Don't bother with DOCSIS 3.0... for now
583857
Despite this modem only being DOCSIS 2.0, it will most likely work well enough for your internet connection. Most internet connections will not benefit from DOCSIS 3 and those modems are much more expensive than DOCSIS 2.0 modems. Sure, you can futureproof yourself, but it will take you a lot longer to hit the break even point.

I have owned this item for a few weeks now and have experienced zero issues with it. Comcast was able to activate the modem very quickly and we were up and running in 10 to 15 minutes. I have heard of some people saying that they could not get this modem working with Comcast, so your mileage may vary!

The modem feels rather solid and doesn't seem like it would break even if dropped.
4693349
Bit of a mixed bag here.  IMO the hardware appears to be fine, but the bundled software is anything but.  There is no owner's manual and there are precious few directions to be found in the box, so you have to immediately go to the Internet.  After many, many failed tries at getting software bundle properly configured (all but one with the assistance of WD Customer Service), I finally realized that my best course was to just use the hardware in conjunction with the $30.00 purchase of a file backup program named Second Copy.  Once I ditched the OEM software bundle and went third party, all of a sudden the problems just fell away.  Go figure.  After dallying with the aforementioned difficulties for hours, everything works just the way that I'd hoped.  If you use a second party software like I did, make sure that you have totally removed all of the various traces of the bundled software first, or you may be headed for more tears.
986730
Worked OK at first.  Then I upgraded to the latest firmware and IT KILLED THE PTZ FUNCTIONS.

DO NOT UPGRADE THE FIRMWARE!!

The VStar/Eye 4 website is no help.  There is no way to download any firmware file, nor is there a way to roll back the firmware.  Worse is trying to use the Eye 4 BBS system to ask for help. It will not let me post a question because I don't have an Avatar assigned to my profile (really!) and it will not let me upload a photo for an avatar (Catch 22).  Their site "Chat" function is in Chinese, and Firefox cannot communicate with it.

I bought 2 of the C25 IP cams, and the other works fine having not been upgraded.  Hence, given the low price, 3 stars.  Maybe someday they will release de-bugged firmware.
285865
Having always liked Western Digital Quality,  I purchased a few of these drives - and was horrified to learn that WD has chosen to pre-install a large suite of largely useless 'SmartWare' on the drive.
The problem is, it's not defeatable; it takes up disk space, but is activated in Flash - so no way to get rid of it. It robs you of a drive letter (in windows) or a drive on Mac OS X - again, without a way to get rid of it.
After weeks of complaining by users, WD issues a 'VCD' utility that allows you to 'hide' it (but not get rid of it); the zinger is that the current drives need updated firmware to run VCD - and WD has NOT published the firmware updater for Studio drives yet, hence making the former utility useless.

All in all a bad experience, a drive marred by mad design, and I for one will no longer purchase WD until they reverse this strategy of spyware on a drive that cannot be overridden. From the feedback everywhere, I assume they will get the message.

