rockhunter
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- First ReviewDecember 17, 2012
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- First Review CommentDecember 19, 2012
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Platinum™ - Folio Case for Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8 - Black
Take your Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8 on the go with this Platinum PT-MSTAS282B folio case, which features tough polyurethane material for protection against damage. The integrated stand allows hands-free use for watching movies or video chatting.
Great value
Customer Rating
5.0
I bought this case because it is the style of case I have found most useful for the way I use an tablet, landscape orientation and with the large base of folio cover like this one. The case fits the Samsung S2 8.0 well, allows access to the controls and ports and adds only a little to the weight of the tablet, is very reasonably priced and easy to use and relatively stable as a stand in landscape orientation. Only feature I wish it included was support for the tablet's cover sensor for sleep and wake with cover close and open. But at this price point it is great.
I would recommend this to a friend!
My Best Buy number: 218090806
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Sony - XB950B1 Extra Bass Wireless Over-the-Ear Headphones - Black
Enjoy immersive sound with these Bluetooth Sony EXTRA BASS over-ear headphones. The presets let you choose between arena, club, hall and outdoor stage sound, and the noise-canceling technology lets you block out the world while you listen to tunes. Listen wirelessly for up to 18 hours with these Sony EXTRA BASS over-ear headphones.
Near theater Quality Audio
Customer Rating
4.0
I like the Sony MDR-XB950B1 headphones they provide good acoustic isolation from surrounding sound and avoid intruding on people around me. With the Extra Bass feature the I think the sound is very full and rich, (YMMV). I think the designers probably had overcoming some of the limitations of today's Ipads, Iphones, Tablets and Smart Phones with their small speakers and thin formats MDR-XB950B1 headphones are large with 40mm drivers and drive electronics to match.
Over the last 5 years I have had 4 different Bluetooth earbuds or over the ear headphones none of them were as sophisticated as the Sony's or as expensive. All of my earlier Bluetooth devices did a reasonable job of duplicating the sound the tablet or smart phone produced, but the Sony MDR-XB950B1 is the first headphones I have had that I think approached theater audio quality. And for Bluetooth devices they are the first that offered a long enough battery life to eliminate the urge to recharge the headphone battery each night, Sony claims an 18 hour battery life and so far having only had the headphone for just over a week I can't dispute the claim, and there is a wired connection option if you run the battery down.
I have tried the headphones with tablets with Android versions 5.x and 6.x and with a cell phone with 7.x it has had no trouble connecting and linking with any of them. The Sony Headphone Connect Android application V1.0.0 doesn't work with Android Versions below 6.0 although the headphone connects and links to Android Version 5.x just fine and Bass Boost can be controlled manually from controls on the headphone. The Android devices I tried had Bluetooth versions from 4.0 to 4.2 and the latter had some additional support for changing surround sound profiles. I don't have an Apple Device so I can't comment on the performance of the headphones on them.
I recommend the Sony MDR-XB950B1 headphones but they are costly, however I would replace mine if they were lost or damaged. I am giving a rating of 4 stars because of the cost and the issues with the The Sony Headphone Connect Android application V1.0.0 not working with Android V5.X.
I would recommend this to a friend!
My Best Buy number: 2180908060
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PNY - Elite 240GB External USB 3.0 Portable Solid State Drive - Aluminum
Transfer large files with blazing fast speed with this PNY Prevail Elite solid-state drive. The expansive 240GB drive accesses programs quickly and efficiently, and the SSD comes with Acronis Data Backup Protection software for easy data backup. This PNY Prevail Elite solid-state drive is compatible with most Windows and Apple computers via a USB port.
Portable drive for compact laptop and tablet PCs
Customer Rating
5.0
For someone who travels with a PC tablet or laptop who is concerned with keeping the size of the system they carry within limits this is an option to consider. This drive is based on an SSD drive like the system drive in many small footprint laptops or a Surface Pro tablet. The PNY is about 1/8th the size of the conventional USB portable hard drive. The storage per dollar for the PNY SSD is several times more then an USB hard drive about the same as USB Flash drives. But the PNY SSD drive has much higher read/write rates then a Flash drive and many USB portable hard drives. If you don't need Terabyte external storage then the PNY SSD drives deserve a serious look.
