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• I already had one of these, returned it after it died one day into my ownership, and have a second on order. While it worked it was wonderful, and the data speed was unbelievably fast. Streaming video became absolutely easy. I'm hoping my second try goes a bit better. I'm back to using my Linksys 54G router. In reply to: "Crave giveaway of the day: Netgear WNDR3700 wireless router"

  December 12, 2009

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• I haven't many, but not all of the commentst, so someone else may have caught this already.
  
  I'm confused with your statement that we're "closing out the first decade of the 21st century." Starting way back, if the year 1 was the first year, and the year 10 was the tenth year, then the first decade wasn't over until the end of year 10. Therefore, our first 21st century decade won't end until the stroke of midnight on December 31, 2010. Right? That leaves all the companies out there over a year to come up with something really, really bad. The contest ain't over. In reply to: "The decade's 30 biggest tech flops"

  July 22, 2009

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• Always in for a chance at something free. In reply to: "Crave giveaway of the week: Logitech Squeezebox Boom"

  July 17, 2009

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• Anything providing Pandora is good. I've been using them for around three years, and I started contributing as a paid member just this year. They're more than worth the contribution. In reply to: "Crave giveaway of the week: Livio Wi-Fi radio"

  June 14, 2009

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• wireless networking/internet access In reply to: "Top products you can't live without"

  February 28, 2009

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• I'd love to vote in the People's Voice award event- specifically for the ViP922, but I can't find any way to do so. In reply to: "EchoStar SlingLoaded HD DVR 922 combines Slingbox and DVR into one super set-top box"

  January 10, 2009

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• We gave up on broadcast AM and FM back in 2005 after we first tried XM. My wife and I both love XM, and we switch from channel to channel depending on mood or need. We have the Polk XRt 12 as the player on the main sound system, and the sound quality is excellent. The interface is much better than that which came built in to our Denon receiver, so we stuck with the Polk. In the bedroom we have the Polk iSonic. Again, very good quality sound. Our favorites are Jazz (70), Folk (15), Country (10), Escape (78) and the oldies channels 4,5,6 and 7. Occasionally we'll wander around and hit some of the others. We always take an XM Roady with us when travelling, and we have XM radios in both cars. When we have the time we play our own CDs and LPs, but music is always on, including low background when we sleep. We have 30+ channels of Sirius available through Dish, but we almost never listen to those anymore. We don't have any interest in subscribing to the new Sirius channels now available through XM. They're just not to our taste. In reply to: "Music radio? Is anybody listening anymore?"

  October 24, 2008

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• I agree. This is nothing less than insanity on the part of SoundExchange, and Pandora, which has been a wonderful service, is going to be gone forever. I subscribe to XM, and I like the choices. However, nothing has compared with the configurability of the Pandora program. I'm going to miss it greatly. In reply to: "Report: Fees may sink Pandora soon"

  August 18, 2008

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• My first MP3 player was a RIO 500, but I never used it for music. I got addicted to Audible.com's books in the late 90's during my efforts to escape the constant sameness and inanity of FM during my three-quarter to one-and-one-half hour commute. I discovered that books fulfilled that need. My main music interests had started to broaden from pop and rock in the mid 70s, and I found myself appreciating jazz more and more, along with folk and even country. Radio stations had too many commercials and blather.
  
  I gradually had shifted from LPs to primarily CDs starting around 1987, and CD quality was excellent as far as my ears were concerned. However, MP3 music was never as good as listening to CDs, LPs or even FM radio. MP3s were almost as bad as going back to AM radio. The sound quality was, and is, terrible where music is concerned.
  
  Today, I do have an iPod, but it's still dedicated to books. When I'm on the PC I listen to Pandora.com through my Boston speaker system, and when I just want background music on my sound system I play XM radio. I still buy, on average, one or two CDs a month, and I find myself occasionally buying new LPs - four in the last six months or so. I've been a Denon receiver bigot since 1987, and one of the big reasons is that Denon has always included a phono input on their receivers. I even listen to a few old cassettes occasionally .
  
  Netting it out, I don't collect MP3 music files, and I probably won't in the future. I like the uncompressed music too well. I might get a music server in the future, but I still kinda like being able to physically load my music into the appropriate player. In reply to: "'98 to '08: What we lost along the way"

  April 17, 2008

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• I buy CDs, SACDs , audio DVDs or the very occasional vinyl LP. I still retain good enough hearing to realize how much is lost in most music downloads, so I never download MP3s, except for books from Audible.com. I do own an IPOD, but it's only used for books. I listen to both Pandora and XM while using my PC, and I listen to XM through my home system and while traveling. In reply to: "Music poll: How do you get your music? CD? iTunes? Napster?"

  February 9, 2008

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