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outubro 4th, 2010 by niemeyer2017374
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The plot lines in the animated cartoons tended to be simple. A villain, usually Bluto, makes a move on Popeye’s “sweetie”, Olive Oyl. The bad guy then clobbers Popeye until Popeye eats spinach, which gives him superhuman strength. The fundamental character of Popeye, paralleling that of another 1930’s icon, Superman, also invokes traditional values possessing uncompromising moral standards and resorting to force only when threatened, or when he “can’t stands no more”! The first volume includes 58 (7-10 min) theatrical blk & white shorts from 1933 to 1938 and 2 two-reeler 20 minute color cartoons. (Notable shorts: * POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR was an Academy Award� Nominee. Betty Boop appears in a cameo as a hula dancer in the 1st short “Popeye The Sailor”) DVD Features:
Documentaries
Featurette
Music Only Track
Other
- Amazon Sales Rank: #8067 in DVD
- Brand: Warner Brothers
- Released on: 2007-07-31
- Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
- Formats: Animated, Box set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Original recording remastered, NTSC
- Original language: English
- Number of discs: 4
- Dimensions: .50 pounds
- Running time: 416 minutes
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- The plot lines in the animated cartoons tended to be simple. A villain, usually Bluto, makes a move on Popeye’s “sweetie”, Olive Oyl. The bad guy then clobbers Popeye until Popeye eats spinach, which gives him superhuman strength. The fundamental character of Popeye, paralleling that of another 1930’s icon, Superman, also invokes traditional values possessing uncompromising moral standards and res
This Is The Real Thing… At Long Last !!!!
This is it, Popeye cartoon fans! We have dreamed about it, wished for it, and hoped for it. Warner Brothers Video, by arrangement with King Features Syndicate, is issuing here the first 60 ORIGINAL Fleischer Studios Popeye cartoons. Wonderful! These fantastic cartoons are being released in chronological order of their theatrical release, FULLY RESTORED from the original negatives in beautiful black and white, UNCUT, with all Paramount titles restored. Volume 1, 1933-1938, is a 4-disc collector’s edition. Also included in this release are the first two Three-Color-Technicolor two-reel specials: “Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor”, and “Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves”. If that isn’t enough, 5 hours worth of bonus materials are included: Audio commentaries from Mark Kausler, Jerry Beck, Mark Evanier, and others. More features include restrospectives on Popeye and Max Fleischer, behind the toons featurettes, and bonus shorts.
So many of us remember seeing many of these vintage Popeye shorts when we were kids, and fondly remember the incredible animation from those early Fleischer Studios Popeye’s. In 1933, the original Popeye voice was done by William Costello. Sometime in 1935 he was fired and The Sailor Man’s voice was taken over by Jack Mercer, who kept at it for the remaining duration of these great cartoons. Remember that wonderful muttering in those early years by Popeye? That was the great Jack Mercer. Who could forget that fantastic “Is that so?” and all the other regular mutterings that Popeye would utter, more so especially during the Fleischer years. Bluto was fantastic, too, with some great back-and-forth quips between himself and his rival. His voice was delivered by William Pennell from 1933-1935, then Gus Wickie from 1935 until his death in 1938. The voice of Olive Oyl was delivered by Mae Questel.
So, all you Popeye fans… this is what we have been waiting for many a year. Throw out all your other Popeye videos and DVDs. Get rid of your VHS tapes that you made from the Cartoon Network. Destroy (with pleasure) all of those horrible colorized Popeye’s made infamous by Mr. Turner. Animation historian Jerry Beck says that “your eyes will POP at the restorations. If you’ve never seen them you are in for a revelation.” At long last…the first official release of the Max Fleischer cartoons on DVD. Without a doubt, you will be absolutely, positively delighted!!!
So much more than spinach. . .
As a lifelong fan of classic animation, I simply could not be more THRILLED at the prospect of finally owning restored versions of the Fleischer Popeye cartoons. Other reviewers have expertly detailed the contents of this set, so I’d like to take a moment to try and convince/convert those folks who may not know and love these things as much as I do. . .
