Impression Tablet TSV

H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E TABLET and HSN has been absolutely horrible in their customer service regarding it, splitting hairs about a very unsatisfactory 30-day return policy!  This is just simply not adequate.  I received the tablet, and immediately could not be connected in a hotspot. The protacol, of course, is to call the mfg. company, Leader Intl, in dealing with it.  I was just so trusting of not only HSN but the computer, for some dumb reason, and as I tried to use the tablet I was encountering one after another difficulty.  I thought, maybe it is me, or maybe it is the particular place where I am trying to connect, so I eventually got that it is not at all me and I started calling HSN. They DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, b/c it was out of the 30-day window!  I was amazed!  I told the SUPERVISOR at HSN very specific encounters that I had had with Leader Int’l reps, some were just amazing b/c the agent had either had no idea of what I was talking about &/or gave me very errant information, obviously just grabbing for something to say!  For ex, I was beginning to learn that I could not download any applications to this tablet. One of the first things that I wanted to do was to connect to an online music site, and a rep said, "Download I heart radio."  I tried to do so.  Could not and contacted the "I heart radio" site, thinking that it was them, or I was not doing something right.  The rep there checked and told me that their app could not even be downloaded on an Impression i10 Tablet!  Just amazing!  There are many other examples. Now recently, actually TODAY, I have called HSN back to state, "DO YOU SEE ALL OF THE VERY HORRIFIC REVIEWS FOR IMPRESSION TABLETS BY LEADER INTERNATIONAL"  and "DO YOU KNOW THAT THEY HAVE COMPLETELY TAKEN ALL CONTACT INFORMATION OFF OF THE INTERNET? DOES THAT TELL YOU SOMETHING!"  I was amazed at Sam the SUPERVISOR to whom I spoke who is STILL splitting hairs about the issue!  OBVIOUSLY HSN NOT ONLY DEALS IN PIECES OF CRAP FOR VERY GOOD REASON, BUT CAN SO ALIGN WITH THE VERY CORRUPT COMPANY WHO IS NOW RUNNING FROM SIGHT!  Amazingly, SAM, was trying to split hairs with me on the 30-day RETURN, which is ridiculous!  This tablet has been COMPLETELY INOPERABLE FOR OVER 10 MONTHS!  Listen, this company, Leader International, has swindled many people out of $200+/tablet and HAS ESCAPED!  THERE WILL BE A LAWSUIT, GENIUSES!  AND I AM IN THE PROCESS OF ADDING MY NAME TO THE VERY LONG LIST OF DISGRUNTLED CUSTOMERS! DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY TIED UP IN THAT MESS (AND THIS IS AT THE LEVEL OF GIVING YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT FOR DEALING WITH CRAP IN THE FIRST PLACE!  WHY NOT DEAL WITH REPUTABLE COMPANIES, LIKE SONY? I NOW SEE WHY NOT!) FOR $250!  WHAT GENIUSES!  I am NOW in the process of filing offical complaints TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA (FOR THE WAY HSN HAS HANDLED AN OBVIOUS CATASTROPHE!  AND SHE WAS SO RUDE, ACTUALLY TRYING TO BULLY ME ON THE PHONE!  GENIUS!) AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WHICH HAS ALREADY RECEIVED MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE OBVIOUS LEADER SCAM!  I will keep reaching above SAM at HSN, there is someone up there who can think outside of a tiny, pre-scripted BOX!  

My "impression" of it is NOT good!  Family member bought it in August and now it is Froze up and wont log on and she has to now pay to ship this THING back to the manufacturer to get another one. She does not want another but will not give her money back now.   My advice, shop for a different one and don’t get lured in by the discounted price. 

Thank you for the lead on a case of the Impression 10. The I Luv brand case fits great. I ended up ordering mine from Crutchfield.

Hello, I’m glad that I could help steering you with you in your quest to find a cover for your tablet. I haven’t heard of Crutchfield before so now you have given a lead to us. Thanks.=d>

Thank you for the lead on a case of the Impression 10. The I Luv brand case fits great. I ended up ordering mine from Crutchfield.

I really like my Impression 10 Tablet. It is working great for me. I wish I could find a 3rd party case to fit it. Does anyone have any suggestions for a case and where to order one?

If this helps, I ordered mine’s at shop.n (what is the 2 letters behind the letter a). It was the one that fits the Ipad 1 version. Only thing I had to do was pierce a hole thru the bottom so that the wall charger would fit in to charge it withouttaking it out the case. It fits like a glove. Perfect. It cost me 24.95 online. Check the website its under the name I Luv. Wish you luck.

I really like my Impression 10 Tablet. It is working great for me. I wish I could find a 3rd party case to fit it. Does anyone have any suggestions for a case and where to order one?

I just received my Impression 7 this week and I was loving it. Came home from work and turned it on and stayed idle for about thirty minutes and cut off. I wasn’t alarmed because I set it to turn off after 30 minutes of idle time. Now I can’t power it back on. I plugged the charger on and the only thing that comes on it is the blue indicator light and only for a minute – not sure what that means. The screen is black and nothing I have tried works. I called the company and they are closed for the weekend. I emailed them for assistance but no response yet. I am a little frustrated. Looks like I will be sending this one back and I was liking it. [/quote I did the same thing. I pushed and held in the power buttton and it came on. I am having no problems with mine. So far it does what I want. Only thing is the signal for the wifi is weak. If I go in the room where my router is it gets stronger. Sure hope you get it to power up so you have the chance to play with it. The amazon apps store is just as good as the android one. I have both on my phone and use the amazon one the most. So that should not be a major factor for those who are missing it.

