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Review - BWMeter
4.1.7 (Sep 30, 2008)

I had to give this a 4 because of the price. They have every right to charge what they want, but $30 is way too much for this. Don't get me wrong though, I love this program to death. I'd just like to point out that if it weren't so over-priced, they would have more customers. :-)
Review - OrangeCD Suite
6.1.8.11817 (Oct 20, 2007)

As I was a little hesitant to try this out, I saw the features and just couldn't let this opportunity pass. I also noticed that it was shareware which turned me off hardcore. So I decided to torrent it and found myself a copy. It's not the brand new one but I got the jist of it was able to go crazy on it with my music collection. So far, there haven't been any crashes, hangs, slow downs, lagging, bogging of my computer, or any other negative outcome. I was quite surprised by that. I'm also so impressed by this program that I'm going to actually buy a copy for myself, or maybe more than 1 for my family.

I never write reviews, I usually just hit the ignore button if it sucks, but this program deserves a review from me. Not to mention that the developer without a doubt deserves my business.

Which reminds me, if the developer ever sees this, try adding support for DVD's and DVD .ISO images. I have at least 2 Terabytes worth I need to Catalog and I'd like to be able to click to play from the catalog also.

I give it A Ba-jillion and 1 stars. (Rounded down to 5)
Review - VLC (VideoLAN) for Windows
0.8.6c (Sep 19, 2007)

I've been using this for a while. It does what it's suppose to do. I don't have this so called "icon" problem either. I'm still copying my entire DVD collection in full 100% quality so it's like I have the DVD right there. I'm only limited right now by my storage capacity as it's still steadily growing, which is over 2 Terabytes right now. I had to upgrade my home network though due to the strain it put on everything when there's 3 different clients trying to access a movies over 100 Mbps LAN, so I made the switch to gigabit. Now only if I could get my Xbox 360 to accept .iso streams, I'd be set, along with my PS3 (the Game OS not linux because I know that works). I'm still trying to get a Blu-Ray dump to work to see how well it performs with that large of a file and in High-Def.

I give this program a 5 because it does everything it says it's suppose to, and it works great for me. Anybody can learn how to use it, as long as you know how to read (duh).
Review - AM-DeadLink
2.8.1 Beta 1 (Sep 26, 2006)

I believe this is my first review, but I've been a "Click-a-holic" or "Download-a-holic" for ages now, and this was actually a program that worked the first time and flawlessly. I give it a 5!
Comment - How long can Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 survive on life support?
2.8.1 Beta 1 (Jun 12, 2009 - 1:09 PM)

Don't dis the Sega add-on's! I had all of them! I use to see how high I could stack everything up. I had the Sega, Sega CD, 32X, then I would plug my Game Genie cartridge into the 32X, then the Sonic and Knuckles game (it had that flip top to stick another game on it and I forget why you would do that) then I would shove some other game on top of that, I forget which one.It was hilarious seeing this tower of cartridges sticking out of a Sega. I'm pretty sure I still have all of that stuff in my attack along with almost every Sega game ever made. Toejam and Earl is my all time favorite. Batman for Sega CD was alright from what I remember. I only really played it when it first came out then didn't really play it anymore. Does ANYBODY remember that game Micheal Jackson's Moonwalker? You go around saving little children, and when you save them, they say (in a child's voice) "MICHEAL!" or something like that.

Nintendo hasn't always been the BEST with add-on's. Aside from Duck Hunt I mean. For Super Nintendo (SNES) I had those Infrared Bazooka's (Super Scope)... they didn't work for crap. They were SO inaccurate, not to mention the fact that they took like six AA batteries! That's a lot of batteries! Even more so because I had 2 of those Super Scopes! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Scope

Now I'm going to stop being nostalgic. In all fairness, Microsoft and Sony had every right to have that "HD War", but honestly, it just ended up leaving consumers with useless HD-DVD drives. Luckily, I got my HD-DVD drive on hardcore sale just before they annouced they were dropping HD-DVD so I didn't waste very much money. They would have stood a better chance, and might have even dominated the console market COMPLETELY if they would have built the drive into the X360.

As far as reliability, I give Microsoft credit for improving the Xbox's chances of not getting the RRoD. They've made a few updated chipsets so far with more coming that made it quieter and run cooler. The quieter part was mostly because of the new disc drive, but if you ever get a REALLY hot xbox, you'll hear all the fans turn on high, and those are LOUD! I actually just got an Elite the other day (not a Jasper Chipset :-( ) and it's much quieter than the unit I had die on me the other day. It was about 2 years old. Still had my 20 gig drive from my launch 360 on it. Unfortunately, Best Buy FAILED to transfer over my data, then shipped my old X360 and my old hard drive out. :-(

PS3's are pretty nice actually. I got the 60 Gig when they launched also, and mine JUST died a couple months ago. I ran that thing for the first couple years like 24/7 while it did Folding@Home. It never flinched. Then after I started letting it sit off, it just collected even more dust than normal. One day I updated to new firmware, saw one of my buddies got a PS3 and sent me a friend request, added him as a friend and instantly, the video crapped out. I was sad! I had just gotten Little Big Planet for my Birthday. Now PS3 wants $150 to send me a refurb of the same model. I wish I would have gotten that warranty plan for my PS3 also. ER!

Either way, the PS3 is being under-utilized in it's processing aspects. They already know how to basically completely fill the Blu-Ray Disc, all they have to do is learn how to code the games better. It IS much more difficult to work with, but they can do amazing thing with it if they really try.

If anything, they should work on coming out with bigger hard drives for the X360 and PS3, especially the X360. They have to make them cheaper too!

That's all I have to say. I'm getting bored of going on about this.
Comment - Green-vehicle manufacturer Tesla does dirty by its staff
2.8.1 Beta 1 (Oct 17, 2008 - 11:23 PM)

Yep, it's the classic blogger failing to spell check before posting mistake.
Comment - Vista RC2 Out, Last Build Before RTM
2.8.1 Beta 1 (Oct 6, 2006 - 7:08 PM)

Vista RC2 now openly available! Just incase they decide to close it again hurry up and get your hands on it...

I'd also like the credit for being first to mention and post this!

http://download.windowsv...iew/rc2/en/download.htm
Comment - Vista RC2 Out, Last Build Before RTM
2.8.1 Beta 1 (Oct 6, 2006 - 5:14 PM)

Very true, the build 5728 was available for a limited number of CPP beta testers, 100,000 to be exact, and I happened to hop in on it before everyone got to it
Comment - Vista RC2 Out, Last Build Before RTM
2.8.1 Beta 1 (Oct 6, 2006 - 4:30 PM)

If you have or know the download link could you post it please?