Pros: I was going to pre-order this on Steam, but now I don't have to! So it's on GOG. You do NOT have to run a client to play the game as on Steam or Origin. Even if you did, what difference does it make? I run Steam AND Origin simultaneously and play everything under the sun, my system hardly knows they're there! The GOG version means you don't have to run either of those OR any other. You don't have to "signup with an online licensing and DRM tracking service to download, install, use it." GOG sells game WITHOUT DRM. Not WITH DRM. WITHOUT DRM. If this was activated on Steam, THEN that reviewer's statement would be true. It's activated on GOG, however, so that statement is incorrect.

Cons: Not usable on Steam. What can I say, I prefer having all my stuff in one place. PREFER, not DEMAND. There's a difference.

Overall Review: Played both The Witcher and The Witcher 2 numerous times completely through. Over 100 hours each game. I see nothing less in store with The Witcher 3!

Pros: Mechanical switches. I've gone through a couple lighted rubber dome keyboards in about the same time I've owned this keyboard; namely the 4 and 8 on the keypad as that's my version of WASD when playing shooters. Evidently I just press the keys too hard and wear out the rubber dome so the keys no longer function. I haven't had that experience with this keyboard. Various illumination intensities. I play at night a lot, without any lights on, and even though I actually know how to type and the location of all the keys, it's still nice having a lighted keyboard. I'll never go back to a regular one. Solid construction. Very durable. Definitely built to last, well, the hardware itself is...see 'Cons'. Glossy black finish. Looks great, even with smudges. Which easily wipe off. Also great deterrent for eating between meals...I quit eating chips and stuff at the PC for fear of destroying this keyboard.

Cons: Less than a month ago, I didn't have any problems with this keyboard. It was excellent. Best keyboard I've ever owned. Then it became very glitchy, seriously enough that it's no longer usable. The enter key randomly registers itself. Example, I type a message in a Steam chat window...every time I press a letter, it sends it as if I pressed the enter key. Completely random...it doesn't do it every time, and not just in Steam chat. It's occurred in many applications at no specific time. Some keys will register twice when typing them a single time. Others will repeat as if the key is being constantly pressed even though it's clearly not. Windows login screen will flash repeatedly as if the username and password is being entered incorrectly repeatedly very rapidly. I'm not even touching the keyboard when this happens. Checking the lighting option is no longer viable. If I do for a given profile, the keyboard stays at max illumination no matter what setting is chosen, and will not dim if that option is selected. This worked correctly until a few weeks ago for over a year. The entire keyboard was flawless until a few weeks ago. I uninstalled Razer Synapse after simply disabling it didn't help the problems at all. It's also a firmware upgrade as I understand it, and I have no doubt that is the cause of the problems I'm experiencing. I'm going to contact Razer support and see if they'll do anything about it as the warranty has technically expired.

Overall Review: I've replaced this keyboard with a CM Storm Quickfire Ultimate. I haven't had a single issue with repeating keys, lighting issues, Enter key just deciding it will rapidly register itself just out of the blue and/or after any other key press. Unplugging the Blackwidow Ultimate for a few seconds fixed the issues for at least a couple hours each time. That is simply not a feasible solution. Since 1986 I've never experienced problems like this with any keyboard I've owned. Well, perhaps a key registering twice from time to time, but none of the other problems. I was really hoping it wasn't the keyboard itself, because I really liked it up until it started having issues. A quick google shows I'm not the only person experiencing these problems, though I do hope it doesn't happen to anyone else using this keyboard. If you haven't already done so, I would advise against installing the Razer Synapse software update.