I’ve had to do the same thing as well when I first got mine’s like after the first hour or so, but had no trouble at all. I can’t understand why android market is so important to some others (it’s their choice) but would like to know what the android market has that amazon.com doesn’t have. It looks like it has the same type of apps as the droid market and a whole lot of them are FREE. I respect everyone’s opinion. Be Blessed.

I should also add, anyone who had ever tried an iPad knows how much better it is, despite the false claims by the TV hosts. Even the quality of apps on the iPad is far better than any of the Android apps.

My parents received their tablet, although HSN was so slow in shipping they are already gone on vacation, and I’m going to end up being the one who has to determine if its worth keeping.

I haven’t had the wireless problems that so many did in the user reviews. But I have mixed opinions about this tablet. At first it seems fairly responsive to the touchscreen, but some web pages really make the responsive touch screen very bad, to the point it almost looks locked up.

It seems very buggy. And literally, only about half of the apps seem to work on it that I have tried. Many of them just crash when you go to load them. Some only partly work. And I have yet to find a browser app that is halfway decent.

Without the Android Market, its a HUGE negative for this tablet. And I doubt they will ever add it. Plus its using the older Android operating system that most likely will never be upgraded to Honeycomb.

As for HSN removing it, no they didn’t remove it because it was sold out.

I just received my Impression 7 this week and I was loving it. Came home from work and turned it on and stayed idle for about thirty minutes and cut off. I wasn’t alarmed because I set it to turn off after 30 minutes of idle time. Now I can’t power it back on. I plugged the charger on and the only thing that comes on it is the blue indicator light and only for a minute – not sure what that means. The screen is black and nothing I have tried works. I called the company and they are closed for the weekend. I emailed them for assistance but no response yet. I am a little frustrated. Looks like I will be sending this one back and I was liking it.

I did the same thing. I pushed and held in the power buttton and it came on. I am having no problems with mine. So far it does what I want. Only thing is the signal for the wifi is weak. If I go in the room where my router is it gets stronger. Sure hope you get it to power up so you have the chance to play with it. The amazon apps store is just as good as the android one. I have both on my phone and use the amazon one the most. So that should not be a major factor for those who are missing it.

I just received my Impression 7 this week and I was loving it. Came home from work and turned it on and stayed idle for about thirty minutes and cut off. I wasn’t alarmed because I set it to turn off after 30 minutes of idle time. Now I can’t power it back on. I plugged the charger on and the only thing that comes on it is the blue indicator light and only for a minute – not sure what that means. The screen is black and nothing I have tried works. I called the company and they are closed for the weekend. I emailed them for assistance but no response yet. I am a little frustrated. Looks like I will be sending this one back and I was liking it.

Try resetting it to factory settings. I think it was pushing and holding the power and camera buttons simultaneously. When the screen turns red, it worked. I had to do it a couple of times before I got the red screen. Mine did that too and I had to charge it before I could reset it. I needed to clear everything off of it to send it back.

I just received my Impression 7 this week and I was loving it. Came home from work and turned it on and stayed idle for about thirty minutes and cut off. I wasn’t alarmed because I set it to turn off after 30 minutes of idle time. Now I can’t power it back on. I plugged the charger on and the only thing that comes on it is the blue indicator light and only for a minute – not sure what that means. The screen is black and nothing I have tried works. I called the company and they are closed for the weekend. I emailed them for assistance but no response yet. I am a little frustrated. Looks like I will be sending this one back and I was liking it.

Before I bought the Impression tablet, I checked all over the place for reviews (there were quite a few on the internet) and they were pretty good. The 2.3 OS was the tipping point for me to order it. I liked the feel, brightness, and responsiveness of the screen. Overall, the Impression wasn’t bad but it wasn’t great either. I was disappointed in the lack of Android Market but the deal killer for me was the sound quality. I downloaded the Netflix app to my laptop and then used the data cable to move it to the tablet. Worked well. Sound, not so much. With noise cancelling headphones with the sound fully cranked up, it wasn’t good enough to enjoy a movie. Sound was faint and tinny. Ditto w/their preloaded music. I want to use this when I travel, rather than hauling a heavier and more expensive laptop, so sound matters. Therefore, I sent it back. In the course of all the research for this tablet, I came across the smackdown (one brand vs. another) tablet videos on youtube. After watching oodles of them, I went in and tested the ASUS eeePad Transformer yesterday. Really nice. I’ve also tested the ipad 2 for a week and like it well enough, but, like someone else here has posted, I’m not into apple as a company. If I buy the ASUS, I’ll probably choose a company that has free shipping and no sales tax, which would bring it in at about $80 more than the Impression. I’ll ask Santa for the Transformer keyboard for Christmas – it doubles the battery life and has an SD card and two USB ports which would be handy for my camera. 🙂

Make sure you charge it 12 hours before first use. Also when turning it on hold the power button in until it powers on. I really like mine.

Exactly. I luv mines too.

Has anyone ordered the new Impressions 9.7 inch screen tablet that aired as a TSV on August 28th? What’s your opinion if you did order one? Do you think it may be better than the Next7, also if anyone receives theirs before mine’s (sept 8th), let me know what you think about it. Thanks.

UPDATE:I also got mine’s yesterday and in fact im typing on it now and I must say I luv mine so far.The screen is wonderful and if you take your time to read the info., you will find out its easier than it seems. I was scared at first when I saw all those papers but read it carefully and everything turned out fine. Dont give up so soon, just keep trying. I luv mines so far and it looks like a keeper God Bless and be patient.