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Mcallister D.

Mcallister D.

Joined on 07/15/05

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Very nice TV

Rjtech 7" Portable LCD TV
Rjtech 7" Portable LCD TV

Pros: Bought one during the last big sale on Newegg. Reasonably good reception with the included antenna. Also pulls in clear QAM stations off cable, a nice surprise. Not an HD picture, but still reasonable quality. Plays xvid and divx type files from USB or an SD card. BTW, the SD card MUST be formatted properly as an SD card, not in Windows formatting, otherwise the TV won't recognize it. I use the Panasonic SD card formatter (just Google it). The antenna connection on the TV itself is a European PAL connector, but an adapter is included. Found all of my clear QAM and NTSC stations on my cable system. Also found all of my locals on an antenna scan. Will output sound and video to a larger TV if you desire. Built in rechargeable battery, a lot better than depending on a bunch of AA's. A lot of capability in a small package.

Cons: The battery connection on the included remote was a little flaky, but a couple of raps against the palm of my hand fixed that. I wish the antenna came out of the side or back instead of the top, but I can live with it. The remote doesn't turn the unit totally on and off, only kills the picture on the screen. You have to turn it off on the side of the unit.

Overall Review: Very glad I bought this. Surprised with the features and quality of the unit. Definitely would do it again.

Nice HTPC case

Foxconn DH-045(H+A)+MT-300 Black / Light Silver 0.8T GI Computer Case 300W Power Supply
Foxconn DH-045(H+A)+MT-300 Black / Light Silver 0.8T GI Computer Case 300W Power Supply

Pros: Excellent HTPC case if you have a micro-ATX motherboard. Easily removed drive bay makes it super easy to work on. Drop down door covers the drive bays, and a sliding door covers the USB and audio ports. Power supply seems solid so far. I'm using 3 of the four slots on my MB (Ceton tuner, NTSC tuner, ATI video card), with no power problems or cooling issues. This is the SAME case that Newegg sells as an HTPC case (Foxconn DH153C-CF300K ) for more money, only this one has a MUCH nicer front bezel. The drop down door is solid, so I don't expect trouble from it. The drive bay can be removed with drives attached WITHOUT removing the front bezel. I'd buy another.

Cons: Only real con is the extremely bright blue power light. Took out the led, stuffed some white paper in front of it, and put it back it. Toned it down a lot. The side fan was a little loud for my taste, so I replaced it with a Nexus SP802512L-03 80mm Case Fan.

Overall Review: You need slim cards to fit this case, so make sure you have the correct brackets for your cards. Made to take one 3.5in drive on the bottom of the drive bay, and another bay that can be external (I used it for a card reader). With a little ingenuity, you could probably get two 3.5" drives on the bottom of the cage. It has a blanking hole for a 1394 jack, but I found a card reader that has a jack instead. Front bezel is held on by three screws as well as clips top and bottom. Take out the screws, and discard them, release the lower clips,and rotate it up and off of the upper clips. You don't need the screws, apparently they are there for shipping. You have to remove the front bezel to remove the blanking plates over the 5.25" and 3.5" bays, as they are held in by screws.

Works well

Mygica U5072 USB Hybrid TV Stick for Watching Digital and Analog TV on PC
Mygica U5072 USB Hybrid TV Stick for Watching Digital and Analog TV on PC

Pros: Bought from another source because of a rebate. ATI chipset (good). Pulls in Clear QAM and NTSC off of my cableco fine. Using with Windows 7 Media Center with latest driver off Mygica's website; didn't bother using the CD. Windows will auto install a generic driver when you plug it in, but Mygica's seems to be tweaked a little better than the generic one, even though it is a couple of revs behind. Clear QAM quality is good, and found some clear QAM channels I hadn't seen before. NTSC cable is so-so, but I may need a signal amp. Didn't try OTA ATSC signals. Appears to be identical except in external appearance to the Diamond 750 USB stick, and can use the same driver, but is not optimized for that driver. That is good because my Diamond stick went up in smoke (lterally) last night!

Cons: Remote "kind of" works. Had to install the remote driver by going to Device Manager and pointing at the driver pacake I downloaded. Does not seem to be standard Media Center remote, has relatively short range, and must be pointed at the raised black area on the USB stick. Using a standard WMC center remote/receiver instead. Did not include a USB cable extender to make it easier to plug into the computer. Fortunately, I had one.

Overall Review: You have to accept the limitations of a hybrid stick when using with cable analog/NTSC signals. The computer is doing all of the encoding to mpeg since there is no hardware encoder in the stick. A strong signal is a must for decent NTSC reception/recording. No conversion is involved for QAM recording, so what you record is as good as what the cableco sends you.

10/20/2011

2nd one I've ordered

KWorld UB435-Q USB ATSC TV Stick
KWorld UB435-Q USB ATSC TV Stick

Pros: This is the 2nd one I've ordered. Forget the software and drivers that come with it. Get the driver that Tony W lists a couple of posts below this one. Works great with Windows 7 Media Center, and 32 or 64 bit Windows with that driver. Will NOT do clear QAM without that particular driver in Media Center. Have the one I've got permanently hooked up to my media center to pull in a single over the air ATSC station my cableco doesn't provide. Have also used it for Clear QAM with the same computer and 7 Media Center. Since Media Center comes with Win7 and works great, just use it! Going to use this one with my netbook on the road. As good at pulling in signals with a decent antenna as any card I've used. If you are in the sticks, you WILL need a better antenna, but that is true with any digital tuner.

Cons: Included software and drivers are junk. K World's website is all messed up and hides the good driver.

10/11/2010

Fantastic

AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition - Phenom II X2 Callisto Dual-Core 3.1 GHz Socket AM3 80W None Integrated Graphics Processor - HDZ550WFGIBOX
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition - Phenom II X2 Callisto Dual-Core 3.1 GHz Socket AM3 80W None Integrated Graphics Processor - HDZ550WFGIBOX

Pros: Able to unlock remaining two cores, and do a mild OC with my Asus M4A785TD-M mobo. Found one core to be weaker than the rest, but a mild voltage increase and slight decrease to the multiplier for that one core took care of that.

Cons: Absolutely none. Great deal!

Overall Review: Well worth the money to buy the Black Edition. Got a 4 core processor for the price of two!

12/11/2009

Excellent

ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Worked great out of the box. Lots of overclocking and core enabling features. Able to Hybrid crossfirex with a 3650 video card.

Cons: Needs a better manual to figure out all of the features in the bios, as well as all of the apps it comes with to control various features. Crossfire enhancements do not show up in Windows experience values. In fact, if I use the video out of the pcie x16 card, my scores decrease. If I use the video out of the motherboard, they stay the same. However, using the video out of the motherboard does not show up until Windows boots, regardless of the video settings in the bios. If I let it use the additional card, the screen shows up from post on.

Overall Review: Allowed me to unlock two additional cores in my Phenom 2 X2 processor, and then test them all for stability. Found a weak one, but I was able to slightly increase voltage on that core and make it as stable as the rest. Able to OC and change multipliers on each core individually. Some of the included control apps and the bios overlap and somewhat conflict with each other. Trial and error was the only way I solved the interactions. A-DATA 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model AX3U1600GB2G9-AG Phenom 2 X2 3.1 ghz Black Edition processor. Sapphire HD3450 512mb video card in Hybrid Crossfire mode Win 7, 64bit

12/11/2009