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Nicholas P.

Nicholas P.

Joined on 08/03/12

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Most Favorable Review

Love it!

SILVERSTONE Black Aluminum / Steel ML04B Micro ATX Media Center / HTPC Case
SILVERSTONE Black Aluminum / Steel ML04B Micro ATX Media Center / HTPC Case

Pros: Very sleek and professional looking on the outside. I like the included, magnetic, dust screen for the topside of the case.

Cons: Cable management is a bit of a nightmare. Although this is a smaller box so as size goes down cable management gets tougher.

Overall Review: I really love this box. If you look at the inside it is a bit ugly since everything is a tight fit, cables are everywhere lol. I ended taking out one of the hard drive mounts since I am only using one drive. This freed up some extra space for me to kind of congregate all of my wiring. Lucky for me, I am the only person that would ever look at the inside of the box. Everyone else is very impressed at the sleek appearance of it. Overall a very nice enclosure for the money. If I made another HTPC I would buy this same enclosure to put it in for sure.

Simple, Effective, Surpassed Expectations

Acer Chromebook 15 CB5-571-C09S Certified Refurbished Chromebook Intel Celeron 3205U (1.50 GHz) 4 GB Memory 32 GB SSD 15.6" Chrome OS (Manufacturer Recertified)
Acer Chromebook 15 CB5-571-C09S Certified Refurbished Chromebook Intel Celeron 3205U (1.50 GHz) 4 GB Memory 32 GB SSD 15.6" Chrome OS (Manufacturer Recertified)

Pros: I really think this is one of my favorite products I have bought in a while. The build quality is impressive for such an affordable machine. I have read many pro reviews that say the screen isn't great. I feel like this screen is pretty nice. I stare at my desktop screen all day everyday since I am a developer and I think that this screen, full 1080, is very nice. The brightness seems just fine to me. The speakers are another upside to this laptop. They are loud and do not get fuzzy when the volume is turned up high. The keyboard is very acceptable and the track pad is easily one of the best I have ever used. I have not ever accidentally moved the cursor while typing and the whole pad clicks so there is nowhere you cannot click. I thought the absence of a right mouse button would be a 'con' but actually just clicking with two fingers instead of one for a right mouse click is very intuitive and I have adopted it without any problems. Battery life is also amazing. Simple browsing (no streaming of audio or video) will result in a 9-10 hour battery life. I use a lot of chrome 'Remote Desktop' to access my desktop and I still get about 7 hours out of the battery. Overall this laptop is way better than I expected and I am very happy.

Cons: The only con I have is that there is no 'Hardwire' option for internet. Wireless only. Which isn't a big deal but sometimes I would like to plug it in.

No problems at all!

netTALK DUO VOIP Telephone free USA and Canada Calling
netTALK DUO VOIP Telephone free USA and Canada Calling

Pros: Easy to set up. I just plugged it in and followed the included instructions and I had a working phone in less than 15 minutes. I have also never had one problem with this phone line not working. There is no drag or echo. Keep in mind I have google fiber internet so it is very fast but the line is clear and has no problems.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I am very glad I made this purchase for my 10 year old. She had been wanting a cell phone but I just don't see the need for her to have one. This was a good compromise, and she really like it.

12/19/2014

Good for the price

DIAMOND TVW750PCIE ATI Theater HD 750 Tuner Card
DIAMOND TVW750PCIE ATI Theater HD 750 Tuner Card

Pros: Easy install and works as advertised. Have had no issues with the hardware to date.

Cons: Included software is not very good.

Overall Review: I bought this to run the tv part of my home theatre pc. Overall it is great. Ii wasn't ever planning on using the included software, but I installed it to give it a whirl anyway. It is not anything I would have ever used even if I was planning on using it. Not very well done and the interface is ugly. But I didn't buy it for the software, and the hardware has performed flawlessly.

Works Great

2.4GHz Fly Air Mouse Wireless Qwerty Keyboard Remote for PC Android TV Box HTPC
2.4GHz Fly Air Mouse Wireless Qwerty Keyboard Remote for PC Android TV Box HTPC

Pros: This remote works great. There was a bad review about the control of the mouse with the remote but I have had no problems what so ever. All keyboard functionality is there and is very responsive.

Cons: Remote is a bit wide for quick typing, and the buttons click a bit loud but its really not that big of a deal.

Overall Review: For the money this is the best handheld remote I have bought for a computer, and I have tried many.

11/10/2013

Works Great

ASUS EA-N66 Dual-Band Wireless-N900, 3 in 1 Access Point/Repeater/Gigabit Ethernet Adapter IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n 1 x RJ-45 Ethernet port Up to 450Mbps downlink + 450Mbps uplink Wireless recertified
ASUS EA-N66 Dual-Band Wireless-N900, 3 in 1 Access Point/Repeater/Gigabit Ethernet Adapter IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n 1 x RJ-45 Ethernet port Up to 450Mbps downlink + 450Mbps uplink Wireless recertified

Pros: Affordable and has a longer range than the wireless card I was previously using. Quick setup.

Cons: After the initial setup I could not bring up the management site by name. After reading Google I used the address 10.0.1.1 and was taken back to the site.

Overall Review: I like this product a lot. You are able to turn off the led lights in the admin settings on the setup site. I use this for my HTPC so having an extra blue light is not something I wanted

10/31/2013