There has been, as long as I can recall, a misconception about Popeye cartoons. I recently had this discussion with a good friend, who could not understand why I was so excited about this release. She, like so many people, was raised on the color Popeye cartoons made in the 1960’s. “They’re all the same,” she complained. “Popeye and Bluto fight over Olive Oyl, and Popeye eats spinach and beats up his rival. Big deal.” And you know something? Based solely on the cartoons my friend had seen, she was right. She knew nothing of these original black & white gems made by the Fleischers beginning in the early 1930’s. And while the voice of Popeye in most of those shorts is the same (Jack Mercer) as the later ones, that’s where the similarities end. The early ‘toons are full of creative gags, ad-libs and boundless energy. Plus, they have the inimitable Fleischer style, which can also be found in Betty Boop and, later, the first Superman cartoons.
I hope that those of you who only know Popeye from the later, bland incarnations will check out this set. Forget Poopdeck Pappy or Popeye’s nephews (those these will eventually surface in the Fleischer versions); this is the REAL POPEYE in all his elastic, mumbling glory.
Essential viewing for Popeye enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the early history of animated sound cartoons.
P.S. I wish I could get back all the money I’ve blown on cheapskate VHS and DVD versions by Goodtimes, etc. Those things are headed for a garage sale faster than you can say “I yam what I yam!”
Here’s everything you get — and the top five reasons to buy it
Well, blow me down! As a Disney writer, I didn’t think I’d like these competing cartoons from the golden age of Mickey Mouse. But I was wrong! Like the best early Mickey shorts, these Popeye cartoons are truly entertaining and funny, with boundless energy and many creative gags. Whether you’re a classic animation fan or just someone looking for something different, here are five reasons you should buy this set:
1. All of the cartoons are from Popeye’s original Fleischer Bros. incarnation, when the series had its most cockamamie characters (including the Sailor Man in all his gruffy, mumbling glory), cockeyed plots, fluid animation and detailed backgrounds.
2. The shorts are the original, black-and-white, uncut versions, fully restored from the master negatives and never before made available to the public.
3. Unlike the more familiar 1950-1960s Popeye cartoons, these don’t all have the same plot! Yes, Bluto tries to kiss Olive Oyl in a couple, but otherwise the stories on this set jump all over the place. In one (”Lost and Foundry”), Baby Swee’pea saves Popeye and Olive from being crushed.
4. Each disc comes with a full slate of extras, including documentaries, featurettes and rare bonus cartoons, most of which are early silent films and ten of which star Koko the Clown. Altogether there are more than five hours of bonus features.
5. Ten cartoons have audio commentaries, featuring film and animation experts such as Jerry Beck and Leonard Maltin.
Here’s a complete rundown on what you get:
DISC 1
1. “Popeye the Sailor” (1933) (with commentary)
2. “I Yam What I Yam” (1933)
3. “Blow Me Down!” (1933)
4. “I Eats My Spinach” (1933)
5. “Seasin’s Greetinks!” (1933)
6. “Wild Elephinks” (1933) (with commentary)
7. “Sock-a-Bye, Baby” (1934) (with commentary)
8. “Let’s You and Him Fight” (1934)
9. “The Man on the Flying Trapeze” (1934)
10. “Can You Take It” (1934) (with commentary)
11. “Shoein’ Hosses” (1934)
12. “Strong to the Finich” (1934)
13. “Shiver Me Timbers!” (1934)
14. “Axe Me Another” (1934)
15. “A Dream Walking” (1934) (with commentary)
Bonus features on Disc 1 include a feature on early animation (”Mining the Strip, Elzie Segar and Thimble Theatre”), a 43-minute documentary on Popeye’s early career (”I Yam What I Yam: The Story of Popeye the Sailor”) and a profile on Olive Oyl (”Me Fickle Goyl, Olive Oyl: The World’s Least Likely Sex Symbol”). Bonus silent cartoons from other studios (all based on comic strips) include “Colonel Heeza Liar at the Bat” (1915), the Mutt and Jeff short “Domestic Difficulties” (1916) and “Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing” (1916).