The PNY I bought slips into a pocket of the case that I carry my 11.6 inch Laptop in and increases the mass storage of the 128GB SSD system drive by 220 GB at the cost of a similar capacity Flash drive.
The PNY I bought slips into a pocket of the case that I carry my 11.6 inch Laptop in and increases the mass storage of the 128GB SSD system drive by 220 GB at the cost of a similar capacity Flash drive.
I would recommend this to a friend!
My Best Buy number: 2180908060
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Lenovo - Flex 3 1130 2-in-1 11.6" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Celeron - 2GB Memory - 64GB Solid State Drive - Black
Only @ Best BuyLenovo Flex 3 Laptop, Only at Best BuyEnhance your productivity with this Lenovo Flex 3 laptop. Its 360-degree hinge enables laptop or tablet use, and you can place it in a tent or stand configuration for hands-free viewing. This Lenovo Flex 3 laptop has a vibrant 10-point multi-touch display and Intel processor, and it delivers up to eight hours of battery life on a single charge.
Nice student laptop
Customer Rating
4.0
This would make an excellent laptop for a high school student or coupled with a desktop would probably work for a college freshman.
Light enough to carry in a backpack or shoulder bag, good connectivity options for Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and USB devices, good battery life. I would give this 5 stars but the 2GB RAM reduces multi tasking performance and the 64GB SSD without really easy expansion is limiting. I partially fixed the disk storage limit with an small in size USB3 flash drive in the USB3 port.
Light enough to carry in a backpack or shoulder bag, good connectivity options for Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and USB devices, good battery life. I would give this 5 stars but the 2GB RAM reduces multi tasking performance and the 64GB SSD without really easy expansion is limiting. I partially fixed the disk storage limit with an small in size USB3 flash drive in the USB3 port.
I would recommend the Flex 3 to any friend looking for an entry level laptop.
I would recommend this to a friend!
My Best Buy number: 2180908060
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SanDisk - Ultra 200GB microSDXC UHS-I Memory Card
With a 200GB capacity, this SanDisk Ultra microSDXC memory card provides plenty of space to store pictures, videos and other important files. An included SD adapter enables use with a variety of devices.
Wow! real storage for a tablet
Customer Rating
5.0
My son and I both bought these for use in tablets. He has his in a Lenovo Yoga 2 10.1 Android tablet, I put the one I bought in a Dell Venue 11 Pro Windows 10 tablet. He formatted his in the Android tablet with the native SD card format utility in Android settings, I formatted the one I put in the Dell Venue 11 Pro with the Windows 10 disk format utility as an NTFS volume. Both micro SD cards have been working great for several months now..
I would recommend this to a friend!
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My Best Buy number: 2180908060
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SOLD OUT IN STORES - Toshiba - 49" Class (48.5" Diag.) - LED - 1080p - HDTV
SOLD OUT IN STORESToshiba 49L310U LED HDTV: This TV lets you view movies, TV shows, video games and more at Full HD resolution. Plus, a USB port lets you view compatible image and video files by plugging in a USB storage device.
Excellent performance and value
Customer Rating
5.0
We purchased this LED TV to replace a smaller one that we had had for several years. We were looking for excellent display and sound but without "Smart TV" options because the DVR and Blue Ray Player we already owned covered those functions. The Toshiba 49L310U filled the bill, excellent picture and excellent sound without the added expense of duplicating "Smart" functions we already had in other components of our entertainment system.
I would recommend this to a friend!
My Best Buy number: 2180908060
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Linksys - AC1900 Dual-Band WiFi 5 Router
Your household wants to play, stream and work online all at once. With this Linksys router, you can do it all without buffering or other interruptions. Use the Smart Wi-Fi app to get started, control, and monitor your home network from anywhere.
A step forward in WiFi performance
Customer Rating
5.0
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What's great about it: Performance and ease of setup
What's not so great: No full capability until WiFi adapters on devices step foward
A year ago the flow of data on our home Wifi network was largely from the Internet via cable modem to the WiFi router to a Wifi device in the form of streaming video, only a very small amount of the total data was not streaming media from the Internet to a Wifi device or from one WiFi device to another WiFi device on the network and only a few Wifi devices needed bandwidth at any time. The early configuration solution was to think out the data flow and locate some WiFi devices to the 2.4GH band of the dual band router and place others devices on the 5 GB band. In the last few months we added a new Wifi enabled DVR that can stream video via WiFi to other TVs and computers (tablets and laptops) in other rooms and the early solution began to break down with a small amount of annoying jumpy video and sound and buffering.
