MnstrMike
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![The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey [Blu-ray] [2012]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/8212/8212129_sa.jpg)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey [Blu-ray] [2012]
Better than the 48FPS 3D experience
Customer Rating
3.0
What's great about it: Similar cinematography as LOTR Trilogy
What's not so great: Bad Acting
Coming off of the LOTR Trilogy this story is good, however, they are taking a single book and turning it into 3 movies. Which if the writers had chosen to do extensive character depth that would be one thing, but no instead they opted to add adventures that never happened into the story to make a trilogy. What came across as a passion for the LOTR Trilogy, definitely feels like greed in this installment.
The movie is good, but it all feels subpar next to LOTR. The 48FPS 3D experience was horrid. I read the review heard the comments, but just had to see for myself. I went it thinking everyone was just being critical, but they were right.
I felt like I was watching a bunch of men dressed in costumes trying to act. It was bad.
The standard 24FPS is much better at giving the movie feel and it masks the bad acting.
Even though I wished they would have stuck to the script, the new adventures are fun and don't detract from the story, but just fills in things that might have happened with some tweaking to the original story.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Motorola - DROID RAZR 4G Cell Phone with 16GB Memory - Black (Verizon Wireless)
Easily chat with family and friends using this Motorola DROID RAZR cell phone that features a front-facing webcam with video recording. The 16GB total memory capacity offers ample space for your media.Requires a voice plan with a data pack $20 or higher.Early termination fee of $350.Verizon Edge option available. Learn more ›
Motorola Blur UI lacking common features
Customer Rating
3.0
Picture Quality
5.0
Battery Life
3.0
Sound Quality
4.0
What's great about it: Webtop 3.0
What's not so great: Motorola Blur UI
This review is heavily based on the use of the Webtop 3.0 application when docked; so star rating is based on this.
If you never plan to dock it and use external monitor, then 5 stars. As it still has missing features, but its a Droid, make it what you want!
UPDATE: Jelly Bean 4.1 was just made available. Not many noticeable changes, outside of fonts. Motorola Smartactions are not responding to triggers and Webtop 3.0 is really quirky.
This is a great phone. I will admit I am an iPhone convert (iPhone 5/iOS6 sealed the deal to switch). However, afer tinkering with other Droid phones and settling on the Droid Razr I have definitely felt its Pros and Cons.
Pro: Webtop 3.0, Smart Actions
Cons: Missing badge app icons, Skype/Gtalk applications have horrible sound quality compared to iPhone 4, Audio via headphone jack has noticeable distortion again compared to iPhone.
The biggest PRO: I am typing this on a keyboard while the phone is docked on a charger with HDMI hookup to a monitor and USB keyboard, BT mouse! Webtop 3.0. It is a tablet interface once docked. I will not say that Webtop is perfect. Most Apps work fine as do widgets. I use "The Weather Channel" widget and in Webtop mode it cuts of the sides of the widget. All information is visible, just looks weird.
Also, it changes the layout settings from the phone layout. For example, I had setup my phone screens to how I wanted them, but when switching to Webtop Mode, it didn't pull over those same screens. I didn't choose to setup the same as I only setup the Apps that would be most beneficial in this mode.
The Jelly Bean 4.1 update has caused some new quirks with Webtop, it still works, but wants to know how to render Apps either in Phone Mode or Webtop Mode. The render takes about 20 seconds per app, but it only does it if you select and it remembers how you have it set for each app each time you dock. So if you are using Skype w/out being docked it is rendering in Phone Mode, but when you dock the phone it will give an option to use in Phone Mode or Webtop mode. Webtop is higher res (I have mine set to full 1080p) so more of the screen can be seen.
The Smart Actions App is a set of commands that can be either automatically started or manually. For example, since I don't use BT unless docked for the mouse, when I dock the phone, the smart app sees the trigger I set being for "Dock" then it turns on BT, my mouse connects, and away we go.
It can also be location based, like when I get to church and forget to silence my phone, well if you have the trigger to be when you are at that GPS location it will auto silence.
I also have a Driving Mode set manually, so when I receive texts, it auto-replies that I am driving and will respond later. It can also disable incoming calls or allow you to have only certain contacts come through.
It can set actions based on time or events. So it can be quite useful. Not sure how it does with overlapping triggers.
Most of my dislikes though come with the Motion Blur UI. For example, the notification system does not have Badge Apps, something that is highly important to me for text messages and missed calls. Sure the notification bar at the top has it as well, but the icons are quite small and dark gray against a black background, so not easily seen.
Of course, being Android all one has to do is install a different "Launcher" and voila customizing galore! However, that comes at a cost as Motorola's default "Launcher" is tied into Webtop 3.0. So when you set a 3rd party "Launcher" as default, Webtop 3.0 is disabled.
Even if you don't set it as default, Webtop 3.0 has issues converting from 3rd Party to Webtop and it doesn't render properly on the screen.
Also, if you don't set a default Launcher every time you hit the home button it will ask which Launcher to choose from. That gets old in about 30 seconds.
I also don't like that you cannot customize the lock screen, again a download can fix this, but not if you plan to use Webtop 3.0.
It is hard to use one handed. I would say i have an average size hand. Coming from iPhone 4, I could easily do one-handed operations. It is quite a stretch to reach far sides depending on which hand you are using.
However, I love the 4.3" screen over the 3.5" when texting in landscape mode less cramped, less mistakes and auto corrects.
