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James M.

James M.

Joined on 01/26/04

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Most Favorable Review

Outstanding Value

ASUS My Cinema-PE9400 Combo TV Tuner Card w/Low Profile Brackets
ASUS My Cinema-PE9400 Combo TV Tuner Card w/Low Profile Brackets

Pros: Low Profile Bracket! Media Center Remote and Reciever! Comes with an antenna!

Cons: I need a better antenna! No other complaints!

Overall Review: I have this card in an HP Compaq 5750 Small Form Factor PC with a Sapphire ATI HD4350 graphics card. I used the included low profile bracket. Have Windows 7 beta and works great with Windows Media Center after installing drivers. Signals are pretty weak im my area but after making adjustments HD OTA signals come in clear and crisp. Remote comes in handy for navigating Windows Media Center.

Home Entertainment PC's Best Friend

LG Black 6X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Combo LG Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Model GGC-H20L
LG Black 6X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Combo LG Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Model GGC-H20L

Pros: Reads Bluray! Reads HDDVD! Lighscribe! Burns DVDs! Bundled Software and SATA cable!

Cons: Blue light on front front of drive can be distracting! Winodws Vista failed to install from drive!

Overall Review: Solid drive, cant beat the convience of having one tray that can play both Bluray and HD-DVD's. Bundled Cyberlink software works reasonably well, but be sure to update it. Attempting to play some Bluray Discs may cause application to lock up if it has not been updated. Before plaing any Hi-Def discs be sure that you have met the requirements of having an HDCP complient display and graphics card.

Decent All Around Card

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4350 512MB DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Low Profile Ready Graphics Card 100264HDMI
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4350 512MB DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Low Profile Ready Graphics Card 100264HDMI

Pros: Includes low profile bracket that is two pieces. Native hdmi port with sound.

Cons: Oversized passive heatsync may rub against capacters on other expansion cards. Does it really need to hang over the back of the card so far?

Overall Review: Running this card in an HP\Compaq dc5750 Business Desktop small form factor with HD-DVD\Bluray drive and Asus My Cinema-PE9400, with Windows 7. Cyberlink HD Suite has no issues playing back HD-DVDs or Bluray movies (Connected to HDCP HDTV via HDMI Cable @720p). Works fine displaying OTA HD content from Asus Tuner Card under Windows Media Center. Able to display Aero Glass when Cyberlink isnt playing HD-DVD/Bluray.

A= Excellent

NEC Slim DVD Burner 8X DVD+R 4X DVD+RW 2.4X DVD+R DL 8X DVD-R 4X DVD-RW 8X DVD-ROM 24X CD-R 16X CD-RW 24X CD-ROM Black IDE Model ND-6500A
NEC Slim DVD Burner 8X DVD+R 4X DVD+RW 2.4X DVD+R DL 8X DVD-R 4X DVD-RW 8X DVD-ROM 24X CD-R 16X CD-RW 24X CD-ROM Black IDE Model ND-6500A

Comments: Drive installation took roughly 15 minutes in my HP ze4100 series laptop. Booted up and autodetected normally. Drive is suprisingly quiet (much more quiet than the Toshiba DVD/CD-RW that came stock). Its much more convienent than the external setup I had before with a bulkier 5.25" drive and enclusure, not to mention the required usb 2 cardbus card. So far the drive hasn't produced any of the dreaded coasters yet (roughly 10 burns). Overall this drive is an excellent value. If you have a laptop, you should definately consider purchasing this drive.

12/30/2004