Product Description
Panasonic marries the best elements of its VCRs and DVD players in its new products that can take the place of both units on an entertainment system shelf. The new PV-D4742 offers an economical and convenient option for consumers looking to save space, or who want to add a DVD player and replace an aging VCR.Panasonic PV-D4742 is "ready to play, " automatically setting the clock and date, and programming the channels as soon as they're plugged in and connected to your TV or cable or satellite system. The superb picture quality and convenience features of the four-head, Hi-Fi stereo VCRs will be familiar to those who have owned Panasonic decks in recent years. With this unit you can record a program and watch a DVD at the same time. You can also listen to a CD or home recorded CD-R, CD-RW, or MP3 recording, or even watch a DVD-R video production made on your PC. The possibilities are virtually limitless.Adding to the unit's versatility is a wide array of audio/video jacks, namely: discreet component video output, S-Video output, dual RCA A/V outputs, optical digital output and RF in/out. In short, all the connections you need whether you're doing your viewing on a 5-year old mono TV or a big-screen digital set hooked up to a surround sound system. The deck also includes Dolby Digital and dts outputs for digital 5.1-channel surround.
Amazon.com Product Description
The handy Panasonic PV-D4742 DVD/4-Head Hi-Fi VCR Combination plays your videos, DVDs, MP3-CDs, and more.
Video Features
Featuring a four-head hi-fi VCR for excellent picture and sound resolution with VHS tapes, this device is compatible with VHS, DVD, and MP3/CD, CD-R, and CD-RW formats. The DVD function features a high-speed viewing mode with Smooth Motion Scan for scanning DVDs at five speeds, up to x100. There's a still-frame mode, and Dolby Digital and dts composite, component, S-video, and digital audio outputs.
Audio Features
This player sports Simulated Surround Sound, which replicates a movie theater audio experience using only two speakers, making multiaudio channel DVDs effective without an elaborate home theater system. It's also home theater ready, sporting the necessary outputs and connections for easy hookup to speakers, preamps, and other home theater devices. Connections include front A/V input, composite, component and S-video-outputs, and a digital audio output.
Other Features
The PV-D4742 also comes with Panasonic's Multi-Brand Universal Light Tower remote control, an illuminated remote that operates your DVD/VCR, and most TVs and cable/DSS boxes, and even a head cleaner for the VCR.
Customer Reviews:
Infuriating!.......2004-09-24
I will never again spend 300 dollars on any Panasonic product. I've had wonderful luck with their car audio products, but this thing wasn't worth even half of what it cost. The DVD player started to malfunction after about a year, with that wonderfully annoying "Please check the disc and for scratches and stains on disc" message. Brand new DVDs wouldn't even play...but strangely, CDs don't give me any problems. Now, if you'll exucse me, I must go shop for a Toshiba to replace this ridiculous combo VCR/CD player.
VCR Has Problems.......2004-04-11
I had the unit just over a year and only used the VCR ten times or so. It started rejecting and eating tapes. I called Panasonic, described the problem, and told them of the many people on-line who reported problems with the unit. Since it is out of warranty, Panasonic was unsympathic. They do not seem to care that they manufactured a faulty device, and are not going to do more than their warranty obligates them.
When I had problems with a Sharp Camcorder that was out of warranty, and Sharp knew that they were at fault, they sent me a new model free.
Panasonic knows this is a faulty unit, and is hoping that customers won't use it enough to discover the problem within the warranty period.
Poor.......2003-12-06
I received this as a Christmas gift last year. My father purchased it at an electronics store. He was told it was "the Cadillac" of dvd/vcr players (I had picked out a less expensive item), but the salesman talked him into "upgrading". Poor choice. It took 3 months, which happened to be the warrenty period, then the vcr started rejecting tapes. Some tapes must be inserted over and over again until the machine accepts them. Other tapes are never accepted. The dvd player works but the sound has to be turned clear up in order to hear. This is deafening when I turn the dvd off. Overall I feel this is a bad choice. Save your money and buy a different product
I agree with the concensus of reviews on this one: don't buy.......2003-11-19
I got one of these units because I needed a machine that something beyond auto tracking control. It had tracking adjustment, so, I got it to replace my old unit. Within 2 weeks, I wanted something else. The store wouldn't accept it back (Not an Amazon.com store, though.) so, I sold it to someone else.
