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Enjoy interactive streaming with this Google Nest Hub. With the built-in Google Assistant, you can view your calendar, receive alerts and reminders, and control devices from the single dashboard, and voice control lets you access other smart features. This Google Nest Hub lets you listen to music from Spotify and Pandora and view YouTube content. "
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We decided to replace our original Google Home in our kitchen with a Google Home Hub. This unit of course comes with the Google Assistant and is in Charcoal. We loved the Original form factor of the Google Home even with it's nuances, like not identifying ones voice or adding God knows what to the grocery list at times. As we have grown to love it, it has grown and learned knew and improved features. Now steps in the Google Home Hub. This unit is a Google Home on steroids... It has a 7 inch touch display and similar speaker setup of the Google Home. What Google Assistant can do on this little device is where this unit SHINES!! I can control smart items like, locks, light switches, outlets, cameras, and more with my voice or touch of the screen. This unit not only will play YouTube videos on command, but also acts as a castable device using the Chromecast infrastructure, so if you can stream it to a Chromecast, you can stream it to this lovely unit. The Google Home Hub has a great Ambient Display which dynamically changes with lighting of the room it is in, and can be programmed to display photos in a slide show from Google Photos, weather, time and personal phone data. With all things considered, this Google Home Hub is the perfect companion for the kitchen, the nightstand, or the desktop. It balances the Google Assistant with a display and a speaker very well.
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For students and families who want classic Office apps installed on one Windows 10 PC or Mac for use at home or school. Classic 2019 versions of Office apps including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Plus, OneNote for Windows 10.
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It just works, flawlessly. Install was easy, using it is so straight forward. I missed having Microsoft Office.
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Velop with Intelligent Mesh™ Technology is an award-winning family mesh Wi-Fi system created to work seamlessly together. Mix and match nodes with different speeds to modify performance or interchange colors to coordinate with your home style. Regardless of shape, size, or wherever your Internet comes in, Velop can be customized to your home. Which makes it easy to add more nodes as your home and family expand. Unlike traditional routers with range extenders, each node provides a powerful Wi-Fi signal throughout your entire home. It continuously self-organizes and optimizes to find the fastest path to the Internet for seamless Wi-Fi everywhere. Individual nodes may be connected wirelessly or by Ethernet for fast, reliable connection. This is an ultrasimple and powerful system that uses only one Wi-Fi network name and password to give you seamless and secure Wi-Fi. And leading-edge security lets you block content and easily pause the Internet for dinner or homework. It works with all Internet service provider supplied equipment and speeds, and its simple app-based setup will get you up and running in minutes.
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This Velop Wi-Fi system by Linksys is a great configuration if you have a large house. This is a standalone system that offers robust Wi-Fi signal in a dwelling of up to 4500 square feet in space. Our 150 some year old, 1700 square foot farm house, which is full of plaster walls multiple chimney's and a variety of different types of plumbing pipes along with miles and miles of nob and tube that is disconnected and new Romex wiring which is distributing our electricity currently. All of this just sucks the life out of most Wi-Fi producing routers. For years I used several different routers and created a backyard mechanic's mesh Wi-Fi system that kind of served its purpose. Then we got our first Linksys Velop system in December of 2016, it was a three node Tri-Band setup which thoroughly improved or over all signal, but as our girls have aged and desire faster Wi-Fi in their individual rooms for homework, Netflix and YouTube, I was hoping to get another set of nodes to add to our system.
So now steps in the Linksys - Velop Dual-Band Mesh Wi-Fi System (3 Pack in white) that I actually chose to add to our existing Velop system. Creating a six node Linksys Velop system that absolutely rocks. I have had no more complaints from my daughters about the Wi-Fi speed in their room...and It has improved signal to my Linksys range extender in my garage. I love using the app to manage this system, it makes setup super easy.
If you are looking for the most robust Wi-Fi system for your large home or small business. It is so versatile and just works, all of the time.
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Create healthy hot meals on this Delonghi 5-in-1 grill. Use the versatile ceramic-coated surface as a contact grill, panini press, or full grill when preparing great steaks, fish, burgers, or paninis. Removable dishwasher-safe plates facilitate easy cleanup. Compact but powerful, this Delonghi 5-in-1 grill operates at 1500W for quick, consistent grilling.
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Press your panini, Grill your burger, fry an egg!
on October 22, 2018
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I love this 5 in 1 indoor grill by Delonghi. It's name is Livenza and it comes in Stainless Steel Finish. It is so versatile, with it's hinge it can be panini press or you can open it up an have your grilling or griddl-ing surface and with it's two options of two grill plates or 2 griddle plates. You can even mix and match so you could grill on one surface and griddle on the other. I love the precise temperature controls for both modes the panini or grill/griddle. I have used it twice so far in both configurations, and it is amazing. The clean up is super easy with the ceramic non stick plates. Just remember to not to use any of your metal utensils as it will scratch quite easily.