UPDATED:
The new 'info' WD had Amazon add to the line (visit support to hide VCD) is NOT true; the support site ONLY has updates for the Elite and Essential, but NOT for the Studio line yet. That means, the updater won't work, as the firmware updater required has still not been released. Check it yourself on their site; very, very poor support and misleading post
100526
Nor will I recommend it to friend or foe. I'm disgusted.
Ive been working with apps and utilities since DOS 4.0. I retired as an IT desktop technician not that many years ago. Ive never had so much trouble with a utility as Acronis True Image. Acronis is focused on controlling license not supporting the people who buy their product.
Years ago I upgraded Seagate Disc Wizard to ATI 2013. That was fine until I rebuilt my machine and had to reload it. Nothing I did would fix the registration serial number. I hoped upgrading to ATI 2015 would resolve the registration issue. It took enormous time with the help desk to get operational. It was like working with my hands tied behind my back. I never did get a disk imaged.
I had to rebuild my system again a few months back. ATI 2015 Upgrade (registration serial number again) was hopelessly broke. OK, I broke down and bought 3 seats of ATI 2015 (build 6525) not the upgrade. Did that fix anything? NO. I downloaded Win ADK 8.1 and built an ATI PE 2015 boot as the 1st test. When I tried to create an image of my primary drive it popped a dialog box, This is a trial version of True Image. I was never successful in getting a useable image with ATI. Shame on me for buying newer versions when the old ones didn't get the job done. The problem is Acronis ties down the product attempting to keep hackers from using it. In the process they make the product incredibly difficult to use.
Now, Its Windows 10 time. Im not going anywhere near Acronis True Image ever again.
840132
I used iHateSpam version three and found it to be a marginal product. But when I was offered the online upgrade to version 4 I thought "why not, it's probably better now." Boy was I ever wrong. First, it's filtering is SLOW - slower than version three! Second, it takes way too many system resources, just try to multitask while it's doing it's filtering. Third, it hardly catches any blatent spam while putting more legitimate mail in Quarantine (yes, I've worked extensively with my friends and enemies lists, it just doesn't help). Fourth, when you try to get some help from tech support, you basically get none. They just spin you in circles without ever, EVER, addressing your issues. At this rate, they'll be toast soon. So, if you couldn't already tell, I would advise all to not even think about buying this product - you'll be much better off without it.
1401047
Was looking forward to upgrading my broadcasting camera options with this little device, but when I hooked it all up and plugged it in the video coming through was so choppy it wasn't usable (10 frames per minute). Not only that, it kept crashing Windows 10. As I was troubleshooting I ran across this little bit: "Not compatible with ASmedia, or Etron USB 3.0 host controllers." OHHHH, well thanks for telling me StarTech! Seriously, don't advertise as USB 3.0 compatible if you require a specific controller for your USB 3.0. Most people don't even know what that means so you really should try to make that clear when you say USB 3.0 compatible. The irony is that I have on board USB 3 using ASMedia and a PCIe that uses an Etron controller. Again, it seems like if that type of USB is so common, they should make it clear in the system requirements that those controllers won't work. I'm hoping that's the actual problem because I've gone ahead and ordered a PCI express card with USB 3.0 slots that use a different controller. If it does and everything works I'll probably upgrade my review to 4 stars, but I'm not happy about having to spend another $40 for this thing that I wasn't expecting up front.
3508765
I've had this for only two days, and I'd already have returned it if there were a competing product that I knew worked. After much travail, it's finally functional, but I hold no particular expectation that it won't fail when something changes.

I downloaded the PowerDesk software to configure this device, and it wouldn't install. Welcome screen, and then a completely uninformative message "Installation ended prematurely because of an error", offering no clue at all about what the error was, much less how to fix it. I got a dismissive response from their tech support: "it seems like a local issue", but no pointers at all about what that local issue might be. There was a work-around by using a non-interactive install, which means it turns into a complete black box, one of the reasons I'm pessimistic about the future with this.

And then once the software was installed, it was like pulling teeth to get it to work right. The documentation is the kind of careless and lazy shovelware which is "we'll explain every detail of the user interface" without explaining any kind of high-level concept, nor how to deal with deficiencies in Windows about dual head operation. So the documentation was basically useless. After a bunch of semi-random screwing around, it finally seems to be working, though I'm not entirely sure how I got it that way.

The way it interacts with Windows is hare-brained. I bought two new monitors for this device, but they're invisible to Windows. Instead, this thing appears as the monitor and the two actual monitors don't appear to Windows at all. This was not explained anywhere, and figuring out that the _intended_ way for their software to work took a while. Finally, there's a graphical interface in PowerDesk, some drag-and-drop thing that wants to act like the Windows monitor and screen resolution control panel. If you value your hair, don't use it, because you'll be tempted with scalp injury if you do.

I had a Matrox dual head display card a decade ago that worked great. Oh well. I'll be avoiding them in the future.

Update 2013-07-24. I had to return the first unit because it stopped working. It started turning itself off. Power cycling would reboot it, but it wouldn't stay on for more than a few minutes at a time. I did order another one, because there's still no alternative product. If it were possible rate Amazon review with zero stars, I would have lowered my star rating, but I'll reserve the lowest tier for products that just don't work at all.
3144305
I really really wanted to like this media player, especially since I've been following the AVS Forums for over 4 years just to keep abreast of the new developments and features. I mainly watch all of my movies via USB from external HDDs. I can't stand streaming as I want my high bitrate audio and video. Afterall, I didn't buy this expensive home theater set up for nothing! To get to my point, I plugged in my 4TB Samsung D3 Station and 3TB Toshiba Canvio Desk external HDDs and they showed up as USB icons, but after clicking them, it showed "Empty" when both of them are filled to the guild with movies! I was calm, I was collected. I proceeded to download and try out 4 of the latest firmwares with the hopes that it will resolve the issue. No dice!

