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| myvu Solo Plus Edition ( MA-0495) | 
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| Brand: Myvu
Category: CE
List Price: $199.95
Buy New: $105.56
You Save: $94.39 (47%)
New (31) Used (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 10.5 x 8
MPN: MA-0495
Model: MA-0495
UPC: 858649004954
EAN: 0858649004954
ASIN: B000W9OJVA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Bright full-sized image that's daylight viewable | | • | Comfortable, lightweight, see-through design with slim profile maintains your natural vision | | • | Slim design | | • | Easy access to video controls on pendant | | • | Comfortable, noise-reducing in-ear earbuds |
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Product Description
Myvu solo provides everything you need to enjoy videos from your 5th generation video iPod, any where, any time, including a new charging feature that powers myvu directly from the iPod. With myvu solo, users gain the same viewing experience offered through the myvu, fully loaded edition. Simply connect your myvu solo edition to your video iPod and enjoy a hands-free, private viewing experience.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Dead on Arrival November 30, 2007
28 out of 41 found this review helpful
I purchased a video iPod a couple of months ago and really like it, so I wanted to try Myvu with it. I ordered through Amazon and it was shipped from Crutchfield; I anxiously awaited it's arrival -- it might be a good product, but beware of poor quality control.
It shipped with no user manual. I like to know all about my gadgets before I use them: what features is has, how it works, how it should behave, troubleshooting, etc. I didn't get this information with the product. I did get a Quick Start Guide which is a 5x7 sheet of paper with 4 simple steps showing how to plug in and start using the product. That was nice, it even had good pictures.
But the implication of the Quick Start Guide is that the product is ready for use -- it is not. The battery was dead. At this point I had nothing to tell me it even had a battery -- for all I knew, it got its power from my iPod. I saw nothing that would open so you could put fresh batteries -- a likely indicator that it had batteries. Also there are no power adapters included with the product to suggest there might be a rechargeable battery on board. Crutchfield later explained it this way: "Batteries are not shipped from any manufacturer fully charged, so a 2-3 hour initial charge is needed with this and all devices that use rechargeable batteries. This is actually mandated for safe shipment." So why didn't the information sent with the product say that I needed to charge the batteries before use?
Anyway, I did figure out that the extra cable would plug into the cable I had already plugged into the Myvu, and the other end of that would plug into my computer's USB port. Since I charge my iPod that way, I decided that must be the way to charge the battery. I also found the user manual on-line. It is very short, so I don't know why Myvu is too cheap to include it in the product. It verified that I could recharge the battery the way I had decided to do it, and could also recharge it using a USB wall adaptor if I owned one (I do). Charging time should take 3 hours or 2 hours depending on the method.
I left the Myvu plugged into my computer's USB port for 36 hours and it did no good. The next day, I plugged it into my wall adapter while I went to work. 12 hours later, still no juice.
After 2 emails to Crutchfield, they said they would swap it out but I'm still waiting for them to email me a return label -- we'll see how that works out. But what if the next one is also a dud? What if it works for 3 months then starts doing this? That's a lot of money to pay for something that isn't that reliable.
Also, I sent an email to Myvu; 24 hours later, there is no response. Somehow I'm not surprised since they don't even have a 1-800 number. I don't think they care much about the customer.
 Fantastic! March 27, 2008
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
I recently purchased a set of these. Personal video glasses are a difficult item to purchase because it's very hard to find a store that carries them, let alone lets you try them on before purchase, so I wasn't quite sure what to expect.
First impression out of the box: these glasses are amazingly tiny and lightweight. The branches fold up, and they can very easily fit into a jacket pocket. That's a very important point when it comes to a device meant to travel a lot: you will not think twice about carrying them, unlike a DVD player.
I found the descriptions of what you see in the glasses quite misleading: the panels are actually collimated at about a foot in front of your eyes, so the illusion is quite similar to watching the screen in the seat in front of you on an airplane. It's perfectly acceptable, but falls short of the pompous comparisons to watching a 44" big screen from 9 feet away. The field of view may be identical, but the focusing isn't.
The Myvu glasses do not isolate you, as you can very easily see around the virtual screen. This is probably good to address a common problem with immersive VR goggles, which tend to make the user nauseous and disoriented. On the downside, this makes them more difficult to watch in very bright ambient light conditions. Also, switching between the virtual screen and the "outside world" is difficult because of the short focusing distance of the screen.
Finally, I was surprised to find out watching videos through the goggles did not significantly reduce battery life compared to watching them on the iPod screen directly. You will want to get some sort of high capacity USB battery pack if you want to be able to watch more than a couple of movies on one charge, though.
If you fly a lot (or have a long train commute) and would like to catch up on your video watching, you can't go wrong with the Myvu goggles. They're inexpensive, well designed, take up very little space and work very well.
You should also know that Myvu is coming up with new models: the Shade 301 (an update to this model) and the Crystal 701 (with full VGA resolution panels).
 Couldnt be happier! December 6, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I just purchased the myvu Solo Plus and this thing is really pretty cool. I got it as a birthday present for my son who's surgically attached to his Nano iPod but I think we're going to battle over it! The myvu glasses let you watch any video that's on your iPod only it's like watching it on a regular tv and, most importantly, it's private. No more having to hold the iPod in your hand and watch movies on that little screen.
With my son's permission, I took the myvu glasses with me on a flight the other day. I just connected the myvu glasses to my iPod (which is an older model iPod but I guess the myvu works with all of them), put them on, and I'm in my own little movie-world. And no more "neighbors" seated next to me craning their necks to see what I'm looking at - although someone was very curious and asked me what the glasses were - call it "myuvu envy"! The battery lasts for about 4 hours so there's plenty of time to watch a full-length movie.
I'm definitely not a gadget girl - little too old for that - but these glasses are so fun and easy to use I guess I'm just going to have to get one of these for myself
Great product, poor instructions December 15, 2007
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This product works very well. The instructions are poor. You need to go to the myvu website and download the more helpful pdf version. Remember to charge it as soon as you open the package. There is a small rubber usb flap on the pendant control. Lift the flap and a usb connector is underneath. This product is well worth the money!!
 Product Good, Ad terrible March 27, 2008
6 out of 12 found this review helpful
I think that the product is probably very good. I wouldn't know I can't use it. No where in the ad does it say anything about needing an insert for people who use glasses. I did not have time to get inserts or return them before I left on a trip I wanted to use them on. I called and emailed the company and have not heard anything from them. So I would say support is terrible also. If I could have returned them before I left I would have.
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