I decided to upgrade to one of the new MU-MIMO (multiuser MIMO) router the model selected was the Linksys EA7500 which can support several simultaneous WiFi streams at the same speed to geometrically dispersed Wifi devices. This seems to have solved the jumpy video and buffering issues with the new DVR and it's WiFi video clients and reached an area of the house the workshop in the garage which didn't have WiFi coverage before as a bonus. Physically the Linksys EA7500 is larger but looks very similar to the dual-band N900 Gigabit router it replaces, 1 Ethernet connector to the cable or DSL modem, 4 connectors for Gigabit LAN , 3 dual-band detachable antennas, 2 USB ports (1 USB 2.0, 1 USB 3.0), Power port for AC power adapter, on/off switch, reset switch. The status LEDs on the Linksys EA7500 are at the back next to the corresponding port instead of on the top or front of the router which is a bit inconvenient if you want to refer to them. Configuration of the router is fairly straight forward. I removed the LAN Ethernet cables from the dual-band N900 Gigabit router and plugged them into the corresponding ports on the Linksys EA7500. Connected the AC power, launched a web browser on a computer on the router's LAN and open the Linksys EA7500 default base URL. This brings up the routers configuration application in the Browser and allows the administrator to set such network parameters as the SSID's for the 2.4 Gh and 5 Gh Wifi bands, select encryption and network passwords for each SSID, turn on/off the Guest Access, Parental Controls, Media Prioritization, options to enable access to devices on the home network from the Internet, along with many other options.
So far I am very happy with the choice of the Linksys EA7500 to up grade our home Wifi network, there have been no instances with jumpy video since it was installed. The installation was smooth only one PC needing an update to its network drivers out of over 20 Wifi devices. Until MIMO and MU-MIMO Wifi adapters become more common the full throughput won't be realized for the network but it is a step forward even with legacy Wifi adapters.
I would recommend the Linksys EA7500 to my friends needing high throughput WiFi.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Linksys - AC2600 Dual-Band Wi-Fi Router - Black
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Insignia™ - Flex Elite - 7.85" - 16GB - White/Silver
Only at Best BuyInsignia™ Flex Elite 7.85" Tablet: Watch movies, play games and browse the Web with this tablet, which features an IPS display with 2048 x 1536 resolution for clear, vivid visuals. Front and rear cameras let you capture memorable moments.
Newest Android updates fix most earlier issues
Customer Rating
5.0
I bought one of ths Flex Elite 7.85 in late July 2015 and returned it the next day because Netflix, Xfinity TV GO, and a couple other streaming video apps wouldn't work. In late Nov. 2015 I bought an open - box one in the expectation that Insignia had release an update to the Android 5.0 in the tablet that fixed the probles with streaming video apps and was happy to see that a new update was available and the streaming video problems were fixed. Also battery life seemed better then earlier although still a bit limiting at 4 or 5 hours. We now have 3 of the Flex Elite 7.85 tablets all with microSD cards for storing video, music and book files and being enjoyed by members of the family. We have added a couple medium capacity power vaults for extra runtime away from AC power. The Insignia Flex Elite have evolved into very cost effective devices for Surfing the web, email, and entertainment.
I would recommend this to a friend!
My Best Buy number: 2180908060
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DigiLand - 8" - Tablet - 32GB - Black
DigiLand Tablet: Stay connected wherever you go with this 8" tablet. Windows 10 makes Web navigation a snap, and you can house plenty of photos, music and documents with 32GB of storage space. Plus, snap clear photos of events with 2.0MP front- and rear-facing cameras.