Also, for whatever reason UI does not allow landscape mode on home screen. So when driving I have it on a cradle turned sideways, no auto-rotate. Jelly Bean 4.1 was supposed to allow this, but doesn't work on Blur UI...not sure if others have this issue as well.
That's my 2 cents, if you don't like at least its cheap!
This product is... replaced iphone 4
About me... Heavy apps user, Business Professional, Need phone to keep me organized
I would recommend this to a friend!
Age:25-34
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![Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 [3D] [Blu-ray] [Blu-ray/Blu-ray 3D] [2011]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/3698/3698618_sa.jpg)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 [3D] [Blu-ray] [Blu-ray/Blu-ray 3D] [2011]
Must enter redemption code by expiration date to redeem UltraViolet offer. Does not include iTunes file.
3D Rendering Glitch
Customer Rating
2.0
What's great about it: It's Harry Potter
What's not so great: 3D effects
Not sure if all have had this issue or not, but in scene 12 (maybe wrong in the number, but when the enchantments have fallen to buy Harry time and the Voldermort army is rushing down the hill) the 3D glitches as if the disc was scratched. Hardly the case, the Blu-Ray player is brand spank new as is the TV only a few months old. It is reproduceable every time, so this says me, it is the disc.
Running on an LG Cinema 55" & Panasonic 110 3D player.
Running on an LG Cinema 55" & Panasonic 110 3D player.
The glitch or freeze caused the whole system to time out and restart at the menu screen. Didn't try to move to a scene past, just swapped out the disc for the 2D version to finish the movie.
Thinking back about the movie not lot of 3D effects. I can think of a few, but with spell casting I expected more. If memory serves correctly, I don't think this film was shot for 3D, but added it in later for the flare of 3D.
My 2 cents and experience.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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![Rio [4 Discs] [Includes Digital Copy] [3D] [Blu-ray/DVD] [Blu-ray/Blu-ray 3D/DVD] [2011]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/2972/2972031_sa.jpg)
Rio [4 Discs] [Includes Digital Copy] [3D] [Blu-ray/DVD] [Blu-ray/Blu-ray 3D/DVD] [2011]
Movie great 3D not so much
Customer Rating
3.0
I apologize for bad spelling but i posted from a smartphone and the browser will not let me scroll down to edit the text at the bottom. Either way i would be curious to know if others have problems with the 3D for these two films. So far I k ow that all films I have watched in theatre I cannot watch entirely without removing my glasses prior to Rio and Ice Age at home I have had no problems watching a 2 hour movie. For comparison I have watched thus far on my new 55" LG Cinema 3D Coraline and The Clash of the Titans. Both of which have stunning 3D. Titans was great in theatre but even better at home. This movie I was hoping for the same but unfortunately the 3D version is just too juddery. At this point I know it is not the TV as I bought Ice Age 3D and it does the same, which leads mento believe it is the 20 Century/Blue Sky Studio that is having the problems or just that both of these movies have so much color and a lot of unnatural white that renders the 3D juddery.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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are there any digital cameras that record? If so, which ones?
almost any of them these days. Depends on what kind of video you want to shoot and how much you want to spend. Most shoot standard def, but higher end will shoot in HD. One thing to note is most cameras cannot zoom in while shooting video (zoom is only digital and degrades the quality). However, the super zoom cameras are incorporating the optical zoom while shooting video.
I recommend the Canon line of cameras. The A3100 is good, i just bought it. And also the SX line.
I recommend the Canon line of cameras. The A3100 is good, i just bought it. And also the SX line.
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Camcorder with webcam functionality
I need a reasonably priced camcorder that can also serve as a webcam. Which models have this feature?
It all depends on what you will use it for most. Any line-up of camcorders will do just fine for a webcam and on sale you can get a webcam for around $30.
For home videos, it all just depends what you are going to be doing, if you need a super zoom lens 30x or higher? Standard Def or HD? If you are only going to be putting them on a PC or do you want to watch directly on TV? There are still the tape versions available that you use the camcorder as a VCR. Or you can buy one that burns directly to mini-DVD's, holding 60 minutes of video. The last option records to SD cards and can hold anywhere from 2 hours to 16 hours, just depending on the size of card or built-in memory. Most of these camcorders only can record for about an hour to an hour and a half because of battery charge.
I know it's a lot of questions and doesn't really answer yours. Going off of "Reasonably priced and webcam" for specifications means anything less than $150 will work for your purposes.
For home videos, it all just depends what you are going to be doing, if you need a super zoom lens 30x or higher? Standard Def or HD? If you are only going to be putting them on a PC or do you want to watch directly on TV? There are still the tape versions available that you use the camcorder as a VCR. Or you can buy one that burns directly to mini-DVD's, holding 60 minutes of video. The last option records to SD cards and can hold anywhere from 2 hours to 16 hours, just depending on the size of card or built-in memory. Most of these camcorders only can record for about an hour to an hour and a half because of battery charge.
I know it's a lot of questions and doesn't really answer yours. Going off of "Reasonably priced and webcam" for specifications means anything less than $150 will work for your purposes.
Products from my answer
Toshiba - Camileo H30 High-Definition Camcorder with 3" Touch Screen - Black
Samsung - Ultra Compact Camcorder with 2.7" LCD Monitor - Purple
Flip Video - UltraHD (3rd Generation) Camcorder - 2 Hour - Black/Silver
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