DISC 2
16. “The Two-Alarm Fire” (1934)
17. “The Dance Contest” (1934)
18. “We Aim to Please” (1934)
19. “Beware of Barnacle Bill” (1935) (with commentary)
20. “Be Kind to ‘Aminals’” (1935)
21. “Pleased to Meet Cha!” (1935)
22. “The ‘Hyp-Nut-Tist’” (1935) (with commentary)
23. “Choose Your ‘Weppins’” (1935) (with commentary)
24. “For Better or Worser” (1935) (with commentary)
25. “Dizzy Divers” (1935)
26. “You Gotta Be a Football Hero” (1935)
27. “King of the Mardi Gras” (1935)
28. “Adventures of Popeye” (1935)
29. “The Spinach Overture” (1935)
30. “Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky” (1936)
Extras on Disc 2 include a 30-minute historical documentary with lots of clips, “Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation 1900-1920,” the featurette “Sailor’s Hornpipes: The Voices of Popeye,” a profile on Wimpy (”Wimpy the Moocher: Ode to the Burgermeister”) and three more silent shorts: “Bobby Bumps Puts a Beanery on the Bum” (1918), the Felix the Cat cartoon “Feline Follies” (1919) and “The Tantalizing Fly” (1919) with Koko the Clown.
DISC 3
31. “A Clean Shaven Man”
32. “Brotherly Love”
33. “I Ski – Love Ski – You Ski” (with commentary)
34. “Bridge Ahoy!”
35. “What – No Spinach?”
36. “I Wanna Be a Lifeguard”
37. “Let’s Get Movin’”
38. “Never Kick A Woman”
39. “Little Swee’pea”
40. “Hold the Wire”
41. “The Spinach Roadster”
42. “Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor” (double-length, color, with commentary)
43. “I’m in the Army Now”
44. “The Paneless Window Washer”
45. “Organ Grinder’s Swing”
Disc 3 bonus features consist of two featurettes, “Blow Me Down! The Music of Popeye” and “Popeye in Living Color: A Look at the Color Two-Reelers” and six early Out of the Inkwell shorts with Koko the Clown: “Modeling” (1921), “Invisible Ink” (1921), “Bubbles” (1922), “Jumping Beans” (1922), “Bed Time” (1923) and “Trapped” (1923).
DISC 4
46. “My Artistical Temperature”
47. “Hospitaliky”
48. “The Twisker Pitcher”
49. “Morning, Noon and Night Club”
50. “Lost and Foundry” (with commentary)
51. “I Never Changes My Altitude”
52. “I Likes Babies and Infinks”
53. “The Football Toucher Downer”
54. “Proteck the Weakerist” (with commentary)
55. “Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves” (double-length, color, with commentary)
56. “Fowl Play”
57. “Let’s Celebrake”
58. “Learn Polikeness”
59. “The House Builder Upper”
60. “Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh”
Bonus features on Disc 4 include profiles on Swee’pea and Bluto (”Me Lil’ Swee’pea: Whose Kid is He Anyway?” and “Et Tu Bluto? Cartoondom’s Heaviest Heavy”), three more Out of the Inkwell Koko shorts (”A Trip to Mars” (1924), “Koko Trains ‘Em” (1925) and “Koko Back Tracks” (1927)) and a two-minute follow-the-bouncing-ball oddity “Let’s Sing with Popeye” (1934).
To sum up, this set is a real treat for any cartoon buff and a must-have for any student of animation or pop culture. But beyond all that, it’s just plain fun.
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outubro 3rd, 2010 by niemeyer2017374
Sapphire and Steel – The Complete Series Description:
The spiritual precursor to The X-Files, SAPPHIRE & STEEL is one of the most atmospheric, mysterious and compelling television programs ever made. Joanna Lumley (Ab Fab, Cold Comfort Farm) and David McCallum (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) star as alien investigators sent to earth to monitor and police ruptures in time. Defying convention at every turn, SAPPHIRE & STEEL spread six adventures over 34 episodes, keeping viewers constantly in suspense and heightening the tension with its distinctively claustrophobic sets (only one tale used any location footage), stark lighting and ethereal music. Combined with the deeply ambiguous stories, this created a distinctly unsettling and riveting experience. Now, SAPPHIRE & STEEL is ready to capture the minds of a new generation of fans with this comprehensive DVD collection, which features every moody minute of the revolutionary show.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #34234 in DVD
- Released on: 2004-12-28
- Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
- Formats: Box set, Color, NTSC
- Original language: English
- Number of discs: 6
- Running time: 918 minutes
Customer Reviews:
More than a mere ‘precursor of the X-Files’!
