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Donald S.

Donald S.

Joined on 02/22/05

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Most Favorable Review

Best $60 I've spent in a while

HooToo HT-IP210F Indoor Wireless IP Camera MJPEG CMOS with IR-Cut Filter (White)
HooToo HT-IP210F Indoor Wireless IP Camera MJPEG CMOS with IR-Cut Filter (White)

Pros: Didn't know what I was going to get for $60. I was looking for a night vision camera to use as a crib cam. When this camera came up as a shell shocker I purchased it. Set up was easy and a no-brainer. Picture quality is outstanding for the price. I tweak of the focus ring made everything clean and crisp. The pan/tilt works well and is quite. Built in DDNS is a nice option, just port forward to the ip of the camera and your good to go from anywhere away from home. Night vision is great in a bedroom, I can easily see my baby and can see him breathe. Audio monitoring works good. We use tinyCam Monitor Pro from the Google play store and use our phones to monitor the camera. All camera controls are available in that app and work very well.

Cons: Two way audio needs some work. Haven't found a way to turn down the built in speaker, it distorts easily, even with an external speaker plugged in there is too much distortion to understand anything. The function does work from the phone app, which could be a really nice feature when this becomes the nanny cam!

Overall Review: We'll see how long this camera holds up. We don't pan it to much. Haven't had to reset it yet.

Most Critical Review

FaFaFlimsy!

AOC e2043Fk Black 20" 5ms LED Backlight LCD Monitor Slim Design 250 cd/m2 50,000,000:1
AOC e2043Fk Black 20" 5ms LED Backlight LCD Monitor Slim Design 250 cd/m2 50,000,000:1

Pros: Good Picture, nice concept with the base. Cables hide well.

Cons: This is one flimsy monitor. I can almost count on getting a call for a cracked screen from adjusting the viewing angle. Make sure you "unlock" the mounting arm or you will easily destroy this monitor.

Overall Review: I was almost hesitant to sell this to my customer. Time will tell.

Garbage

BOOM Gray LDSG 3.5mm Connector Canal Spoken Leader Headphone
BOOM Gray LDSG 3.5mm Connector Canal Spoken Leader Headphone

Pros: Good sound

Cons: Poor craftsmanship. Cable splitting at earpiece and no longer works.

Overall Review: Bought these on sale so glad

12/30/2012

Not what I expected

EDIMAX IC-3030Wn Triple Mode, H.264, MPEG4, or MJPEG, Wireless 11n 1T1R Internet IP Camera; 1.3M Pixel for Max. Resolution 1280x1024; External SD Card and Live View for iPhone / Smart Phone Supported
EDIMAX IC-3030Wn Triple Mode, H.264, MPEG4, or MJPEG, Wireless 11n 1T1R Internet IP Camera; 1.3M Pixel for Max. Resolution 1280x1024; External SD Card and Live View for iPhone / Smart Phone Supported

Pros: Purchased this about a month ago and couldn't be happier. For the price it can be beat. It has been monitoring my front office flawlessly over wifi and was very easy to set up. I use TinyIP on my Android to monitor from the outside. The mic is pretty sensitive and works well to listen from my phone. I have a 3030 that's hardwired in another part of my office and that works flawlessly as well. Seems good in lower light too. I can see outside the front of my office at night with just street lighting. It does see IR so I might try a cheap IR illuminator to light things up at night.

Cons: Wish it had a built in speaker in addition to the audio out jack.

Overall Review: I picked up a second one during the Black Friday sale and plan to use it as a nursery monitor.

12/23/2011

Gets the job done!

Intel Core i5-2500 - Core i5 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 2000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I52500
Intel Core i5-2500 - Core i5 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 2000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I52500

Pros: Couldn't find a whole lot of information regarding dual monitor support with the graphics but can now confirm that it works great! Connected two via DSUB and DVI. Windows 7 detected 2nd monitor and Intel software auto configured it. Processor scored 7.5 WEI, Gaming Graphics 5.9

Cons: not a 2500k

Nice Board Easy Setup

BIOSTAR TH67+ LGA 1155 Intel H67 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
BIOSTAR TH67+ LGA 1155 Intel H67 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Very easy board to set up. Booted 1st time and haven't looked back. Dual monitor support through VGA and DVI ports. Haven't used HDMI. Built in diagnostic lights helpful. WEI Scores for processor 7.5, 7.6 Memory, 5.9 Gaming

Cons: diagnostic led's look like devil eyes staring at me through case.

Overall Review: i5 2500 8gig G-skill ddr3 1333 1TB Samsung F3RHD ASUS DVD_RW Corsair TX650 Antec 300 Illusion