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Bryan S.

Bryan S.

Joined on 04/30/02

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Most Critical Review

As with the others....

StarTech.com ST7202USB 7 Port Compact Black USB 2.0 Hub - 7-Port USB Hub - Portable USB 2.0 Hub - Includes Optional Power Adapter
StarTech.com ST7202USB 7 Port Compact Black USB 2.0 Hub - 7-Port USB Hub - Portable USB 2.0 Hub - Includes Optional Power Adapter

Pros: 7 ports, powered, looks spiffy

Cons: After a little while, it will drop all connections when data is streamed through the hub. Hoping a manufacturer RMA comes through, and they have fixed the issues by now. If not, guess it goes into the "I wasted my money" pile.

Overall Review: find something else

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4670 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Video Card 100256HDMI
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4670 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Video Card 100256HDMI

Pros: Runs some of my older games in 1080, although I dont do much gaming these days. No glitches in Win7. Have not tried HDMI sound or BR at this point, so no comment there.

Cons: Says crossfire compatible on box, has no crossfire tab. Misleading.

Make sure your battery is charged or plugged in during file transfer!

SAMSUNG SC-DX205 Black 1/6" CCD 2.7" 112K LCD 34X Optical Zoom Hybrid DVD & Flash Memory Camcorder
SAMSUNG SC-DX205 Black 1/6" CCD 2.7" 112K LCD 34X Optical Zoom Hybrid DVD & Flash Memory Camcorder

Pros: Decent low light performance. Good optical zoom, standard features.. nice to have option to go from DVD to flash memory. Sound is excellent.

Cons: When you transfer files, and the power runs out, your files will be corrupted. Took 22 hours for a good software tool to recover them from the disk afterward, and now those files dont work, at least for now. Somewhat grainy on high quality on a computer playing to TV (720p output Avivo codecs).

Might not work in Vista, or Windows 7

Rosewill RC-601 USB PCMCIA Card 2 x USB Type A ports, 1 x DC Jack
Rosewill RC-601 USB PCMCIA Card 2 x USB Type A ports, 1 x DC Jack

Pros: INexpensive, looks like most of the others out there. Worked well in XP... as long as I didnt use a drive.

Cons: Needs external power if you use too many devices, no good drivers availible, freezes both Vista SP1 and Windows 7 beta minutes after inserting, and freezes XP after you use a flash drive. Supposedly a typical error with these cheap pcmcia cards. Probably because the port is not supposed to handle that kind of speed.

Overall Review: Rosewill usually has good stuff, but looks like this is useless to me.