Great value in an 8 inch Net Tablet
Customer Rating
4.0
Early in November the local Best Buy store had the DigiLand DL808W on display, a new economy 8 inch Windows tablet with Windows 10 installed and a good looking IPS display. After working with the store display tablet for a short time I bought one and now have had about 2 weeks of experience with it. For an economy tablet the touch screen has better than average responsiveness, the display has good range of brightness with a wide viewing angle. Battery life for Web Tablet tasks (email, web browsing, simple games, some video streaming) has been 5.5 to 6.5 hours on a charge. Screen resolution is 1280 by 800 which in an 8 inch tablet is not bad even for streaming video. Wifi seems to be single band but on my home LAN transfer speed is on par with any other Wifi device. This tablet is not a CPU power house it performs about as fast as the other Atom quad core tablet with 1GB of RAM that I have tried but is smoother running and has fewer hiccups then the other 1GB RAM tablets I have tried or own. If you enter a screen touch and you don't get an instant response just wait a second or so. Free disk space on the system drive is about 18GB with the stock applications installed and you can add a micro SD card with 64GB or more without any problems, just plug the card in.
Now the cautions, it is an economy tablet construction is plastic and light so a folio cover or universal tablet case is probably a good addition, also I am fairly sure the touch screen surface is plastic and venerable to scratches, a screen protector seems needed, I bought one from an Internet vender for the DigiLand DL801W 8 inch
tablet and it fits fine. Lastly the warranty is limited to 90 days so consider a protection plan although I haven't had any cause for concern with the tablet I have yet.
tablet and it fits fine. Lastly the warranty is limited to 90 days so consider a protection plan although I haven't had any cause for concern with the tablet I have yet.
I would recommend this tablet to my friends who are looking for an economical tablet for casual Net Tablet usage, I rate the tablet at 4 Stars because of the limited warranty..
I would recommend this to a friend!
My Best Buy number: 2180908060
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Dell - Venue 11 Pro 10.8" - Intel Core M - 64GB - with Keyboard - Black
Learn more about the New WindowsBoost your on-the-go productivity with this Dell Venue 11 Pro tablet, which features Wi-Fi for easy Web access and a 64GB capacity that provides space for important files. The 10.8" capacitive touch screen simplifies use and offers crisp images.
Great performance and value
Customer Rating
5.0
The recent introduction of the Surface 3 caused me to look at it and some alternatives as an upgrade to the Atom Z3700 series Windows tablets I already had. The Surface 3 and recent tablets and 2in1 mobile devices that use the latest Intel Atom or Intel core M processors had fan less designs, 8 hour + battery life and were light enough to be options. Until Best Buy put the Dell Venue 11 Pro 7140 on sale the core M tablets were out of my price range, now the Best Buy Dell 7140 bundle with Keyboard is the lease expensive option, and the one I picked.
Dell Venue 11 Pro Model 7140 is heavier than the Surface 3 but lighter than a Surface Pro 1,2 or 3, I am seeing about a 10 hour battery life so far and the performance is almost at the original Surface Pro level. The 7140 is shipped with 64 bit Windows 8.1 one significant result is that the free disk space is about 20 GB, a 32 bit Windows 8.1 with Bing tablet with a 64GB main drive could be expected to have 30GB or more free. The free disk space is a function of the larger size of 64 bit Windows 8.1 executable. The Surface 3 64GB model has larger amount of free disk space.
The Dell 7140 bundle with the included Dell Slim Tablet Keyboard needs a firm and flat surface for the keyboard to function reliably. On a non-flat or yielding surface like your lap the keyboard will often disconnect, on a desk or table I haven't had any problems at all. The Keyboard has an elegantly designed kick stand built into it that works nicely although it only allows 2 tablet angles and not as ridged as the Surface 3. Closing the keyboard will put the tablet into Sleep and opening it wakes it if it was asleep, folding the keyboard around to the back of the tablet, disables the keyboard and entry is by the touch screen or stylus. The keyboard also serves as a protective cover for the screen and to a limited amount the back of the tablet but I wished it offered some protection to the edges and corners. Tablet construction looks quite good but not as solid as the total metal case of a Surface or Surface Pro device. I am impressed with the performance, quality construction, thoughtful design and value the 7140 represents and won't hesitate to recommend it to my friends.
I would recommend this to a friend!
My Best Buy number: 2180908060
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ASUS - Transformer Pad - 10.1" - Intel Atom - 32GB - With Keyboard - Gray
Learn more about the New WindowsAsus Transformer Pad Tablet: Watch movies, play games and surf the Web on the large, vibrant screen of this Asus tablet. The included detachable keyboard lets you get work done quickly and easily.
Does it have Microsoft Office pre-installed?
The one I got had a pre-installed copy of MS Office 2013 Home and Student
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