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I was looking to purchase a HDMI for my Sony Surround sound but did not want to spend $20 for a “Best Buy” brand that has terrible picture quality. I thought I would try this and I was no disappointed. It give gave me great quality on my 27″ Sony HDTV, and if I ever need another HDMI I will purchase this one.
Third Generation Wireless Information

Device worked without problems first time around. I am happy with the purchase.
108 Mbps Wireless PCMCIA

On a scale of one to ten, I rate this book a ten. It is a very unusual story and makes for a good satisfying read. The characters really come alive in this book and you can almost picture the circus. This would make a great movie!
Chamberlain 740CB Wireless Keyless

This is an AWESOME value. I’m loving it’s cleaning power so far. It is a bit loud, as stated, but that a good trade-off for the price and performance.
Wireless Sensor and Actuator

The great thing about digital is that it works — or it doesn’t. So you don’t need to pay monstrous prices for digital a/v cables. You can pay much more human prices for products that work just as great. And this cable works great. Nice and solid, it also has choke filters on the ends. Works great on my A/V system.

I prefer colored cables as they’re easier to route, but the plain black of this cable is also just fine.

Karen
New Ge 45236 Wireless

I’ve been waiting a couple years now for a wireless manufacture to “get it” and realize there is a market for a USB wi-fi dongle with a detachable antenna. For all the PC Card versions out there with detachable antenna, it’s taken forever for someone to come out with a USB equivalent. Finally, Hawking has, with the HWUG1.

The version I purchased is the Macintosh version (HWUG1A). This comes with a driver from a chip maker called Ralink. Ralink has been doing a public beta with this driver for a few years now, and I was already familiar with it. It’s in pretty solid shape now. I guess you could say it’s ready for prime time. And now that Ralink are actually getting money for it directly from OEMs like Hawking, MacSense and a couple of others, the driver is likely to be maintained and kept in good condition through OS X upgrades. This is an important consideration because, unlike some other nework interfaces, a wi-fi dongle requires a driver apart from anything that comes with the standard Mac OS X install.

The screw on antenna uses the popular and common SMA connector. Hawking sells several omni-directional and directional antennas that are compatible. I have also attached it to a Cantenna which works very well. But lately my favorite solution is to add a Tritium Flatenna reflector. I like the Flatenna because it packs so flat and slips right into my laptop case with my papers. Ironically, the Flatenna doesn’t require a detachable antenna. But I still regard this feature as important.

Overall I’m very pleased with my purchase. I wish it had cost a bit less. I have been able to purchase D-Link wi-fi USB dongles, that I was previously using with the Ralink beta driver, for as little as $20. I paid over $50 for the Hawking. Also, the D-Link comes with a nice, weighted USB stand and extension cable. The Hawking does not. But with the included, foldable antenna, there is less need of a remote stand base.
Hawking Wireless G USB

Having recently purchased an Acer One Netbook, I was horrified by the slow speed of the machine. This must be a throwback from the 1990s (’80’s?)! I complained to the company where I bought it and was told that the Windows 7 Starter was part of the problem, the other problem being lack of memory. They said if I bought Windows 7 Home Premium and a large SD, the card would act as virtual RAM and it would speed right up.

I received both products quickly and packaged well from Amazon, but I’m still wondering what Win7 upgrade is good for, and the Transcend 8 GB card absolutely refuses to work with my computer for anything other than storage. If all it’s good for is storage I’d rather use it in my camera, so that’s where it is. It does work fine there. I’m back to a 4GB SD card for the netbook, which doesn’t seem to speed it up at all. So that much $$ poorer, I guess I’ve learned a lesson – your computer goes at the speed it goes. Period. Don’t expect anything more.
Radio Shack Wireless Phone

This book was awesome! I have read many books in this genre and not many compare… It will definitly be added to my favorites list.
LYD 4 Channel Wireless

After a horrifying expierience with a D-Link DWL-700AP, I tried this product. I didn’t need a router, just an access point — but I didn’t have any trouble simply ignoring the router function. And strangely, routers with access points seem to be cheaper than access points alone.

After unpacking and powering up, I thought I was in for another disaster. Nothing I connected to the LAN ports would light up the corresponding link LED on the Linksys, nor would the device on the other side recognize it. I tried various devices and cables to no avail. I finally pressed the reset button, and the LAN interfaces started working. Not a very pleasant out-of-the-box experience.

Once up and running, I had no problems connecting to a Linksys Wireless-B card. I could change the WEP and SSID broadcast settings and still connect with no problems, unlike the D-Link. I’ve removed and installed the card, rebooted, etc. dozens of times this weekend without a hitch.

I have the unit at one end of my house on the desk, and have been accessing it from on the patio in the backyard near the other end of the house, about 50 feet away. From this location, line of sight is pretty much lengthwise through the back wall of my house, and I am typically seeing a 40% signal strength. I have not seen the link speed fall below 11 mps.
Cisco Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless

WOW! They designed this one right!
It not only provides quality transmission from your iPod (Classic or Shuffle) but allows you to select FM frequency (for minimum interference) and continually charges your iPod while doing so. Nice package, small, flexible! Easy to set up and use.
Wireless FM Transmitter Car