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eric f.

eric f.

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Most Favorable Review

NOT A SONY

Sony Optiarc 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model AD-7221S LightScribe Support
Sony Optiarc 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model AD-7221S LightScribe Support

Pros: its a $20 dvd burner.......you cant expect much....it works. 1 year warranty with new egg

Cons: re branded optaric, nothing about it is sony except for the 1 year new egg replacement and the last 3 optaric drives ive had all failed within a year and you'll notice this is the only optaric new egg sells that has more than a 30 day return/warranty.

Overall Review: for $20 its hard to complain.

Most Critical Review

VERIFY YOUR BURNS PEOPLE!

SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache E-IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner
SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache E-IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner

Pros: not even the price can make up for the low quality manufacturing.

Cons: ive used 6 of the burners and every single one has failed verification for the burns, every single one, i have yet to see one of these burners that actually burns without giving atleast 4 sector errors. you might think everything is ok but until you verify your burns you will not know, that verification option is on your burning program for a reason, use it then promptly return this burner.

Solid hardware, poor drivers and support

VisionTek Bigfoot Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card
VisionTek Bigfoot Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card

Pros: Physically the card does what it says when it works, dont expect it to work wonders but I was seeing some all around better pings and more importantly perfectly stable pings in BFBC2. Unless your rig is maxed out you might find that spending the money on a more vital component to be a more gratifying experience performance wise.

Cons: Software package and support is laughable at best, their best response is "try older drivers". The first thing you'll notice is the card repeatedly telling you it's firmware and driver do not match and it will reflash, all will seem fine for a few power cycles but rest assured within a day or two on a cold boot it will give you the same message and then proceed to reflash the card. It's such a problem they even mention it in a popup message following the initial installation but they simply tell you to go to their forums for assistance where they will then tell you to try older drivers witch did nothing for me, the problem keeps coming back regardless of how many fresh formats and installations of windows i tried. Most importantly, if you own windows blinds or other stardock software do not purchase this card, the software package/drivers fail to function if windows blind is installed on your machine, it's a known problem that tech support will inform you of after you contact them

Overall Review: The potential befits of the card soon become outweighed by it's incompatibilities and driver/software package short comings.

12/14/2010

great drive, quiet!!!

SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 ST2000DL004 2TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 ST2000DL004 2TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: excellent media PC drive and you cant beat the price, lol at all you suckers paying $109, this thing was just $60 with free shipping last week.

Cons: none

11/15/2010

Waste of money for PC owners

TRITTON AX Pro Dolby Digital 5.1 True Surround Sound Headset With 8 Precision Speakers – XBOX/PS3/PC
TRITTON AX Pro Dolby Digital 5.1 True Surround Sound Headset With 8 Precision Speakers – XBOX/PS3/PC

Pros: A very well constructed headset with high quality drivers in each cup. Don't get me wrong....this is a solid HEADSET...........but that's were the good news stops........ Two sets of ear cups was a plus but they are a real pain to change out.

Cons: This was designed for consoles with contain very poor built in audio hardware..........so if like most PC gamers you own a higher end sound card your essentially wasting it and bypassing your card if you hook this up with digital inline audio controller or toslink/fiber optic connection. I currently have it hooked up with the 5.1 connections on a Xonar D2 sound card and yes.......it sounds terrific but the second i try to connect it with the included inline audio controller/fiber optic it sounds like garbage compared to my high end sound card. Very heavy and tight fitting with absolutely no give for people with larger heads. A smorgasbord of wires much like a rats nest is needed when connecting this headset. Laughable and almost useless instructions with no owners manual and for $160 i would of expected something more.

Overall Review: If your a PC owner with a high end sound card your throwing away about $50 on the inline audio controller that you dont need and wont use. If your using onboard sound, sure it will be a step up but for PC owners in general this is a over priced console gimmick that PC owners should bypass entirely. For PC owners You'd be better off buying a set of Razor Barracuda 5.1 surrounds witch connect directly with 5.1 plugs rather than including a useless inline audio controller you'll never use.

its a $30 dvd burner, you get what you pay for

SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache E-IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner
SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache E-IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner

Pros: cheap

Cons: every single burn it makes has verification errors, you can see just how terrible the burns are by simply looking at them, they are a mess.

Overall Review: if you bought it promptly return it.