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Sustain productivity almost anywhere with this 13.9-inch Lenovo Yoga convertible laptop. Its 12GB of RAM and Intel Core i7 processor handle bandwidth-intensive tasks, and it has a built-in pen garage to discreetly secure and charge a compatible stylus. Store and run programs efficiently on the 256GB solid-state drive of this Lenovo Yoga convertible laptop.Learn more.
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In true Lenovo form, this C930 13.9" Touch Screen Laptop with an Intel Core i7 with 12 GB Memory and 256 GB SSD harddrive in Iron Gray, is a perfect addition for those on the go and in need of very robust laptop with perfect form factor. This Yoga's all aluminum case is premium craftsmanship through and through and don't forget your stylus, with it's garage built into the case, where it charges also. The full HD Screen is crisp and very responsive to my finger and stylus.
Let's talk about the wow factor of this new Yoga design. It's rotating sound bar with integrated speakers in it's base gives this a high end audio profile, it has an incredible amount of bass with some well balanced upper spectrum response. I love that it is easy to unlock with it's finger print scanner built in next to the keyboard. The keyboard has good spacing and of course has the back-lit keys. This is quite a versatile unit with it's 2-in-1 options. This unit just screams high end.
Lets move on to the specifications:
It's processor is Intel's latest 8th generation Core i7, it is running on Microsoft's Windows 10, it's graphics is Intel's HD Graphics 620, this odel has 12GB DDR4 Ram, and it's has a 256GB Solid State Drive. This unit has a Full High Definition display at 1920 x 1080 which allows it's battery to boasts kup to a 14.5 hours of battery life. Of course battery life will vary upon use. It has 2 USB-C and one USB 3.1 ports as well as an Audio Combo jack. Lenovo includes a stylus, with a port on the case to store it and it has a finger print scanner. It also has a webcam shutter.
Pros:
Dolby Atoms Speaker System
Great Form Factor
Light
Stylus with storage
Fingerprint Scanner
Dolby Atoms Speaker System
Great Form Factor
Light
Stylus with storage
Fingerprint Scanner
USB Type C
Cons:
No SD Card reader
No Sleeve included
No SD Card reader
No Sleeve included
Just a quick look at my pros and cons, reveals that if you are looking for current model of versatile laptop/tablet in 2-in-1 form factor, the Lenovo Yoga C930 is designed for you.
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Listen and talk in comfort with these Jabra Evolve stereo headphones. Dual Bluetooth capability lets you connect to multiple devices simultaneously, and its integrated busy light provides a signal to others when you are busy. Enjoy amazing sound without background noise interference thanks to the passive noise cancellation of these Jabra Evolve stereo headphones.
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These Jabra Evolve 65 Bluetooth Headphones are great for those that make a ton of calls. They are light weight and have great audio quality. They are super easy to use and have not only a charge cable that can be used to directly connect to any pc with a usb port, but also have a case and a Usb to Bluetooth dongle, so you can use them with any pc. Battery is specified to last 10 hours, I got almost 9 hours. I love how the microphone stores magnetically to the frame. I love how the pods swivel for easy storage. If your looking for some great on the ear headphones to listen to music or make calls these could be the ones you're looking for.
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Experience unreal picture quality with this 27-inch HP 27Q display. The modern, tilted design gives you the best angle to experience its lifelike colors and ultrarealistic Quad HD resolution, and an anti-glare panel lets you work or watch anywhere you want. This HP 27Q display's 2 ms refresh time provides crisp, latency-free media, ideal for multi-monitor setups.
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Incredible 4k Resolution with Ultra Fast Response.
on August 22, 2018
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This HP 27Q 27 inch 4QHD monitor has incredible resolution, response time, and very good contrast ration. This monitor is a must if you do any video editing, photo editing, or gaming. HP really delivered with this display, it's high quality case matches it's performance.
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Maintain your personal style with this all-in-one Philips Norelco Multigroom grooming kit. It has dedicated trimmers and trim guards for safe, efficient beard detailing, as well as hair removal for the body, eyebrows, ears and nose. This 25-piece Philips Norelco Multigroom grooming kit includes a foil shaver for smooth shaving of the face and neck.
