic photo editing software suite for what most users would be looking for including those who have little to no previous experience. The photobook organization is a bit of a work in progress.
Beginner - Adobe has lots of pre canned tools that are super easy to use. If you want to make fancy collages and slide shows to showcase your pictures, the software is very intuitive. The slick photo editing tools, like removing red eye, or fixing problems within a picture is done pretty much for you, simply by selecting the picture, and choosing the effect. Adobe has also included a huge assortment of picture modifications for you to have fun with, like making a picture look as if it were hand drawn, or taken in the 1850’s. If is a ton of fun to play with the software and just create photos, that look like you were a pro. It also has easy hooks into twitter and other social media sites for quick optimized posting.
Novice - Adobe has also included a huge assortment of more advanced tools that you would find in the full photoshop product. Advanced photo editing, layering, and manipulation can be done, but there is certainly a learning curve here. You aren’t going to be clicking a few buttons and moving a slider as with the some of the more basic picture manipulation techniques, so it will take some figuring out - but the suite is very feature rich, and will fit the bill for any aspiring graphical artist, or hardcore photo junky. I would certainly say though it is not complicated - after a few hours I found myself quite comfortable moving throughout some of the more advanced tools, but Adobe has done a good job of navigational design, so that those who are not interested in these features, don’t get lost here looking for the basics, and those that do want them, aren’t searching them out.
Tutorials - For those that find themselves somewhere in between but want to become familiar with some of the more advanced functions, don’t fret. Adobe has included some great tutorials on using the basic and more advanced tools, that do a great job of bridging the gap in experience.
As for the photobook/organizer I found it to be a bit clumsy, but overall decent. For myself at least, I was primarily looking to this software for its photo editing abilities, so the photobook style storage took little away from the products overall benefit.
I highly recommend this software for both basic and advanced users - I was very happy with my ability to find myself using the software to do what I wanted within minutes of installation, and a few tutorials later doing things I thought would be way over my head.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Skullcandy - Push Ultra In-Ear True Wireless Sport Headphones - Black
Add music to your workout routine with these Skullcandy Push Ultra true wireless sports earbuds. The moldable ear hooks offer a secure fit during vigorous exercises, while built-in controls and microphone enable hands-free calls. These Skullcandy Push Ultra true wireless sports earbuds provide up to 40 hours of battery life to last through long hiking trails.
can you just use just one
Yes, you are able to use one at a time. However, I must warn you that the volume with increase in that one if you were using both prior. I was a bit taken by surprise when I switched to one and it was blasting.
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Does this play CD's
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Adobe - Photoshop Elements 2019
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Is file storage cloud based?
No, the Photo Organizer imports photos from folders on your storage.
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is this a matt or gloss finish?
Gloss, it is very bright and vibrant because of this, one of the features I like frankly!
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Dell - S2419NX 24" IPS LED FHD Monitor (HDMI) - Black/Silver
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Which adapter would work for this monitor if I wanted to mount it to a standard Vesa stand
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Can you plug in an xbox one into this monitor and play games on it with a wireless controller?
Yes, you can plug a game system into this monitors hdmi port.
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Is this a flicker free monitor? Does it block the blue light?
I have had no problems with flicker, but it does not have a blue filter in the monitor screen, you can of course get an anti blue light screen cover
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Dell - S2419NX 24" IPS LED FHD Monitor (HDMI) - Black/Silver
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What type of adapter do I need to connect this monitor to my MacBook Air?
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Does this come with a carrying case? I see it's basically the same dimensions as the LG MiniBeam PH550 720p DLP Projector which does come with a case.
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