One major complaint are the loading times, with it taking well over a minute from power on to actually playing a movie, as well as some lag on commands via the remote.

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Appeals, contestations, audit cost (both provider and insurer driven), reconciliations, contract loading, software license costs, as well as general administration, network development, marketing, commissions and profit all are major factors why private insurance administrative costs are higher.

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The devices features an integrated IR blaster for universal remote capabilities, as well as an easily accessible memory card slot for convenient loading of multimedia files in a range of supported file formats.

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He says such Olympic-style sporting events sit well alongside tractor races, tug of war and the sack loading-and-unloading race.

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As advertised, initial loading is quasi-instant, and navigation, zooming and tab switching seemed smooth as well, even on the two-gen-old phone.

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When all goes well, the company likes to say parcels are only touched twice by human hands: upon unloading and loading into ULDs.

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