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David S.

David S.

Joined on 01/08/05

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Most Favorable Review

I love it!!

KWORLD ATSC 340U Dongle ATSC TV USB Stick ATSC 340U USB 2.0 Interface
KWORLD ATSC 340U Dongle ATSC TV USB Stick ATSC 340U USB 2.0 Interface

Pros: This thing works great! I have been able to get over 14 over the air digital channels including a couple HD channels! All these channels come in great without any jerky frames or sound. It is perfect as long as I am getting a signal with one or more bars on the signal strength indicator. I also tested it on my Comcast Basic Cable connection ( non-digital subscription ) and I was able to get 28 digital channels. Most of them are the local broadcast channels. However, there are a couple other non-over-the-air channels like the Weather channel that I get through the cable connection. There are about 6 of these 28 channels that are in HD. It also picked up 70 other cable channels that were locked. I assume this is some kind of encryption that Comcast has added to prevent me (us) from using their digital cable channels without having a digital cable subscription. So far using the included ArcSoft TotalMedia software works much better then Windows Media Center. Media Center would not

Cons: It would be nice if they included a steel base for the antenna and a USB extension cord to relocate the antenna farther from the computer. I strongly recommend using a USB extension cord, because the COAX cable will put a very heavy strain on the USB Digital tuner when connected directly to the USB port on your Laptop or PC.

Overall Review: All things considered. ( My room is in a basement and my house is on a hill with other hills around and lots of big trees etc. ) I was NOT able to get a good over the air signal at first. And I was not able to pick up half the channels that I now have. By chance I figured out that if you set the little magnetic antenna base onto something steel or iron (in my case a 2” x 3 “ steel soldering iron holder) I got perfect reception! It was amazing!

Most Critical Review

Does not put out enough power.

CyberPower Home CPS425SL 425VA 230W 3 x 5-15R Battery/Surge Protected 3 x 5-15R Surge Protected Outlets UPS
CyberPower Home CPS425SL 425VA 230W 3 x 5-15R Battery/Surge Protected 3 x 5-15R Surge Protected Outlets UPS

Pros: Relatively inexpensive, comes with shutdown software that automatically saves your work before shutting down the applications that you were working on.

Cons: On the box it states that I should be able to use my 17" CRT monitor for an average of 8 minutes along with my CPU case. When I did a test with a fully charged UPS battery, by unplugging the UPS from the wall outlet, it did not out put enough power to run both my monitor and CPU case. However with only my CPU case plugged into the battery outlet on the UPS, it works fine. I am pretty sure if you have a LCD monitor this would not be a problem.

Overall Review: Over all I am happy enough with it.

Great drive!!

WD Black 4TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD4003FZEX
WD Black 4TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD4003FZEX

Pros: Fast for a non-SSD. Higher capacity/performance for a good price. Have two other WD Caviar Black drives that have held up real well for over a couple years. Hoping this one will too.

Cons: none

Overall Review: Benchmark tested using Samsung's SSD Magician Utility software on Intel chipset SATAII controller Sequential Read: 159MB/s Sequential Write: 150MB/s Random Read (IOPS): 1222 Random Write (IOPS): 903

2nd review- update. Fixed the problem with bootup

SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III 32 layer 3D V-NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E500B/AM
SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III 32 layer 3D V-NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E500B/AM

Pros: I was having problems with BIOS sometimes not detecting the 850 EVO drive during boot up. Problem was that I had the drive plugged into my secondary SATA3.0 6Bb/s Marvell 88SE9128 controller. It runs of the South Bridge and not directly off the Intel chipset. The slight delay in initializing the Marvell controller during boot causes bios to not see the SDD in time to boot off of it. Doesn't always happen but often enough. Set your BIOS configuration to AHCI and not IDE or you'll have problems in the long run with drive efficiency degrading.

Cons: None at all! :)

Love it!

GIGABYTE M6800 GM-M6800 Noble Black 4 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical Gaming Mouse
GIGABYTE M6800 GM-M6800 Noble Black 4 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical Gaming Mouse

Pros: Love this mouse. Size it great for my hand. Never had problems with it.

Cons: Setup software was removed from Gigabyte's website. But all the buttons all work like they should. I don't remember if there was a software/driver disc included with this mouse or not.

Very reliable, SUPER STRONG signal, very configurable

ASUS RT-N66U Dual-Band Wireless-N900 Gigabit Router, DD-WRT Open Source Support, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, IEEE 802.3/3u/3ab Manufactured Recertified
ASUS RT-N66U Dual-Band Wireless-N900 Gigabit Router, DD-WRT Open Source Support, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, IEEE 802.3/3u/3ab Manufactured Recertified

Pros: Very reliable router never needs reset. SUPER STRONG signal. Router is installed in a cinder block concrete room and I was able to hold a usable connection at over 500 feet away. very configurable. I'm super happy with this router!!

Cons: none