Nice to see this show finally get released by mainstream channels. (current fans will have found the set elsewhere…)
If you’re a fan of The X-Files, you’ll LOVE Sapphire And Steel. Especially if you prefer intellectual horror above quantitive gore, guts, and circus acts. Made between 1978 and 1982, this low-budget BBC series used inventive plotlines, a strong atmosphere, and strongly written and acted characters to sell it self. And it packs a whollop. Indeed, some of the stories are so complex that they could be benefitted from a second viewing. (pity VCRs didn’t exist when this show was first aired!)
I personally recommend Story 2 (”The Railway Station”) for first viewing. It’s got the series’ premise down pat and despite a lengthy 8 episodes, remains taut and gripping all the way through so the padding to fill out the timeslot isn’t noticed. The story puts a new dimension on ghosts and their influence, and episode 8 has some excellent make-up and a grizzly resolution.
Story 4, “The Man Without a Face” is another fan favorite. The malignancy in this story puts photography in a different light. Either by imprisoning people in photographs or taking them out, this story is inventive – and suitably horrific. The final episode isn’t as strong as it could have been, but the rest of the story more than makes up for it.
Story 6, with a working title of “The Petrol Station” features a new type of enemy for Sapphire and Steel. This one doesn’t use horror in the way the other stories had, but it is highly enjoyable and also keeps one’s interest. It’s also the series’ finale and, as many BBC Sci-fi series’ go, this one isn’t particularly pleasant.
Story 1, “Escape through A Crack in Time”, while having a very good introductory episode, ultimately falls apart halfway through and the denouement rather misses the point of its preceeding episodes. Revolving around children’s’ fairy tales, this one tries to give a deeper meaning to the tales. As it is an introductory story, you’ll note some differences that were not in subsequent stories. As story 2 is so perfect, P J Hammond was quick to correct the errors he’d made. It’s still worth a watch, if for episode 1 alone. As with stories 3 and 5, this one is 6 episodes long and contains some padding.
Story 5, “Dr McDee Must Die”, was not written by P J Hammond, who wrote the other stories. It feels more like a Doctor Who story. It’s got its moments, but is overall mediocre.
Story 3, “The Creature’s Revenge”, is the one and only turkey. Indeed, it’s a turkey complete with beaks and claws. Watch it for the sake of completeness and the introduction to Silver, who is seen again in story 6 of course. But what little plot exists is padded out so extensively that re-watchings are mandatory. and, unfortunately, this story is so dull and uninvolving that re-watching is simply impossible to do. The plot, as far as I can make it out to be, revolves around some human science teams traveling back in time a couple thousand years to experience how their ancestors lived in 1980. There’s a creature that kills on contact for some reason, the pair taking the role of a 1980 couple (despite being ~25 years different in age) are being tormented by visions of wild animals or food animals, and their futuristic but disguised pod is basically an old apartment building (both outside AND inside, sigh…) with a cheap mod and 1979-looking aluminium kitchen table set as a visual effect for the inside of another pod. Episode 1 is actually reasonably good and its cliffhanger is marvelous, but it totally fails after that.
There were some audio commentary extras that were interesting, but not spectacular.
The menu system looks nice, but a “Play all” button would have been nice.
The packaging for the region 1 (US) version is vastly superior to any of the other region releases available. It’s uniform and has a proper feel.
The audio transfer is reasonably well, no argument here.
The video transfer is quite good, though it’s clear that only a mundane amount of video restoration was used; the prints could have benefitted from a full restoration/embellishment process to eliminate the problems that the source tapes have (the only real problems are with the cameras and recording equipment of the time. Skin tones look great and there’s little artifacting to be found.) But that would be very expensive, the show is British therefore the British owners would do the actual restoration work, and this is a niche show. Besides, I’ve seen far, far worse.)
There is a rumor that the discs will not play the video at proper frame rate on some players. The discs will play, but the video has a film-like motion to it. As this series was shot on video tape, this effect isn’t normal. But even with this effect (it happens on my set-top player but not my computer’s DVD-ROM drive), I don’t find the effect jarring. In fact, I think it HELPS many of the stories because it feels like a film transfer. (only videophiles will care about the difference, but I thought I’d say it anyway.  )
A&E released this set. So it’s no surprise that this set is as solid as it is. Definitely a buy for fans. Easily worth a renting for newbies and ultimately worth the buy.