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This unit does it all, from trimming all aspects of your facial hair, and keeping those sideburns at bay, to hair removal. It is very well designed and charges quickly. The amount of attachments, including different cutting blades makes this unit very flexible. The attachments also go off and on very easy. Waterproof is a must to keep this unit clean...
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Stream HD audio from your TV to your headphones with this Aluratek Bluetooth 5.0 dual TV transmitter. It has a range up to 300 feet, which is four times the range of Bluetooth 4.2 transmitters, and you can easily connect the device to your TV via aux, RCA or SPDIF. This Aluratek Bluetooth 5.0 dual TV transmitter can handle two headphones at once.
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5
Amazing Performance/Compact for it's Capabilities
on July 6, 2018
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This unit is such a powerful little transmitter/reciever. I plan on using it when we are camping. Our popup camper has a radio in it, but the speakers are directed to the side of it, like most. That is great if you are right next to it, but usually we are not and to have it loud enough to hear it, it would be too loud for our neighbor campers. Until this little unit showed up. I will mostly be using it as a transmitter, it will be connected to our camper's line out and will transmit to two different Bluetooth speakers simultaneously. It is an amazing solution for our situation. I also tested it as a receiver and worked very well, the range of it is incredible.
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Only @ Best BuyListen to music with this sweat- and dust-resistant wireless Jabra Elite headset. It connects via USB, mini-jack or Bluetooth, and a powerful microphone lets you use voice commands with your mobile device. This Jabra Elite headset reduces background noise and has a built-in motion sensor that lets you track fitness efforts.
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I absolutely love these Jabra - Elite Active 65t True Wireless Earbud Headphones in Titanium Black. Even the packaging screams Great Quality. Once they were in my ears, I knew I was going to embrace these true wireless earbuds. Their design fits well with out the feeling that they may fall out, even during workouts. The sound quality is one of the best in this market I have experienced. They have a great balance out of the box, but Jabra also gives you the ability to customize the equalizer to your desire as well as some other really cool features of control. I especially like the hear through mode, so while they are in your ear, you can hear what is going on around you. They have also provided sweat and dust protection, with an IP56 rating. With 15 hours of total battery these units can be used all day. I appreciate the addition of some grip material on their case and on the headphones themselves. These also have built in motion sensors, that can count steps. My guess is that they will possibly do more with software updates later regarding activity tracking.
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HomePod is a breakthrough speaker that senses its location and tunes the music to sound amazing wherever you are in the room. Together with Apple Music, it gives you access to over 45 million songs. And with the intelligence of Siri, it's a helpful home assistant for everyday tasks, and for controlling your smart home accessories - all with just your voice. Welcome HomePod.
Does this take the place of Alexa? Or do you use together?
No.
Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant are two separate things that assist you in two different ecosystems.
You can use them together, but not to do all of the exact things. Alexa would be used for amazon oriented services, and Google Assistant for Google oriented services.
Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant are two separate things that assist you in two different ecosystems.
You can use them together, but not to do all of the exact things. Alexa would be used for amazon oriented services, and Google Assistant for Google oriented services.
5 years, 6 months ago
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Velop with Intelligent Mesh™ Technology is an award-winning family mesh Wi-Fi system created to work seamlessly together. Mix and match nodes with different speeds to modify performance or interchange colors to coordinate with your home style. Regardless of shape, size, or wherever your Internet comes in, Velop can be customized to your home. Which makes it easy to add more nodes as your home and family expand. Unlike traditional routers with range extenders, each node provides a powerful Wi-Fi signal throughout your entire home. It continuously self-organizes and optimizes to find the fastest path to the Internet for seamless Wi-Fi everywhere. Individual nodes may be connected wirelessly or by Ethernet for fast, reliable connection. This is an ultrasimple and powerful system that uses only one Wi-Fi network name and password to give you seamless and secure Wi-Fi. And leading-edge security lets you block content and easily pause the Internet for dinner or homework. It works with all Internet service provider supplied equipment and speeds, and its simple app-based setup will get you up and running in minutes.
Can these dual band versions be used with an already in place triple band set?
yes
5 years, 6 months ago
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Easily charge your MagSafe 2-equipped Mac computer with this Apple® MD504LL/A converter that is compatible with a variety of Apple devices with a MagSafe connector, including 24" and 27" LED Cinema displays, Thunderbolt displays and more.
