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timothy m.

timothy m.

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Great value for the screen real estate

LG 50" 720p 600Hz Plasma HDTV 50PT350
LG 50" 720p 600Hz Plasma HDTV 50PT350

Pros: All the basics are there. Good menus and responsive remote, plenty of image adjustment. A nice color setup wizard helps get you started dialing the image in to suit your environment lighting. Not blindingly bright by any means, but good enough.

Cons: Yes, the speakers are tiny. Adjust your thinking if you expect great things from the internal speakers of a 2" thick TV. Comes with auto volume leveling and voice enhance EQ adjustments if you must use the built-in speakers.

Overall Review: Understand that this TV has a native resolution of 1024x720, and cannot support true 720P (1280x720) without doing a bit of scaling on your video source. At this price point, get a cheapy surround sound in a box to go with the TV, it will be worlds better for music or movies. Post will be updated if problems occur.

Great drive, a definite buy

SAMSUNG Spinpoint M7E HM321HI 320GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive
SAMSUNG Spinpoint M7E HM321HI 320GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Quiet as noted by others. Faster and much cooler than my old 7200RPM Hitachi.

Cons: N/A

Overall Review: HD tune shows these numbers, thanks to my old Intel C2D laptop which I believe has a clumsy SATA150 controller. Just for reference, in case others are dropping this sweet drive into an aging laptop. Transfer Minimum - 30.4 MB/s Max - 87.3 Average - 66.6 Access Time - 16.6 ms Burst - 75.2 MB/s

works fine

PNY Optima 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model MD2048KD2-533
PNY Optima 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model MD2048KD2-533

Pros: No problems going into an old P4 Dell Dimension 5150. Dual channel and all that shows up fine in BIOS. memtest clear after 48 hours. Ubuntuu installed without a hitch, running nice and smooth. 2GB is great, I wouldn't bother with more for an old 32-bit machine like this.

Cons: NA

10/31/2009

Works like it should.

Transcend 4GB Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card w/Compact Card Reader S5 Model TS4GSDHC6- S5W
Transcend 4GB Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card w/Compact Card Reader S5 Model TS4GSDHC6- S5W

Pros: This card is faster in my old 7MP Fuji camera than another name brand class 4 card. The wait time between taking each shot is noticeably decreased. The USB adapter is handy if your PC doesn't have an SD slot, or in my case the PC's reader doesn't support SDHC capacities.

Cons: -

Inexpensive RAM

G.SKILL 1GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Laptop Memory Model F2-5400PHU1-1GBMB
G.SKILL 1GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Laptop Memory Model F2-5400PHU1-1GBMB

Pros: RAM works perfectly for Inspiron 9300 2x1GB dual channel @ 533Mhz. 4-4-4-12 timings at this speed, seems pretty standard. Memtest has found no errors looping for a few hours.

Cons: No problems so far. RAM running at 533, so not exactly stressing it.

Overall Review: Not sure if this is any different from the Gskill non-macbook PC 5300/5400