Pros: Super simple to use. Press button, walk away. Really, it's that easy. Extremely high-quality transfers. Many adjustable settings.

Cons: Sometimes reads static as copy-protection and shuts down a transfer without warning. Cannot create discs which simply start playing (instead of showing a menu). PC Mode and Stand-Alone mode are mutually exclusive (must choose one mode or the other and connect cables accordingly). Can be finicky with media. Occasional unexplained errors and failures. Can be slow to respond to button presses.

Overall Review: This is a hot piece of gear. Just don't try to get it to do something it isn't specifically designed to do. For example, it won't play back a disc except in a limited preview mode (with no audio, no fast forward, etc.). It cannot be used with a PC unless you switch modes -- which usually requires a power down cycle. It has an approved media list and you MUST stick to that list or you will get weird errors. The most frustrating thing is that static is frequently mistaken for copy protection. This is an obnoxious design element, especially when many of the old camcorder tapes people want to transfer have tracking or static problems. You may disregard the reviewer who talked about everything being widescreen. That is an optional input type, and he probably changed the input mode without realizing it. It's an easy mistake given the arrangement of the buttons, but R T F M. Beware: The writer inside is pretty cheap. Some will be bad out of the box. Sony should really use better

Pros: Small, AAA battery, works as a USB drive, voice recorder is handy.

Cons: Cheap build, raised main button means it gets turned on accidentally all the time, music cuts out frequently, menus are awkward to navigate, selecting tracks by folder is especially difficult, random is not truly random (seems to be a programmed sequence), documentation is pretty useless.

Overall Review: I know this is cheap, but even at this price, it's just not worth it. I like that the battery is replaceable, but the main power button sticks out so far that it's always getting bumped -- so the thing gets turned on all the time and the battery is more or less constantly in use. Bad design. The menus are good in theory, but it's pretty hard to navigate around, and it doesn't always do what you expect it to. Setting radio presets is really quirky. Also, the radio uses the headphone cord as an antennae, so signal strength is dependent on what kind of headphones you have. That's clever in concept, but it doesn't work very well. Be sure to note that this is a non-refundable item. I'm selling mine on e Bay if you want one!

Pros: Cheap.

Cons: Flaky.

Overall Review: I just removed this card from my system after about six months of trying to troubleshoot another problem which looked unrelated. Turns out that this card had been dying a very slow death for more than a year, and once I got it out of my system, I was able to see that it had been causing all kinds of problems since the day I installed it. I cursed this card and then tossed it in the trash. You get what you pay for.

Pros: If you like bright, this monitor is VERY bright. Whites were completely pure. If it had worked, I got the feeling this would be a very nice monitor (though I would have tried to find a way to tone down the brightness, which actually hurt my eyes after a few minutes).

Cons: The stand is OK if you don't touch the monitor. But if you press one of the buttons (such as power), you have to push up from below, and the stand isn't wide enough to handle this. The monitor tips sideways very easily. So pushing buttons is essentially a two-handed operation: one hand on the button, and the other steadying the monitor. Also, this monitor does not automatically select the input based on what cable you plug in. You have to set that manually.

Overall Review: On my unit, the text was fuzzy and there was a 1-inch black border all around the image when using the HDMI input. When using the VGA input, the image looked great, but the monitor disconnected and reconnected about every 60 seconds. Clearly, I got a defective unit. Also, be sure to note that the DVI connector is DVI-D. A DVI-I cable (which is what I have) will not work with this monitor. (If you don't know the difference, look it up before buying or your old DVI cable may not work.)

Pros: Quiet, fast, versatile, excellent output. The additional tray makes this perfect for a small workgroup. The printer quality is definitely worth five stars.

Cons: Be prepared to hate this printer before you love it. The setup (Win7 64-bit) was the worst I've ever experienced for a laser printer. The wireless connection just would not function. Much exploration of the support web site yielded no help whatsoever. Finally, I did something I haven't had to do for years: I called Brother technical support -- on the phone! How 1990s is that? But that's how I found out about a manual procedure which got left out of their setup program and had to be performed on every system on the network. (Will they fix this in a future release of the setup software? Don't count on it.) Then, though the expansion tray came in the same box, there were no setup instructions included, and again, none on the web site. When the tray refused to function, and after much gnashing of teeth, a SECOND call to Brother was required to discover a "recognition" process through the Control Panel which is required before the printer knows it has a second tray. Just unac

Overall Review: The Brother support site is poorly organized, difficult to navigate, and full of holes. At one point, I found in the FAQ the exact question I needed answered, but clicking the link yielded an empty frame with a message below stating that the information was not available. The telephone support, on the other hand, was excellent. In each case, the tech was able to diagnose the problem quickly, and effectively walk me through the steps to resolution. It was as if they'd handled these exact problems about a million times -- probably because they have. I just wish I hadn't needed to call them. At one point during the setup, my client wanted to dump this printer and ship it back. I had to convince them that once it worked it would be perfect for their needs. I was right. But a user with less patience and persistence would have boxed this thing up and sent it back in a heartbeat. Just knowing the right questions to ask tech support required a fair amount of expertise. Be forewa

Pros: Responsive keyboard. Effortless setup. Nice management software with lots of customizability. The extra mouse capabilities take a bit of getting used to, but they become indispensable pretty quickly.

Cons: Bad rechargeable batteries mean the mouse has to sit on the cradle every night or it will die after half a day. Space bar has a weird shape which dips downward at the bottom -- non-standard, and it feels weird on the thumb. The keyboard occasionally freaks out for no reason and either drops tons of keystrokes or adds in random ones.

Overall Review: I don't think I have a defective unit, but there are some definite design issues here. In all, this set is definitely usable, but I'm tempted to switch back to my old (and ancient) corded input devices. The inconvenience of some of the random quirks makes this tough to adjust to. Getting the mouse to move with similar sensitivity to my old mouse was difficult, and I don't think it's quite possible because the sensitivity and acceleration sliders in the software have specific stops rather than a smooth adjustment range. The keyboard has a "loose" feel, meaning that the keys press very easily -- a little too easily for my taste, but others may like it. The tactile sensation when pressing them is kind of limp, but it is fairly quiet while typing. The ability to customize the actions associated with the extra mouse buttons is a great feature. I immediately adjusted them and now find them hard to imagine living without.