Can I use this to charge my mac book air?
no
5 years, 6 months ago
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Velop with Intelligent Mesh™ Technology is an award-winning family mesh Wi-Fi system created to work seamlessly together. Mix and match nodes with different speeds to modify performance or interchange colors to coordinate with your home style. Regardless of shape, size, or wherever your Internet comes in, Velop can be customized to your home. Which makes it easy to add more nodes as your home and family expand. Unlike traditional routers with range extenders, each node provides a powerful Wi-Fi signal throughout your entire home. It continuously self-organizes and optimizes to find the fastest path to the Internet for seamless Wi-Fi everywhere. Individual nodes may be connected wirelessly or by Ethernet for fast, reliable connection. This is an ultrasimple and powerful system that uses only one Wi-Fi network name and password to give you seamless and secure Wi-Fi. And leading-edge security lets you block content and easily pause the Internet for dinner or homework. It works with all Internet service provider supplied equipment and speeds, and its simple app-based setup will get you up and running in minutes.
Is this velo dual band mess wifi system better than buying repeaters...I use streaming TV in several rooms, and a work PC. Please advise. Thank you
Yes, it manages the devices on the network much better then repeaters do.
5 years, 6 months ago
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Velop with Intelligent Mesh™ Technology is an award-winning family mesh Wi-Fi system created to work seamlessly together. Mix and match nodes with different speeds to modify performance or interchange colors to coordinate with your home style. Regardless of shape, size, or wherever your Internet comes in, Velop can be customized to your home. Which makes it easy to add more nodes as your home and family expand. Unlike traditional routers with range extenders, each node provides a powerful Wi-Fi signal throughout your entire home. It continuously self-organizes and optimizes to find the fastest path to the Internet for seamless Wi-Fi everywhere. Individual nodes may be connected wirelessly or by Ethernet for fast, reliable connection. This is an ultrasimple and powerful system that uses only one Wi-Fi network name and password to give you seamless and secure Wi-Fi. And leading-edge security lets you block content and easily pause the Internet for dinner or homework. It works with all Internet service provider supplied equipment and speeds, and its simple app-based setup will get you up and running in minutes.
Can these dual band versions be used with an already in place triple band set?
Yes it can, I just added three dual band nodes to an existing tri-band three node system. Ending in a successful six node velop system with multi bands...It works perfectly.
5 years, 6 months ago
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Experience unreal picture quality with this 27-inch HP 27Q display. The modern, tilted design gives you the best angle to experience its lifelike colors and ultrarealistic Quad HD resolution, and an anti-glare panel lets you work or watch anywhere you want. This HP 27Q display's 2 ms refresh time provides crisp, latency-free media, ideal for multi-monitor setups.
Can you connect 3 monitors?
That depends on your machine you are connecting them to. If you desktop or laptop will support three monitors, then these would work,
5 years, 8 months ago
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Stream HD audio from your TV to your headphones with this Aluratek Bluetooth 5.0 dual TV transmitter. It has a range up to 300 feet, which is four times the range of Bluetooth 4.2 transmitters, and you can easily connect the device to your TV via aux, RCA or SPDIF. This Aluratek Bluetooth 5.0 dual TV transmitter can handle two headphones at once.
How do you pair Bluetooth capable items an see that they have been connected sucessfully❓ Will the Bluetooth connections be seen on the TV screen after hooking up the audio receiver/transmitter❓
There is specific sequence that you connect them through. There is no display interface, so you only have the audio Cues of the device your connecting to it well, whether it would be headphones or speakers. It just works.
5 years, 9 months ago
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Only @ Best BuyListen to music with this sweat- and dust-resistant wireless Jabra Elite headset. It connects via USB, mini-jack or Bluetooth, and a powerful microphone lets you use voice commands with your mobile device. This Jabra Elite headset reduces background noise and has a built-in motion sensor that lets you track fitness efforts.
Do these stay in your ear better while sweating? The original 65t kept falling out when I was running
They do for me.
5 years, 10 months ago
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Acer 15 Chromebook: Enjoy up to 12 hours of battery life with this 15.6-inch Acer Chromebook. Its Intel Celeron processor and 4GB of RAM load webpages quickly and provide lag-free streaming, and the 16GB of internal storage holds documents and photos. This Acer Chromebook has an HDMI port for connecting to a larger display.
Is this new model comparable performance wise to the Acer - R 11 2-in-1 11.6" Touch-Screen Chromebook - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 16GB eMMC Flash Memory - White? But without the flip mode and touchscreen?
Yes.
6 years, 2 months ago
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Acer 15 Chromebook: Enjoy up to 12 hours of battery life with this 15.6-inch Acer Chromebook. Its Intel Celeron processor and 4GB of RAM load webpages quickly and provide lag-free streaming, and the 16GB of internal storage holds documents and photos. This Acer Chromebook has an HDMI port for connecting to a larger display.
When can we buy this ?
Right Now.
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Acer - 15.6" Chromebook - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 16GB eMMC Flash Memory
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