British Cult Sci-fi at its best
I was very happy to learn that Sapphire and Steel was FINALLY coming out on DVD. Once I got the set and watched the series, I was not disappointed. The show has an eerie, claustrophobic feel that makes it unlike many other shows out there. One can forgive the limited sets and average quality video effects because the stories are so entertaining and original (A creature that exists in photographs, a darkness that lives off of the bitterness of the dead, time itself being a destructive force, etc.).
While the show itself is excellent the DVD’s themselves don’t live up to their potential. The extras are rather thin (although the introduction voice-overs by P.J. Hammond and Shaun O’Riordan at the beginning of each assignment are very insightful). The other problem is that the episodes were not transferred from PAL to NTSC (the U.S. video encoding standand) properly so the video images have a slightly jerky film-like motion to them. (Episode 5 of Assignment 5 is the only episode that was transferred properly) Although the problem is not distracting, it is a shame that A&E couldn’t have got it right the first time. Maybe this set will be rereleased with the flaws fixed (as they did for some episodes of Space:1999).
Overall, this is a great series that anyone who likes original writing and spooky atmosphere will enjoy. A must have.
Welcome back Sapphire and Steel, on DVD at long last!
This was a real attempt at intelligent sci-fi and though I loved it I knew it would never be a hit in the way that the X-Files was, simply because it was far too intelligent for your average sci-fi watcher.
I was amazing it lasted as long as did.
I am really glad the whole series is on DVD as the VHS versions are real clunkers in that each adventure is on two tapes, so you end up with a HUGE collection of video tapes if you wanted the whole series.
I think Joanna Lumley and David McCallum are great as Sapphire and Steel, two beings sent to sort out rips and problems in time that could devastate the universe if left unchecked.
My favourite adventure was the railway station, it was very atmospheric but all of the adventures had their own merits and I loved the quirky way that Lumley and McCallum bounced off each other, one wry, the other droll, both human but not human.
Many people think this series has dated badly but I actually think it has done okay, considering it was a pioneer in its own genre and well worth buying and watching again just for the sheer brilliance of what the writers and producers were trying to do in a time of bad hair, bad clothes, bad songs, bad movies and even badder actors!
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One of the oddest shows ever mounted for mainstream British television, Sapphire & Steel was one of ITV’s many short-lived attempts at grabbing the sci-fi cult status of the BBC’s Doctor Who. Ex-Man from U.N.C.L.E. David McCallum and ex-Avenger Joanna Lumley play human-looking incarnations of the eponymous substances, mysterious investigators working at the behest of an apparent God of Order and zipping about TARDIS-like to cope with anomalies in the time-stream that manifest as apparent supernatural forces in remote English locales like an isolated farmhouse (Adventure One), a deserted rural railway station (Adventure Two) and a high-rise block of flats (Adventure Three).
McCallum and Lumley play their “medium atomic weights” with blank style and a few touches of baffled humor, not to mention visual flair in the case of Lumley’s blue fashions and occasional glowing eyes. But the lengthy serial format, strictly limited guest casts, and claustrophobic confinement to studio sets tend to mean individual serials straggle on with a great deal of repetition, as six- or eight-part stories seem to take forever to get moving and then resolve. Shot on video, with a few strange 1970s effects (evil follow-spots, floating pillows), this remains prime cult material, though it’s hard to sit still for more than one episode at a time. –Kim Newman
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setembro 27th, 2010 by niemeyer2017374
Speedo AquaBeat 1GB MP3 Player – Black Description:
Speedo Aquabeat MP3 Player is waterproof up to 3 meters making it perfect for listening to your favorite music during all water activities. Its compact design with a sleek sophisticated look features ergonomic easy-to-use buttons no matter what the activity and includes multiple sizes of ear buds for a comfortable, custom fit. It attaches easily to swim suits, goggles, board shorts, bikinis, wetsuits, athletic apparel or winter clotting. It supports MP3 and WMA files and stores up to 250 MP# and 500 WMA files with its 1GB memory. The Aquabeat is so well designed it even floats making for an easy recovery in a pool, river, lake, or ocean. Due to its superior design and construction, it has a full one year warranty.
- Color: Black
- Brand: Speedo
- Model: 7410061-001
- Released on: 2008-04-02
- Dimensions: 18.00″ h x 8.00″ w x 47.05″ l,
Features
- 1-gigabyte MP3 player with waterproof housing for water sports
- Floating chassis is waterproof to depths of up to 3-meters
- Built-in memory stores up to 250-MP3 or 500-WMA files
- Attaches to swimsuits, goggles, board shorts, and other clothing
- Charges via USB cord; weighs 35-grams, 1-year warranty
Customer Reviews:
Average Performance – many limitations!
