4 stars not 5 as I have had occasion were I have waited 5 weeks for a dvd ( around Xmas time when they are very busy ) .. but when i emailed complaining it suddenly arrived a few days later…
Amazon customer services are good, so maybe the odd nudge to them is worth while
All in all I love Amazon… one of my first choices for buying online!

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All my orders have been Great.

My mom Bought me a eee pc Netbook It messed up after one month i bought it back to best buy thinking i was going to have to pay them to fix my Net book but i was WRONG .. They Fixed it free and it works great .

Recently i bought my boyfriend a flat screen t.v the price is great and it has the best reviews. we haven’t tried it out yet because its for Christmas but i kmow i won’t be disappointed.

my point to this review is i love Best buy i always find what i need and i am always happy

Thank You best buy.

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1. It is consumer friendly. They post deep discounts that benefit us, the consumer but at the expense of the business. These websites are marketing tools, the discounts drive the traffic, and the traffic is groupons bargaining tool (we have x about of subscribers who your business will have visibility to in turn for 50% of the face amount of the deal). Businesses who had a marketing budget can take that hit to that budget, but most of the local businesses featured are small and don’t have big budgets, and in turn are hurt by making these deals.

2. They are usually not refundable. Once you purchase a voucher, groupon takes their cut and the vendor gets their cut, and if they give you a refund, they are losing the amount that was already paid to the vendor. Due to the Credit card act of 2009, even after the expiration date, vendors still have to honor the vouchers for face value which is why most of these sites are unwilling to offer refunds. Bad for the consumer, but good for the business.

3. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH BEFORE PURCHASE. Check out the vendor, if they aren’t a business that you would pay full price at, then you probably shouldn’t waste your time with a group on. The saying you get what you pay for is true for so many reasons. Make sure you check out their policies, a groupon doesn’t supersede their policies, it works in conjunction with.

I will say that I purchased my first Groupons for a diner I frequent because they gave me groupon dollars which made it free essentially. I used one and had a good experience. The next time I went to a different location and found that they treated me differently because I had a Groupon. I called customer service and explained my experience and they promptly refunded both of my vouchers back to my groupon account with no questions asked. So I don’t have anything bad to say about their service. I will continue to use them and others like them, but I am also an educated consumer.

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I never have trouble finding something I want every time I go to the Amazon site, and right now is no exception. I can almost see myself with a Kindle Fire! I have to stay off the

Amazon Special of the Day page, because it’s there every time I go to my Amazon link to look and see what a book, or some music is going to cost.

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Silverstone has developed the Milo series, designer to be compact and still offering good airflow. Also, SilverStone’s Milo series can accommodate many system components.

We tested the SilverStone Milo ML01, and here are the results.

The contents of the package were: the case itself, US power cable, user’s manual, screws and other installation hardware. Foot stand are also included, so you can setup the Milo horizontally or vertically. With the card reader models, a paper with the USB pin configuration is included; however, the card reader version of ML01 take up the external 3.5” drive bay, and since there is only a single external 3.5” drive bay, this could cause problems to some users. The case weighs 5 kg and measures in at 330 x 98 x 423 mm.

Opening the ML01, you can notice that internal drives can be mounted perpendicularly to the external drive bays, so that the drive is positioned directly in front of the intake fan. There are also series of vents to help with the ventilation.

To test the ML01, we decided to use power hungry components, to check how well the ML01 is able to hold up with desktop component. Our philosophy was that if the Milo ML01 is able to withstand a Pentium D processor with a TDP of 95W, it should have no problems with other Pentium with less power. We also wanted to test the acoustics of the chassis. Here is a list of the components we chose

Hardware Components Processor

Intel Pentium D 820
Motherboard: Intel Q965 MB
Memory: 2 x 512MB DDR2-800
Hard Drives: 2 x ST3320620AS
Optical Drives: 16x DVD+/-R Cooling: SilverStone Nitrogon NT03
Case: SilverStone Milo SST-ML01B-R
Power Supply: SilverStone 300W

Software Components

Operating System: Ubuntu Desktop

The installation was straightforward, thanks also to the manual documenting very well the procedures. To test the case, we used two hard drives, using both the internal and the external 3.5” drive bay. To do this with a card reader model you will have to remove it. However, installing a second hard drive was very hard, so we wouldn’t advise it. We encountered no problems during installation and also during operation of standard desktop components. We run into no heat related issues: after over an hour, the system temperatures had varied from 50° to 60° C.

In conclusion, the product is unique and well designed; there are a few faults, though. Since there are many ventilation holes, dust filters would have been a good idea; and with the card reader taking up the external 3.5” drive, there is no room for a second hard drive bay. Greater room for cable management and storage would have been nice, too.

However, the Milo ML01 is an excellent product for its compact size.

