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Kyle K.

Kyle K.

Joined on 03/05/02

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Most Favorable Review

Almost perfect for my HTPC... almost.

ASUS Radeon HD 3450 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card EAH3450/DI/256M
ASUS Radeon HD 3450 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card EAH3450/DI/256M

Pros: - Silent! A must for my htpc. - Fits and runs well in my slim profile HP s3600t - Built in sound... no need for audio passthrough - Haven't noticed any performance problems (not decoding blueray though) - For the money and my needs, can't be beat IMO.

Cons: Only problem I have is that the HDMI loses the signal when switching inputs on my TV. I tried disabling the ATI Event service with no luck. I finally ended up using hdmion.exe, hooked up to a hotkey, as a workaround. After switching to computer, if no signal comes up... hit the hotkey... signal appears. Works well enough until i can get it all figured out. Also, the double-wide low-profile bracket is kinda a pain... like many people have stated. No biggie though. Fits fine in my HP.

Overall Review: Overall a great little cheap card. Some tidbits from my install experience: - I had to disable my on-board sound to use the card's sound so that it would output through hdmi. - Didn't need to but I upgraded the audio drivers from ones downloaded from realtek. - using hdmion.exe if signal is lost when switching to my computer.

10/30/2008
Most Critical Review

A poorly designed product

Rosewill RDRD-14001 3.5" HDD Mounting Kit
Rosewill RDRD-14001 3.5" HDD Mounting Kit

Pros: If you have a lot of space available, in your case, this might work out okay for you.

Cons: If you are pressed for space (let's face it... if you're installing a HDD in an optical bay then most likely you ARE) then this product will most likely be nothing but a headache. They way these brackets attach to the HDD causes the connector end of the drive to protrude significantly farther than a typical optical drive-sized product. In my case, it was over an inch. The consequence of this was that the hard drive would press against the RAM, etc. I managed to attach the bracket to the housing using some non-standard ports and holes but doesn't that defeat the purpose of a mounting kit?

Exactly what I wanted...

SanDisk Sansa Clip Zip 1.1" Gray 4GB MP3 Player SDMX22-004G-A57G
SanDisk Sansa Clip Zip 1.1" Gray 4GB MP3 Player SDMX22-004G-A57G

Pros: I use this exclusively for exercising and it works great. Since it's so light, I just clip it to the front of my shorts and the earphone cord totally doesn't get in the way. No matter what kind of activity, running, weights, core work, I hardly notice the thing and that's a good thing.

Cons: Cannot utilize remote control earphones but whatever...

Totally worth it...

Rosewill REGD-TN439L0 Infrared Thermometer
Rosewill REGD-TN439L0 Infrared Thermometer

Pros: - Works, for the most part, as a reliable IR thermometer - Cheap

Cons: - Does not work on stainless steel pans (or other shiny materials I'm guessing) - Cheaply made

Overall Review: I use this exclusively for cooking. I like to gauge the temperature of various things (pans, foods) and for the most part it works great. One time it didn't work was when heating up a stainless steel pan. The readings were really off (low) and when I put some oil in the pan, it started smoking immediately. I'm attributing this to the shiny finish of the pan and think all IR thermos will suffer from this scenario so no dings to the rating there. On darker (cast iron, nonstick) cookware, it works fine. Is it cheaply made? Heck yes... Is it cheap? Heck yeah... is it worth the 20 bucks I paid? Heck yes.

Work great for me

HP 4.7GB 16X DVD+R Inkjet Printable 100 Packs Spindle Disc Model 02055
HP 4.7GB 16X DVD+R Inkjet Printable 100 Packs Spindle Disc Model 02055

Pros: i've burned 10 of these (at 16x) so far and no problems whatsoever. At this price-point they're hard to beat. I have not printed on them but sharpie works fine.

Cons: none.

12/28/2009

My wrists are expoding!

SolidTek KB-3462B-BT Black Bluetooth Wireless Super mini 6" x 9" Keyboard w/ Touchpad
SolidTek KB-3462B-BT Black Bluetooth Wireless Super mini 6" x 9" Keyboard w/ Touchpad

Pros: - a very decent tiny keyboard for a HTPC. If that's what you're looking for then definitely worth consideration.

Cons: - this thing is SMALL. Before I bought it, i measured it out to get an idea of what 6x9 is ... but ... it's hard to predict how using it it will play out. For my hands and wrists it did not play out well. My wrists are killing me after using it for 5 minutes. - keyboard layout is kinda weird. I understand that they have to move the keys around to fit and double up some keys but having the windows key to the right of ALT? never seen that before. - mouse buttons are a little hard to press.

Overall Review: - I just picked up solidtek's larger model: KB-3962B-BT... It's 11.5 inches wide so hopefully that'll fit me better (not sold at newegg) - FYI: no ctrl, alt or windows key on the right side.