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Jeffrey B.

Jeffrey B.

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Most Favorable Review

Consistently Excellent

RiDATA 25GB 4X BD-R Inkjet White Hub Printable 25 Packs Disc Model BDR-254-RDIWN-CB25
RiDATA 25GB 4X BD-R Inkjet White Hub Printable 25 Packs Disc Model BDR-254-RDIWN-CB25

Pros: These are incredibly affordable and have been consistently solid in creating both BluRay video disks and Data disks. Also, love the fact that I can print straight to the disk.

Cons: Wish they came in a larger spindle

11/19/2010
Most Critical Review

Losing Signal/Lag

Logitech Wave Pro Desktop Black USB 2.4 GHz Wireless  Keyboard & Mouse Combo
Logitech Wave Pro Desktop Black USB 2.4 GHz Wireless Keyboard & Mouse Combo

Pros: It is wireless, comfortable keyboard, lots of buttons on mouse, software is good.

Cons: I have sent back this keyboard/mouse once because the mouse completely quit working with full batteries. The one I received has been extremely laggy aka typing and letters appear 5-10 seconds later. This makes gaming impossible. The mouse often drops signal. I have the receiver only 2 feet away from the keyboard and mouse and no obstructions in the way.

Overall Review: I don't recommend this combo for the price. You would be better off going for a wired combo than this lacking wireless. I am quite disappointed in Logitech because I have always found their products to be of high quality. Perhaps this is their bad stepchild.

10/21/2009

A little large

IBM 81Y9886 3 TB 3.5' Internal Hard Drive
IBM 81Y9886 3 TB 3.5' Internal Hard Drive

Pros: Really great drive a quite the great value!

Cons: Had a little difficulty finding room in my case to fit this 3.5' monster, but went over to home depot and got a hack saw and proceeded to make some more room by cutting out the upper section of my case.

Good but not for Raid 5

Seagate Desktop HDD ST3000DM001 3TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate Desktop HDD ST3000DM001 3TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Great price for a large amount of storage. Very Quiet. Perform well on their own. Purchased 8 and only 1 was DOA, which was promptly replaced.

Cons: Was under the impression that these would work well in a Raid 5 environment, however that was definitely not the case as confirmed by experience and Seagate support. Arranged in a raid 5 internally with 4 drives and would only see 20-30MB/s, which is incredibly slow. Rearranged to Raid 10 and then saw speeds of 250-300MB/s. Just a word of caution if you are considering purchasing these for a Raid environment.

Rockin

Raidon 4 Bay eSATA, USB 2.0, FireWire External Hard Drive Enclosure With Built-in SATA RAID 5 GR5630-4S-WBS2
Raidon 4 Bay eSATA, USB 2.0, FireWire External Hard Drive Enclosure With Built-in SATA RAID 5 GR5630-4S-WBS2

Pros: - Solid construction - Easy setup - Decent price - Audible and visual alerts - Tons of connectivity

Cons: Could be slightly cheaper and support other raid modes, however I was only interested in Raid 5.

Overall Review: I originally installed my drives and attached to my iMac. Freaked out when it repeatedly froze up my Finder. However, after some research it appeared my old drives had issues with their DS_Store. A quick terminal fix and it was up and running. Definitely would recommend fresh drives if you can swing it.

11/19/2010

Seeexy

TRITTON AX Pro Dolby Digital 5.1 True Surround Sound Headset With 8 Precision Speakers – XBOX/PS3/PC
TRITTON AX Pro Dolby Digital 5.1 True Surround Sound Headset With 8 Precision Speakers – XBOX/PS3/PC

Pros: Incredible surround sound replication, dolby digital decoder is theater quality sound, very comfortable and easy to wear for hours, way cheaper and takes up less space than 5.1 speaker system.

Cons: Manual is a bit lacking, sound leaks out of the headphones allowing others to hear what you are listening to (embarrassing if listening to britney spears at work), and has quite a bit of cords to deal with, but less than a 5.1 speaker system.

Overall Review: Editing surround sound in a work environment makes these headphones a huge bonus for me. Allows me to hear sound accurately while not disturbing others around me. Also make incredible headphones for movie watching when others are trying to sleep. Listening to 5.1 music is absolutely incredible with these puppies. Music has never been so clear or accurate.

10/21/2009