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The nMedia HTPC200 has some good and not-so-good features to it. The not-so-good things are the hard drive cage that is riveted to the enclosure and not removable. A removable cage would have been a better way to go, allowing the end user to better secure the hard drives. The HTCP200 also isn’t supplied with a MCE Remote control and when one is purchased, the remote IR receiver must be taken apart and mounted in the enclosure …….

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The Silverstone LC03 stands as living proof that companies are practically tripping over themselves to construct brand new cases for this swiftly growing HTPC market. The first generation LC01 from Silverstone was a very remarkable offering, but the newer LC03 is just as impressive.

First off, the LC03 isn’t merely a revision of its precursor. Rather, it is an entirely new case that is meant to be marketed side by side with its predecessor. So how exactly is it different? Well, the LC03:

• Is slightly smaller in length.
• Has one 60 mm. fan as opposed to an 80 mm. fan.
• Offers the option of adding and extra 80 mm. fan.
• Only has four 3 ? slots
• Has a piano black finish with a contoured aluminum front bezel.

In terms of performance, both the LC01 and the LC03 do quite well. Tests have shown that the LC01 reached temperatures of 53 degrees on the CPU and 35 degrees on the motherboard. The LC03 was a bit hotter with temperatures of 58 degrees on the CPU and 39 degrees on the motherboard. This was with the 60 mm. fan alone. When the additional 80 mm. fan was enabled, the temperatures dropped by 1 and 2 degrees respectively.

Here’s a look at the pros and cons of this device:

Cons

• Has a smaller fan, although there is room for expansion
• Temperatures reach a little higher than the LC01, although they are still within the acceptable range.
• Using the hard drive tray can be a little tricky.
• Could use a couple more motherboard mounts.

Pros

• The exterior finish gives it a very stylish, expensive look.
• The construction is quite durable.
• It is available in many colors
• Both the hard drives and the DVD drives can be expanded.
• Has front USB, stereo and Firewire ports.
• Aluminum doors conceal the jacks as well as the drives.

One of the best features of the LC03 is its appearance. You get a high-end look without having to pay a high-end price. The LC03 is a great value for a machine that shows no major faults. The biggest complaint is the size of the fan, which is 20 mm. smaller than that of the LC01. This can be overcome by adding an 80 mm. fan to the allotted space at the front of the machine. Overall, the LC03 is great machine that can fit in with any home theatre system.

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A small form factor platform looks inevitably great for home theater PCs. The best suited for the all the home theatre PCs would be an ATX cabinet. But not all the ATX cabinets are good. The person much be careful in choosing the ATX cabinet for a high end system. The obvious solution would be the desktop cases form the Silverstone which are the best solution for the high end home theater system.

First impression

The first aspect that has to be noted is the weight of the Silverstone LC01. It is as light as the feather and weighs 4.2 kg with a sturdy alloy construction and a non breakable case.

External

The most salient feature that any one would notice about Silverstone LC01 is the gorgeous black exterior finish with polish silver stripes, and also available in various colors of user choice. It also uses external drive bays to camouflage the case’s external bays and port cluster. It is enriched with its stylish finish with matching colors in accordance with the interior. It also has a power button and a Led display and various other salient features like PCI ports, USB etc.

Inside

The most attracting feature is the stiff spine at the centre which makes the enclosure look as light as the feather, which is also easily removable by just removing a few screws. It can accommodate two 2.5” drives, two external 3.5” drives and four 3.5” drives which almost no other system provides.

How about cooling?

The most important aspect of a cabinet is the cooling methods. Here we use the only active cooling element an 80mm exhaust powered but a fan from Everflow. This fan is powered by a 3 pin header that will work with all standard motherboards. This does not include any adapter with it which provides an excellent ventilation facility.

How we test?

Its is tested with the Intel Pentium Celeron processor 2.6 GHz, NVdia Fx 5200 and high end performing RAM.

A Virtual dub DivX encode was used to simulate a disk and CPU workload. All the load test run for ten minutes, before noise and temperature measurements are taken. After testing system was powered down and outer shell was removed for another ten minutes. The temperature was 29C. It is called as the benchmarking sweatshop.

Desktop was set at 1024*768, 32 bit color with 75 KHz screen refresh rate. Thus under the most ideal test condition our Silverstone LC01 proved to be most stable.

Tell me about noise

This test is taken using an digital sound level meter. It is placed one inch from the front in order to monitor noise level change. The system proved to be quite with fans powered down, but, it proved to be quieter with the fans running because of True power 380 W power supply temperature control to have spin faster and quieter.

Conclusion

Reaching the most important part of the product, I would say Silverstone LC01 is one of the best solutions for your home theatre PCs. The attractive style, size, weight and a System friendly environment inside, which probably no other cabinet can provide. Perhaps its stylish exterior and its roomy interior, makes it one of the best products available in the market. Despite all its mind boggling features it comes at a very affordable price which any one could afford to make their PC the best home theatre solution.

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