Cheap HTIB systems any good?

me · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 67

At Walmart they have some very inexpensive system for
abt $100.

Any of them worthwhile?

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me · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 67

cjdaytonjrnospam@cox.net wrote:

>me@privacy.net wrote:
>> At Walmart they have some very inexpensive system for
>> abt $100.
>>
>> Any of them worthwhile?
>
>Not in my opinion. YMMV.
>
>Chip

Well I'm on a VERY tight budget.... are there any $100
systems worthy?

me · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 67

cjdaytonjrnospam@cox.net wrote:

>me@privacy.net wrote:
>> At Walmart they have some very inexpensive system for
>> abt $100.
>>
>> Any of them worthwhile?
>
>Not in my opinion. YMMV.
>
>Chip

Question... how do you like New Reader.com for its web
access of newsgroups?

me · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 67

cjdaytonjrnospam@cox.net wrote:

>> Question... how do you like New Reader.com for its web
>> access of newsgroups?
>
>I like it a lot. The postings are almost always complete.
>The owner is very accessible and tries to make things right.

Ok but how are you accessing it...via the web or via
Usenet?

I'm interested in how fast the web access is as there
are some computers at college where I can not install
any Usenet news reading software and still want access
to my groups..... but need FAST access via web.

cjdaytonjrnospam · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 36

me@privacy.net wrote:
> At Walmart they have some very inexpensive system for
> abt $100.
>
> Any of them worthwhile?

Not in my opinion. YMMV.

Chip

--
-------------------- http://NewsReader.Com/ --------------------
Usenet Newsgroup Service $9.95/Month 30GB

cjdaytonjrnospam · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 36

me@privacy.net wrote:
> cjdaytonjrnospam@cox.net wrote:
>
> >me@privacy.net wrote:
> >> At Walmart they have some very inexpensive system for
> >> abt $100.
> >>
> >> Any of them worthwhile?
> >
> >Not in my opinion. YMMV.
> >
> >Chip
>
> Question... how do you like New Reader.com for its web
> access of newsgroups?

I like it a lot. The postings are almost always complete.
The owner is very accessible and tries to make things right.

Chip

--
-------------------- http://NewsReader.Com/ --------------------
Usenet Newsgroup Service $9.95/Month 30GB

cjdaytonjrnospam · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 36

me@privacy.net wrote:
> cjdaytonjrnospam@cox.net wrote:
>
> >me@privacy.net wrote:
> >> At Walmart they have some very inexpensive system for
> >> abt $100.
> >>
> >> Any of them worthwhile?
> >
> >Not in my opinion. YMMV.
> >
> >Chip
>
> Well I'm on a VERY tight budget.... are there any $100
> systems worthy?

I think you would be better off looking at used systems.

Chip

--
-------------------- http://NewsReader.Com/ --------------------
Usenet Newsgroup Service $9.95/Month 30GB

cjdaytonjrnospam · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 36

me@privacy.net wrote:
> cjdaytonjrnospam@cox.net wrote:
>
> >> Question... how do you like New Reader.com for its web
> >> access of newsgroups?
> >
> >I like it a lot. The postings are almost always complete.
> >The owner is very accessible and tries to make things right.
>
> Ok but how are you accessing it...via the web or via
> Usenet?
>
> I'm interested in how fast the web access is as there
> are some computers at college where I can not install
> any Usenet news reading software and still want access
> to my groups..... but need FAST access via web.

I use the web access through my Cox cable account.

Chip

--
-------------------- http://NewsReader.Com/ --------------------
Usenet Newsgroup Service $9.95/Month 30GB

Gandalf · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

me@privacy.net wrote:
> cjdaytonjrnospam@cox.net wrote:
>
>> me@privacy.net wrote:
>>> At Walmart they have some very inexpensive system for
>>> abt $100.
>>>
>>> Any of them worthwhile?
>> Not in my opinion. YMMV.
>>
>> Chip
>
> Question... how do you like New Reader.com for its web
> access of newsgroups?

Gross.
I just checked out newsreader.com's free demo web interface.
Painfully slow.
Extremely kludge interface.
No spam filters. [there's literally thousands of hipcrime messages any
decent NNTP host would filter, let alone all the porn spam]

Give easynews.com a shot. I think they still offer a free [or cheap] trial.
Very fast, very complete, 3 or 4 different interfaces to choose from.
Incredible global search engines, thumbnailing, auto-unrar, zip manager,
great tech support, etc.
Unused gigs roll over to the next month. I have over 450Gigs in my bank
and I've used the hell out of the account for 4 years.

Just my 2c.

-G

me · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 67

Char Jackson wrote:

>I second Easynews,

But does it have a FAST web based access as well as
nntp access?

The Man From Mars · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 16

> Well I'm on a VERY tight budget.... are there any $100
> systems worthy?

this is about as low as I would go...

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Onkyo-HT-SR600-5-1-Channel-Home-Theater-System-Black-HT-SR600/sem/rpsm/oid/179767/catOid/-12954/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

Good luck...

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