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Patrick H.

Patrick H.

Joined on 05/19/09

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent Starter Tablet

COBY MID8125-4G 8.0" 800 x 600 (SVGA) 4:3 Touchscreen Android Tablet Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
COBY MID8125-4G 8.0" 800 x 600 (SVGA) 4:3 Touchscreen Android Tablet Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)

Pros: Price Ease of use Netflix works OK Angry Birds works well Youtube works very well

Cons: Resistive TouchScreen (can be annoying at times) Does not have Android Market but has GetJar and AmazonApps Market can easily be installed. The sound is low but it comes with headphones Only 4 GB- but can be expanded with Micro SD Back button is hard to see on casing and is sensitive

Overall Review: Good tablet for beginners, bought for my 8 and 9 year olds and they love it. I would recommend picking up a 16 to 32 GB micro SD card, it's only 4GB. Overall we are very pleased, mind you it's no IPad or Samsung Galaxy, but hey it's a great tablet for the $150 to $200 price range IMHO.

12/27/2011

Nice little gadget

Hauppauge PCTV HD Stick 801e SE  USB 2.0
Hauppauge PCTV HD Stick 801e SE USB 2.0

Pros: Auto detected and installed easily with Windows Media Center, Windows 7. Over the air digital signals came in clear as rain with the antenna. Leave the installation CD's in their wrapping.

Cons: Only sees Analog through Comcast cable, albeit the picture was pretty good. Also the lack of a remote control can be annoying, but hey what did our relatives do 50 years ago, they got out of their chair to change the channel.

Overall Review: I bought this through a "Shell Shocker" deal for 30 bucks and it's worth every penny.

10/12/2011

Great memory for the price

PNY 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Laptop Memory Model MN8192KD3-1333
PNY 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Laptop Memory Model MN8192KD3-1333

Pros: I bought this as a Shell Shocker deal for 35 bucks. I installed into my Acer Aspire 17.3 laptop running Win 7 and worked like a charm. I do a lot of video editing and FPS gaming and it my laptop works effortlessly.

Cons: None, for 8gb of notebook memory at $35 how could there be.

Overall Review: I believe the non sale price is around $45, heck it's still worth it.

Nice Notebook for the Money

Acer Laptop Aspire AMD Phenom II N970 4GB Memory 500GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 6470M 17.3" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit AS7551G-7606
Acer Laptop Aspire AMD Phenom II N970 4GB Memory 500GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 6470M 17.3" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit AS7551G-7606

Pros: AMD Phenom II Quad Dedicated Graphics Screen Size

Cons: As said by other posts, driver update from AMD is a no go and the update from Acer is 10 months old. USB's are in a bad locations. No backlit keyboard, but hey what do you expect for a budget gaming notebook.

Overall Review: Plays Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead Island with graphics set to high. Overall I am very pleased and is exactly what I expected. Also, I removed the 4GB of memory and upgraded to 8Gb the entire system runs very smooth.