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SHAWN M.

SHAWN M.

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Most Favorable Review

Great For HD Video

ASUS Radeon HD 3450 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card EAH3450/DI/256M
ASUS Radeon HD 3450 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card EAH3450/DI/256M

Pros: Price represents a great value. Works as advertised.

Cons: The card comes with both regular and low-profile form-factor brackets. The regular bracket is already attached, so you must remove it and mount the bracket yourself. It is very easy, but requires the removal of 'RAF 2-56 Threaded Hex Standoff' screws, which can be hard to remove without the correct tools. . Fortunately, I had a small 'computer tools' kit that had the exact Hex socket and it was a breeze. Additionally, the low-profile bracket takes up two slots, the second slot being for the VGA port (see photos).

Overall Review: I bought this for my Core 2 Duo Dell Inspiron 530s. Before installing the card, 1080p video was not playable. It now plays silky smooth.

Most Critical Review

Mandatory Crossfading Hurts Score

ziga Black MP3 Player CARMP30-N
ziga Black MP3 Player CARMP30-N

Pros: No battery needed. Uses almost any USB thumb drive.

Cons: Tracks fade in and there is no way to disable it. Since it only remembers last track(not position), I took another reviewers advice and split the mp3 into 1 min segments. However, each track fades in so the first few seconds of each track are inaudible. I bought this for listening to radio programs so the hosts voice dropping out every minute is very annoying.

Overall Review: I've tried various things to cancel out the fade, but none of them worked. It might be a limitation of the hardware - though there is no delay in playing the track, it's just barely audible for the first few seconds. Overall it's functional but not great. Limit your expectations.

lens error

Canon PowerShot S110 Black Approx. 12.1 MP 5X Optical Zoom 24mm Wide Angle Digital Camera HDTV Output
Canon PowerShot S110 Black Approx. 12.1 MP 5X Optical Zoom 24mm Wide Angle Digital Camera HDTV Output

Pros: took great pics for the two weeks that it worked

Cons: camera is defective I owned it less than a month when it gave a lens error newegg does not refund this item

Overall Review: This camera suffers from a well documented lens error. Newegg does not offer refunds for this item! You'll pay shipping to RMA for a replacement camera. Buyer beware.

Triple Monitor Warning

ASUS VS248H-P 24" 1920 x 1080 Full HD VGA DVI HDMI Asus Eye Care with Ultra Low-Blue Light & Flicker-Free LED Backlit LCD Monitor
ASUS VS248H-P 24" 1920 x 1080 Full HD VGA DVI HDMI Asus Eye Care with Ultra Low-Blue Light & Flicker-Free LED Backlit LCD Monitor

Pros: Excellent price. LED is bright. Crisp display.

Cons: Stand is not vertically adjustable and pretty limited compared to other models. Monitors sit too low for my height and I will have to get another stand to increase height.

Overall Review: I upgraded from a single 22" IPS display to a triple display using 3 of these monitors. While these are not IPS displays, they are excellent and I am very happy. NOTE: if you've never used Eyefinity before, you most likely NEED to buy an 'active adapter' to get the third display to work since these displays do not have DisplayPort. I did not know this and had to buy one. They are like $30. Do your research.