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Brian H.

Brian H.

Joined on 08/13/07

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Most Favorable Review

So far, so good.

ADATA Premier Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Laptop Memory Model AD3S1333W8G9-2
ADATA Premier Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Laptop Memory Model AD3S1333W8G9-2

Pros: Installed this on my Early-2011 15" MacBook Pro even though it isn't Mac certified, figured it would be worth the risk. Glad I did it. Installation was easy and my laptop's working perfectly. Mountain Lion DP4 is reading all of the RAM fully. Speedier than ever.

Cons: Nothing. Buy this.

Most Critical Review

Colors are amazing, but viewing angles abysmal

Samsung 750 Series U28H750 28" Ultra HD 3840 x 2160 4K Resolution 1ms 2x HDMI, DisplayPort AMD FreeSync Flicker-Free QLED Gaming Monitor
Samsung 750 Series U28H750 28" Ultra HD 3840 x 2160 4K Resolution 1ms 2x HDMI, DisplayPort AMD FreeSync Flicker-Free QLED Gaming Monitor

Pros: - The picture quality, when you're sitting dead on, is dazzling - truly a beautiful picture for this price point. - Bright. I compared to a 27" LG LED 4K monitor and the brightness of this unit blows that one out of the water. - Gorgeous colors. Samsung's "QLED" technology does produce beautiful, vivid colors. Noticeably better than my older panels, second perhaps only to the company's OLED phone displays and LG's OLED televisions. - Comes with all the cables for all the inputs this monitor supports; DisplayPort and HDMI. - Fast response time with no visible "ghosting".

Cons: - Viewing angles are abysmal. And I don't just mean bad - I mean, unacceptably bad. At the slightest of angles colors begin to wash out tremendously. Dark scenes in particular become unwatchable. I tested this by watching a movie with a duller color palette - "The Witch" - and couldn't sit through the whole movie. - Poor quality stand that looks much better than it feels. The slightest bump into my desk would shake the monitor uncomfortably. - Ports are in a difficult to reach location, and strongly wouldn't accept one of my spare (and confirmed working) HDMI cables; I had to use the included HDMI cable.

Overall Review: I would not recommend this monitor unless you require the absolute cheapest 4K display you can find. There are much better options for relatively little more money.

11/22/2017

All's well that ends well.

SeaSonic SS-300TFX Bronze 300 W TFX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
SeaSonic SS-300TFX Bronze 300 W TFX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: - Slammed it into my HTPC, plugged everything in, worked like a charm.

Cons: - 300W seems a bit underpowered for a hardware out there today, however seeing as this was higher than what was already in my machine that had broken, it was worth a shot.

Overall Review: Brought my machine back to life, just as I was hoping. All's well that ends well!

Still Excellent Over a Year Later

LITE-ON Black 4X BD-ROM 8X DVD-ROM 32X CD-ROM SATA Internal 4X Blu-ray Reader Model iHOS104-06
LITE-ON Black 4X BD-ROM 8X DVD-ROM 32X CD-ROM SATA Internal 4X Blu-ray Reader Model iHOS104-06

Pros: It's been over a year and keeps working fine, plays any DVD/Blu-Ray I've thrown at it, matches my case well, works with Windows 7 as well as Mac OS X

Cons: PowerDVD 8, which this comes with, is the biggest piece of junk I've ever had the displeasure of using in all my days on this blue sphere we call Earth. It's as if it's sole purpose in existence is to tick off as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time possible. I sincerely hope that Cyberlink burns in a fiery abyss full of toxic waste and garbage for creating, and then deciding to stop supporting, this piece of software. I'm pretty sure PowerDVD 8, and PowerDVD 8 alone, will be responsible for all my nightmares in the months and years that will follow. The real cherry on the cake was when I bought Avatar Collector's Edition and it refused to play the disc, demanding I pay $99 to update to a newer version of PowerDVD. I don't think I've ever been physically angry at a piece of software, but that'd do it. My suggestion of what to do with the bundled PowerDVD 8 disc: use it as some sort of shiny frisbee, or perhaps a coaster as you used to with the old AOL disc.

Overall Review: PowerDVD 8 has ruined my life.