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RICHARD D.

RICHARD D.

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Most Favorable Review

Burns Blu-Rays and DVDs Okay

ASUS Black 12X Blu-ray Burner SATA BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS
ASUS Black 12X Blu-ray Burner SATA BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS

Pros: Burns DVDs and blu-ray data discs, and plays DVD commercial movies.

Cons: No software is included but open-source DVD and blu-ray burn software is available online. The problem is that no currently available software will play recent blu-ray commercial movies. My Cyberlink DVD 11 Ultra cannot play blu-ray and their tech response is a complex Windows software patching procedure which they say might work, but their ads claim that Cyberlink plays blu-ray. It's the same procedure offered by some open-source websites. Blu-ray offerings have declined significantly at rental websites like Redbox.

Overall Review: If you want to burn blu-ray discs for data storage, a BDXL burner may be better due to its ability to put over 100GB of data on a single blu-ray disc. A blu-ray burned on this drive can have a maximum of only about 25GB, considerably smaller capacity than a more affordable USB 3.0 32GB drive.

12/20/2012
Most Critical Review

Good While It Lasted

RAIDMAX Blackstone series RX-700AC 700W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
RAIDMAX Blackstone series RX-700AC 700W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: Lasted about 3 years and 2 months, which is considerably beyond the 2-year warranty. The modular connectors are convenient and make a neat installation, and the blue led light is nice.

Cons: Its life ended suddenly with a horrendous, internally contained explosion that I thought must've ruined the motherboard and/or the CPU, but they survived in good condition. It's only a bronze-rated power supply, so the components probably are lower quality than a gold- or platinum-rated power supply.

Nice Gadget

Rosewill NEON K90 RGB BR Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with Kailh Brown Switches, 15 RGB LED Backlight Effects, NKRO, Anti-Ghosting, Multimedia Control Keys, Macro Hotkeys, USB Passthrough
Rosewill NEON K90 RGB BR Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with Kailh Brown Switches, 15 RGB LED Backlight Effects, NKRO, Anti-Ghosting, Multimedia Control Keys, Macro Hotkeys, USB Passthrough

Pros: The wavy, programmable, multi-color LEDs look great! A single color can be used also. The keyboard is mechanical and has a superior feel, good for fast typing with minimal errors. Numerous keys are used for the variety of LED lighting programs.

Cons: Have to depend on the user manual to remember how to program the various color arrangements. Dust or spilled liquids might cause problems, but I haven't noticed any problems yet.

Overall Review: Very high quality look and feel. Very nice keyboard. Definitely worth the money, especially when it's on sale.

No Problems

SAMSUNG 860 EVO Series 2.5" 2TB SATA III Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-76E2T0B/AM
SAMSUNG 860 EVO Series 2.5" 2TB SATA III Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-76E2T0B/AM

Pros: It's a fast drive and easy to install.

Cons: Samsung Data Migration software clones data to a new drive but it might not produce a bootable, cloned OS.

Overall Review: I chose this Samsung SSD because my other Samsung SSDs have been reliable. I used Aomei Partition Assistant to clone data from an old HDD to this new Samsung SSD. The Samsung is much faster than my old 7,200 rpm HDD.

Nice to Have Available

Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit Installation / Recovery Disc Only - No License Key Included
Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit Installation / Recovery Disc Only - No License Key Included

Pros: My Windows 10 system is installed as a download on top of an earlier version of Windows (7 or 8, I can't remember which one), so if I ever need to reinstall or recover Windows 10, this disk should make things a lot easier.

Cons: I won't be able to judge the quality of this product until I actually need to use it, so my star rating is contingent.

Overall Review: Yes, I recommend it for others who have Windows 10 but no Windows 10 DVD.

Accurate and Reasonably Priced On Sale

UNI-T Laser Distance Measurer 131ft
UNI-T Laser Distance Measurer 131ft

Pros: Measurement is sufficiently accurate for my non-professional needs.

Cons: Initially, the "read" button has to be pressed 3 times to get a distance reading. One press would be more convenient.

Overall Review: This was an outstanding deal due to the low price I paid. Instruments with a similarly long range cost much more in most stores.

seller reviews
  • 4

It Works Well

Yes, I recommend this seller. There were no problems with my order and it was delivered quickly.

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Great Value

The seller is in China, but delivery was pretty fast. I recommend this seller.

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No good!

It worked okay with the first songs I loaded onto it, but later on, I added another song and after that, my car's NAVI could no longer recognize the card at all. Then,I deleted all songs and reloaded one, but the card still won't work. I used Windows Media Player to put the songs on the card or delete them, the same as I do with other memory cards that work okay.

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