The unit has several problems, most of them related to the digital drive. The VCR portion I didn't have as many problems with as others report, no ejected tapes, etc. but it has its own irks. First, the RF In. Was very staticy, peppered with little colored dash marks. Other units did not display this static when the cable was connected. Plus, its search function is an abysmal failure. You can't search to a predefined position on the tape, you can only search to a position in X hours/minutes, not a precise time into the tape. While this works fine when the counter is at 0:00 at the start of the tape, but, when it's not the start of the tape anymore, searching becomes an absolute mess, especially when you want to go backwards.
The digital unit, though, is where this dog starts to bark. For DVD's, the way it manuevers through chapters, etc. is not exactly the most user friendly method. There's no easily programmable A to B function. Plus, a real annoyance with CD's. The programmer's apparently decided to code the CD player to automatically skip 2 seconds at the end of each track. Which is fine for music CD's; most people who burn their own discs tend to remove the 2 second gap anyway... I don't. I like the 2 seconds, and, automatically skipping the gaps, WITHOUT giving the user the option to turn this off, makes playing audio CD's impossible, as the last 2 seconds of a track's lines and the first 2 seconds of lines in the next track get swallowed up by the skipping! Poor, poor design.
While the digital drive does accept writable and rewritable CD and DVD formats, except for DVD-RAM, this is very little consolation compared to how much is left out and what doesn't work right. PASS on this model.
Less than a year old and already broken.......2003-10-01
I got this last December and in August, the DVD started messing up. An hour into every DVD we watch, the screen starts skipping then hangs up altogether! We can't turn it off when that happens, either - we have to unplug it.
I'm really not liking anything Panasonic anymore... I also have one of their digital video cameras (yuck!)
Product Description
LTO2 Tape Drive 9117-5755
Product Description
Store-It Drive Hi-Speed USB portable hard drives store thousands of digital photos, data files, mp3 files, hours of digital video and more... all in your pocket. Connect to any USB enabled desktop or notebook computer and instantly add gigabytes of ultra-portable, pocket-sized storage. Backup your entire computer with the push of a button using the EZ-Touch One Button Backup System. View reports, customize and manage backups, encrypt and password protect your data and more. Each Store-It drives comes with award winning Retrospect backup software and has a Hitachi Travelstar hard drive inside. Store-It Drive portable hard drives were designed and manufactured with the highest quality components for ultimate portability and data protection. Carry it in your backpack, briefcase, notebook bag, or even your shirt pocket. The ultra-thin, extremely durable aluminum design makes these drives portable and robust, take it wherever you go!
Customer Reviews:
Problem after problem with a finicky little drive.......2007-01-26
I love the way the drive looks but it's just finicky and continues to fail. When I initially got it, it died after just a week or two. I sent it back and got a new one pretty quickly. The customer service wasn't bad. Even when it worked, some computers would see the drive, others wouldn't. It was a crap shoot. Then, I tried to reformat the drive and it wouldn't; it just became unformattable. Apparently there's nothing I can do because Pexagon doesn't have any drivers that I can download and reinstall. So, this drive, which had so much potential, has just been plagued with problems and is now just a $100+ hunk of metal. I am waiting on customer service yet again to solve the problem. Will report back how it goes.
Waste of Time.......2007-01-11
Bad customer support. Difficult to use. Damaged my hard drive.
Finaly was told to send it back, it's defective.
Great device, makes backing up files so much easier!.......2006-09-08
Do you back files up onto CD's? If so, you really need to get one of these and chunk your old method.
The Pexagon Store-It 60 GB external drive has taken what was a 3 day monthly backup process using CD's (I back up my files and my colleagues critical files) to a 1 hour per month process.