Pros: "Update 1/12/25 This is still the living room LCD, though that is going to change soon. Too small (really? come on now!), yes, after viewing 75" and 85" screens elsewhere, this is tiny! Plus it can't keep up. Various music and video files are unsupported and 1080p 60Hz just doesn't cut it anymore. It will retire in a smaller room, no reason to get rid of it completely." Firstly, the packaging and shipping was excellent. I was a little apprehensive about having this product shipped, thinking it best to buy from a brick and mortar. It arrived it perfect shape, even had two small 4x4s strapped underneath to keep it upright. Maybe theyre all shipped that way, regardless, I was impressed. Installation was simple. 4 screws attach the base to the back of the unit, plug in the necessary cables (in my case, Im waiting on a receiver so Ive nothing plugged into the TV right now other than the power cord), and youre up and running. You can also purchase an optional wall mount if you so desire. If youre afraid of the possibility of the TV being knocked over, theres a hole in the back of the base for securing the unit to whatever its sitting on. The very first thing I did upon powering the TV was connect to my home network. Any and all shared devices on my network instantly available and ready to use. I have a NAS as well as shared music and video files on various computers throughout the house. There are quite a few apps available, though I dont see myself using most of them, but theyre available for those who do. The internet browser is fully functional, although its rather a pain using the virtual keyboard. I havent tried it yet, but Im going to hook up a USB keyboard to make typing much easier. Plenty of settings options to fine tune the picture just how you like it. Ive messed around with them somewhat, although I find the Cinema and Vivid presets work pretty well just as they are. I stream 1080p videos from my NAS and its just incredible. Theres a wired network option, but as setup now, the wireless connection is perfect. (I have two wireless routers in separate rooms upstairs, one as an AP, with the NAS located upstairs, this TV is in the downstairs living room, excellent wireless reception). The built-in speakers are, well, just that; built-in speakers. They are nothing to write home about. I have a Yamaha HTR connected to my PC, mostly for games, sometimes movies though. I just ordered another similar one because the built-in speakers dont do this TV justice. Mind you, they arent the worst Ive heard, though when youre use to 5.1 Dolby Digital, the TV speakers pale in comparison. Since I dont have my new receiver yet, I cant comment on the external sound source, only that yes, there is an optical digital out. This TV is replacing an old Panasonic 32 monster from the late 1990s, which was hooked up via S-video to a cheap laptop.goes without saying, there is no comparison. Picture quality is incredible. Ive found no ghosting or lag watching 1080p videos (e.g. The Lone Ranger, Star Trek) streaming on my network. I wasnt 100% sure if 60Hz was the way to go on such a big screen, seems its perfectly fine. Quality is phenomenal. This is in comparison to the old behemoth as well as my gtx670 equipped PC which has an Asus 24 LED monitor and Samsung 30 LCD H

Cons: Remote. The arrow buttons on the remote, namely the down arrow is too close, way too close to the AV mode button, the up arrow is too close to the Smart buttonthe entire arrow button section is too cramped. Whomever gave the design of this remote the go ahead evidently didnt care or didnt plan on personally using it. Either that or its a design flaw to promote Magic Remote sales. At $80+ for the Magic Remote, I think Ill just be a little more careful when using the included remote.

Overall Review: If youre going to include a fully functional web browser, then you should include the option of connecting a wireless keyboard (and even mouse) to your TV. There is the available Magic Remote (voice recognition from what I understand), but its relatively expensive (and in beta), as well as the virtual keyboard (have you tried typing with a remote control?), but a real keyboard option would be great, as in wirelesssupposedly a USB one will work, I just havent tried one yet. I have an adblocker on my PC, nothing more annoying than watching 2-3 commercials every 4 minutes during a 20 minute show (commercials I understandTHAT manyI dont). Using the Crackle app on this TV reminded me just how great installing that adblocker on my PC was! Ill have to check if installing that is even possible (I highly doubt it), or if thats just going to be an annoyance when using various apps on a Smart TV. It is always better to have it and not need it, than to need it, and not have it. That applies to available connections on a TV as well as anything else. The placement of some of those inputs is a plus, too. 3 HDMI (one an MHL, too!) right there on the left side of the TV, no need to reach around back to plug something in! 3 USB, LAN, Component Video In, and Optical Digital Out.

