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Rafael D.

Rafael D.

Joined on 05/01/06

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent Plasma TV

SAMSUNG HP-S5053 Black 50" 16:9 Plasma TV with Built-in HDTV Tuner
SAMSUNG HP-S5053 Black 50" 16:9 Plasma TV with Built-in HDTV Tuner

Pros: Beautiful Image, brightness and colors are amazing, you can easily walk in any electronic store and notice samsung over the other brands, I own this model and I'm using it with samsung DVD player upconversion to 1080i with HDMI and the movies looks very close to what HD DVD and blu-ray is, the TV have enough outputs/inputs to plug everything you want, also love the glossy finish.

Cons: well, it's a plasma and if you want to use your Big screen TV for playing video games like I do then you have to take very good care of not having static images, even if I pause a movie for 20 minutes have suffered screen burn in, lucky that in a couple of days the burn in went away but I guess if the burn in is more severe it won't go away, but that's a downside for all plasmas not just this model

Overall Review: People complain about a buzz, well I had this TV since december 2006 and have no buzz, you have to turn everything off in a very quiet environment to listen a very insignificant buzz, so if you are listening to your tv you won't notice, maybe first shipments had the buzz but I guess Samsung fix it already I don't know, when I was making my decision to purchase this TV I almost choose a different brand because of this "buzz", but then I decided to buy this model and I never regret it, so don't let that stop you from buying this TV, and right now it's 1,699 what a great deal!! I paid 1,999, oh well.

Most Critical Review

Good Product - Bad Company

XIGMATEK Gaia SD1283 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler LGA1150 Haswell Compatible
XIGMATEK Gaia SD1283 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler LGA1150 Haswell Compatible

Pros: Product is great, I'm surprised about how silent the fan is and the quality is also very good, I like this CPU cooler and the option for push pull is great

Cons: This Company is very Bad at rebates, never consider the price after rebate since they will never send it to you, emails about rebate status are ignored and phone is answered by the same person all the time if you ever get answered. This does not happen to me only, I have friends and co workers who have purchased from this brand and happened to all of us. I will never buy products from this company since they do not honor their promotions, unless they start giving instant discounts instead of rebates.

Overall Review: Give it 1 egg because they need to take action on their promotions, I just don't like a company that offers you something and never honor it. I can see I'm not the only one complaining for the rebates. So if the full price seems right for you go ahead, the product is good. But to be honest for the full price there are better quality products out there.

Samsung Picture still the BEST!

Samsung 50" 720p 600Hz Plasma HDTV PN50C490
Samsung 50" 720p 600Hz Plasma HDTV PN50C490

Pros: Awesome picture quality, I purchase this as a replacement of my 4 year old plasma that failed on me, the price on this set is awesome I was hesitating about that 720p but honestly everything you throw at it looks superb, I have PS3, xbox 360, Wii, dvd recorder and dish box plugged to this tv, I even tried over the air and I was surprised even a cheap 30 bucks antenna was able to receive over 40 local channels some in HD and picture is very clear. The gaming on this TV is impressive, a feature that I like on this set is actually tells you what resolution I'm currently using, my older TV didn't do that. so when I use my PS3 through HDMI and it gives me 1920x1080i for a beautiful crisp detailed picture. If I change the source it gives me info on current resolution. 3D is good. I have only test Super star dust HD and GT5 on the PS3 and a 3D tron demo movie, but it really looks very good, I have tried at stores different brands, so far I still like Samsung more than any others.

Cons: No cons, just opinion and experiences. For some reason I don't like game mode on this set, makes the image look dull, I prefer to play with my own settings but this may me just my personal preference. Not really a con, this is actually my fault, I was having trouble with 3D glasses getting out of sync until I read the manual, there are 3d sensors at the bottom of the TV that should not be covered or blocked, I had objects laying around blocking them and that was my problem. The 4 leg base feels way more fragile that the rounded or square shaped ones, I strongly recommend getting a secure tool kit to firmly attach either to wall or furniture. I notice

Overall Review: Some people still say "don't buy plasma, consumes more energy, they are bulky, etc" well I know according to energy star this model consumes less energy than my older plasma and some LCD models, this set is very lightweight and about half the thickness compared to my old set (Samsung HP-S5053) plus I love the blacks and color settings on Plasma, no motion blur like the LCD 60hz sets and price you can't beat. Overall you can't complain about quality and features you get for the price, top of the line models could cost 3 times what you are paying for this set, if you are in a budget but don't want to buy a cheap brand, this set will get you great picture and 3D features at a great price.

Great Laptop!

Fujitsu Laptop LifeBook Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 2GB Memory 160GB HDD Intel GMA X3100 15.4" Windows Vista Home Premium A6110(FPCR32379)
Fujitsu Laptop LifeBook Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 2GB Memory 160GB HDD Intel GMA X3100 15.4" Windows Vista Home Premium A6110(FPCR32379)

Pros: Glossy anti-glare screen is great! It doesn't come with useless software like many others, don't be fooled by the 1.66Ghz this is a Core2Duo and is very fast, very reliable, and for the price, 2GB of memory and 160 GB of HDD is a great deal. besides the shock sensor is a plus if you are gonna use this on the move it works great! Battery life as promised, web cam res is good, really love the keyboard layout and key pressing is very confortable.

Cons: Doesn't come with Vista SP1, not really a con if you are gonna downgrade to XP or use Ubuntu, but if you are gonna update to SP1 it will have some software issues like the mentioned HDD shock sensor and aparently fujitsu doesn't have any patch yet. Speakers sound a little harsh, and max volume is too low, in my experience with other Laptops sound level never have gone over 50% and for this one I have everything at 100% and I barely can hear it if I'm outside. For some reason the battery seems to take a little over the normal time to charge, not a big deal I just want to mention it.

Overall Review: Overall this is an excellent Laptop, don't let the cons turn you down, every Laptop has a little something and that's what I point out. This are minimum compared with other brands/models, and as said on pros, the price is awesome you won't find a Core2Duo with this specs for this price and Fujitsu to me is a great brand, I never used their customer service though so I can't comment on that. Previous experience with Fujitsu Laptops make me buy this unit and I'm not dissapointed, so if are looking at this fujitsu you can really consider it a great buy.