Speedo Aquabeat Waterproof MP3 Player
I was, at one time, a competative sprinter, now train purely for health benefits…I swim laps in a 25 yard pool now (2-2.5 miles a day/5 days a week). I was just looking for a simple H2O proof MP3 player that was reliable and easy to use. I don’t require outstanding sound quality or a bunch of bells and whistles from an MP3 player. After doing A LOT of research and reading all the reviews on all the available waterproof MP3 players out there I settled on the speedo aqua beat and ordered it from Amazon.com, here’s my analysis of the product…
THE PLAYER – small, lightweight with easy to use controls and fits on most goggle straps. I swim with swedish goggs and the straps are a bit thin. This makes mounting the goggles on the back of your head kind of tricky because if you don’t get it just right, the player has a tendency to pop off when pushing off the wall or doing a flip turn (VERY ANNOYING)…the drag is negligable from the device while swimming along, but with any kind of a strong push off the wall, it almost always slides down to the base of the back of your head even with VERY tight goggle straps (also VERY ANNOYING)…recommend using goggles with a wide strap if you’re going to use this product. Of note, the internal, computer OSB rechargeable battery is a nice feature and the player can be used with other sets of headphone as a “dry land” MP3 as well.
THE SOFTWARE – easy to use, music can be easily drag-and-dropped into the “removable” hard drive that pops up on your computer…Note – you have to plug the player up to your computer’s OSB port and allow it to charge 1 full time before you can load music to it (takes about 2 hours to charge) and the single LED on the player will turn from amber to green when it’s fully charged. I was over-zealous and tried to load music on to the player within the first half hour of the first charge with no luck.
THE EARPHONES – These were the biggest let down in the whole package…they do come with 3 different sizes of triple flange rubber ear pieces, and while I have what I assume to be average size ears/ear canals, I could never really achieve a proper seal with any of the three sizes of plugs. These headphones REQUIRE a water tight seal to work properly…and even when you do get that seal, the minute you start swimming and turning your head to breath, the movement of your head or while streamlining off the wall makes the seal change and therefore VERY susceptable to water entry…BOTTOM line, they just don’t fit well…ultimately your ear canal fills with water and the sound is no longer audible. This requires constant “fiddling” with the ear pieces after each lap and severly detracts from your workout. Also, in order to get a good seal the ear pieces need to fit very tightly, this causes ear canal pain over time…not being a wimp on this one, I can certainly hack the pain… and would have gladly accepted that as part of the deal if that were the only issue with the earphones! Additionally, after 1 use, my headphones developed a short in one of the wires to one side of the earphones…I’m not holding this against the product in my “number of stars” review as it may have only been a one time incident with my particular Aquabeat…but be aware that the wires from the player to the headphones are VERY thin and appear to be quite susceptible to fatigue/failure or shorting out after only a few uses. ALL in ALL this was a DISAPPOINTING PRODUCT, especially for how much it costs…I’ve elected to return the player to Amazon based on the defective short in the headphones. By the way, Amazon is great with their return policy and it’s quite easy to do with a few clicks online. I’ve decided on trying the “bone conduction system” of the Fini-swiMP3-V2, and will order that from Amazon when my aquabeat is refunded.
In short, I would not recommend wasting your time and money on the Speedo Aquabeat MP3 player.
I’ll write a Fini-SwiMP3 review in a couple weeks when I’ve had the chance to fully test that one out!
Functional – but some limitations
I purchased the Aquabeat so I could listen to audio books while swimming.
This player does meet my minimum requirements. The sound quality is good and the earplugs effectively block out pool noise. Speedo provides several different plug sizes to ensure a good fit and I can hear the words clearly and follow the lecture or story I am listening to. Also, the player fits securely to my goggles strap and has coiled earbud wires that do not get in the way.
However, there are some features that are missing or were badly implemented, including:
1. No battery indicator – can t tell if the battery is low.
2. No way to sort the MP3s numerically or alphabetically. I had to merge the mp3 files to ensure I was listening to the chapters sequentially.
3. Unable to fast-forward within a file — just between files.
4. The reverse and forward buttons double as on and off. It is easy to accidentally shut of the player — or forward to a different file when you just want to shut it off.
