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(16 customer reviews) 34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Watch for dead pixels and Tiger Direct!...,
November 3, 2006 Orpheus "Maestro" (Upstate, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Memorex Mi8000BLK iFlip 8.4-Inch Portable Video System for iPod (Black) (Electronics)
The unit is not bad for its ability to charge the ipod while on DC and for its decent and very customizable IQ with videos. The photos don't look good on its LCD screen at all due to blowing out of highlights and distortion of color. The audio is OK, but not great and there is a picking up of the drive's whine and noise that most of the time gets through the speakers at the highest volume settings you will need. I used the Ipod 80GIG video and it fit in the iFlip OK with the 60GIG bracket that came with the iFlip.
As for Tiger Direct, I had to call 5 times to arange for the return and full refund with a call tag due to a bad pixel on the screen! Every time someone said a different thing and 2 people promised me to issue call tags for return. Both did nothing. On the fifth call I got lucky and spoke with a nice guy who has just assured me that he will issue a call tag and gave me his extension number for future reference. So... they do have some good people working for them,...Read more
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Great Product but NOT with the new iPod Classic,
October 9, 2007 Stella LaRue "kellygirl" (Illinois) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Memorex Mi8000BLK iFlip 8.4-Inch Portable Video System for iPod (Black) (Electronics)
I have loved my memorex iflip and have happily used it for over a year with my 5th generation 80GB. It has great sound, pretty good picture, consistent quality video, and a great battery life. I've been very happy with it and use it daily.
However, I just bought the new iPod classic 160GB. And found, when you dock the new iPod Classic, the iflip gets an error message (saying that TV out is selected, connect a video device). The problem is, that the iPod is connected to a video device (THE IFLIP) This is apparently a pretty common problem because Apple has kindly put a notice about the error message on their site, but indicates the fix is to connect a 30 pin AV connector to the ipod. Something that isn't possible with the Memorex because the built in dock IS the connection. So, now I have a great new ipod, and a great old iflip and a bunch of itunes videos I can't watch.
I'm afraid to buy another ipod video becuase of concerns over getting the same error...Read more
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Poorly Designed,
January 7, 2007 J. Young "DevItHere" (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Memorex Mi8000BLK iFlip 8.4-Inch Portable Video System for iPod (Black) (Electronics)
As of this writing, there really are not that many choices for a portable video system for the iPod. We chose this one because of the larger screen mostly. At least in the store, the demo video looked better. That is about all that I will say is good about it.
The problems are in the design. Obviously people who did not think too much when designing it. When playing music for example, a graphical letter "M" is displayed on the screen. It does not even move. Therefore, screen burn is a problem if you choose to play a lot of music with this.
When playing video via the S-Video cable connected to your TV, you cannot turn off the screen in order to save battery life. Even if you close the lid, both when using S-Video and playing music, it is still displaying as there is no video screen cut-off switch when the lid is closed.
The quality of using S-Video to the TV is sub-par. The picture has periodic interference like the cable was poorly connected or on top...Read more