After paying $400 for a media player, I expect it to perform as it's advertised as I understand from reading the forums, many people successfully use 3-4TB external HDDs with no issues. But I have seen sporadic posts from people since 2011 that still weren't able to get some of their external HDDs recognized by the Dune H1 with the resultant "advice" being "just remove the drive, place it in the Dune and reformat it." Nope! Not an option! Especially since they can both be easily accessed and played on my $50 Sony BDP-BX510 Blu-ray player (not Blu-ray folders, however, which is why I was actually buying this media player).

So you have been forewarned if you are expecting to play movies from your external HDDs! It's hit or miss whether your particular brand external HDD will even be recognized by this Dune player!
2159327
Comcast refuses to use this because it's not Docsis 3.0. Now have to pay to ship this back. Best purchase a new modem that is compliant. PIA.
4838600
I would prefer .pdf or .odt for price and power.
I do not like that:

1. the interface changes with every version (need to relearn)
2. locked in to overpriced product with poor customer support.
3. enforcement of mindset and interference with alternates
4. major flaws and bugs that keep me busy for hours
5. I never get the result I want, only "close enough"
6. If I became expert (years) I "might" get what I want.

I write HTML5/CSS3 very quickly and can format things faster
with those than any session I have doing .doc files.
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7-28-14 Update.

Avoid this software.  There are so many bugs in it, its not worth the money.  Google docs can do OCR and now I mostly use it.

Cons :
1. There is a constant pop-up to purchase the OCR when opening files.  Have not found a way to disable it.  There is not checkbox to not show again.  Very annoying!!
2. Not all the Adobe quick keys work eg rotate.
3. Sometimes when I open files, they show on the task bar below but I cannot activate nor see the file on the screen.  So I close out.  This happens sometimes when I double click on a file to open.  If I open the software first and then the file, it seems to be fine.
4. A few pdf files I opened had gibberish for text.  I re-opened with Adobe Reader and the text was fine.
5. Got an email from the Wondershare company via Amazon to provide feedback but the html link doesn't allow for feedback.
6. Annotating pdfs and editing the annotations is buggy.
7. Wont allow duplex printing, even though the printer system properties have duplex checked.

Pros:
1. Price vs Adobe
2. Easy download from Amazon
3. Menu layout and color scheme.

4-3-14 Update
Got an software update, and now you can disable the pop up on a file by file basis.

Also found more files with text that open as jibberish.

Purchased the OCR add-on for 10 bucks and again, when it works, its mostly good; has an issue with  funky fonts, fractions, etc.  But most of the time, the software crashes running OCR.
2731765
I bought the FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1TB drive about 6 weeks ago in a local store.  I haven't had any problems with the hardware, but the included Memeo software is just a complete mess, at least on my PC running Windows XP Professional with 2GB of RAM.  Note that my computer meets the System Requirements listed on the side of the box, which do not include a minimum RAM requirement.

On install, I was bombarded with 5 or 6 different Memeo products to try on a trial basis.  I tried the Premium software and created my first backup, which took somewhere between 12-16 hours.  I didn't find that too unusual since I was using USB 2.0 and had over 200GB to back up, and I didn't expect to have to do a full backup again.  Then the fun began.

After the initial backup and after restarting my system, the Memeo software would run in the background and hogged all of my RAM, making my PC all but unusable.  For example, it would take my Firefox browser 3 minutes to launch.  I opened the Windows Task Manager finally, and discovered that Memeo's Instantbackup.exe program showed Memory Usage of around 200MB, and a Virtual Memory usage of 999MB.  The user interface is written so poorly that it was just impossible to figure out what it was doing or how to keep it from running in the background or using so much memory.

