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Andrew B.

Andrew B.

Joined on 01/30/08

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Most Favorable Review

Good value

LITE-ON Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM SATA 12X Blu-ray Burner with Blu Ray 3D Feature IHBS112-04
LITE-ON Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM SATA 12X Blu-ray Burner with Blu Ray 3D Feature IHBS112-04

Pros: Bought 4 of these and they work great, burned about 10 blu-rays and about 10 dvd so far with coasters even with junky media. These also support changing the booktype for DVD+R so that's a plus too in a Blu-ray burner! 8mb Cache as compared to 4mb on most in this price point!

Cons: None really, not for the money.

Most Critical Review

Slow

EDIMAX EW-7811Un 150 Mbps Wireless IEEE 802.11b/g/n Nano USB Adapter
EDIMAX EW-7811Un 150 Mbps Wireless IEEE 802.11b/g/n Nano USB Adapter

Pros: SUPER tiny Easy Install

Cons: Speakeasy speed test clocks me at 1-4mbps. If I unplug this one and put a different also very tiny USB Wifi adapter in, it clocks me at 10-12mbps... tried this on two different computers with the same results over multiple tries.

Overall Review: I think there is something wrong with mine. It claims I have a 90mbps connection to my router but effective throughput is 1-4mbps? Trying to access the shared files on my network is like molasses. The computers are only about 10-15 feet from the router.

Fantastic

ViewSonic PJD5533W 1280x800 WXGA, 3000 ANSI Lumens, 120Hz Refresh Rate, HDMI & Dual VGA Inputs, 3 Year Warranty, Portable 3D Ready DLP Projector
ViewSonic PJD5533W 1280x800 WXGA, 3000 ANSI Lumens, 120Hz Refresh Rate, HDMI & Dual VGA Inputs, 3 Year Warranty, Portable 3D Ready DLP Projector

Pros: Fantastic for the price! Good image quality. High resolution for the price. Very bright. Great Color.

Cons: Long throw? But was aware of this going in.

Overall Review: I really am extremely happy with this, this is my 4th projector, I've had one LCD, one CRT and this is my second ViewSonic DLP. The color of this one really blew me away, the last one I had did not have the 6 segment color wheel and it seems to make a big difference. My previous projector also did not have HDMI which I also think makes a big difference over VGA. 3D is not quite as impressive as it is on my Vizio 32" Passive 3D TV, this was the same as with my last DLP so I'm wondering if maybe it's just that DLP Link 3D doesn't look as good as Passive, or it could just due to the size difference between 32" and 120", not sure. All and all though for the price is really is a fantastic buy. Hook it up via HDMI, set the color mode to Movie and prepare to be impressed.

11/22/2013

Pretty Good

Canon PIXMA iP7220 Photo Inkjet Printer
Canon PIXMA iP7220 Photo Inkjet Printer

Pros: Really fantastic image quality. 3rd Party ink for this model is available, fairly cheap and of better then average quality. A touch faster and was cheaper then my last Canon Pixma which was about a year old. I didn't have any trouble with the wireless connection or disc printing using Nero Cover Designer(other then the usual playing with the alignment settings in Nero). Prints really beautiful discs when setup properly.

Cons: No rear tray is a minor annoyance but the underside tray holds ~30-40 sheets so it's not that big of a deal really. Uses a far amount of ink, and I don't mean it drinks it too fast, it literally uses more then is necessary. I needed to set the light/dark setting to somewhere around -20 or the colors were much stronger then in the original image. The colors look much more vibrant and rich but much darker and less accurate and image accuracy is important for what I do with it so I needed to turn it down to get good results but now they look really fantastic. This was the same using both Canon and 3rd Party inks.

Overall Review: When I was researching this, the biggest complaint I heard was the lack of rear tray and I think the reason for that was that there really isn't any other downside to this printer and even that is a minor one really. I print around 10-20 8.5x11 photos a day so I need to refill the tray every couple of days so unless you print hundreds of sheets a day it's really not a big deal and if you do print hundreds of sheets per day this isn't the printer for you anyway since I would be surprised if it could hold up under that kind of workload for more then a week or two.

11/17/2013

Great!

Coboc 6 ft. Serial ATA (SATA) 2 Cable (Red)
Coboc 6 ft. Serial ATA (SATA) 2 Cable (Red)

Pros: Perfect if you have the obscure need to run a drive 6 feet from it's motherboard... which I did.

Cons: None

Great value

Logitech Wireless Combo MK260 920-002950 Black 8 Hot Keys USB RF Wireless Standard Keyboard and Mouse
Logitech Wireless Combo MK260 920-002950 Black 8 Hot Keys USB RF Wireless Standard Keyboard and Mouse

Pros: Good range Good response Volume/Power/Calculator/Home buttons Calculator button is great! No more typing calc for me!

Cons: None at this price point for both a keyboard and a mouse!

Overall Review: When I first took this out of the box I wasn't sure I liked it, thought the keyboard felt a little flimsy. After about 5 minutes of using it though I loved it. I use it about 10-15 feet away from the computer on a HTPC/Gaming build and the response has been perfect, not one dropped keystroke. It's thin and light, I think that's why my inital response was flimsy but it's not, the keys feel solid and all and all I'm very happy.

12/18/2012