Pros: "Update 1/12/25 Unlike the 6-Bay Seagate NAS, this one is still going. Unfortunately, Seagate no longer supports the OS, so it's not usable over the 'net. " The Seagate packaging department performed an excellent job when assigned the task of designing the container for their NAS 2Bay device. The unit was protected from potential damage sandwiched in between two strong plastic shells, with a protective foam wrapping around the device itself, all this kept in place with a slim cardboard box alongside which contained the accessories (power cord, Ethernet cable, extra screws for an optional 2.5 HDD installation if you so desire, as well as the Quick Start Guide. Quick Start actually means just that, quick start! I was setup and running in just minutes. The easy to follow instructions could not have been simpler: Connect the Ethernet cable from the rear of the NAS to your router or switch. Connect the power cord to the NAS and a power strip (I always recommend using a power strip for everything computer and home entertainment related!), wait for the power LED to turn solid, then login to the discover.seagate.com website. Thats as tough as it gets! There were a couple options I needed to setup for my personal preference. I have an LG SmartTV downstairs, to which I stream movies (via DLNA) from my other NAS, a Netgear model, and obviously I wanted that option available on this NAS as well. Simple enough, all that was required was enabling that option, UPnP/DLNA under Devices > Services from the Seagates administration page (that service is off by default), which is wise considering the inherent security risks using UPnP. Simply typing the IP address of the NAS into one of the recommended browsers (IE, Chrome, or Firefox) gives you access to the configuration page. The NAS is configured for DHCP by default, and you can also setup a proxy server, remote access (various options available), and port forwarding. I also enabled SFTP which is another of the many options available, for remote file access. There are a multitude of optional services that I will never (knock on wood) use, but many may find useful or necessary for their NAS needs. My family streams movies and music all over the house, to various devices, both wired and wireless. Im always a bit skeptical about the overall performance of any new device added to my home network, and Im happy to say the Seagate STCT8000100 8TB did not disappoint in the least! After my son loaded a few dozen movies onto the NAS, we were able to stream simultaneously to the wireless TV downstairs, and 3 upstairs computers with little to no noticeable performance issues (see other thoughts). I just finished transferring two files, one 27GB file from the Seagate NAS to the computer Im using right now typing this, as well as one 10GB file from the Netgear NAS to this same computer, pasting both files in the C:\ directory. The Seagate transfer speed was ~90MB/s for about 30 seconds until I started the second transfer from the Netgear. When the Netgear finished (10GB file), it was up to ~50MB/s while dropping the Seagate down to ~60MB/s

Cons: The 4-Bay NAS is equipped with 2 Ethernet ports for redundancy and increased performance. It would have been great if that had been included on this unit as well. The cost would have been negligible relative to the benefit. The unit seems to run a little hot, I have it next to my antec 1200 gaming PC, sitting about 5 inches to to the right of it, and the monitoring software accessible via the admin page shows 66 degrees on the CPU and 41 degrees on the HDDs. In comparison, the WD Caviar Black drives in my gaming PC currently read 32 degrees across the board (4 1TB units installed). Curious to see how hot the NAS will run this summer, although the room is usually air-conditioned. Though to be honest, neither current temp reading from the Seagate NAS is anything to worry about. It'll just be a good idea to keep an eye on it this summer.

Overall Review: My kids and I were streaming the Lord of the Rings to the LG SmartTV downstairs on 5Ghz wireless n speeds from the Seagate NAS. Multiple times it paused, or the screen went black, or the TV just shut off. This was the first movie we streamed with the new NAS. I then tested it the movie on my PC, it hiccuped just a couple times, but I probably noticed it more so because I was actually looking for a performance issue. So, immediately I thought it was an issue with the NAS. Played another movie, it was fine. Copied the Lord of the Rings over to the old Netgear NAS, did the same thing on the TV downstairs. Apparently, it's an encoding issue the TV just doesn't like. Overall the performance of the Seagate NAS is impressive when tested on my 4 PC (3 built for gaming), 2 Laptop, SmartTV, PS3/PS4, 2 NAS, 2 network CAM, multiple smartphone home media streaming (files, music, and movies), network.

