New Item in the Extended Family Household

New Electronic Family Member

My mother and father who I personally started on a Sony rampage when they used my Vaio desktop and laptop have now added another Sony product to the family! With the birth of my son, Rhyan, came the need for them to own a digital camera. As it is, I inherited my Electronic Desire (The need to have anything and everything new in the electronic gadget world) from my father so we are kind of like CoDependents when it comes to these things! :)

Not to get off subject but here is my little lady killer, Rhyan. Isn't he just the cutest 6 week old baby you have ever seen?

What I Currently Use and Why

I've decided to break down the electronics that I currently use since I already poured over similar products when I purchased these and found that these are the ones that best suit me for what I need, and what I could afford.

In my Home:



I have the 65" Mitsubishi HD Widescreen WS-65315 as my TV. Me and my wife decided that on our first wedding anniversary we would go out and buy a big screen for ourselves. (Gotta love a wife that wants a Big Screen for her Anniversary!)

We shopped around finding which one we wanted then where to buy from. Finally, we decided on the place and since this was a big purchase we decided to check out the Clearance area of the store we had decided on. In the Clearance Scratch & Dent department they happened to have that very model we wanted. I started to haggle with the salesman. During the bargaining he called one of their other stores and Viola! he said found a brand new one that was last years model for the same price as the Scratch and Dent! Well, it had all the same features as this years model so, what the hell, lets get the new one! We paid around $1600 for it not including the service plan we also bought. When it was delivered and set up, I started searching on the web about it and come to find out it was not last years model. It was actually the current years model which was selling for $2200. Talk
about lucky! This TV is actually great for the money, and even at the original cost. The picture is amazing especially in HD or DVD. It has everything you could want in a television. The only thing about it that can become a problem is the size of it since it is not a flat panel TV like plasma, DLP or LCD.

I would highly recommend this to anyone wanting a great High Defenition Widescreen Big Screen television for a great price. As I have stated before, I am a Sony guy. I have always preferred Sony electronics to others but that was a biased opinion and I would suggest someone trying another brand that you may not normally buy. You might be surprised like I was.

Stay tuned...next, I will be getting to the other electronic components that I use in my residence.

Content Guidelines and Such......

Review Guidelines and Such

I'm back.......From where who knows. Well, I got a few things to cover since I started this blog and gave everyone a run down of what I am about and what I want for the blog content. As I stated, I want other people who buy things and want a venue to be able to praise, critique or blast certain products that they unfortunately or fortunately have had the pleasure to use. Keep it as clean as possible, but I want your truest feelings about it. Some guidelines I have attempted to come up with so we at least have some structure.

1) Keep on subject of original Post. I will start a post on a product. If I have not used this particular product then I am looking for reviews from others that have.

2) If I have used it and I put my review up that does not mean you can't comment with your own opinion if it differs from mine! Debate among knowledgeable product users is exactly what this blog is about.

3) Feel free to email me with requests of reviews you wish to see or comment on if I have not posted one on the product. This is interactive and free and I can not do it by myself, nor do I expect to.

4) If I wanted a bunch of "Yes Men" I'd hire them. ;) I will not dictate what your opinion should be, or what a good or bad opinion even is. Its YOUR opinion, just relay it in a clean, respectful manner. If its necessary in the review to use colorful language be my guest However if I determine it to be offensive I will edit it myself.

(Remember, Your mother could be reading this blog too)

Lastly for now, this is going to be a constantly changing thing and I am sure there will be a need for added guideline's as the need persists. I will put those guideline's in and notify you of it, in the event it is needed.

First, just a little about me. I am just a normal man, husband, father etc. I do happen to thoroughly enjoy state of the art electronics like most men. It started when I was in high school and I started putting car audio components in my Nissan Pulsar NX. (Yea, I know! I could have yanked your chain and said it was a pimped out ride that I personally tricked out but then what would be the point of putting real life reviews here if its fake?)

Anyways, back to my story. I started putting together a stereo system by buying piece by piece because I did not have much money. Who does in high school? I worked my after school and weekend jobs and started by buying an Alpine in dash CD player. Now this was 16 years ago and Alpine was the top of the line then and their green color button and displays looked phat then!

