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Dean W.

Dean W.

Joined on 12/03/08

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Charging instructions could be clearer

iRobot Braava 320 Floor Mopping Robot
iRobot Braava 320 Floor Mopping Robot

Pros: Nice and quiet. Fairly thorough although multiple hallways off of the start room seem to confuse it. Does a good job seeing as the cleaning pad is always pretty dirty when the floors didn't look that bad.

Cons: The charging instructions need to emphasize that the charging is complete not just when the power light is blue, but when the blue light is no longer flashing.

Most Critical Review

HDMI connector problems

EVGA 02G-P4-3753-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 750 Ti Superclocked 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card
EVGA 02G-P4-3753-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 750 Ti Superclocked 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card

Pros: Low power, quiet, good performance for price

Cons: Flakey HDMI output on original and replacement card

Overall Review: 1st card would not be recognized by HDMI input on two different monitors and HDMI cables that worked fine with previous card. RMA'd back that card and got replacement no problem. 2nd card worked out of the box - yay! But... any time the PC case gets jostled or bumped *at all*, the HDMI connection is lost. Just wiggling the cable in the connector does nothing. Have to unplug and resocket the cable to restore picture. Very annoying. Have tried multiple HDMI cables from cheap to bloody expensive and they all do the same thing. I see a few other people in the eVGA forums have had flakey HDMI connection issues as well. How many others out there that didn't post to forums? Wondering if eVGA cheap'd out on the HDMI socket. If not they should change socket suppliers. I guess I'll try RMA'ing this card back too.

Very easy to install and use

Roku 2 Streaming Media Player 4210XB Faster Processor - Certified Refurbished
Roku 2 Streaming Media Player 4210XB Faster Processor - Certified Refurbished

Pros: The 'Home' screen is nicely uncluttered (take a hint Netflix) Really love the ability to search for a show or movie and it will tell me what app it's available on.

Cons: Really *don't* like the media player for videos. Incredibly, it doesn't support "avi" format videos at all. Plus it shows all my stored (mp4 only) videos in one lonnngg alphabetic list. Really?? Ever hear of sorting by folder?

Overall Review: I would recommend it highly for online streaming. Not so much for watching NAS (network access storage) stored videos.

Zoom Zoom!

Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT25664AA80A
Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT25664AA80A

Pros: Bought 4GB and then max'd out my WinXP64 system with another 4GB 3 months later. No regrets at all. Be aware that the specs call for running at 2V and they mean it. Like everything else, you can have speed or power efficiency - but not both.

Cons: Only the 2V requirement - but hey, they run at 4-4-4-12 instead of 5-5-5-18. That's a built-in 20% overclock.

Overall Review: Since I stopped trying to tweak the voltage to below 2V, they've been rock-steady. (Doesn't like less than 2V even when forced to 5-5-5-18 clocking)