I am only giving it 4 stars because while I am able to get it to work on my office PC and my laptop, I cannot seem to get it to work on my home PC. Also, the software that comes with it is not exactly intuitive. That said, you can treat this device like an extra "drive" in Windows Explorer to just drag and drop file copies onto it. It is fast and simple to use, and sleek and compact.
I would recommend this for both work and personal use if you have newer PC's (3 years old or less) to use it on. It has greatly simplified my life.
Sleek little hard drive.......2006-02-24
I bought this for my wife to use for backups. It is an elegant, small and slim, USB hard drive. The power and data cables are combined into one cable with two heads, which is nice. The backup software seems to be good. I think it better than the CMS drive I use for my own hard drive.
One problem: There is a button on the drive that you are supposed to be able to press to do a 1-button backup, but my wife hasn't figured out how to configure this to do what she wants; so she doesn't use this feature.
Excellent Portable External Hard Drive.......2006-02-11
The size of the Store-It Drive is not much bigger than my Palm Tungsten E. The Retrospect software that is included is simply amazing. After the discount and rebate, the unit cost a little over a $100. The 60GB capacity is sufficient for my needs and the compact size is handy because I have to exchange large files between my home and work computers. If 60GB is enough for your backup and storage needs, I advise you to consider this external hard drive for purchase. The compact size and software at $100 is a bargain. Very few products at this size and value to compare.
Product Description
Reusable Desiccating Canisters protect all types of articles from deterioration, rust, corrosion, mold, mildew and other damage caused by moisture or high humidity. Simply place a can together with the article to be protected in a tightly closed or sealed moisture resistant container. The can will rapidly and actively desiccate the surrounding air and keep it that way to protect against moisture damage. Typical applications include: Laboratory equipment and chemicals. Cameras, lenses, photos and film. Scientific instruments. Medical and dental instruments. Tools. Museum and historical artifacts. Clothing and fabrics. Shoes and leather articles
Customer Reviews:
Instructions were on case in older model.......2007-03-07
I bought one of these items in December '04 from Adorama. It had directions written in raised letters on the canister itself. I just ordered here and received a second one in March '07 and the "new" model has no instructions. Other than that, it looks identical to the old one, so I assume the contents are the same.
Here are the exact words written on the old one:
"HYDROSORBENT 40 GRAM SILICA GEL"
"WHEN PINK, REACTIVATE 3 HOURS AT 300F"
The pink referred to is the little circle in the center of the canister.
I keep this product with my camera (in closed stuff sack) and it seems to work as advertised - though I guess you just have to have faith that it does - no easy way to prove it (except maybe in extremely humid climes).
How does it work?.......2007-01-04
The Adorama Silica Gel came without any instructions on how to use and reuse it. I emailed customer service at Adorama to ask how to use it and how to recharge it once it has absorbed enough moisture but they did not respond. I can't tell when it needs recharging and when it is ready. What color should it be and what color should indicate recharging. How to I recharge it? Nothing tells me how to recharge it. So far, money wasted. Unresponsive to my emails.
Product Description
Metrobility's "redundant twister" interface provides redundant data paths for path protection and restoration. An essential connectivity tool for high priority and mission-critical applications, it provides fully redundant data paths as well as power supply redundancy, for Ethernet, Fast Ethernet or Gigabit devices. If the primary connection fails due to a cable or hardware failure, the "redundant twister" interface switches the device's traffic to the secondary connections within 200 microseconds.Intelligent "redundant twister" models also deliver Managed Network-on-Demand capability for mission-critical applications. Managed Network-on-Demand allows the "redundant twister" media converter to be configured to operate in either Dynamic Recovery Mode (DRM) to ensure session integrity and increase uptime, or in Network Select Mode (NSM) to redirect traffic and add security through link isolation.And with SONAR, or Switch on No Activity Received, the interface not only monitors for loss of link on the active port, but will also monitor for traffic. With SONAR, if the active port remains idle for a given amount of time (configurable for 1-31 seconds) the resilient technology of the redundant interface will verify activity on the secondary port, and switch traffic to that port once traffic is detected. This prevents a switch or switch port failure from bringing down the network or any part of it.
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