5. No LED display.
6. Slow USB transfer rate – takes about 8-10 minutes to copy 250MB.
Overall, I am satisfied but not impressed.
Well worth it
This product is great. I had read some of the reviews prior to purchasing and it was really hit or miss. Perhaps it really just depends on what you are expecting. My expectations were for soley to have music while I worked out. I bought this to wear for my morning lap swimming. This was my first mp3 player of any kind.
It was very easy to set-up and I’ve even taken to wearing it during my runs as well with a regular pair of headphones. The sound quality to me is great; I have not noticed any difference between regular headphones and the waterproof ones provided while I am swimming.
The unit is very light and easy to attach to a pair of goggles. It doesn’t affect my swimming, I hardly notice it at all. Every once in a while the wire will lay against the side of my neck but after a couple of strokes it will correct itself and go back to where you don’t even notice it.
I did have an issue with my first pair of headphones having different volumes and then the right side completely giving out randomly with sound. Speedo was very efficient and sent me a new pair that arrived in a couple of days at no cost. These second headphones have not caused me any problems. I don’t know if it is because I wear a swimcap so the cap is pushing the headphones against my head but I will have to say they are not the most comfortable headhphones I’ve ever worn. Once I’ve started swimming they don’t bother me, but afterwards my ears are sore for a couple of moments after I take them out. Does it bother me enough to stop using them? No. Would they make me consider giving up on using the Aquabeat? Not a chance.
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setembro 23rd, 2010 by niemeyer2017374
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VIZIO VT420M 42-inch Full HD 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3314 in Consumer Electronics
- Size: 42 In
- Color: JAVA
- Brand: Vizio
- Model: VT420M
- Released on: 2009-11-15
- Dimensions: 27.80″ h x 11.40″ w x 40.36″ l, 44.10 pounds
- Display size: 42
Features
- 120Hz Smooth Motion technology gives you smooth, blur-free picture with less judder
- SRS TruSurroundHD brings you an immersive surround sound experience
- SRS TruVolume balances audio levels to eliminate volume inconsistencies
- Multimedia USB Ports enables you to view personal media including music and photos
- JAVA finish. 4 HDMI inputs
Great value! Great picture!
I’ve had this TV for a 1 1/2 months now and it has been amazing. The picture quality is outstanding – the only way you are going to get better picture is to buy an LED TV, but those have their downside as well.
The built-in speakers are very weak and the audio level sometimes fluctuates a bit. That being said, if you hook it up to an external sound system you won’t need the built-in speakers.
This TV works extremely well with my cable box, DVD player and even my Nintendo Wii.
Highly recommended.
Did everything I wanted it to do.
Was going to get a phillips tv but was sold out so I looked at the vizio. build quality looked solid and everything worked as it should. Havent had any issues thus far. Only thing that will ever show that the tv was cheaper then normal is the manual with its cheap photos but thats nothing to complain about.
Also to fix the change in volume from the speakers turn off the srs true volume. It tends to over correct the volume and thus creates the random volume levels.
VIZIO vt420m great bang for your buck
I tried really hard to find a comparable difference between SONY , SAMSUNG, VIZIO on tvs under 800 dollars. I couldn’t find one. I stared at all three televisions for 45 minutes straight…not a considerable difference. For the money, you can’t go wrong. its the right balance of size, picture quality and price. I hooked up my ps3 to compare the quality between this tv and a 46″ xbr from SONY. I was shocked to see that this tv had by far produced a better picture (although the sony is 2 years old). Audio is poor and does fluctuate from time to time. I’ve had it for a month and cant say that I’ve seen any green lines or issues. If you wan’t a television under 1000 dollars, i would highly recommend you take a look at this vizio. I don’t think vizio can hold a candle when it gets to the higher priced tv’s, but when it competes in this price range…it excels
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Axis 5010671 T95A67 Pole Bracket Description:
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #122197 in Camera & Photo
- Brand: Axis
- Model: 5010-671
- Dimensions: 5.91″ h x 7.87″ w x 10.24″ l, 5.95 pounds
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Lexmark C510 PHOTODEVELOPER 20K0504 Description:
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- Brand: Lexmark
- Model: 20K0504
- Format: CD
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.20″ h x 14.50″ w x 13.70″ l, 4.54 pounds
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