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John G.

John G.

Joined on 07/13/06

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Most Favorable Review

Great Projector.

ViewSonic PJ558D 1024 x 768 2500 ANSI lumens DLP XGA, 5.4 lbs Projector 2000:1
ViewSonic PJ558D 1024 x 768 2500 ANSI lumens DLP XGA, 5.4 lbs Projector 2000:1

Pros: Awesome Brightness. I bought this for our office because we needed to be able to have meetings without turning the lights out in the conference room. This projector takes care of that easily, even when running in economy mode. Couldn't have bought a better projector for the price. I've taken it home on the weekends to use my XBOX 360 in 1080i, It looks amazing as well. I simply project onto a flat white wall at home and get an awsome 25ft HDTV. Buy that for under a thousand bucks. Highly recommended.

Cons: Bulbs are expensive and harder to find than I would like. The bulb lasts about 3000 hours in Econo mode, and that is a long time, but when it does go, expect to pay a third of the projector price for a replacment.

Most Critical Review

Could be a great monitor...

Acer 20" TFT LCD WSXGA+ LCD Monitor 5 ms 1680 x 1050 D-Sub, DVI AL2016WBbd
Acer 20" TFT LCD WSXGA+ LCD Monitor 5 ms 1680 x 1050 D-Sub, DVI AL2016WBbd

Pros: This monitor is a great buy. It has great features, it comes with a DVI-D cable, and Looks great while off.

Cons: Mine was damaged when I opened it. RMA'd through NewEgg. The size it OK, but if you are in CAD like me, go for the 22" if you want WS. The 20" WS is too small. I bought it as a replacement for a 19" 1280 x 1024, but it is much smaller in height than the Standard Format 19". I knew this when I ordered, but things look a little different when they're setting in frontof you.

Overall Review: Make sure your video card can support a 16:10 resolution the Resolution for this monitor is 1680 x 1050. My video Card doesn't have this resolution listed, but since I never got to test the monitor, I don't know how it would look. I use a $1000+ Quadro Card for CAD, so I won't be getting a new one just to work with this monitor. I will not use the monitor if everything has to look streched. I like my 19" too much to settle for less.

Great Product

Kensington L56001C Optics-Enhancing Mouse Pad - Black
Kensington L56001C Optics-Enhancing Mouse Pad - Black

Pros: Great Thick mouse pad. The reviews that say this mouse pad is small are being ridiculous this is a standard size mouse pad.

Cons: None

Works, Sometimes

KitchenAid KSM500PSWH Pro 500 Bowl-Lift Stand Mixer White
KitchenAid KSM500PSWH Pro 500 Bowl-Lift Stand Mixer White

Pros: This seemed like a great idea and it was for a while but it has problems.

Cons: I've had this system about 7 months and I've had a camera go out ,which was replaced with another from zmoto. I've also had non-responsive problems where it will lose some cameras and need rebooted to bring them back up. And the Zsight app is just awful. It works for a while but sooner or later locks up my home router and I have to reboot my whole network. I just leave it off the network now for the last 3 months and I haven't had to reboot my router once since then. Just last week I went in to check the status of my system and nothing was working. I checked the Storage and it said I needed to format the drive. So I did and now we are up and running again. So all my video recordings were gone, obviously. Maybe it will work for a week when I go on vacation but you really can't trust it for long term home security.

Excellent value

Kingston 32GB MicroSDHC UHS-I/U1 Class 10 Memory Card, Speed Up to 90 MB/s (SDCA10/32GBSP)
Kingston 32GB MicroSDHC UHS-I/U1 Class 10 Memory Card, Speed Up to 90 MB/s (SDCA10/32GBSP)

Pros: Excellent card. Never had one fail. I used them in everything SLRs, GoPros, Vehicles, Drones. They are fast enough for everything and transfer speeds on USB3 card readers is the best I've ever seen.

Cons: none

Excellent value

Rosewill RX35-AT-SU BLK Aluminum 3.5" Black SATA USB 2.0 External Enclosure
Rosewill RX35-AT-SU BLK Aluminum 3.5" Black SATA USB 2.0 External Enclosure

Pros: These things are great. I have about 10 of them from Rosewill on several of my workstations and tower servers. They make great backup solutions where you can install a long warranty HDD and I've never had one fail. Don't waste your money on the models with a fan they only run about a year and lockup drive will still work though.

Cons: None