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Mark B.

Mark B.

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Most Favorable Review

Exceptionally good design

APC BR1500G  Back-UPS Pro, 1500VA/865W, Tower, 120V, 10x NEMA 5-15R outlets, AVR, LCD, User Replaceable Battery - Tower - 8 Hour Recharge - 3 Minute Stand-by - 120 V Input - 120 V AC Output
APC BR1500G Back-UPS Pro, 1500VA/865W, Tower, 120V, 10x NEMA 5-15R outlets, AVR, LCD, User Replaceable Battery - Tower - 8 Hour Recharge - 3 Minute Stand-by - 120 V Input - 120 V AC Output

Pros: APC has dramatically improved the design of their 1500VA UPS towers to provide longer run-times, and far easier battery installation and swap-out. Setup requires sliding off a small plastic access panel on the bottom on the unit, sliding out the batter module, flipping the battery module over, and then sliding the battery module back into the unit. That's it. There are no power cables to attach. The unit can show estimated run time based on the load on the inverter. As protected devices or lighting are turned off, the unit re-calculates likely running time.

Cons: Would be great if APC released similar units with even longer run-times.

Overall Review: There is plenty of variety in the APC product line. This particular model is best suited for small business and residential use where no one device draws more than 800 watts. We use several of these units and similar models in such settings.

11/24/2015
Most Critical Review

Broken Wifi implementation

TRENDnet TV-IP745SIC Wi-Fi HD 720P Built-In Thermometer 2 Way Audio Baby Camera
TRENDnet TV-IP745SIC Wi-Fi HD 720P Built-In Thermometer 2 Way Audio Baby Camera

Pros: If the Wifi connection worked, the camera would function reasonably well.

Cons: The Wifi client on the camera is broken. It's unstable and unreliable with a very short range of less than ten feet. It does not interoperate well with WiFi environments that work perfectly for other devices.

Overall Review: Wifi-only devices are always a risk. If the Wifi implementation is broken in any way, configuration and operation of the device will be nothing but trouble, as is the case with this devices.

10/24/2015

no warranty support for dead SSD modules; never came close to performance claims when it did work

SAMSUNG 950 PRO M.2 2280 256GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V5P256BW
SAMSUNG 950 PRO M.2 2280 256GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V5P256BW

Pros: - Compact storage module - Diagnostic software, optimized drivers

Cons: - IOPS were never any better than a SATA-3 SSD, and never as good as a PCIe mSATA card from Plextor. - Terribly inconvenient to find interfaces physically compatible with M-key devices like this. - Module died after less than seven months of light usage.

Overall Review: Avoid M-keyed devices until the storage industry catches up with itself, and supporting accessories become more common. When using one of these modules as a boot device, it's also hard to interface a second module to create an identical duplicate. In that regard, Samsung and other M-key module producers have failed badly to ship supporting accessories. It would be reasonable to expect a SATA adapter tray or USB3 adapter for these modules for boot device duplication. I wish I had never purchased either this module or its 512GB counterpart. Neither one ever delivered on the promised performance even when installed in a 16-lane motherboard slot in a core i7 system with plenty of bandwidth, and the Samsung drivers installed and active.

Terribly slow drivers

EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-3975-KR 4GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling Graphics Card
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-3975-KR 4GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling Graphics Card

Pros: Drives up to three 4K monitors at 60Hz refresh at full resolution using DisplayPort 1.2 ports.

Cons: Drivers are so terrible that basic Windows 10 window scrolling results in redraw artifacting that I have not seen in dedicated display cards for many years. Video playback at full screen is horrible no matter what the resolution of the source material, and no matter what app is used.

Overall Review: The LATEST nVidia drivers from their own site are so utterly HORRIBLE that this card became a nightmarish downgrade from an AMD Radeon 7870 that was used to drive the same two 4k monitors. A return to NewEgg is likely if Nvidia does not release a driver fix very soon. I'm running this on a computer with 12GB of RAM and a 4-core i7 processor. It never had trouble with video playback before using AMD cards. I only switched to Nvidia on the recommendation of a colleague, and to get more supposedly 4k-capable display port outputs. So far, the experience is very negative in every way.

Great video quality; automated setup

SAMSUNG SmartCam SNH-P6410BN Full HD 1080P Day & Night WDR 2 Way Audio Wireless IP Camera
SAMSUNG SmartCam SNH-P6410BN Full HD 1080P Day & Night WDR 2 Way Audio Wireless IP Camera

Pros: Incredibly easy automated setup with step-by-step instructions on screen. Even the status LED on the camera tells you exactly what its doing. Firmware updates easy too.

Cons: The mobile app can only view one camera at a time. Sometimes difficult to get settings to stick on the viewing apps. Windows and OS X viewing app depends on browsers. Chrome is not supported unfortunately. That means using Safari on OSX, and IE on Windows, including Win10.

Overall Review: The product line needs the capability to view more than one camera at a time in an NxN layout. Other product lines offer that capability. Samsung also needs to support more browsers, especially Chome, or switch over to providing native apps on Windows and OSX.

12/17/2015

Excellent phone. Like new as promised

Motorola Nexus 6 XT1103 32GB 4G LTE Unlocked GSM Android v5.0 Smartphone - Blue
Motorola Nexus 6 XT1103 32GB 4G LTE Unlocked GSM Android v5.0 Smartphone - Blue

Pros: Fast phone with a good screen. When activated on the AT&T LTE network, 50Mbps down, 5Mbps up in Seattle metro area. Adequate data storage capacity at 32GB. 13MP camera is ok. After many time-consuming OS updates, finally arrived at Android 6. Certainly an improvement over Android 5. More responsive.

Cons: Camera not as good as Samsung's 16MP cameras on several phones. Placement of volume buttons is awkward, too low on the right side.

Overall Review: Certainly an upgrade from a LG-Google Nexus5 phone I was using for a secondary phone. Does not measure up to the Samsung Note4 or Samsung Note5. Android OS is more up-to-date than Samsung, so it helps with testing apps on the newest OS releases, which the Samsung phones usually cannot do. Some sellers may not use shipping with tracking info or insurance. My phone was delivered without any tracking for 11 days into an unlocked mailbox out on the street. Sellers ought to be more careful.

12/12/2015
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No shipment tracking, no real fulfillment status

Until the cell phone I ordered actually arrives in good working order (still waiting after 11 days) I must wonder if I'm ever going to receive what was promised for what I paid.

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A miracle the monitor survived

The box provided by Samsung for refurbished monitors was not enough for shipping. It looked as though a large fat man had sat on the middle of the box, caving it in toward the display panel. There was NO PADDING on either side of the display panel to protect it from impacts to the box. Plastic on the horrible monitor stand arrived cracked. While the display panel functions correctly at 4K resolution, 32bit color, it only runs at 30P with the supplied HDMI cable. The monitor is powered by a horrible power brick which must sit at desk level due to extremely short DC cable up to the monitor. At 14VDC, no chance of replacing this eyesore. There is also no chance of replacing the horrible monitor stand since this model lacks standard mounting bracket compatibility. The product photos and specifications conveniently omit its bizarre shortcomings. If I had known any of this, I would have purchased a different 4K panel from another supplier.

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11/24/2015