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Jeffrey B.

Jeffrey B.

Joined on 03/30/05

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Most Favorable Review

Best Value Digital SLR

PENTAX K100D Super Black 6.1 MP Digital SLR Camera / smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL Lens
PENTAX K100D Super Black 6.1 MP Digital SLR Camera / smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL Lens

Pros: Image stabilization (Pentax calls it Shake Reduction) built into camera, and it works quite well. Also features dust removal. Overall, the most durable and feature packed dSLR for the price.

Cons: Poor continuous shooting buffer. Minor vignetting on kit lens.

Overall Review: This camera does come with a lens hood along with batteries and various cables. NewEgg needs to update their photos so people know what the kit includes. There is also a rebate available through Pentax on this kit ($100) from October 18, 2007 through January 31, 2008. This makes this an even better deal. http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/scms_docs/BrightenYourHolidays.dslr.rebate_102407.pdf

10/24/2007
Most Critical Review

Excellent cooling, but louder than predecessor

ARCTIC COOLING ALPINE64 92mm CPU Cooler
ARCTIC COOLING ALPINE64 92mm CPU Cooler

Pros: Keeps my X2 5000+ EE below 33C even at full load with minimal case cooling.

Cons: It's louder than my Arctic Cooling Copper Silent 2M. The heatsink is large, so there may also be spacing issues on some systems.

Overall Review: I have come to rely on Artic Cooling for silent computing for years, and have been absolutely pleased with all of their products (fans, heatsinks, vga coolers) until now. Unfortunately, the Alpine64 doesn't meet my expectations when it comes to noise.

Good Product, Bad Rebate Processor

Kaspersky Anti-virus 2012 - 3 PCs
Kaspersky Anti-virus 2012 - 3 PCs

Pros: Good antivirus overall, not a resource hog like its competitors. They have always made a respectable product.

Cons: Slow and unreliable rebate processor. Was denied rebate 40464 because they claim it was postmarked after the promotion period. It was purchased 11/30 and postmarked before 1/30. 3 stars removed for being cheated out of $25.

Overall Review: From January until now. 3 months. That's how long it takes their payment processor to mail out checks, or in my case, a denied notice.

Look Elsewhere...

ASUS Eee PC T101MT-EU17-BK 1GB DDR2 Memory 10.1" 1024 x 600 Tablet PC Windows 7 Starter
ASUS Eee PC T101MT-EU17-BK 1GB DDR2 Memory 10.1" 1024 x 600 Tablet PC Windows 7 Starter

Pros: -Soft touch screen. -Quiet fan, even under heavy load. -Matte finish everywhere except screen bezel and around keys, so no more nasty fingerprints. -The design looks a lot better than the T91MT. -Chiclet keyboard is nice.

Cons: -There is NO Bluetooth (may sites are getting this wrong). -Windows 7 Starter means no tablet support and no multitouch support. ASUS had to use a bunch of bloated utilities to overcome the Starter editions tablet weaknesses. -Screen is very grainy. -Screen has white horizontal lines (probably touch layer). -Touchscreen suffers from lag, not very good to write with. -There's a FN key to the right of the right shift key. -Only 1 RAM slot is open (maximum 2GB RAM). No access to hard drive without complete disassembly. -Hinge is not strong enough. Screen can flop back if set down.

Overall Review: When I unboxed the T101MT, it looked like a great tablet. But it took only a few minutes with it powered on for me to change my mind. Overall, I'm fairly disappointed with the T101MT. It's going back due to the lack of Bluetooth, but even if it did have Bluetooth, I would probably not want to keep it. The T91MT (the T101MT's predecessor) may be slower and have less storage capacity, but it's a quality product. The T101MT (at least this version of it) is not.

Nice case, front cover needs work

Antec Solo Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Antec Solo Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Antec did a great job with sound dampening this case. The drive suspension system is awesome. If you don't go with the suspension system, the rubber mounts also work very nicely to reduce vibration noises from traveling to the case. The finish is excellent. Awesome customer service. Cable management is also nice.

Cons: The front bezel quality is below Antec standards. My first bezels power buttons failed to line up perfectly with the actual switches on the chassis. The reset button didn't work and the power button required a very deep push to get it to recognize. I contacted Antec, and they shipped me a new cover, no questions asked. The new cover fixed the problem. But now a few months later, I go to push the reset button, and the button completely collapsed. It's now sitting inside the bezel. For a button that I so rarely push, I wouldn't have expected it to fail like this. So now I'll be contacting Antec to see if I can get a 3rd front cover.

Overall Review: It's truly the best designed case I've ever owned, but the quality of a few tiny pieces of plastic make it difficult to recommend.

Great Quality, kind of tight fit.

Samsung Behind the Neck Bluetooth Stereo Headset (SBH500)
Samsung Behind the Neck Bluetooth Stereo Headset (SBH500)

Pros: -You have to listen to the bass on this. -Works very well and has excellent range. -Easy to use buttons on the right speaker. -Excellent battery life. I'm very happy with my purchase.

Cons: Tight fit (not so much the arch as others are complaining about, but the ear hooks on mine make my ears hurt). After an hour or so of wearing the headset, my ears have had enough. But I suppose that's true of most headsets/headphones. The only comfortable headphones I've had are huge ones that go over the ear lobe and rest on my skull rather than on my ear. Also not good for laying in bed and listening, unless you are face down. On the side and the set presses into your ears, on your back and the over-the-neck arch gets in the way. During charging, the AC adapter makes an annoying high-pitched resonance noise. I have another Samsung headset (mono) that uses the same adapter, and it makes the same noise when plugged into this device. You also can't use the headset while it's charging. I also wish it didn't use a proprietary power connector. Mini-USB would have been better.

Overall Review: There is some slight background noise and high-pitched anomalies while listening to high notes (like flutes), but I haven't been able to determine if it's from my phone or the headset. Even if it's from the headset, it's not very annoying, but some audiophiles might disagree with me. My phone (Touch Pro) will recognize it as both a headset and wireless stereo. When in a call or using voice command, the speakers switch to mono and quality goes down to typical mono bluetooth levels (not so great). When using it to listen to music, the quality goes back to stereo (does a good, but not perfect job). I haven't used it on my Windows PC, so I can't comment on how well it works there. Others have suggested it can't pipe in stereo while using the mic. That would be what I have observed on my phone. Gamers may have to look elsewhere if they want an all-on-one solution.