Pros: Although its something that shouldnt need addressing, a number of random product reviews implies otherwise, so I feel its necessary to comment on the shipping and packaging my Seagate NAS Pro experienced before arriving on my doorstep. Im noticing more claims that Newegg simply threw a product in a larger shipping box without any packing material whatsoever, or so little that it was simply worthless, unable to serve its purpose as a protective device. I realize my purchases are but a drop in the swimming pool of Neweggs yearly inventory, but Ive yet to receive a package that was missing substantial peanuts, air bags, Styrofoam, bubble wrap, what have you, in my 8+ years using Newegg. This package was no different. Arrived in excellent condition, minimal handling scuffs notwithstanding. (e.g., slight indentation at a corner of the box, cosmetic tear here or there in the packing box.) Product itself exhibited no damage whatsoever. As always. (Knock on wood). That being said, setup was actually too simple. Open the box, remove the device, Ethernet cable, power cable, connect the cables, power it on, enter the discover Seagate url in your browser, wait a few minutes for it to do its thing, and unless you wish to customize and configure the device to your personal taste (most of us will, of course), its technically ready for use! I enabled a few services that are disabled by default, DNLA being one simply for my SmartTV and various Consoles, for the ease of movie and music streaming throughout my home network. There are a number of secure services available for those wishing to remotely access the NAS Pro. (Remember to use strong passwords birthdays, pet names people use these and somehow are still bewildered their network was compromised Nothing is 100% secure, but no point in just giving it away!) I connected two Ethernet cables and linked them for increased throughput. Sure, everything is 1GB or less on my network, but when 5 or 10 devices are streaming to and from the NAS Pro simultaneously, a 2GB link is much appreciated. I have all our PCs perform their weekly backups to this NAS. Very convenient and easy. No one has an excuse NOT to back up their systems regularly now! I setup individual secure folders for every user, necessitating passwords to access their data, while leaving Movies, Music, non-sensitive documents, manuals, programs, what have you as Public, no credentials necessary for access. Im able to access my NAS Pro directly over the internet, or via the Sdrive application. One can also setup access via SFTP, or SSH, if desired. One of the main reasons Ive setup remote access is simply to monitor the health of the unit. Even though Ive setup e-mail alerts, I also prefer the ability to instantly check the units status any time I wish. Nothing worse than experiencing data corruption and not knowing what may be causing it. If your at the unit, you can see this info via the display. (cont'

Cons: Update 1/12/25 NAS kicked the bucket a couple of months ago. A bit disheartening but it was a good ~10 year run! Well... sticker shock. True, it's a full featured 12TB NAS Pro unit, but regardless... $1600 is a lot to digest even after factoring in everything Seagate has packaged with the device itself! With the constant sales and technology price fluctuations, one should be able to acquire this unit for a more reasonable $300-$500 off MSRP, though that IS only a guess, and only to be interpreted as such! Although at $1600, if used in a fully realized environment (50 users), I have to contradict myself, as per user, it's very reasonably priced!

Overall Review: (continued from Pros:) Remote access will inform you if the NAS itself is the probable cause. (Ive seen two mission critical NAS units lose data, only later to find out they were overheating it helps to have admin rights to the NAS but that is unrelated to this Seagate NAS Pro in any way other than to emphasize the importance of monitoring the health of the unit regularly, especially when youre backing up sensitive, important data!) I have 10 devices and/or users accessing this NAS. At any given time, data is being backed up to, or streamed from the unit. Movies, music, documents, game saves, Steam game backups so we dont have to download some of those multiple GB games again. Although its only been a few weeks, I havent run into any performance or software issues, no hardware problems either. Transferring files from the NAS or to it utilize near max available network bandwidth of 1GB to most devices. With the 2GB linked connection, I rarely see less than 50% throughput when the NAS is being accessed via multiple users. Thats when I monitored the speeds, no noticeable lag when streaming movies or music on a daily basis. Again, my kids are all connected, 4 PCs (gaming PCs), 2 Laptops, 3-5, sometimes 10+ smartphones and/or iPhones, Xbox whatever it is called One I believe, PS3, PS4, a Netbook (why? Dont ask), iPod, a (not so) SmartTV, and often much more. I dont anticipate any problems streaming and backing up systems to this NAS Pro anytime soon, if even a few years from now. HDDs do fail from time to time, and as Ive always used Western Digital without fail, Im confident Seagate NAS drives are quality products as well. We can only wait and see!

