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Scott B.

Scott B.

Joined on 08/06/08

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They've done it again!

Western Digital WD Green WD20EADS 2TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital WD Green WD20EADS 2TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: First mass marketed hard drive to hit the 2 TB mark. The WD20EADS is a Green drive so performed around ~10 degrees Celsius less than my other hard drive (standard 7200 RPM) under load which is fantastic.

Cons: Slow load up times even though WD reports the contrary. Could be my machine/hard drive. I realize it is Green so it is supposed to be slower but I'm talking about the boot up time of the drive, not the performance under stress. Sometimes it hangs after awhile, too. Not enough to take an egg off. It's for storage after all, not speed.

Overall Review: Goes perfect as a secondary drive for storage. I figure a SSD on the main OS drive paired with this would be excellent for keeping the inside of the case cooler. Reported 1.81 TB in NTFS after conversion for those interested. Don't fear this hard drive. It's working great under heavy loads from my machine and no errors have shown themselves yet (unlike when the 1.5 TB hard drive by a certain other company came out).

Stunningly Beautiful!

SAMSUNG ToC T240HD Rose-Black 24" 5ms HDMI Widescreen HDTV Monitor  300 cd/m2 DC 10000:1 Built in DTV Tuner & Dolby Digital Surround Speakers
SAMSUNG ToC T240HD Rose-Black 24" 5ms HDMI Widescreen HDTV Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 10000:1 Built in DTV Tuner & Dolby Digital Surround Speakers

Pros: Vibrant display. The brightness is perfect, screen size is wonderful, no dead pixels on mine (they seem to be rare on this monitor and brand, so don't fear too much). I don't notice bleeding anywhere and the viewing angle is fine. It hardly changes much looking at it from the sides, top, or bottom. Just turn your brightness up like I did. Text displays perfectly. It's big as a computer monitor at first. I came from a 17 inch. I'm getting used to it quickly though.

Cons: Personally I don't like the bottom red bar of the monitor. It's not that noticeable but I think just solid black would have been fine. It's pretty, though, so only half of a con.

Overall Review: Some people have mentioned the power touch button doesn't work well for them. I tested a store model and my own and the sensor is working fine. It does not take much to turn it off/on. As for people complaining about bleeding or angle problems, I don't know what they're talking about. It really isn't noticeable, and if you want to complain about tiny details like that, maybe you should have paid $1,000 for a different monitor. For the price, you cannot beat this thing!

11/29/2008