Joined on 02/26/06
Works Great for Me

Pros: Stable, versatile, inexpensive, good range, future proof with IPv6.
Cons: Menus hard to navigate for me - too many options - but others with advanced router skills might find this a plus.
Overall Review: People either seem to love or hate this router. I have found it to be stable - no reboots needed - and the signal strength is good enough to provide service to the whole house even though I don't have it centrally located.
Buy a Phillips

Pros: NESS replaced the bulb with a better one - Phillips - for free
Cons: Oscam bulb may not work
Overall Review: I bought this replacement bulb two and a half years ago to have on hand. When I finally installed it didn't work - the color wheel malfunctioned. That's my fault for waiting so long to install. I ordered another and installed as soon as it arrived from Ness - it did it did the same thing I called Ness and they said this was a known problem with genuine Oscam replacement bulbs and some Mitsubishi DLP's. They emailed me a retune UPS sticker and sent me a replacement Phillips bulb which works great Good service from Ness.
Difficult Set Up

Pros: Good deal for the money. DVD/CD Drive
Cons: There were 99 critical downloads when first started. It took hours to download and reconfigure then failed. Took forever to then reconfigure back to set up before updates. I finally connected with a wire instead of wireless and left overnight which then worked. It then took hours to update to 8.1 and do the setup. Once this was all done the computer works fine.
Not Ready for Prime Time

Pros: Inexpensive
Cons: The timer on this thing is totally useless. It has number of cup settings from one to eleven. On the one cup setting it grinds beans for 11 seconds. Each additional cup setting adds one second to the grinding time so at the ten cup setting it grinds for 20 seconds - just 9 seconds more for nine more cups. So, if it grinds for 11 seconds for one cup then it should grind 44 seconds for four cups and 110 seconds for ten cups using the one cup setting as a guide - which can't be right. Working the other way - if it grinds 20 seconds for ten cups then it should grind 8 seconds for four cups and only 2 seconds for one cup - which seems more logical but it doesn't work this way.
Overall Review: Using the K cup adapter and the bogus timer totally overfills. They recommend the 4 setting which grinds beans for 14 seconds - even the I setting grinds too much.
Why Buy New?

Pros: Price - Sleek Styling - Features like Voice Command (works even with my Boston accent) - and a surprise with the warranty. Newegg listed a 90 day warranty but the literature that came packed with the refurbished unit list the warranty as "Newly overhauled 1-year warranty". I was able to register the Garmin and then update the firmware and maps with no problems.
Cons: It is a fingerprint magnet
Rock Solid

Pros: I already have two of these set up and running - one on a Mitsubishi TV and the other on a RCA internet radio. They are both rock solid and never give me a bit of trouble.
Cons: Price unless you buy on sale.
Overall Review: You'll need to set this up by connecting a ethernet cable to a computer first before connecting a device.
Great Serivce
I bought a replacement bulb two and a half years ago to have on hand. When I finally installed it didn't work - the color wheel malfunctioned. That's my fault for waiting so long to install. I ordered another and installed as soon as it arrived from Ness - it did it did the same thing I called Ness and they said this was a known problem with genuine Oscam replacement bulbs and some Mitsubishi DLP's. They emailed me a retune UPS sticker and sent me a replacement Phillips bulb which works great