Pros: The Crucial 32GB DDR5 Memory, featuring two sticks each with 16GB capacity, is a powerful upgrade that can supercharge your computer's performance. In this review, I will share what I know about DDR5 memory and a few benefits for your PC. Boosting Speed and Responsiveness: Imagine your computer as a highway, and the memory as the on-ramp for data. The Crucial 32GB DDR5 Memory provides a wider on-ramp, allowing more data to flow quickly to your processor. This means faster application launches, smoother multitasking, and improved overall responsiveness. Smoother Gaming and Multimedia: If you're a gamer or love streaming high-definition media, this memory can be a game-changer. When you step up to the 32gb of storage, running the new gen DDR speeds, you will most likely notice the difference. (As a reminder, your PC is only as fast as the slowest component, so if you buy this DDR5 ram and notice nothing has changed, you have another component acting like a bottle neck, and it will be slower than it should be. Always verify component compatibility!) The increased capacity of 32GB ensures that your games load faster, run more smoothly, and have room for large textures and assets. Similarly, streaming movies or editing videos becomes a breeze with the Crucial DDR5 Memory, providing a seamless experience. Future-Proof Your System: With technology evolving rapidly, it's important to invest in components that will stand the test of time. The Crucial 32GB DDR5 Memory is built for the future, designed to handle the demands of upcoming software and applications. This means your PC will remain capable and compatible with the latest technologies for years to come. Easy Installation: Upgrading your memory might sound daunting, but fear not! The Crucial 32GB DDR5 Memory is designed to be user-friendly. Simply slot the sticks into your motherboard's DDR5 slots, and you're good to go. It's a hassle-free process that can have a significant impact on your PC's performance. If you want to give your computer a performance boost, start here. The Crucial 32GB DDR5 Memory is an excellent choice, and likely the least expensive to upgrade. You will want to verify your motherboard can support DDR5, then check compatibility between the motherboard, the crucial DDR5 ram, and CPU.

Cons: The sticks don't light up! Although that is also a pro!

Overall Review: People tend to cut corners somewhere when building/upgrading their computer system and this is definitely NOT one of the areas to cut corners! Fortunately, that will not be the case if you install this DDR5 in your DDR5 compatible system!

The Ultrafire flashlight sucks. FLAT OUT SUCKS. It turns off, is super dim, gets bright for half a second, then stays super dim. Does the strobe and S.O.S. but the brightness goes from one extreme to the other. Usually very dim. It's NOTHING like advertised. It was bright ONCE for about 2 seconds. It's worse than those cheap plastic EverReady ones you find for a buck or two in auto stores. Worst piece of c rap flashlight I've ever purchased. Not even worth my time or money to ship it back for a refund. COMPLETE GARBAGE.

After perusing the reviews for this company, I was quite apprehensive when deciding to go ahead an order an air conditioner from them last week. Especially with the 100+ degree weather we were just experiencing. I was actually expecting to not receive my air conditioner for some time, if at all. I worried for nothing. Within 3 days (not counting the weekend, my A/C unit arrived just around noon, in excellent condition via UPS! I could not have been happier. The heat wave had actually just subsided right after I ordered the unit, but next week it's suppose to be back up to near triple digits, so it's still perfect timing. It's now installed and ready to cool when needed!

Product was delivered in just a couple days and without any problems. Signature was required so there wasn't any chance of it just being left on the doorstep.