GE - Skype - Certified - 2 in 1 Internet & Standard Phone Review

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(More customer reviews)I had a bit of a time finding a decent phone for use with my skype until I found this one. I keep my home phone to no long distance and of course cell phones only allow so many "anytime" minutes. I bought a year of skype and was very pleased with quality over a headset using the sound card through the computer but I did not desire to be tethered to the computer each time I needed to make a call. The first cordless skype phone I bought was horrendous (read my review of it also) and was becoming discouraged. I could not understand what is so complicated about getting decent quality from a cordless skype phone when you can so easily from a regular cordless phone.

I bought this phone not expecting much but still hopeful. I was pleasantly surprised. At first it was not the greatest as I kept getting drops in my calls that I never got using the sound card in the computer. I was using version 3.5 of the skype software and decided to try downgrading the software to 2.5. That was the trick, now this phone delivers great quality calls with no drops. This phone can also be used as a regular phone but I have not used or tried it that way as I am pleased with what I already have.

Using the 2.5 version of skype I say this phone is worth the money, and I almost forgot that it uses AAA rechargables (included) but if you need quick power you can put regular AAA in to make a call (just don"t forget to remove them before placing the phone back in the charging base.

You do need to have an AC outlet close for the base, I mention this since many are powered solely through the USB but this one is not.

I'm pleased with the quality I get from this phone and recommend to anyone looking for a good cordless skype phone.

GE - Skype - Certified - 2 in 1 Internet & Standard Phone

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Belkin Soho F1DS104L VGA and USB 4 Port In/Out KVM Switch (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)It seems like a very adequate KVM switch.There is no lag between PC switching that others have complained about with other USB KVMs.One annoying thing that it does is beep everytime you switch PCs.Other Belkin KVMs have firmware updates that turn off the beep, but this one is too new to have any updates yet.I talked to Belkin tech support and they are reporting it, so hopefully a firmware update will allow you to toggle it off.Pretty stupid that they added it to other KVMs and not this one...Other than that, it's just large. They made the buttons huge and it makes the whole thing about 13 inches long.

Pros
-audio and microphone switching
-can switch KVM and audio independently (work on one PC while listening to music from another)
-4 good quality (color coded) cables included
-very little lag-time between switching
Cons
-Annoying beep when switching
-large footprint

***UPDATE*** - I came across a solution to the annoying beep/chirp.The hotkey sequence scrlk+scrlk+B toggles the beep.Funny that Belkin Tech support couldn't provide this solution and it is not in the manual anywhere.

Other than that, I've had this KVM for about 6 months with hardly anyproblems.Every now and again it will lose the connections for the mouse and keyboard, but bouncing power to the KVM for a second seems to fix it.It has probably only happened 3 or 4 times in 6 months.I'm happy with it.

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Belkin Soho F1DS104L VGA and USB 4 Port In/Out KVM Switch (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)It seems like a very adequate KVM switch.There is no lag between PC switching that others have complained about with other USB KVMs.One annoying thing that it does is beep everytime you switch PCs.Other Belkin KVMs have firmware updates that turn off the beep, but this one is too new to have any updates yet.I talked to Belkin tech support and they are reporting it, so hopefully a firmware update will allow you to toggle it off.Pretty stupid that they added it to other KVMs and not this one...Other than that, it's just large. They made the buttons huge and it makes the whole thing about 13 inches long.

Pros
-audio and microphone switching
-can switch KVM and audio independently (work on one PC while listening to music from another)
-4 good quality (color coded) cables included
-very little lag-time between switching
Cons
-Annoying beep when switching
-large footprint

***UPDATE*** - I came across a solution to the annoying beep/chirp.The hotkey sequence scrlk+scrlk+B toggles the beep.Funny that Belkin Tech support couldn't provide this solution and it is not in the manual anywhere.

Other than that, I've had this KVM for about 6 months with hardly anyproblems.Every now and again it will lose the connections for the mouse and keyboard, but bouncing power to the KVM for a second seems to fix it.It has probably only happened 3 or 4 times in 6 months.I'm happy with it.

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