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Todd N.

Todd N.

Joined on 12/19/05

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Most Favorable Review

Great

Western Digital Black WD1502FAEX 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Black WD1502FAEX 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: No issues like others have stated, just keeps on working. Great cost for the space. Primarily used for movie playback on a WD Media player plus, via USB and a dock. No trouble.

Cons: the FAEX 1.5 gets a little hotter than I'd like. The FAEX 2TB drive is completely the opposite... stone cold. Both have been reliable... so far.

Overall Review: Have had WD drives die but not in the Black series. 5 years is a great no questions asked warranty from WD. Have used the warranty and they are fast in replacing their products. Currently running 16-FAEX 1.5 drives in a video raid at work. Stable for over 6 months. I believe in batch problems with these manufactured products. See some bad discs show up in reviews close together by date and you might get a dead drive shipped. read a string of good reviews, you might get into the good batch. It's always a cr*p shoot.... They are warranted for this kind of issue and Newegg always has come through whenever there has been an issue! Fear not!

Most Critical Review

Junk!

macally Case For iPod Video Model IP-P802
macally Case For iPod Video Model IP-P802

Pros: Macally makes great products in my opinion.... except for this garbage.

Cons: There just seems to be no good way to wrap the ipod for protection from scratches. Additionally, there are many terrific cases available, but there are WAY too many conflicts between cradle chargers and cases that won't fit into the cradle with the case. So the thin cover seems to be a desirable solution, but still no one has come up with a good one of these yet.... I have yet to find it.

Overall Review: They can put a "clear bra" on a car to protect from rocks being flung at it, but need to make an ipod protector from the same material, that can flex and wrap without edges that catch. Come on consumer products developers get it together!

12/25/2006

Works just fine!

Western Digital WD TV Live Plus HD Media Player
Western Digital WD TV Live Plus HD Media Player

Pros: 2- USB ports a plus! Running WD Black 1.0TB, and 1.5TB drives in docking stations tied to the WD TV PLUS. On screen interface not as good as some but is alright. for less than $100 I think it's very worth the money and plan to add more of these in the house! The up-conversion to 1080 looks terrific, very impressed. Running this device video output on my Panasonic Plasma looks better than I thought it could. A sweet deal to not have to go look for the disc on the shelf, but instead scroll through the menu to find your favorite movie, wish I'd done this sooner!!! Although there are getting to be more of these type of devices out there, this one has overall had great reviews and ultimately why I purchased WDTV+ Go for it!

Cons: Having more files on your drives slows down the booting/ reading process, but that's about the worst of it.

Overall Review: HDMI does not pass through Dolby Digital or DTS, but the optional optical connector does. I have an AppleTV for streaming wirelessly so I have not connected this WDTV+ to the ethernet connection yet. I am using it locally only.

Yowza... Nice Camera!

Canon PowerShot SD870 IS Silver 8.0 MP 3.0" 230K LCD 3.8X Optical Zoom 28mm Wide Angle Digital Camera
Canon PowerShot SD870 IS Silver 8.0 MP 3.0" 230K LCD 3.8X Optical Zoom 28mm Wide Angle Digital Camera

Pros: Battery life excellent, video recording in 640x480 avi great, menu controls very good, quality of stills in highest resolution setting fantastic, lag time - none in 90% of what you'll do,(it's busy after recording video... so what) exposure +/- settings very accurate, sound quality very good as an audio/memo recorder or video recorder. Really a terrific product. I use it on the trail mountain biking with speedy access, and superb results!

Cons: does not have a 'raw image' format feature. don't use the zoom control in video recording unless you want blurry video. Video designed to be used in wide angle only, can't see why this is an issue, but it is. still camera first, A/V camera 'bonus'

Overall Review: The wider lens is noticeably wider than most other point and shoot models. Holding the camera at arms length, shooting a self portrait (guessing on framing), it is possible to get a medium shot (top of head, to waist) with the widest angle setting (@6 ft tall). Use the macro setting with the zoom set at its widest angle to get optimum results. Really an all around terrific point and shoot camera!

Most reliable drive I've had

Pioneer Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 5X DVD-RAM 40X CD-R 32X CD-RW 40X CD-ROM 2M Cache ATAPI DVD Burner
Pioneer Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 5X DVD-RAM 40X CD-R 32X CD-RW 40X CD-ROM 2M Cache ATAPI DVD Burner

Pros: This is my second one of these, and they run flawlessly for me using high quality media. At full speed, they are a little noisy,(sounds like wind). Have yet to have a single disc write failure with this model(200 plus run so far). 16x burn time at about 3:20 is nice! I am running both in Mac's and have always preferred these Pioneers over other brands for the Mac. Have had great luck with NEC in the PC.

Cons: Thankfully Newegg will RMA these. The 110D was a return to Pioneer for service only. That took 5 months to get something back from Pioneer.

Overall Review: Newegg is by far THE BEST!!! I have never been treated better by an on-line company than I have with Newegg. Don't waiver, shop here!

12/25/2006

Super Sized

Apple iPod video (Late 2006) 2.5" Black 80GB MP3 / MP4 Player MA450LL/A
Apple iPod video (Late 2006) 2.5" Black 80GB MP3 / MP4 Player MA450LL/A

Pros: Been waiting for the iPod to become big enough to hold most of my music...This is great! This is my first iPod so not able to compare to previous models. Have tested the video output 320x240, and the new 640x480 size. For a mp4 compressed to this level, and then played back out to a TV monitor, not bad for what it is. Any standard mini "4"pin that normally comes with a camcorder will work, may have to swap red, white, yellow connections to get correct connection. Very nice product

Cons: I have yet been able to shuffle a playlist only. Probably user error.

Overall Review: With this much space, and the great battery life, you will be able to watch many movies or tv episodes on the longer flights without re-charging! Apple products are terrific!

11/25/2006