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Matthew H.

Matthew H.

Joined on 05/13/03

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Most Favorable Review

Great drive (but be aware of compatibility)

Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Nice drive, quick and quiet

Cons: Note that older SATA chipsets will not recognize the drive unless you hard-set the drive to SATA 150 via jumper. The OEM package lacks a jumper so you have to supply your own

Most Critical Review

Solid Blu-ray player, nothing else

Sony 3D WiFi Ready Blu-ray Player BDP-S470
Sony 3D WiFi Ready Blu-ray Player BDP-S470

Pros: Very easy to set up, intuitive XMB menu, loads Blu-ray quickly and plays AVCHD discs

Cons: Sony's DLNA implementation is very limited, more so even than that PS3. While it will play .mp3 and photos from my MediaSmart server, it refuses to recognize any video files at all.

Overall Review: Bottom line, if you need a Blu-ray player, it does a fine job, but if you are looking for a network media streamer look elsewhere

Excellent camera with a few compromises

Panasonic BL-C230A 640 x 480 MAX Resolution RJ45 Wireless Camera
Panasonic BL-C230A 640 x 480 MAX Resolution RJ45 Wireless Camera

Pros: Well made unit, solid web streaming of video and audio. Excellent color picture when lighting conditions are good.

Cons: Auto configure DDNS setup fails without explanation (likely due to the existence of another web server on port 80), leaving manual static IP setup as the only option if you want to use the Panasonic viewnetcam.com DDNS service. Picture washes out to grainy black and white in low light and the "night view" option is worthless.

Great NAS (but no AV server)

Galaxy 3500MGB-RAID Pro Network Storage
Galaxy 3500MGB-RAID Pro Network Storage

Pros: Easy setup, small form factor, quiet

Cons: No uPnP media server, and no option to install one or other apps with stock firmware

Overall Review: Indications in other reviews are that this unit is the same as the NAS 4220, but has anyone attempted to install the Raidsonic 4420 firmware that supports Twonkymedia as an add-on?

seller reviews
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Cancelled One Order, Shipped Wrong Product

I separately ordered a Roomba remote control and Auto Virtual Wall. After confirming the order and authorizing payment the seller cancelled the Remote order with no explanation. The virtual wall did ship, but when it arrived today it is NOT the Auto Virtual Wall I ordered but the Manual Version. This seller does not deliver the experience I expect from NewEgg.

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