Advantages: Excellent lyrics, fine melodies, super vocals, and fantastic musicianship.
Disadvantages: More pop heavy than other RX Bandits albums, this may put some listeners off.

...When this 'Progress' album was released in 2001, the type of music that RX Bandits produce was greatly popular and in order to try and capitalise on the success of the Ska Punk genre the band here released a more pop heavy album than they ever had done before or in fact have done since. Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish were always the leading names in the scene, RX Bandits failed to ever catapult to that sort of level of fame however but nonetheless had (and in fact still do have) a very loyal and dedicated fan base. 'Progress' was not a great commercial success, nor did it receive any real rave reviews from the leading names in the press, it is however an excellent album from the band and one that I personally have a great love of. Fittingly beginning with an introduction track titled simply 'Intro', never does this 'Progress' album... Read review

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Advantages: An excellent album blending Ska and Pop Punk to perfection.
Disadvantages: Better RX Bandits albums have been released than this.

...Originally released in 1998 with the band named The Pharmaceutical Bandits, 'Halfway Between Here and There' was re-released in 1999 under the bands then new name of RX Bandits. The track list was reordered for the re-release, and I must say that the second choice of ordering was far superior to the first. 'Halfway Between Here and There' was the second studio album released by the band RX Bandits, since then a further three albums have been recorded and released however. A new album tends to emerge every two or three years from RX Bandits, and given that the last studio album '...And The Battle Begun' was released back in 2006 it would seem that it shouldn't be too long until the next emerges. Kicking off with 'What If', this is a strong album from the band blending a mixture of ska, punk rock, and even pop punk also. It clocks... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant use of guitars, excellent vocals, and hugely powerful drum beats.
Disadvantages: This hour of music just doesn't seem to last long enough.

...In 2003 RX Bandits released this 'The Resignation' album through Drive-Thru Records. It was their fourth studio album as a band, and their second since changing their name from The Pharmaceutical Bandits to RX Bandits. Containing twelve tracks and clocking in at just under an hour in length, 'The Resignation' is an excellent album from the band and is one that I feel contains a large number of RX Bandits best tracks. The first time that I listened to the album 'The Resignation' I have to admit that I was not overly impressed. It's a definite grower though and after I gave it a couple of listens found myself to be greatly enjoying this album. It's now been a good few years since I first heard 'The Resignation', and I have to say that 'The Resignation' is still one that gets played by me really rather regularly. Powering off... Read review

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Advantages: LCD screen, front USB socket, contact sheet function, standalone features
Disadvantages: flimsy front panel, bit slow

...Epson's RX600 combo combines a scanner, card reader and printer into an eye catching silver and dark grey package. Unlike many of its peers, the RX600 can be used without a PC and is in effect an all in one digital media mini-lab. Inside the Box The Epson RX600 bundles the unit itself along with a slide adaptor and a raft of software. Installation is straight forward although we thought it was odd that the front panel was supplied separately. This needed to be clipped on but felt flimsy and could easily be pulled off again. A strange design decision on an otherwise well built unit. Standalone The Epson RX600 can act like a colour (or B&W) photocopier. The device can print pictures from prints, negatives or any of the standard digital media cards. You can adjust the image's contrast, brightness saturation and sharpness as well... Read review

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Advantages: Numerous movie settings,
Disadvantages: Flimsey rear speaker connections

...After doing a significant bit of research, I recently purchased a Yamaha RX-V596RDS home cinema receiver. The reason i chose Yamaha was that i had been told on numerous occasions how excellent these home cinema products were at recreating the cinema experience. I wasn't let down. Films such as Lost In Space and Blade sound amazing. With Pro logic, Dolby Digital and DTS decoding and the latest in movie sound settings, as well as RDS, this piece of kit has everything. All you need to do is sit back and enjoy.... Read review

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Advantages: High top speed and aceleration
Disadvantages: Expensive to repair

