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Michael P.

Michael P.

Joined on 09/07/01

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Most Favorable Review

Video AND audio work great!!

GWC AY2210 Mini DP to HDMI with Audio Adapter
GWC AY2210 Mini DP to HDMI with Audio Adapter

Pros: Both audio and video work great between my Dell XPS 17 and my TV.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Bought this to be able to play blu-ray disks from my Dell XPS 17 to my tv. Plugged it in to the laptop and it worked fine - I did not have to play with any settings in the laptop at all. Very happy with it, and I am planning on buying a 2nd one for a friend who also has an XPS 17

Most Critical Review

Audio did not work with Dell Inspiron XPS 17

BYTECC MIDP-HM005 Mini DisplayPort to HDMI 5" Adapter
BYTECC MIDP-HM005 Mini DisplayPort to HDMI 5" Adapter

Pros: Video did work.

Cons: Audio would not work with my Dell Inspiron XPS 17

Overall Review: I bought this to be able to play blu-ray disks through my XPS 17 on my big screen. Video worked, but audio did not. I had also purchased this one from Newegg (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812296295) and the audio and video in it worked flawlessly for the same price.

Great graphics performance for the price

TOSHIBA Laptop Qosmio Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 4GB Memory 320GB HDD NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS 15.4" Windows Vista Home Premium F55-Q504
TOSHIBA Laptop Qosmio Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 4GB Memory 320GB HDD NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS 15.4" Windows Vista Home Premium F55-Q504

Pros: Great graphics (will play Crysis on High detail at 1024x768) 9700M GTS with 512meg dedicated memory Great looking display - colors look great Great sound (even has a subwoofer) Looks cool (shiny with lights and chrome) Comes with polishing cloth!! External SATA USB ports on the back and both sides Built in GPS Nice sized keyboard Nice rough textured touchpad HDMI hookup for a TV lighted volume and media controls are handy Nice sized keyboard Can choose 32bit Vista or 64bit Vista (both if you have a 2nd hard drive to load up)

Cons: No built in bluetooth (despite what the web entry says) Shiny surface shows fingerprints

Overall Review: I primarily bought this as a gaming machine to play games that was below $2000. I was very pleased with the level of graphics performance for the price. It seems with a laptop that you are stuck with the video graphics it come with (unlike a PC where you can upgrade). The Nvidia 9700M GTS was perfect for my needs. It outperforms the graphics on Alienware machines costing more. Toshiba has skimped some on the CPU (which you can upgrade) in favor of higher level graphics (which you can not easily upgrade). The 3dmark 2006 score I got was 7305. I have been very, very happy with this laptop, and I am typing this review up on it right now. The colors look great. I was a little disappointed in the lack of built in bluetooth especially since the web pages on Newegg and Toshiba seemed to indicate that this model would have a bluetooth receiver built in. The Toshiba web site shows two models the F55-Q504 (supposedly with bluetooth) and the F55-Q5041 (without bluetooth).

10/31/2008

Laughing at friends who paid $70

Omni Gear HDMI-2-HDMI 6 ft. Black HDMI to HDMI 2.0 Cable (4K Ultra HD) Male to Male
Omni Gear HDMI-2-HDMI 6 ft. Black HDMI to HDMI 2.0 Cable (4K Ultra HD) Male to Male

Pros: Cheap but does the job. Cleans up a lot of cable clutter by going to HDMI.

Cons: Should have bought more of them - I noticed there is a volume discount on the price and shipping cost.

11/15/2007

Great Memory!! Just ordered two more

OCZ Gold 512MB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model OCZ2G800512
OCZ Gold 512MB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model OCZ2G800512

Pros: Looks great. Works great. Stable at 800mhz. Have not tried to overclock it yet. I am so happy with it, I just ordered two more sticks of 512 so I will have 2gig total. Both sticks worked fine upon arrival. Let me take my 6300 dual core from 1.8 to 2.8 gig. Definitely recommend it.

Cons: None at all. No problems.

Overall Review: Very colorful packaging :)