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- First reviewJanuary 9, 2010
- Last reviewNovember 23, 2013
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Add a smart router to your connected home. With technology to prioritize which tasks get the most bandwidth, your entire household will be able to work and play online at the same time.
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Range was so bad, I returned it
on November 23, 2013
Posted by: Mistamike17
from Louisville, KY
I use it in...:Large home
I recently started playing my Xbox again and decided it would be a good idea to buy a new router to speed things up and increase signal on the first floor. The router is located on the second floor and although the signal strength isn't the greatest with my old Netgear, it got the job done. I used the easy interface (over simplified, in my opinion) to install the product, turned on my security features and went downstairs to the living room to find that my phone was on 4G instead of the wireless network. The signal was so bad that we couldn't get signal at all! Our house is about 2000 sq ft, so it's not huge, but I would have at least expected the Belkin product to reach where our old $40 netgear would go. The range is really bad and if you plan on using this on a 2 story home, I would not recommend.
What's great about it: Easy Setup, Good price, Nice packaging, Nice aesthetics
What's not so great: User Interface is too simplified, Range is terrible
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Ease of Use
4
Performance
1
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This graphics card features 1GB GDDR5 memory and a 675MHz core clock speed for fast processing. The NVIDIA CUDA and PhysX technologies offer a realistic, vivid gaming experience.
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Avoid this card like the plague that it is...
on July 31, 2011
Posted by: Mistamike17
from Lexington, KY
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Average
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Gaming
For some time now, I've been successfully using the Nvidia GTX460 in my gaming PC. It runs (or did run) WoW, my primary game, in full ultra settings and never drops below 20 fps, even in heavy movement content. Unfortunately, I've recently had the displeasure of dealing with the "black screen" error that so many others have had.
Read more about that here: http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=187401&st=0
Don't get me wrong, the card is great when it works, but there's so many compatibility issues that Nvidia just hasn't been able to work out that you're better off sticking to an ATi card. I wish I could back to my old ATi card, but it's in my wife's computer. Now, I'm left with a hunk of metal that only stands to make my computer continually crash.
Avoid this card at all costs. It may work well out of the box, but there are huge compatibility issues that you're likely to run into in the future.
What's great about it: DirectX11 support, HDMI output
What's not so great: 400 and 500-series Nvidia cards have huge compatibility issues that are not being fixed by Nvidia.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
5
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Only at Best BuyEnjoy vibrant CD-quality audio with this Rocketfish~ RF-WHTIB wireless rear speaker kit, which features a wireless range up to 100' for clear transmission. Multiple placement options allow flexible use.
Customer Rating
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Lackluster performance meets wireless bugginess
on January 9, 2010
Posted by: Mistamike17
from Lexington, KY
I wanted this product for a long time, but never actually got around to picking it up the many times I visited the store. After receiving a gift card for Christmas, I finally decided to go ahead and pick it up.
I had plans to hide this piece in my attic and run speaker wire behind the walls to my wall-mounted rear speakers, but now I'm really not sure what I'm going to do to solve my wired rear speaker issues. My preliminary installation was with the equipment sitting on my living room floor with no major obstructions to hurt performance.
Unboxing the piece, I found easy to read instructions and a simple 5 minute setup. After setting it up, it took about 30 seconds for the two pieces to connect before functioning properly. Once the transmitter and receiver were synced, I fired my surround sound up and instantly heard a slight delay in the rear speakers. My advice to customers who already have a surround sound system is to check and make sure you can alter speaker latency before purchasing this piece. You will have to delay your wired front speakers a bit because of the delay to the wireless rears.
That aside, we continued watching our basketball game all while ignoring the echo-like delayed rear sound. Soon after setup, the system began malfunctioning. It was popping and cracking like crazy. I turned it off and powered it back on. The interference or whatever it was ceased. We continued watching the game until the sound started cutting out. This is when I decided in my head that it was going to get returned, but I left things connected, hoping it wouldn't interfere much more until I had a chance to disconnect it at halftime. This didn't work, though. The system began popping and cracking again, making all sorts of terrible noises. I immediately got up and started re-boxing the package. It's halftime right now as I write this, but as soon as the game is completed, I'm returning this thing for a refund.
What's great about it: Not much. Easy Setup, I guess.
What's not so great: Terrible sound quality, inconsistent and delayed signal
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Sound Quality
1
Range
5
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