Pros: Uses the same tuner ships as a typical Hauppage of the same type, with Asus build quality and support. Drivers are easily found on the web site without aggravation. (I'm sure they are on the CD it came with too.) The included remote is a good looking MCE standard remote with a solid feel and a style that matches the white Xbox 360 controller.

Cons: The same general con that applies to all Tuners: due to the cable companies own decisions, windows based tuners cannot tune digital cable, save for a the small handful broadcast in the clear. Again this is not a fault of this card, but an issue that affects all TV tuners.

Overall Review: Maybe one of these days the cable companies will make CableCARD authentication a reality, so we can run all our channels to Media Center or similar.

Pros: Works as advertised. Required no additional drivers in Windows 7, where it was picked up immediately as a Broadcom 802.11g adapter.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Refurbished pack doesn't come with a low-profile bracket. As newegg states, it is the essentials to use the card, a card with standard PCI bracket, antenna, and a driver CD. I wish I'd read more closely, but this wire tie is doing the trick for now :)

Pros: This drive is nearly silent, and claims to use less power due to variable spindle speed. I can't really evaluate this claim, but it is 640Gb of quiet, fast storage space.

Cons: None

Pros: Works as advertised. Heat spreaders look neat, even if I don't think they are necessary.

Cons: None

Pros: Works as advertised, backwards compatible with most AM2/AM2+ motherboards with BIOS update, included HSF is quality and quiet.

Cons: None

Pros: It is exactly as described, a 9800GT on a low profile card, perfect for adding some 3D gaming sizzle to an HTPC build or one of those compact Dell Optiplex corporate machines that are always coming off lease :)

Cons: These are nitpicking. To get this level card into a low profile configuration, the heat sink is very thick, and will completely delete the next card slot from any standard board. The fan is a very small diameter, and howls when fully spun up. I only hear this at boot time or if I pause a game, otherwise it's only loud during play and I don't notice it. It runs on the hotter side of the specs, nearly 80 degrees under load. This is still well within Nvidia's temp range for this GPU. It might make you worry about cheaper hardware to either side of it, though I think the card itself is built for it. The power supply heatsink doesn't feel too well attached, and all in all the card inspires one to handle it gingerly. It doesn't have the same solid feel as an Asus part.

Overall Review: I felt it was a gamble to buy a Sparkle, as I would have preferred to use an Asus or e-VGA card with more reputation behind it. However no one else makes quite this much card in this form factor, so If a low-profile card slot is what you have, this is as much video card as could be had the day I bought it. I am not disappointed.