Others say...

"Great for Travel"
The glasses work great! Obviously as technology improves so will the resolution, but for now I'm pleased with the quality. I did as much research I could since video glasses are fairly new and found these to have the best review. I'm actually surprised how lightweight they are and don't take much space at all. The only warning I have is be prepared to have people asking a lot of questions. I travel quite a bit and these are a great addition to my ipod.

"Product Good, Ad terrible"
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.

"Great product, poor instructions"
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!!

"Couldnt be happier!"
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


"Dead on Arrival"
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.