Slowly over the next 2 years I added a Rockford Fosgate Punch 200 amplifier. Alpine 6.5" Component Speaker sets with 2" tweeters. I also got Alpine 3.5" 3 way speakers for the rear seats. Then I had a store named Sight N' Sound Audio build me a enclosed bandpass sub box for my 10" Fosgate Punch subwoofer. When this was done, it was rare to see subwoofers in enclosed boxes at all. On these type of speaker boxes not only do they have to be built correctly they must tune the ports for the best sound.

I ended up getting a Kenwood KAC-21(I believe that was the model #, it was so long ago) to run the sub box with the Punch 200 running my satellite speakers (The Components and 3.5"). I personally put in every piece into the car and hooked them up. Ran the wires professionally. I actually took the seats and carpet mold out to run the wires correctly and this was my first time doing anything like this and I was 16 years old. I fell in love with electronics then and I have not lost that passion.

How does the saying go? The only difference between Adults and Kids is the price of their toys!

I still like my car audio, however since getting married and having a child my priorities have changed as they should. Most of my attention and money is toward my family. I still have the same passion for electronics as I did when I was young I just refocused them into my home theatre! But I do keep up with what is out there and I am also the friend that everyone calls when they need something installed in their car. Of course I gladly do it because its my way of doing something I enjoy without the cost of doing it.

When I go out to buy anything electronic I decide which one to buy using several different methods. These are:

1. Name Brand - Everyone has a favorite. My favorite for the last several years has been Sony. Friends call me Sonymon, but I have really been happy with most of my stuff from Sony. Currently I have a Sony VVega 32" Flat screen TV. Sony home theatre, that is actually quite old but still works better than some new ones! Sony MP3 XM Car stereo. Sony Vaio desktop that is a 2.1ghz Processor 80g hard drive 512mb of ram and it is about 3.5 years old and still works like the day I bought it. That is unusual for a computer. I have a Sony Vaio laptop, Sony Digital Camera(although Im due for an upgrade on that, its only 2.4 mega pixles) and a Sony HandyCam. Plus my car stereo I just sold with my car when my son was born was 2 12" Sony subs a Sony 300 Watt amp and the head unit I stated earlier. My wifes car still has her Sony MP3/XM receiver and amplifier, but we went with top of the line Rockford Fosgate Punch 12" because we only put one sub in the car.
2. Word of Mouth - Believe it or not, I think this is the BEST way to get information on your potential purchase. I happen to prefer Sony, however my best friend Jimi likes Kenwood. He literally has his home stereo and his 300 Disc changer on Everyday! Im dead serious too, i have know the man for 12 years and there is not one day it is not playing, with the TV volume turned down until a show they watch is on. I would buy Kenwood on his opinion alone because of his experience with the brand.
3. P.V.P. - Price vs Performance - This is something most people do not understand. If I have an electronic device I want to purchase I don't automatically buy the best version or model. If you do not plan to use it to the capaicty your paying extra for why spend the money unless your mega rich. But if you were mega rich you probably wouldn't be reading my blog, huh? For example, if you watch DVD's every so often there is no need to go buy the top of the line DVD player for $300.00 more than a servicable one. I happen to have 3 DVD players. My Sony, Oops I forgot the DVD player on my Sony list above. I told you im obssesed with Sony. Anyway's my Sony DVD on my main floor is the one I watch DVD's on the most because that is where my 65" Mitsubishi is located is an older top of the line. In my basement where I rarely watch DVD's there is my Apex DVD. that is a GENERIC DVD player if I ever saw one. But it serves its purpose. My bedroom where I NEVER watch DVD's but want one there so if I wanted to I could, is a Cibavision. Yup, thats what I said. Ever heard of that? Well it was cheap and served my purpose of having the ability to play DVD's in our bedroom if I wanted!

To Be Continued

What This Blog is About.

As Dr. Nick says........Hello Everybody!

I am starting this blog because in my 31 years on this planet I have rarely found an Electronic Review magazine or web site that is....um....how you say......Bipartisan, non-biased, truly looking out for the consumers welfare when writing their reviews. Especially on electronics that are subjective as Radar Detectors, Hi Definition TV's, Home Theatre systems to things like DVD players and car audio/video components. I look forward to your comments and commentary.