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- First reviewMarch 26, 2017
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Verizon Prepaid $40 Refill Card allows you to pay for all your Verizon Prepaid services.
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The card I bought did not work. I tried to enter it at the Verizon website and got the message "The refill card entered is invalid." I tried to enter it via text message and got the message "We're sorry, we cannot process your request at this time." Looking at other reviews here, I can see that I am not the only one who has had this problem. This is unacceptable. I have bought prepaid cards from other stores plenty of times when I was using T-Mobile and never had any issue whatsoever. I am not some newbie who doesn't know what they are doing. This is my first time buying from the Best Buy website and my first time buying a prepaid card for Verizon (I recently switched carriers). Either Verizon or Best Buy screwed things up (I am not sure which company is to blame for this) and now I have just wasted $40 for nothing. I will never buy a prepaid card from Best Buy again.
My Best Buy number: 2993130313
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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As a way to automatically wake iPad from sleep and as a stand for viewing and typing, it's smart in more ways than one. Made from soft, durable polyurethane. *Works with iPad (5th generation), iPad Air, and iPad Air 2.
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It's not a bad case. The main problem that I have with it is that it doesn't have a back. That is incredibly annoying. The screen is protected, but the back of the Ipad is left totally exposed. I was not aware that the cover was like this before I bought it. If I had known that, I wouldn't have bought it. You can get a much better case from other companies for much cheaper.
My Best Buy number: 2993130313
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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This Sharp Roku TV features integrated Roku streaming technology with over 3,000 streaming channels of movies, TV, music and news, delivered through a Full HD 1080p display. This TV supports any USB device and has HDMI ports to support HD picture and digital sound. The Roku mobile app enables voice commands to control this Sharp Roku TV.
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For the most part, I love this tv, but I want to mention 1 huge drawback that I wish I knew before I bought the tv and anyone who is considering buying it needs to think about this thoroughly before buying the tv. When you buy the tv, it comes with a Roku remote. The Roku remote does not have any numbers on it, so the only way to change channels with the original remote is to go up and down. If you have a small cable package, this shouldn't be a problem, however, if you have hundreds of channels, this is extremely annoying. If you are thinking that you can just buy a new remote with numbers on it and use that to change channels, think again. It will not work. I have tried this with a Logitech Harmony and you still are not able to enter numbers. I have asked around about this and apparently this is a built in feature of Sharp Roku TVs. You cannot go directly to any channel no matter what remote you have. You can only change channels by going up and down. This is a feature of the TV itself. This is the main flaw of the television.
If you can live with that, then the TV is fantastic. I had a run of the mill smart tv before this one and it was fine, but it did not come with a lot of apps. One thing that I really live about this Roku TV is the interface. It has all of your apps and your different inputs on one home screen, which is really convenient. I really like the search feature, where i can look up an actor and see a bunch of their movies that are available.
Overall, the TV is great if you can get over the big flaw.
My Best Buy number: 2993130313
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Bring images to life with these cardboard glasses. Experience a cinema-like virtual reality world when you're looking at pictures on your smartphone, playing games, or enjoying geographical videos. The box is made of durable laminated cardboard, assembles within minutes, and uses high-quality lenses for clearer pictures. Simply slide your phone into Insignia™ Virtual Reality Viewer, inspired by Google Cardboard**Google Cardboard is a trademark of Google Inc.
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5
As good as google carboard
on March 26, 2017
Posted by: TheOblongBox
If you run across this in the best buy store and are wondering if it is as good as google cardboard or if it is a cheap knockoff, let me just say that it is just as good as google cardboard and works the exact same way. In fact, with these, you can download the cardboard app and use it just like google cardboard. As far as virtual reality, it is actually a lot of fun to play with. I have really enjoyed it thus far. The only actual complaint that I have about it is that it doesn't have any sort of heard strap, so you will have to hold it up yourself. Apparently, this is a part of google's design model. It's not a huge drawback, but it is something to consider.
My Best Buy number: 2993130313
I would recommend this to a friend!
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This Sharp Roku TV features integrated Roku streaming technology with over 3,000 streaming channels of movies, TV, music and news, delivered through a Full HD 1080p display. This TV supports any USB device and has HDMI ports to support HD picture and digital sound. The Roku mobile app enables voice commands to control this Sharp Roku TV.
Can a universal remote work with this product? Love the television but when I'm wanting to watch cable/antenna TV it's cumbersome locating channels I'm wanting to watch without having to scroll through the entire channel line up. Recommendations?
