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James W.

James W.

Joined on 01/04/06

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Most Favorable Review

Simple, Easy and Works

TRENDnet 5-Port Unmanaged 10/100 Mbps GREENnet Ethernet Desktop Plastic Housing Switch, 5 X 10/100 Mbps Ports, 1Gbps Switching Capacity, TE100-S5
TRENDnet 5-Port Unmanaged 10/100 Mbps GREENnet Ethernet Desktop Plastic Housing Switch, 5 X 10/100 Mbps Ports, 1Gbps Switching Capacity, TE100-S5

Pros: Easy to setup for a simple home network. It is small and easily concealable.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: This is a great little switch if you need to run one in a home network with average bandwith needs and few computers. I would upgrade if your usage is greater than the average household.

Most Critical Review

One Fine/Other Particular

Rosewill 6-Foot High Speed HDMI Cable (RC-6-HDM-MM-BK)
Rosewill 6-Foot High Speed HDMI Cable (RC-6-HDM-MM-BK)

Pros: Bought two of these, one works outstanding.

Cons: The other one is rather particular. Would not work with with my sharp tv and blu-ray nor my sony tv and HD cable box. I tried switching the cable around from end to end but no luck. But it did work with my tv-computer setup. Odd but it ended up working.

Not Recommended for Wireless A/P

ASUS WL-330gE Wireless Router IEEE802.11g/b/d, IEEE802.3/3u/IEEE802.1X, WPA/WMM/IPv4/IPv6
ASUS WL-330gE Wireless Router IEEE802.11g/b/d, IEEE802.3/3u/IEEE802.1X, WPA/WMM/IPv4/IPv6

Pros: Small, convenient, sturdy construction.

Cons: The UI is lacking and difficult to fumble through. My D-Link network recognized the device and assigned an IP but never could get the ethernet enabled device to communicate with the internet. I followed the directions and even tried to follow some of the reviews to no avail.

Overall Review: Unless you are very experienced at working with this product I would not recommend it. I do not think an average user can make this thing work as a wireless ethernet adapter. I did not try it as a gateway or repeater.

Perfect Sound

Polk Audio RM6750 Black 5.1 CH Home Theater Speaker System
Polk Audio RM6750 Black 5.1 CH Home Theater Speaker System

Pros: Hooked this up to an Onkyo receiver (100 watt per channel) and positioned the speakers as suggested by Onkyo. The sound is incredible.

Cons: None so far.

It is what it is...an inexpensive card

GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4350 512MB GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card GV-R435OC-512I
GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4350 512MB GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card GV-R435OC-512I

Pros: The price is what attracted me to the card. Cannot beat it if the rebate comes through but see comments below. If you do not like onboard graphics then this card will work for you. It works great for the home office setting.

Cons: Not for gaming...if you are buying this thinking you can run graphic intensive games this card is not for you. I would also steer clear if you want to run it on an HTPC. Step up and get a better card. I docked it an egg because I thought it would be better compared to the onboard graphics but it is not; partly my fault for buying a low end card.

Overall Review: There are a lot of reviews which mention trouble with the rebate. I hope I get mine but if I don't I think Newegg should just drop the whole rebate thing with Gigabyte. No need for newegg to get "egg" on its face for someone else's scam. What say Newegg?