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John S.

John S.

Joined on 11/05/10

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Amazing TV for the price

Changhong 49" Class 1080p LED HDTV - LED49YD1100UA
Changhong 49" Class 1080p LED HDTV - LED49YD1100UA

Pros: Well packaged. Easy to assemble. I like the configuration of the input ports.

Cons: Thin-gauge power cord made onto the unit. Small thing, but that always annoys me.

Overall Review: For $300 you can't ask for a better TV. Shipping was fast, and it looks great.

Most Critical Review

Good but not great

TP-LINK RE355 AC1200 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Range Extender
TP-LINK RE355 AC1200 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Range Extender

Pros: Easy setup Good distance coverage

Cons: Not consistent enough for streaming or games Will bog down and reset during a Netflix session, without fail.

Overall Review: Good for the price. Of you're simply looking to keep mobile devices online it's probably fine. For basic laptop functions it should work. But if you like to watch streaming content or game, this will upset you. If you try to stream from more than one device, prepare to cry.

Does not work with i-devices without additional hardware

SteelSeries 51108 Steelseries siberia v2 full size headset for ipod , ipad  and iphone
SteelSeries 51108 Steelseries siberia v2 full size headset for ipod , ipad and iphone

Pros: It's a very comfortable headset. Sound quality is solid

Cons: Has separate mic and audio jacks. So unless you shell out more money for an adapter, it will not work with any mobile devices. The item description is very misleading

Overall Review: It's a shame they weren't clear on the product's description. It's bad enough that shipping took almost 3 weeks since it came from China. But to wait that long only to find out I need an adapter is a little frustrating.

Nothing but trouble

SAPPHIRE DUAL-X Radeon R9 270 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card With BOOST & OC 100365L
SAPPHIRE DUAL-X Radeon R9 270 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card With BOOST & OC 100365L

Pros: It stays cool.

Cons: I replaced a Radeon 5770 video card with this one. It worked great for about 3 weeks. After that, I started getting BSOD's related to graphics card timeouts. I can't run this computer over 24 hours without this failure. After doing research, I checked my RAM, and it all passed. I ran a diagnostic on my motherboard and it checked out. I ran a diagnostic on the vid card, and it told me that the VRAM is working at less than half capacity. I replaced the card with my old 5770, and it didn't BSOD for over a week of straight running. We installed the bad card into a friend's tower, and over a week, he had 4 BSOD's related to a graphics card timeout. The error Windows gives me upon recovery is: "AMD Video Device has ceased responding. System was restarted to avoid failure."

Overall Review: I would stay away from this card. I'm counting it as a loss and buying another brand.