Yes, a universal remote will work with the product, however, it will not do what you want it to do. I have tried this myself. I was able to connect a Logitech Harmony universal remote to the tv and it works, but it still will not let you go directly to a channel by typing the number (i.e. if you type in 52, it will not take you to channel 52). This is a built in feature of the television, so no remote will help. I asked at Best Buy and that is what they told me.
The only thing that I know of that will help a little bit is when you are scrolling through the channels, you can press the "fast forward" or "rewind" button on the Roku remote and it will take you forward or backward several channels at a time instead of one channel at a time. This isn't a perfect solution, but it makes it a little better. You can go from channel 1 to channel 8 all at once instead of having to go one by one.
The only thing that I know of that will help a little bit is when you are scrolling through the channels, you can press the "fast forward" or "rewind" button on the Roku remote and it will take you forward or backward several channels at a time instead of one channel at a time. This isn't a perfect solution, but it makes it a little better. You can go from channel 1 to channel 8 all at once instead of having to go one by one.
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This Sharp Roku TV features integrated Roku streaming technology with over 3,000 streaming channels of movies, TV, music and news, delivered through a Full HD 1080p display. This TV supports any USB device and has HDMI ports to support HD picture and digital sound. The Roku mobile app enables voice commands to control this Sharp Roku TV.
I plug the cable coax cable directly from the wall to my TV. Does this TV have a cable coax port so I can screw the cable wire into the TV to watch TV?
Yes, you can plug the cabe directly from the wall to the tv. That is what I do.
7 years ago
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This Sharp Roku TV features integrated Roku streaming technology with over 3,000 streaming channels of movies, TV, music and news, delivered through a Full HD 1080p display. This TV supports any USB device and has HDMI ports to support HD picture and digital sound. The Roku mobile app enables voice commands to control this Sharp Roku TV.
Does this TV have mlb app
You can use the Roku mobile app with this tv.
7 years ago
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Bring images to life with these cardboard glasses. Experience a cinema-like virtual reality world when you're looking at pictures on your smartphone, playing games, or enjoying geographical videos. The box is made of durable laminated cardboard, assembles within minutes, and uses high-quality lenses for clearer pictures. Simply slide your phone into Insignia™ Virtual Reality Viewer, inspired by Google Cardboard**Google Cardboard is a trademark of Google Inc.
How do you strap this device to your head? Does it come with a strap?
It does not come with a strap. You have to hold the device with your hand as you use it. This is all a part of Google Cardboard's design.
7 years ago
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Bring images to life with these cardboard glasses. Experience a cinema-like virtual reality world when you're looking at pictures on your smartphone, playing games, or enjoying geographical videos. The box is made of durable laminated cardboard, assembles within minutes, and uses high-quality lenses for clearer pictures. Simply slide your phone into Insignia™ Virtual Reality Viewer, inspired by Google Cardboard**Google Cardboard is a trademark of Google Inc.
I have iPhone 7(4.7 inch size screen )does it work with it?
Yes, it will work.
7 years ago
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TheOblongBox
Bring images to life with these cardboard glasses. Experience a cinema-like virtual reality world when you're looking at pictures on your smartphone, playing games, or enjoying geographical videos. The box is made of durable laminated cardboard, assembles within minutes, and uses high-quality lenses for clearer pictures. Simply slide your phone into Insignia™ Virtual Reality Viewer, inspired by Google Cardboard**Google Cardboard is a trademark of Google Inc.
I'm new to these VR goggles, while getting familiar with them I stumbled upon these!!! With a giggle as I continued to read I noticed that these cardboard goggles have a 4.6 rating best rating of the 7 I viewed! How's that? They're cardboard! SMH
They are cardboard, but they work. They're actually comfortable to wear. Keep in mind, these are really only for beginners just getting into VR. Lots of people are skeptical at first, but the product works.
7 years ago
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Bring images to life with these cardboard glasses. Experience a cinema-like virtual reality world when you're looking at pictures on your smartphone, playing games, or enjoying geographical videos. The box is made of durable laminated cardboard, assembles within minutes, and uses high-quality lenses for clearer pictures. Simply slide your phone into Insignia™ Virtual Reality Viewer, inspired by Google Cardboard**Google Cardboard is a trademark of Google Inc.
Do this work with galaxy note edge phone?
Depends on the size of the phone. This is designed for phones that are 4.7inches to 6 inches. From what I have read on the note, it is 5.6 inches, so it should fit. It works with both Android and Apple phones, so you are fine on that front.
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