I recently picked up the Olympus 450 ZOOM at Staples, and I love it.
Quality of the unit is above average, MUCH better that the Sony (floppy disk) camera that I've used at work.
It comes with a proprietary 8 meg Smart Media card, but generic cards work without the "Panorama" feature. I also bought a generic 32 meg Smart Card and a generic PCMCIA adapter. A bonus is that I can use the Smart Media card for my Rio MP3 player.
I can also stick the adapter into any computer with a PCMICA slot and have a quick and easy way to grab files. Windows 95,98, and NT all auto detect the adapter and Smart Media as a standard hard disk drive. I'm not sure if it works with Linux but I know that the cards use standard Windows style FAT, so Linux should be able to see it....
I've had two Nokia phones in about six years. I wore the first one out after using it daily for about four years (the volume became un-adjustable.) The second (a 252) is still going strong. I'm buying a Nokia 6120 when I move back to Boston in four months (so that I can have Digital service....)
Great quality, good features, and usually very inexpensive if you buy it with a service contract. Not to mention that Nokia phones were the phones used in The Matrix
I highly recomend Nokia phones. Check out the 6100 series if you live in a digital area. www.nokiausa.com
Well, they are still screwing. I have Direct TV, and because I can get FOX, ABC, and NBC from a "traditional" broadcaster within 100 miles, I CAN NOT (legally)get any version of any of these networks from DTV.
While it is true that the bandwidth is limited, it is still ILLEGAL to receive network feeds from cities that are further that 100 miles away. I want Boston stations, but I can't legally get them here in Arizona.
Basically, it all boils down to the fact that if I want FOX, I have to buy cable, and If I want Boston's feed of FOX I have to hack my system and risk prosecution.
The FCC is way too powerful for our own good. It seems obvious that they are catering to the cable companies by limiting the programming I can get from DirecTV.
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Quality of the unit is above average, MUCH better that the Sony (floppy disk) camera that I've used at work.
It comes with a proprietary 8 meg Smart Media card, but generic cards work without the "Panorama" feature. I also bought a generic 32 meg Smart Card and a generic PCMCIA adapter. A bonus is that I can use the Smart Media card for my Rio MP3 player.
I can also stick the adapter into any computer with a PCMICA slot and have a quick and easy way to grab files. Windows 95,98, and NT all auto detect the adapter and Smart Media as a standard hard disk drive. I'm not sure if it works with Linux but I know that the cards use standard Windows style FAT, so Linux should be able to see it....
Truthfully, I have no idea if this is even feasable technology, but dem pictures sho' is purdy....
Great quality, good features, and usually very inexpensive if you buy it with a service contract. Not to mention that Nokia phones were the phones used in The Matrix
I highly recomend Nokia phones. Check out the 6100 series if you live in a digital area. www.nokiausa.com
While it is true that the bandwidth is limited, it is still ILLEGAL to receive network feeds from cities that are further that 100 miles away. I want Boston stations, but I can't legally get them here in Arizona.
Basically, it all boils down to the fact that if I want FOX, I have to buy cable, and If I want Boston's feed of FOX I have to hack my system and risk prosecution.
The FCC is way too powerful for our own good. It seems obvious that they are catering to the cable companies by limiting the programming I can get from DirecTV.