Joined on 01/16/05
Great, but...
Pros: It works as advertised.
Cons: It took some fiddling with it to make it work. Every little change requires a restart... which takes about a minute. Firmware still very buggy.
Overall Review: Some problems I ran into: I normally use Firefox, but I had to use Internet Explorer to get the firmware upgrade and my cable DHCP to work. When selecting a WEP key, it wouldn't work unless I had the first (of four) selected. As of this writing, the web-based admin tool still doesn't show anything under "Attached Devices", even when multiple computers are connected on LAN and wirelessly.
nice... unless you want to type
Pros: Nice, value keyboard line from Microsoft. Rise in the center promotes more natural hand position.
Cons: Key positions are anti-ergonomic -- worse than a standard keyboard! Look at the pictures, and specifically the angle of the QAZ keys. The Z key further right than the W key! It forces the left hand to curl in this ridiculous position to hit it with your pinky. And then you have to press it with the side of your finger. Or force an even sharper wrist angle to hit it (then you can't hit the Q). Or just have you move your hand position if you want to hit the key with the pad of your finger. None of this is efficient, if you want to type. It's also ironic that the ergonomic slope makes this worse.
Overall Review: This keyboard might be ok for the normal computer user, but I would say anyone going at 60+ wpm would have issues. I'm also not a fan of midget function keys, but then again I use them a lot. This is not a worthy successor to the 2000.
Overall happy
Pros: Nice even color in all ranges. Good response time and no issues with games. Extremely bright. Has a standard VESA mount. Amazing for watching movies. Has lots of connections on the back, and comes with cables for each. You can also turn off the power LED and the on/off sound effect in the monitor settings. It's a small but welcome detail.
Cons: As some other reviewers noted, sometimes the power button stops responding, which is somewhat disconcerting. I rarely use it though; the monitor is always on or in sleep mode. I'm making note of that LG customer service number just in case. One stuck pixel about 2" from the corner. I can't see it unless it's full black, and if my face is in front of the corner. I can't see it at center orientation at any distance. So I got lucky. You have to play with the settings (especially Sharpness) to get games to look right. Very slight fading of brightness in each of the corners. I can't see it during normal use. I'm not a fan of the lack of regular bezel on the top and sides. It looks amazing when the monitor is off, but I feel it's kind of gimmicky. The very tip of one corner is also slightly different, as if the anti-glare film was re-seated. If not for the pixel and flaky power button, I would have given it five eggs.
Overall Review: My configuration for Mass Effect 3 (multiplayer): I'm on Windows 8 and use Widescreen Fixer with one of these monitors. Under settings, uncheck "Automatically Detect Resolution". Change Display Count to 3. Uncorrected Resolution to 5760 x 1080. Bezel-Corrected Resolution to 2560 x 1080. This scales your HUD at 1920 x 1080 so it's not off the screen. Note that if you use the (unnecessary) Character Scale Workaround Hotkey (default J), Geth Hunter Mode will not work correctly until you restart the game. I remapped it to something obscure and don't hit it at all. ---- My eyes are kind of sensitive, so I have it set at 29% brightness, 70% contrast, and slightly lowered blue. I still find whites incredibly bright. I don't use this monitor for anything that requires perfect color, but I would say any computer enthusiast would be happy with it. I had to manually install the monitor profile so it is recognized properly by Windows.
good, but change bios settings
Pros: Works. The XFast ram is pretty easy to set up and hasn't caused problems. At first I thought it was slow compared to some other ramdrive programs, but when I ran others on my system they were comparable. I am running 32 bit windows so it is using the extended bit.
Cons: I had an issue for the first several months where the computer would freeze without warning, nothing in syslogs. It seems to have been caused by a very aggressive south bridge temperature protection. I have the MB mounted horizontally, and low airflow settings, so heat must have been concentrating there, even though the sensor reported something like 50C. I bumped up the fan speed, but eventually turned it off altogether in the bios. Since then I've not had problems. The fan speed controls can be adjusted, but even at 1 (of 10) they will run a fan pretty fast.
Overall Review: It reads my corsair ram as 1300 by default, instead of 1600. I have every ram slot filled with no problems. The southbridge temp issue was problematic for several months, but now resolved.
as expected for Corsair
Pros: Works. Cheap. Doesn't look ridiculous.
Cons: Does not create bacon when pressed.
Overall Review: Works as quad channel, but you need the right MB and processor to do so. It may also default to 1300 mhz, and needs to be changed in the bios. Version 8.16, made in Taiwan.
not much more than a toy
Pros: Lots of easily accessible buttons and features. Setpoint software isn't that bad.
Cons: Epic fail. Made in Ch|n4. Took a few tries (returns) to get a working scroll wheel. Charging station difficult to get into. Side buttons push a small plastic rod that pushes into the clicker mechanism, which tends to get off target, and requires digging around with screwdriver or a complete dismantling of the mouse. And like many have said, flaky reception, though use of the USB extender alleviates it somewhat.
Overall Review: Logitech "lost" my rebate UPC I sent in. After contacting them, they said I could scan an image of the UPC and send it to them. Except that I had already cut it out. Idjits.