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    I need a new digital camera..... Recommendations?

    Re: WARNING: ADORAMA I've bought from them in the past without problems, but it has been probably 2 or 3 years ago. I believe Adorama and B&H Photo have the best reputation as far as buying photo equipment. All of my orders with both outfits have been strictly over the internet. I've never...
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    VAT Question involving eBay

    I made multiple purchases yesterday from a German eBay seller's eBay "store." His product descriptions state the the prices shown include 16% VAT. Before making the purchases, I asked him if the VAT would be subtracted from the purchase price since everything will be shipped to me in the USA...
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    paypal question

    I think you need to go to PayPal and do some reading on the different types of accounts they have. You likely have a personal account. As things now stand, you can't receive credit card payments with a personal account. Also, there is a limit (I believe $500/month) as to how much you receive...
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    DIGITAL CAMCORDER

    Here are a couple of fairly recent threads in which this was kicked around. In addition to the discussion, you'll find links to the big (only?) camcorder review site. (Moderator edit: Thanks for the links - threads merged here into one now.) Hope this helps. Mike
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    DIGITAL CAMCORDER

    Re: Mini DVD vs. Mini DV Camcorder Here's a previous discussion: http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=118506 My recollection is that Mini DV beats Mini DVD for many reasons but especially if you want to do editing. The camcorderinfo website linked in the mentioned thread has a lot...
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    Backups

    Media Vault Actually the FireKing Media Vault is like a small safe. Here's a link: http://www.fireking.com/products_records_data.html It weighs almost 75 pounds, so I imagine once I decide where to put it I won't be moving it often (or ever). The drive isn't running when placed in the vault...
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    Backups

    Here's What I Do Larry, Your experience with CDs is the reason I don't use them to archive pictures. I even bought the "good" ones (Mitsui gold) but I just can't chance it. I'm also with you as far as reinstalling software goes. I just don't want to do it, and in many cases it would be at...
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    Upgrading to LCD

    Here's a site with LCD recommendations. They're pretty good with the pros & cons of a number of monitors plus they give a lot of background info. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71226 I'm happy with my Viewsonic VP930b I got 6 months ago. I got another one for my college...
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    Good place to buy watches on line?

    In the US, I've had good results with gemday I got my Luminox last year from these guys. Shipping was free, the overall price was the best I found. I assume other watch brand prices are similar, but I don't know. http://www.gemday.com/watches/
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    New (to me) eBay Phishing BS

    This happened to me last night. I was browsing the watch listings. There was a new listing shown that was apparently out of place (as there was a provocative thumbnail, definitely not of a watch). Purely in the interest of research, I clicked on the auction. Up popped the eBay login page...
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    anyone have a 300gig hard drive in their computer?

    I just put a 300Gb Seagate Barracuda into my son's 4 year old Dell Dimension 8200, XP SP2. It was basically a piece of cake (but this was far from my first time fooling with disk drives). I used the CD that came with the drive to copy the old hard drive over to the new so that (after swapping...
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    DIGITAL CAMCORDER

    Re: Anyone have any MiniDV Camcorder Advice? My best advice is to go here: http://www.camcorderinfo.com/ There are a lot of good reviews there plus the forums have great info. I used that site when I purchased a miniDV last year. I've only used it a couple of times, so I don't have any...
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    help me find some binoculars?

    Here's another article It's titled "22 Binoculars You Can Afford" and is from Birder's World. http://www.birdersworld.com/brd/default.aspx?c=a&id=589
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    help me find some binoculars?

    Here's another good site http://www.birdwatching.com/optics/binocular_advisor.html
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    Concerning a Camcorder for ~$400

    Here's a Website to Check While there are a number of good digital camera websites, I've only come across one comprehensive website covering camcorders. http://www.camcorderinfo.com/ Be sure to also check out their forums. There is a lot of good info there. Mike
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