I chose to uninstall it and don't feel that I received the "easy backup software" touted on the box.  It was anything but.  Still, I'm a big boy and I know how to use the drive without the software, and, I know how to find replacement software.  Plus the sale price I paid was low enough that I don't feel ripped off.  But if you're looking for a no-hassle solution with usable software and your PC specs are anything like mine, look elsewhere.
1980820
I bought this software to replace the Master disc that came with my Olympus e300. When I opened the box for the camera, that disc was warped and unreadable. I went to the Olympus site to see if I could download the software anywhere and no dice. You could "see your local dealer" to get it; meaning you would have to buy it again. So I ended up here.

I received the software this morning and started the install as the instructions told me. When the computer (Mac PB 17 G4) rebooted, all of my dock items had been replaced with the default items from a fresh OSX install and the dock had been moved to it's original location and settings. STRIKE 1

I plugged my camera in and clicked on the "browse photos" button to go into the real program (which makes no sense) in order to download the firmware updates for may camera. This is another "feature" that Olympus includes: you can't download and install firmware upgrades from their site. You have to use this pathetic software instead. STRIKE 2.

The firmware upgrades worked!!!!! That's the only positive thing I can say.

I then attempted to update the software itself - hahahaha. It always downloads something but it saves it to a different harddrive everytime - I think. I can hear the other two drives running but I never can tell where the files go because - TA DA - the software crashes every time you attempt to update it. STRIKE 3.

If you really can't live without the firmware updates I guess you have to suffer through this mess. I know that I've had it and will not being another Oly.
4857480
If you loved version 1 and 2, stop now. I wholeheartedly supported this developer's product in its earlier verions, but version 3 for mac is painfully slow in executing searches, lacks key functions of the previous versions, and has totally disappointed me. I won't be investing in future volumes.
While you can search all previous versions and companion Hemera products, (Big Box  of Art Series) You can no longer copy the source cd's to a drive to eliminate the disc swapping syndrome without buying a separate and costly "network licencse" so the ease of use and speed are totally negated. You must CD swap, for all your earlier verions too so think about floppping around some 48 CDs!! This new version also must search out and connect to an online component every launch, despite turning this feature off, seaching is painfully slow. I have gone back to version 1 & 2, and my stand alone BBoA and put  vol 3 back into the box, the images contained in this latest copy aren't a real addition to the previous volumes anyway.
4493923
I bought this software on a Wednesday. I installed it on Saturday and up popped a message that a NEW version had been released that DAY. Argh. I hate that. I wrote Corel support and they opened an "investigation". They required I send copies of photos of the box, the CD and my receipt. After 40 days of "investigating" they instructed me to contact sales and buy the new version. That's crap. They wanted $29 to upgrade and an obscene amount for shipping. Their support people send nasty little messages on "no reply" accounts so you have no way to interact with them. Awful experience. I bought PowerDirector 10 and am very happy with it.  This my third and final version of Video Studio---I kept expecting it to get better but it never did. Don't bother with it. The software is slow, clunky and very cumbersome when it comes to simple tasks like isolating a small clip from a larger clip---a very basic function that will drive you insane with this software. PowerDirector 10 is far faster and much more intuitive.
1207508
I hate to say it but I'm extremely disappointed in the Series3. It's DOG SLOOOOOW (navigating the "guide") compared to the 8300HD cable box from my cable company... I'm sure others will think it's the neatest thing since sliced bread if their cable company doesn't already offer an HD DVR box... but my first and only other Tivo was a Series 1 which was activated with a lifetime membership in Feb 2000. In other words, I'm experienced with DVR technology. I was able to transfer my lifetime membership to a new Series 3 purchased on Amazon in July 2007. I was EXPECTING AMAZING PROGRESS from the Series 1 to the Series 3... unfortunately, I've been VERY DISAPPOINTED especially when factoring cost into the equation.

After paying for 2 cablecards ($2.00 total) and HD service ($6.95/each) on both cards I'm only saving $3.95/month over Comcasts own Scientific Atlanta 8300HD box ($11.95) - it'll take almost 12.5 years to recoup the cost, assuming my Tivo lasts that long.

I'm keeping the Tivo as my lifetime membership is transferred and I might just drop the cable company HD service for over the air... but I would warn others that have a rental cable HD DVR to probably just stick with the cable company solution if you're even 80% satisfied with it... because that's about how satisified you'll be with the Tivo...