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Lance P.

Lance P.

Joined on 03/28/05

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Most Favorable Review

Not bad

2.4GHz Rii Mini Wireless Keyboard with Touchpad Laser For PS3 PC Mac iPad iPhone Wii HTPC - Portable Handheld Keypad
2.4GHz Rii Mini Wireless Keyboard with Touchpad Laser For PS3 PC Mac iPad iPhone Wii HTPC - Portable Handheld Keypad

Pros: Good price Great for HTPC Good battery life Receiver storage compartment in keyboard.

Cons: Limited range

Overall Review: Great occasional use keyboard/mouse for HTPC use. Doesn't work if receiver plugged into back of HTPC, but works fine when plugged into front.

Most Critical Review

Seagate strikes again!

Seagate NAS HDD ST4000VN000 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive
Seagate NAS HDD ST4000VN000 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive

Pros: Big Good price Quite and cool, when they worked.

Cons: 3 of 5 DOA, one returned to Seagate and failed a 2nd time

Overall Review: As usual, another entry level Seagate dud. The bubble wrap packing from Newegg didn't help. When I got the return instructions from Seagate, they specifically list bubble wrap as no-no.

Great HTPC case

SILVERSTONE Grandia Series GD05B-USB3.0 Aluminum / 0.8mm SECC  micro-ATX / Mini-DTX / Mini-ITX MB, 1x5.25", 2x3.5"+1x2.5"HDD or 1x3.5"+2x2.5"HDD, 3x120mm golf bladed fan, 11" expansion card capable HTPC Case with 2X USB3.0 ports (Black)
SILVERSTONE Grandia Series GD05B-USB3.0 Aluminum / 0.8mm SECC micro-ATX / Mini-DTX / Mini-ITX MB, 1x5.25", 2x3.5"+1x2.5"HDD or 1x3.5"+2x2.5"HDD, 3x120mm golf bladed fan, 11" expansion card capable HTPC Case with 2X USB3.0 ports (Black)

Pros: Looks great. Good dimensions. Inside is big enough, outside fits in most tv stands. USB 3.0 on the front of case. Blu Ray drive fits perfectly. 2.5", 1st 3.5" HD directly in front of intake fan.

Cons: Fans louder than I expected. 2nd 3.5" HD above power supply, fanless PS will heat it up.

Overall Review: Great case for a 2.5" SSD, one 3.5" recording system. Case is compact and shallow enough to fit in any tv stand. I recommend replacing the fans with something less noisy. They are not too bad, but you can hear them.

Love this

C2G 29803 16 AWG 1-to-4 Power Cord Splitter - NEMA 5-15P to 4 NEMA 5-15R, TAA Compliant, Black (1.5 Feet, 0.45 Meters)
C2G 29803 16 AWG 1-to-4 Power Cord Splitter - NEMA 5-15P to 4 NEMA 5-15R, TAA Compliant, Black (1.5 Feet, 0.45 Meters)

Pros: Great cord control for UPS

Cons: none

Overall Review: If you have a lot of low current devices to plug in, buy this.

I would not buy this again

Ceton InfiniTV 4 PCIe - Quad-tuner Card for Watching Digital Cable TV on the PC, PCI-Express x1 Interface
Ceton InfiniTV 4 PCIe - Quad-tuner Card for Watching Digital Cable TV on the PC, PCI-Express x1 Interface

Pros: Good specs

Cons: Needs constant tweaking Misses recordings on a regular basis Recordings have excessive pixelation

Overall Review: I have had this card in an upper end system (i3 w/ 8 gigs ram) and I have had nothing but trouble with it. In the last 6 weeks, I have had to... Do 3 fresh windows installs Unplug the HDMI cable 20+ times to get the TV to see the picture Find alternate sources for the 20+ shows it has missed. My tv signal is within their recommended specs (-8.0 db, 36 db s/n ratio) and it will constantly miss recordings. I have already added a PROFESSIONAL Motorola TV amp to my cable service and it hasn't helped. I rarely watch a recording that doesn't have pixelation. The best part is, if I amplify the signal any more, the tuner won't even tune a channel! This hardware is extremely finicky, I would NOT recommend it.

Good camera

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: Excellent outdoor picture.

Cons: none yet

Overall Review: Using it to monitor my front door, sends an email when someone shows up.