...The motorhispania RX50 is a very fast and reliable motorbike. It is a manual 6 gear bike, which allows quick aceleration and high top end speed for a 50cc engine and is legal to ride at 16. Other bikes that are in the same league as the Motorhispania RX50 include, Aprilia RS50, Rieju RS2 Matrix, Yamaha TZR50, Derbi GPR50, and the Cagvia Mito 50. What makes the Motorhispania apeal to me more and rise above the others, is that it is the biggest bike out of the lot, 9/10ths real size where as the others are only 8/10s. Also it is uncommon, unlike the Aprilia RS50 and so is classier to have while also not being hard to find and purchase like the Yamaha TZR50, and the Cagvia Mito 50 therefore having a smaller price tag. The Derbi GPR50 is the slowest out of the lot, although can be fast when tuned up. The Rieju RS2 Matrix is the only... Read review

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Advantages: Supercar Speeds. Exotic Looks. Very Driver Focused.
Disadvantages: Group 20 Insurance. Small rear seats. Regular 3kmile Services Needed.

...I use a Mazda RX7 as an everyday car, commuting to work and for play. ;) I bought it from the Southampton car import dock yards and here is my honest review. Note: Remember I am only talking about the 1992-2001 "FD3S" RX7 as in the picture above! The designer of this RX7 was not happy with the standard of sports cars around at the time. He proposed to Mazda that he wanted to create a REAL sports car designed for just that. The rotary engine was used to keep the bonnet as low as possible as well as for pure power. The layout of the car is midship - meaning the engine sits in between the front and rear wheels resulting in improved handling and further enabling the designers to tweak the chassis so that all 4 wheels can be pushed to their full potential around corners without sliding. Obviously this is a rear wheel drive car and is also... Read review

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Advantages: Very detailed prints, fast, very easy to operate.
Disadvantages: noisy! VERY NOISY!! also abit on the big side!.

...Receny purchased to replace my old canon printer.. Epson's Stylus Photo RX685 is the largest printer in the group, so you'll need lots of space for it. It's also the heaviest printer in the group at 12kg. Fortunately, the output tray doesn't take up much additional space when extended, and stops even fast prints falling on the floor. Bluetooth printing and automatic duplexer units are available as optional extras. Draft print speeds were fast, and the prints, though pale, weren't as bad as those from many cheaper Epson printers. Normal print speeds were fairly quick, and the resulting text was clear. The RX685's colour document printing was the fastest in the group. We had to perform a manual print head alignment before our colour prints were free of unwanted lines. Once we'd done so, the print quality was good, despite a few white... Read review

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Advantages: A nicely designed feel, good battery life, lots of applications available, wireless functionality
Disadvantages: Low internal memory

...TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Samsung® SC32442 300 MHz processor 64MB ROM / 32MB SDRAM (up to 33 MB user available persistent storage memory) SDIO/MMC expansion slot (certified up to 1 GB) 3.5" QVGA TFT / 64K colours 70mm x 114mm x 13mm / 125g Rechargeable Li-Ion battery Microphone / speaker / 3.5 mm headphone jack Integrated W-Fi 802.11b / IrDA / USB synchronisation Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Premium Edition The rx1950 is now discontinued by HP, but a quick search on Google will still show plenty of links should you wish to buy one, and I would say it is a good choice for someone looking for a PDA that does more than just an electronic calender and contacts. Firstly The rx1950 is a full on mini-pc, not just an electronic diary. The o/s is Windows Mobile 5.0, it comes with a mobile version of Microsoft Office installed (Word... Read review

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Advantages: packed full of features, long battery life, easy to use
Disadvantages: poor memory capacity, volume could be louder

...I've owned my iPaq RX1950 for nearly 3 months, it being a kind gift from my managing director at Christmas by way of saying thank you for all your hard work, now work a bit harder when you are out of the office!! Needless to say such a neat new gadget has been in constant use ever since, in fact my good lady wife was ignored for some weeks whilst I delved deeper into the capabilities of this piece of kit. The RX1950 display has the ability to switch from portrait to landscape making it very helpful when reading documents, e-mails, faxes and browsing the internet. The only downside to the display is the 5 by 3.5 inch screen. Powered by only 64,000 colours it simply lacks something when viewing web pages. It's a minor gripe as I do this on a very irregular basis but I would prefer something on a par with a TFT monitor in the palm of my... Read review

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